Outdoor power point installation

These have skyrocketed in popularity with the proliferation of various modern appliances. For newer homes, double socket power points are often standard for installation.

Power points with switches These power points come in standard single and double GPO format but have added features for convenience. The most common additional feature is a switch which can be used to power lights and fans on and off. These power points function like any other, with either single or double sockets, but with added USB ports. Homeowners tend to enjoy these for the easy charging it offers for smart devices without having to use a bulky socket adapter.

The USB port also frees up sockets that would otherwise be used to charge phones or tablets. Additionally, some power points also allow for choice between either a single USB port or double USB ports between the standard sockets.

While 15A power points can accommodate appliances typically used with 10A power points, the reverse is not true. These distinctions, though critical, can be confusing to sort through on your own.

Some of our power point installation services include:. Outdoor power point installation With outdoor power point installation, you can make gardening and power tool use easier and hassle free. Our electricians are highly experienced at installing external power points, so you can trust us with your outdoor power needs.

Whether you need help installing power points in the brick wall by your garden or an extra power point outside your shed, let us make your outdoor spaces more accessible. Upgrading existing power points You may already have a power point in a suitable location but find that it offers limited use. If you have a power point that is a single socket DPO but have been thinking of updating it to a double socket, we can easily do that. We can take care of not only functional upgrades, but also appearance and finish upgrades.

We safely perform power point installation while minding your end use. We consult with you to find the best placement while remembering all safety regulations. We can even install in materials that provide some difficulty for others. The first number given is, in lay terms, affording protection against dust. The second number in similar terms is for protection against the wet.

A top class exterior socket of the type described would most likely have an IP rating of 66 or even possibly Assuming that the main consumer unit does not incorporate an RCD, an exterior socket must be connected with an RCD somewhere in the installation.

You could run cable from the consumer unit through a fused connection unit FCU incorporating a 13 amp fuse and then to an RCD. The combined cost of doing this is possibly more than running cable to a dedicated exterior socket, with an integral RCD.

The choice of cable running to the exterior socket should be, as a minimum, 2. Another method, especially suitable if the run of cable can in any way be accidentally damaged by garden equipment including spades, shovels or forks, requires that the cable should be steel wire armoured SWA.

This type of cable is available with at least two main wires live and neutral , where the steel wires are used as an earth. For the sake of a small extra cost, it is better to purchase 3 core cable, which includes a separate earth lead.

SWA cable is connected and secured to the exterior socket box by glands. The glands are commonly brass, with a retaining washer and a securing nut. The gland is tapered to allow for the steel wires of the cable to be secured to the it via a brass nut. A 3 core cable of the 2. The exterior socket boxes usually have round knock out openings. Having chosen where the connection will go to — side, top or bottom — the process is to tap out the appropriate plug and connect the gland.

Glands from electrical suppliers are usually sold in pairs, one for each end of the cable and also come with a weather-proof sheath, a tapering conical item that is cut to suit the cable size and then the wire fed through this hole.

Slide the sheath further down the cable out of the way temporarily, then slide on the external nut which will secure the cable to the gland. Connect the male threaded part of the gland into the knocked out hole in the exterior box. Fit the retaining washer, from the inside and secure the gland to the box with the brass securing nut. Tighten to secure without over stressing the connection.

The next stage is to calculate the length of the inner insulated wires which will fit to the terminals within the box. A minimum of mm 10 inches is required. Next, cut an appropriate amount of the outer covering of the cable using a trimming knife. Peel away the outer covering which will expose the many strands of steel wires. Beneath these steel wires is the inner cable, which has a similar protective covering. The inner exposed wire will be around mm long at this stage.

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