Summary: Wiring an outdoor socket: Learn how to wire an outdoor socket, run a spur from a socket outlet and fit the outdoor socket.
Installation must conform to Building Regulations.
To avoid running outdoor appliances from indoor sockets, you can run a spur from an indoor circuit to a weatherproof outdoor socket. If possible, drill through the back of an existing socket so that the new socket is backing on to it on the outside wall. Otherwise, run a cable from the interior socket along the wall or skirting board to the desired position.
Using a continuity tester, check that the socket you have chosen to run the spur from is not itself supplied by a spur or supplying another spur.
Feed a length of cable through the back of the mounting box and connect all cores to the faceplate.
Use a weatherproof outdoor socket with a cable entry hole in the back and a high-sensitivity 30 milliamp RCD (residual current device).
Prepare the cable and insulate any bare earth core with green-and-yellow sheath then connect the cores to the socket face-plate.
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