Our kitchen ring main is protected by a 32A MCB and is fed from the RCD protected side of the CU. On that ring is a switched fused spur unit (3A fuse) feeding a 1.5mm T&E that goes out through the wall to a rope light, which is just switched on and off from inside the kitchen.
We want to install a 150W security light with PIR sensor as well, which obviously means having a permanent feed outside, but taking a new feed out is impractical so the spur unit will just have to be left on with the switching done outside now.
Obviously, it would not be desirable to let any burglars just turn off the security light so I'm thinking of fitting one of these emergency light key switches for that:
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an "ordinary" switch for the rope light. These switches will be mounted on the exterior wall, up under the dormer, somewhere in the region of the arrow in the photo below:
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question is, what IP rating of switch do I need for that positioning? Does it need to have an IP rating or even be weatherproof at all for that location, given that any rain would have to be driving horizontally or even upwards to get to it? Does a weatherproof version of the emergency keyswitch even exist?Cheers