Dundonald wrote:
What's the best way to connect twin electricity cable (side by
side
sheafed in plastic) with standard twin and earth? Are there any
connection boxes made for this purpose?

Apologies for any confusion. No the twin stuff I talk of carries 12v
and is what came with garden lighting I bought from B&Q. It's simply
two live wires, each individually wrapped in plastic and stuck side
by
side together so the whole bit of wire is flatish. But I don't want
to
use that wire as I only got 15m of the stuff. Instead I want to use
the twin and earth that's already circulated around my garden.

The lights have a small length of the same twin/flatish cable that
would normally connect to the said 15 ring that came with the lights,
but I want instead to connect this to the twin and earth.

As long as your T&E is in no way connected to mains, and only carries
the 12v supply, just use a waterproof (underground) or IP44 (above
ground) junction box. Connections to the T&E will also need to be
similarly weather protected.


NT