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External RCD/sockets

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From a house ring main can an external rcd socket be used as a fused spur to a small consumer unit in a garage less than 10m away using 2.5 buried protected cable?  (2 LED strip lights and 4 double sockets in the garage)

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    John, i totally agree and in normal circumstances would but the main consumer unit is at low level in a kitchen with laminate flooring and this will EVENTUALLY come up and a new consumer unit installed however currently i cant get a lead from it to the back of the house. 

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    John, i totally agree and in normal circumstances would but the main consumer unit is at low level in a kitchen with laminate flooring and this will EVENTUALLY come up and a new consumer unit installed however currently i cant get a lead from it to the back of the house. 

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