Garden wall light advice

[triggersbroom]

After a bit of help here... Built a wall with three piers, and I want to put some lanterns on top.

As far as cabling is concerned, I have run armoured from the house through the wall and "looped" it in each pier. To add the lights at the end, I'm guessing that I would have to cut the loop in each pier, and install the light in series. Is this correct? There would be a fair weight of cable on the underside of the light if that is the case.

Or would I have to add a waterproof junction box in each pier, loop into that, and spurring off with one simple cable for each light?

Does that make sense?

[triggersbroom]

Bump!

Anyone??

[TheD]

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[dibbers006]

I don't know enough to comment fully.

But if you do them in Series and someone puts a fork through the cable one day then you are going to have a nightmare tracing the break aren't you?

[Goochie]

It depends on the space available within the lights you're looking at. Most outdoor lighting wont have enough room to terminate armoured cable inside so I think you'll have to use waterproof junction boxes.

[acquiescence]

triggersbroom said:

After a bit of help here... Built a wall with three piers, and I want to put some lanterns on top.

As far as cabling is concerned, I have run armoured from the house through the wall and "looped" it in each pier. To add the lights at the end, I'm guessing that I would have to cut the loop in each pier, and install the light in series. Is this correct? There would be a fair weight of cable on the underside of the light if that is the case.

Or would I have to add a waterproof junction box in each pier, loop into that, and spurring off with one simple cable for each light?

Does that make sense?

The lights are in effect in parallel as every load i.e. the bulbs are across live and neutral.

You don't sound knowledgeable enough to be embarking on this. You need a properly qualified electrician to consider cable sizes etc.

Edited by acquiescence on Monday 7th September 10:45

[triggersbroom]

acquiescence said:

triggersbroom said:

After a bit of help here... Built a wall with three piers, and I want to put some lanterns on top.

As far as cabling is concerned, I have run armoured from the house through the wall and "looped" it in each pier. To add the lights at the end, I'm guessing that I would have to cut the loop in each pier, and install the light in series. Is this correct? There would be a fair weight of cable on the underside of the light if that is the case.

Or would I have to add a waterproof junction box in each pier, loop into that, and spurring off with one simple cable for each light?

Does that make sense?

The lights are in effect in parallel as every load i.e. the bulbs are across live and neutral.

You don't sound knowledgeable enough to be embarking on this. You need a properly qualified electrician to consider cable sizes etc.

Edited by acquiescence on Monday 7th September 10:45

Size of cable is fine. I will not be making the connections, just running the cable in the wall. I wanted to know before I put the pier caps on.