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I want to re site my tv
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.29 PM
I want to hang a tv on an outside wall, (inside the house) there's a socket on this wall about 8 feet away from where I want the tv. The socket is part of the downstairs ring circuit on a 32amp rcbo at the CU. Could I spur off this socket through to outside and run 4mm swa along the outside and back in to a socket where the tv would be. I also want it to serve an electric fire. I can't channel the inside of the wall as there are radiator pipes in the way buried in the wall. Thanks
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GTS ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LTD
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
I would probably go with extending the ring under the flooring and double check for those pipes you are talking about.
Answered31 May 2022
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Anonymous user
I’d spur into a switched fuse spur next to the double socket then go through the external wall,run the cable in conduit to the location drill back in for new socket behind tv…
Answered13 June 2022
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DEACON ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Rating: 5 out of 5
Why 4mm? 2.5mm 3 core you want. Are you capable of glancing armoured cable correctly? It would be better to do it from within the house in t&e though. If you did it this it’s still only 2.5 cable.
Answered31 May 2022
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Links Home Improvements Ltd
Rating: 5 out of 5
I wouldn’t use Swa, it’d be a pain to terminate & keep the armour earthed. You’re better off extending & keeping the ring with 2.5 if you intend to serve more than 1 point & run the cables externally in conduit. Or spur off the socket with a fused spur & run a single 2.5 in the conduit.
Answered14 June 2022
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