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12 volt outside light recommendations.

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Hi all. I am in the process of turning my front garden into a driveway. Now on the side of this drive way is a brick wall where I want to put 3 x 12 volt wall lights. I have excavated the ground and dug a trench and put some 20mm conduit for now. What I want to know is are there outside lights that don't come pre wired? I don't want to have any junction boxes on the wall or buried in the ground. Can the electrician wire it with loop in loop out so the only connections are at the light fitting itself so no connections underground etc.


I hope that makes sense.


Regards Lee
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    Yes, you can put glands on 25mm flexible conduit ... although they'd normally have 25mm threads, rather than 20mm.


    Generally cables buried in the ground need an earthed metallic armour or earthed metallic sheath - to ensure safety if they're struck by digging tools. Unarmoured cables like HiTuf  aren't suitable for burial unless in a duct/conduit that offers an equivalent level of protection ... which I suspect a bit of plastic conduit isn't going to. The more usual approach is steel wire armoured cables, ducted underground if you prefer, glanded direct into the conduit boxes (using "outdoor" (CW) glands, not the cheaper indoor (BW) ones).  You'll also need a bit of care to ensure that the conduit box is weatherproof when installed - especially around the fixing holes and junction between the box and fitting.


       - Andy.
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    Yes, you can put glands on 25mm flexible conduit ... although they'd normally have 25mm threads, rather than 20mm.


    Generally cables buried in the ground need an earthed metallic armour or earthed metallic sheath - to ensure safety if they're struck by digging tools. Unarmoured cables like HiTuf  aren't suitable for burial unless in a duct/conduit that offers an equivalent level of protection ... which I suspect a bit of plastic conduit isn't going to. The more usual approach is steel wire armoured cables, ducted underground if you prefer, glanded direct into the conduit boxes (using "outdoor" (CW) glands, not the cheaper indoor (BW) ones).  You'll also need a bit of care to ensure that the conduit box is weatherproof when installed - especially around the fixing holes and junction between the box and fitting.


       - Andy.
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