installing socket in shed

[telectrix]

its not a big deal with SWA, does not cost a fortune, nice and easy to install
(swa clips + wall plug/screw vs messing with conduit saddles or t+e clips.
easy to get a tidy job. terminate the armour into metal boxes fixed into the wall (you can practice with glands too, time to learn it sooner or later anyway)
and pass the inner section plus earth wire thru the wall to where it needs to be terminated. job done.

plastic conduit on external walls looks crap. black metal conduit is fine, blends with the pipes and drains, but plenty of work.
bare t+e will technically work, seen ones installed 20 years ago still working no problem, any cowboy builder can put it on, but its not a standard you should be doing as an electrician...

first fitting 20mm pvc tube through the wall to protect those tails.

 

[sparksburnout]

first fitting 20mm pvc tube through the wall to protect those tails.

Is that not a bit OTT for the inner sheath of SWA Tel??

 

[Barrie Patrick]

For me it would have to be a SWA with internal earth, the steel armour suitably bonded using a brass banjo to that internal earth at both terminations.

This can then either be buried in accordance with the appropriate Rgeulations or supported to the shed from the wall on a catenery wire, as could any other cable chosen.

As long as it doesn't stand out to much and look horribly out of place you could terminate it into either a pvc or galvanised metal weatherproof box, 1 fitted to the outer wall of the house and 1 to the shed where you could through connect to T&E, and as already advised, run to an FCU fitted next to the nearest socket spurred from the upstairs ringmain and at the other end to your socket and light.

I have already done a similar job at home and I personally preferred to terminate both ends of the SWA into a 20mm galvanised back entry end box with a brass bush fitted into the rear threaded spout. Put a through connection to the T&E in the box with the internal earth wire bonded to the 4mm terminal in the back and a rubber lid fitted under the galvanised box lid. I then used black tower clips both ends to secure the SWA to the wall but you could use cleats screwed to the wall.

As long as everthing is straight, level and plumb and installed in a tradesman like way most methods already mentioned should look ok.

Barrie

 

[Barrie Patrick]

Yeah BE conduit is not supposed to be used outdoors.

I've seen this done and left unpainted, within 2 weeks it was going rusty and looked terrible and I had the job of replacing it with galvanised.

 

[davesparks]

Is that not a bit OTT for the inner sheath of SWA Tel??

No because it's not a sheath, it is bedding.

 

[HandySparks]

No because it's not a sheath, it is bedding.

Agreed.

Besides, a bit of pvc conduit make pushing the cable through easier, especially if it's a cavity wall.

 

[sparksburnout]

It's a protective boundary, perfectly adequate for going through a smooth hole drilled in a masonary wall.

 

[n180]

Thanks for the great answers guys. Plenty there for me to know what options I have.

And i'll definetly be joining up to that trainee part of the forum.