In article , Andrew Gabriel
wrote:
Yes.
Better still, mount an RCD-protected socket outside,

Electrical sockets outside the house are a total insanity here.
If they didn't get stolen they'd get broken as punishment for not being
stealable.
I plug the RCD into an internal socket and put the extension
lead out the window to the garden. If the weather is too bad to have
the lead running out of the window, then it's too bad for drilling
burglar alarms into the wall or mowing the lawn. Can't think of any
other credible reason for wanting power out in the garden.
If I were to get permission from SWMBO for a greenhouse/ shed,
then I'd provide it with a trenched power supply from an RCD at the
consumer unit. KISS.

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Aidan
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:03 GMT, but posted later.