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How to connect Flex to double socket
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.10 PM
I want to run a spur from an internal double socket to an RCD weatherproof socket on the other side of wall outside. There would be about 30cm of tough flex cable secured to the wall from the weatherproof socket to where it goes into the house. It will be about 50cm above the ground Can I wire the flex straight into the back of the existing socket or do I need to run normal T&E into a junction box before connecting to flex?
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Ursan Electrical Limited
Rating: 5 out of 5
Hi. You'll have to take the 2.5mm² T/E cable from the back of the existing socket straight into the back of a IP65 junction box on the wall outside and then from there run another length of 2.5 mm² T/E in plastic conduit(or SWA cable properly glanced at both ends) to the bottom of your weatherproof RCD socket. Or appoint an qualified electrician to do the job. Hope that will solve it.
Answered22 May 2020
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DEACON ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Rating: 5 out of 5
You are using the wrong type of cable, Flex or twin and earth. It needs to be armoured cable.
Answered23 May 2020
1
Current Energy Solutions
Rating: 5 out of 5
Like all things, possibly. Is the socket you will be connecting to on a ring protected by 32 amp mcb if not then you might be adding a spur into a spur which is ok if the circuit is protected by either a 16 or 20 amp mcb. Also it’s not good practice to combine a Solid Conductor and a Stranded one in the same connection. Also the flex needs to be minimum 2.5mm. You could use 2.5 twin and earth and enclose it in some pvc conduit.
Answered22 May 2020
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JMA Electrical
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Get an electrician round to do it properly and safely.
Answered23 May 2020
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