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Can an IEC 309 plug fit onto 10mm2 SWA cable?
I have 20m of 10mm2 SWA already laid and buried between the garage and a yard master shed. One end of the SWA cable is currently outside the yard master shed where it comes out of the patio at the bottom of the garden. I had the idea of fitting a IEC 309 IP67 rated male socket onto the yardmaster shed externally and then running a 10mm2 twin and earth from this to a consumer unit within and also to fit a IEC 309 IP67 rated female plug onto the end of the 10mm2 SWA cable. The idea being that I can plug the SWA cable into the external socket fitted on the yardmaster. The other end would connect into a 45A cooker style switch in the garage and then onward to a 32A Time delayed RCBO in the main house consumer unit. So can a IEC 309 female plug be fitted onto the end of a 10mm2 SWA cable? |
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Can an IEC 309 plug fit onto 10mm2 SWA cable?
On Monday, 11 March 2019 21:07:04 UTC, wrote:
... to fit a IEC 309 IP67 rated female plug onto the end of the 10mm2 SWA cable. The idea being that I can plug the SWA cable into the external socket So can a IEC 309 female plug be fitted onto the end of a 10mm2 SWA cable? Probably not, as there won't be a gland to properly clamp and connect the armour. Discussed with a photo at https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/swa.441097/ Owain |
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Can an IEC 309 plug fit onto 10mm2 SWA cable?
You have given me an idea. I already have an ip67 box. I could buy a Henley block for the live and neutral and a earth MET terminal block
Put both of these into box, use a SWA cable gland, the SWA is coloured 3 phase so I have 10mm2 wire available for live, neutral and earth rather than use the armour. Furthermore I can run a short length of 10mm2 from the MET to the yardmaster shed as it's an all galvanised steel shed for earth bonding purposes. ( I am exporting the earth from the garage which is only 14m away so shouldn't need to put in a separate earth.) What do you all think? |
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