Bob wrote:
Hi

I am installing an outside floodlight, to be fixed on the wall of my house.
I plan to run about 5m of twin core and earth cable from the garage,
connecting via a fused connection unit, and clip the cable to the nearest
wall. Is it ok (Wiring Regs) to do this, or do I need to enclose it within a
plastic conduit? I seem to remember reading that plastic conduit was not
suitable in low temperatures. Cable run is mostly horizontal, but with quite
a lot of bends, so would be easier without conduit.

TIA

Joe

T&E is not good outside - it gets affected by UV in sunlight,
insulation goes brittle.
The suggestion of Hi-Tuff is OK ... bit of a sod to strip outer sheath
in cold weather.

I used product from TLC ... the flexible conduit, with necessary gland,
and used standard PVC flex within it.
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BHEF25.html
In my case I coupled it to 20mm conduit at the wall as it passed
through the cavity wall, and regs don't like cables in the cavity.
The conduit can't be seen, and it just looks like flexible conduit
gland is screwed into wall - neat solution.