Hi All,
A family friend bought a small 'Water feature' they want for the bottom of the garden and intended using the 240V power lead that comes with it and an extension lead and plugging it into a (std) socket in the car port.
I suggested this was all a bit 'naughty' and there were probably better / safer ways to do this?
So, my 'cunning plan' would be to fit a deep metal wall box into the wall just above the double socket (on a ring) in the conservatory (the decoration is easily repairable in there). This is also the nearest 'point' to where they want the water feature.
I was then going to drill from the back of the box, through the block / brick wall to the (silly as mentioned elsewhere on this n/g) 6" void between their and the neigbours extensions and fit (using my 90 deg drill solution ) a suitable waterproof (IP??) junction box and run some 2.5 mm T&E through conduit into the junction box.
I then thought of going from there in 3 core armoured (1.5mm?) down the fence to a waterproof (IP??) socket near the water feature some
10m away?At the house end I was thinking of running a spur from the existing souble socket (I *might* be able to make it part of the ring but would I need / want to?) up a few inches to my new sunken metal box and through one of those +AKM-23 RCD's with rear outlet?
All my friends would see is the neat RCD, a glimpse of armoured behind the bushes and a working (and safe?) water feature? ;-)
I spotted in B&Q they do most of the above in the form of a pre assembled kit (I'd just need the RCD part), if it's all 'kosher' would this be cheaper than buying the bits separately (I think the kit was also on special at the time?).
All the best and thanks for your time in any case ..
T i m
p.s. Would it be ok to use the RCD as a 'switch' to turn the water feature on / off from the house end or should I also fit some form of (double pole) switch in there somewhere?