ᐅ Electricity for the garden, garden shed, or lighting fixtures?
Created on: 19 May 2018 17:21
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M4rvin
Hi everyone!
We are still in the planning phase and want to plan as much as possible in advance to avoid having to redo everything later... 🙂
I don’t yet know what kind of garden shed we will build or when we will do it, but I am pretty sure that it makes sense to run a cable from the distribution board to the possible location of the garden shed beforehand.
But how should I handle potential lighting elements in the garden? If I later branch off cables from the garden shed, I would only be able to control them from the shed itself...
Or would it be better to run multiple cables, for example one non-switchable cable for the garden shed and another one (switchable at the patio door) into the garden shed and then branch off from there?
Attached is a sketch of the garden.
Thanks in advance
Marvin
We are still in the planning phase and want to plan as much as possible in advance to avoid having to redo everything later... 🙂
I don’t yet know what kind of garden shed we will build or when we will do it, but I am pretty sure that it makes sense to run a cable from the distribution board to the possible location of the garden shed beforehand.
But how should I handle potential lighting elements in the garden? If I later branch off cables from the garden shed, I would only be able to control them from the shed itself...
Or would it be better to run multiple cables, for example one non-switchable cable for the garden shed and another one (switchable at the patio door) into the garden shed and then branch off from there?
Attached is a sketch of the garden.
Thanks in advance
Marvin
Ah, now I understand what you meant! I thought you were suggesting to basically "bury" wireless sockets in the garden!
Yes, that would of course also be possible!
Oh, and by fun for the kids I actually meant a remote control for the lighting. We currently have something like that with RGB spotlights in the hallway! 😉
Yes, that would of course also be possible!
Oh, and by fun for the kids I actually meant a remote control for the lighting. We currently have something like that with RGB spotlights in the hallway! 😉
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Gartenfreund20 May 2018 06:54I would install a properly sized conduit. This way, you can later decide whether to have a constant power supply and additionally control the lighting from the house with a simple light switch, or whether you want to set it up differently.
In addition, I would install an extra empty conduit in case you want to install an alarm system or surveillance camera there in the future.
In addition, I would install an extra empty conduit in case you want to install an alarm system or surveillance camera there in the future.