Power to old shed

digitalsystem

Hi, I have an old shed on my site that I am considering to do up (or at least make weather proof).

From my house I have a cable running outside that was originally left out incase we wanted to have a light shining back to the house.

The cable has these markings on it

'600/1000 V BS5467 4X1.5mm2 2017'

Would this be sufficient to use to bring power to the shed? I'm thinking a socket or two and a ceiling light.

The end of the cable is about 30m from the shed at the moment so if it is sufficient will need to extend it

Thanks in advance for any inputs

10-10-20

That's 1.5mm square SWA (armored) cable. It's enough for a few lights and a socket, but not much more than that, especially if it's being extended by that distance.

JL spark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121816132#Comment_121816132

Will you keep your bad advice to your self,

OP that cable is of no use , new cable form house board to shed ,

1.5 is not a cable for sockets , maybe one out side light , that’s about it ,

digitalsystem

Thanks to you both for the responses. I'll plan on running a new cable from the CU to the shed

Padre_Pio

1.5 is standard for lighting ring circuits, not recommended for sockets, especially not at the end of a 30m run.

You'd get lights in the shed from it, especially since you're probably not using more than 50W.

Those 5ft LED batten shed lamps are only 30W

AMKC

You could use that cable to fish in a new cable to your CU unit if its close like straight up a wall. Just tape on a 4 square or 6 sq SWA 3 core and pull it up. It's best to have one person to pull and another to feed the cable in when doing this.

rob316

No you cant use 1.5 for sockets. This sort of work legally needs to be done by a spark anyway, get one in.