Power to a greenhouse

soup · 2007-09-17T13:51:36+00:00

I am thinking of putting power out to the greenhouse (only for one light and possibly a (small) heater, say, in total, 1100 watts worth) was thinking of using a domestic outlet in the living room running the cable through the living room wall via a vent (this cable would be some sort of SWA) then down the garden (buried say a foot down) to the greenhouse, cable terminated in some sort of trailing socket. Anyone have any experience of running power out? I do not wish to go the full; dedicated CU with armoured cable terminated in glands route.

Sep 17, 2007 24 Replies

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Andy Hall 18 years ago

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jkn 18 years ago

Hi Andy

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OK, Ta.

Jon N

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John Rumm 18 years ago

I must admit to being a fan of these:

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discard the backnut and solder tag, and use this much more substantial nut in its place (which has small teeth on one side to grip the inner wall of the box - allowing the gland to be tightened with one spanner). You can then crimp a eye terminal on the end of your earth wire, and screw it to the side of the new nut with the supplied screw. Seems much simpler than needing to solder to a heavy tag "in the field" so to speak.

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John Rumm 18 years ago

I suppose in a world where one wants to try and create unique selling points for what is otherwise a "me too" product, it is quite a clever idea. If you are ordering the things on a regular basis, you may opt for the one that gives you a bonus each time you use it!

(having said that, they are nice boxes anyway - the knockouts are made of a rubbery type material that you can easily trim out with a knife rather than needing a hole drill, decent terminals, and a sealing strip built in).

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Andy Hall 18 years ago

Ah. Now those are a good idea.

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