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I just need suggestions for suitable sockets really.
I'd like to have a minimum of 4 plug spaces, mainly for grow lights, a fan and maybe a heater but not sure about that one yet.
Some time ago, an electrician had laid a heavy duty armoured external cable running from a separate fuse in the main fuse box and it's the kind that trips and shuts the power off if there is a problem. This was run to the old shed but it was never hooked up to anything, the cable was just left waiting to be used.
There's enough cable there for me to take it back out of the shed, dig another short trench and redirect it in conduit underground to the tunnel but I'm not sure about the type of socket that should be used inside the tunnel. I know there are outdoor sockets but they are only 2 gang. Since this would be like it's own circuit, could I just put an outdoor socket on the main armoured cable then run an external grade extension lead from it therefore giving me more sockets? I have one of those weatherproof boxes that can take a 4 gang extension so this would make it even more moisture proof in the tunnel.
I'd like to have a minimum of 4 plug spaces, mainly for grow lights, a fan and maybe a heater but not sure about that one yet.
Some time ago, an electrician had laid a heavy duty armoured external cable running from a separate fuse in the main fuse box and it's the kind that trips and shuts the power off if there is a problem. This was run to the old shed but it was never hooked up to anything, the cable was just left waiting to be used.
There's enough cable there for me to take it back out of the shed, dig another short trench and redirect it in conduit underground to the tunnel but I'm not sure about the type of socket that should be used inside the tunnel. I know there are outdoor sockets but they are only 2 gang. Since this would be like it's own circuit, could I just put an outdoor socket on the main armoured cable then run an external grade extension lead from it therefore giving me more sockets? I have one of those weatherproof boxes that can take a 4 gang extension so this would make it even more moisture proof in the tunnel.
I grew up with everything 'in the meter cupboard' called 'the fuse box'. Old habits die hard. It is a modern unit, 5 years old I think. It has a built in RCD, everything is on it's own ring circuit, including the existing outdoor sockets so it's all as it should be. All done by an electrician (in conjuction with the Hydro at the time).
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