IP65 box / wall output

[backinbeige]

Hi- I’ve recently moved into a new house and am figuring out what my predecessor has done with their electrics.

They’ve wired up the garage well, with a fuse box connecting eight wall sockets and the overhead strip light.



However they’ve disconnected the input source cable that supplied power to the garage and left it in the flowerbed!

The hole in the outside meter suggests it might not have been connected legally. I’d be interested to know what they were doing with their eight sockets in the garage…

In the garden they have fitted an IP65 which connects to an outside socket as well as a fish pond pump (the pond is soon to go but this outdoor socket might be useful). Yet the input into the outdoor IP65 comes from a simple wall plug inside the house, via a hole in the wall.



If I was to connect the source cable into this IP65, and restore power to the garage, would it be a smart move? Is there enough power coming from the one plug indoors to power the fusebox in the garage?

The photos are of the fusebox in the garage and the IP65 in the garden.

Thank you!

 

[SUNRAY]

If the flex feeding the IP65 box is at least 1.25mm² and the plug contains a 13A fuse then you will have 13A minus whatever the pond consumes available in your garage whit is usually plenty providing you're not using anything unusual like running a large compressor or welding kit.

However without knowing more we don't know what the earting arrangements etc are and more work may be required

If you do join into that box, I suggest you try to avoid cutting anything off your armoured cable to allow it to be reterminated elsewhere.

Let's have a pic of the meter box internals. It might be fine to return it there.

 

[ericmark]

I have signs that there were out door electrics around my house, I would not dream of re-using them.

The question is why disconnected? Had it with mothers house the cowboys putting a new roof on the garage clearly did something and the cable developed a short circuit inside, but no viable outside damage.

Start point if reusing cables is insulation tester, my outside socket is simply plugged in to a utility room socket. It means if it gets water in or other damage easy to isolate, and also I can use plug in adaptors to switch on/off handy to run Christmas lights at night only.

Re-using holes drilled OK, even old junction boxes, but I suspect the people fitting new roof either trapped the cable or hit with hammer, either way accident, but no external sign of damage.

It may well be it was connected in a way not complying with rules and regulations, and only disconnected so they are not blaimed for non compliance, but more likely some unknown fault.

 

[sparkwright]

'The hole on the outside meter'?

Can you send a picture of that?