Conduit for pond power

[owe]

can anyone recommend some decent (but fairly inexpensive) conduit that I can use to bury my existing pond cable into the ground?

The current cable is just attached to a wall, but I would like to bury it out of sight

thanks

 

[securespark]

What type of cable is it?

 

[Robin0577]

That would depend on what type and size the existing cable is, it may not be appropriate to bury it at all.

Too slow...agian

 

[owe]

its just standard twin and earth.

one end has a plug (which is fitted to a rcd plug) and the other end is fitted to a external weatherproof box (not sure what IP rating it is)

 

[securespark]

If you are considering digging a trench for the cable anyway and investing money in conduit, I would save the money spent on conduit and invest it in more suitable cable.

 

[owe]

I need 20m of cable with a maximum size of 1.5mm (as otherwise it wont fit in my pond switch box)

All the armoured garden power cable that you can buy from the pond retailers costs £80-100, hence why I was looking at conduit

also I'm sure I read somewhere that armoured cable cant be wired into a standard plug, is that correct??

can you recommend any armoured cable??

 

[bernardgreen]

Rapid no searching supplier is TLC who offer 50 metres of 1.5 SWA is £42 +VAT

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Index/Armoured_SWA/index.html

Local builders merchants with an electrical department may offer end of roll remnants at a lower price,

 

[Risteard]

also I'm sure I read somewhere that armoured cable cant be wired into a standard plug, is that correct??

Neither can twin & skin (T&E).

 

[owe]

not sure what the current cable is then as it connected to a standard plug, which is then plug into a RCD plug

 

[JohnW2]

not sure what the current cable is then as it connected to a standard plug, which is then plug into a RCD plug

It may be T&E. It is certainly physically possible to connect 1.5mm² T&E to a standard 13A plug, even though it is not a very satisfactory practice.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Gutterball]

armour into adaptable boxes at each end, then flex out to plug and pump.