IP66 external socket.

[David WE Roberts]

Following on from the advice given in

am finally getting round to fitting an MK Masterseal socket (grey, because for some reason it is cheaper from TLC than black or white).

I will be gettting an internal dual pole 13 amp isolation switch for a spur off the 13 amp ring main.

Just checking what else I might need to fit this socket to the outside wall. Also, is there a minimum height above the ground outside? Given that I will be digging out a new hole in the wall for the box then cutting a channel down to the existing 13 amp twin socket the closer I can get to the existing socket the less cutting and mess will be involved.

I am assuming a hole sloping downwards to the outside for the cable, some silicone sealant, but I don't know if I need anything special to seal the cable entry into the rear of the box.

Cheers

Dave R

[ARWadsworth]

I am finally getting round to fitting an MK Masterseal socket (grey,

Sounds good to me.

Any height you want is fine.

Silicone is fine to seal the cable entry point. And there will be a drain hole on the outside socket (you need to make the hole)

[Andrew Gabriel]

> I am finally getting round to fitting an MK Masterseal socket (grey,

MK also do a grommet with stretched hole, designed to pass flat T&E through.

However, assume water will get in, and put a drip loop in each wire, so it drips onto the bottom of the back box (to run out of the drain hole), rather than being carried directly into the terminals. (Even if no rain water does get in, condensation will.)

[Andrew Mawson]

>> I am finally getting round to fitting an MK Masterseal socket (grey,

[Andrew Gabriel]

I've never bought Masterseal because they haven't impressed me for the reasons you mention, and I don't need a socket which is waterproof in use, only waterproof when not in use.

Mine were from Wickes, but they don't do that type anymore. They might have been rebadged GET ones. I think they are IP55 when unused, but not waterproof when something's plugged in. I wasn't sure they'd last, but they have. They were very much cheaper than Masterseal.

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Andrew Gabriel writes

Curious and OT.

Andrew M's post above came up in a tasteful shade of blue and very wide. When I tried to follow up, my news reader stripped out his entire post.

Is there something Turnpike/Demon does not like about Giganews?

regards

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[Mike Clarke]

I prefer to bring the cable through the wall just below the box then running it up through a grommet in the bottom.

[Andrew Gabriel]

Andrew M's post is incorrectly formatted. He's put his reponse in his signature block. Signature blocks should be stripped out of replies. Hence, you end up with nothing to reply to. I fixed it up by hand.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

They stick out rather too far for my liking, so I carefully chiselled out the brick to recess it somewhat. And since it was inline with the skirting on the room other side of the wall - which is spaced off the wall - drilled a hole in the recess through the wall for the cable. Which I then fished out to under the floor.

[Andrew Mawson]

Tim,

something went astray as I posted it. I've just 'upgraded' to Windows 7 / Windows live mail so have to use Quotefix to unscrew things. When I pressed send it all dissapeared, and when I closed WLM the message was left in a separate window supposedly unsent. Doesn't help that the actual pc running WLM & Win 7 are in the office and I'm in the house running a VNC session to them from a Vista laptop. Technology don't you love it.

AWEM

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Andrew Gabriel writes

That makes sense.

Ta.

regards

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[Tim Lamb]

In message , Andrew Mawson writes

Mostly well above my head but I'm good on sympathy:-)

regards