On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:02:04 -0000, "Sparks" wrote:

My own personal notion would be as I say below, running mains cable -
probably 4 core, 10mm SWA, at a depth of about 3 feet, backfilling
about a foot,

10mm! - thats capable of about 60A!

In free air, yes.

And why 4 core?

Contingency.

I was thinking 2.5mm (29A) 2 core

and keeping the worms warm.

It would be underspecified, I think - not now, perhaps, but sometime
before you fancy digging up your garden again.

The cost differential would also argue for bigger cable.

then running co-ax in a conduit, backfilling about nine
more inches and then running alarm and CAT5 in conduit.

You don't think the Coax, alarm, and network will be happy together then?
Is this because of the network - I could use STP?

Its your preference, but mine would be to keep it separate.

I just have this strange passion for keeping video away from other
stuff where possible.

Don't know that it's necessary though.

Sparks...