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I'm looking at a simple solution for occasional use. Thinking of using something like [url= http://www.diy.com/departments/diall-grey-switched-socket/256536_BQ.prd ]This[/url] from an internal socket, across the driveway (about 3 m wide, and serves one other cottage as communal access) and into my front garden wall.
Used similar for my shed out back, which has worked fine for a few years now, and the trip switch does work when overloaded!
I'm planning to dig a small trench across the drive, sand in the bottom, cable through plastic duct, sand over, warning tape, then reinstate gravel of the drive.
Question is, how deep should I go? was going to use a pick axe to create the cable trench so could go 300-500 mm. That sounds about right? should I go deeper, or can I go shallower?
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Use an armoured cable and save yourself a lot of digging.
it's relatively easy going with a pick, but are you suggesting just 100mm ish dig, armoured cable then replace gravel on top? do i need to mark it with tape too?
I was going to go with PVC flex in polypipe duct, mostly as I've got that about.
cheers
Mark it with tape if you want, I don't think it's a requirement. Deeper is safer. Use common sense.
Use an armoured cable and save yourself a lot of digging.
I thought regs dictated you *had* to use armoured?
armoured cable to our shed just runs on the surface along a fence line.
if it was across a drive I'd probably bury it deep enough that the first person to throw a spade in doesn't hit it and mark it with tape.
Should be 600mm deep. Should also be armoured and marked. Also needs to be rcd protected but no need for an extra rcd if the consumer unit already has one. Whether you want to do it properly is up to you. Plenty of [s]bodge[/s] less than optimal solutions out there working trouble free.
Def armoured cable.
Regarding the socket, make sure it is deep enough to accommodate the plugs you intend to use as some adaptors don't fit in that type of waterproof socket covers.
I've been rerouting the shed one so it's no longer buried. Now it's along the fence and in plastic conduit at gates.
suppose the next question is...what armoured cable? it'll be to a single socket for plugging in the mower/strimmer/jetwash, and as mentioned, connected to a domestic 3 pin in the house.
Regarding the socket, make sure it is deep enough to accommodate the plugs you intend to use as some adaptors don't fit in that type of waterproof socket covers.
the actual socket won't be the one pictured, that was mre to illustrate the RCD plug. It'll probably be a sealed when not in use type.