Outside wiring question

Still having tourble picturing this - can you sketch it and post a camphone photo on tinypic or something?

I will see if I can sketch something.

Essentially it is like a run of kitchen units made out of timber with cedar doors. The outside socket is connected to armoured cable but will only reach just below worktop height. I need to somehow run cable from this socket to above the work surface.

Does that help at all?

In message , snipped-for-privacy@nowell.me writes

NYY-J/Hituf:

Or just some outdoor suitable flex?

Sounds like it would be wise to make it all waterproof, irrespective of whether water *should* be there or not. Sod law and all that...

Joint the SAW (armoured) cable to suitable flex (I'm thinking HiTuf) or T+E but with flat glands:

You can use a water resistant plastic box to joint the SWA (make sure the armour is actually earthed at at least the head end even if using 3 core cable and preferably bonded to the 3rd core at both ends - if 2 core, you are using the armour as your earth).

Watch plastic though - it might be as well to use a pirhana nut to make the connection to the armour as plastic has give which can make a compression joint to the earth banjo a bit unreliable.

Or use a metal box like a pratley box:

All very solid.

I assume you'll be using MK external sockets or similar?

And of course RCD protection at the supply end?

There are a lot of different and good ways to do this - I expect there'll be more suggestions.

Question - what route is the SWA taking to this furniture?

"SWA"