Adding Exterior Lights

[TonyBrown]

 

Hi .

 

I would like to add some exterior lights on the side of my

house, do I need to install the cable in gaine or can I just use double

insulated cable fixed to the walls, this would be far less obtrusive than 16mm

rigid gaine

 

thanks

[Nick Trollope]

Usual rules apply; If the cable/wires are buried or pass through anything then they must be in an appropriate sized gaine, if surface mounted then cable can be.... well, clipped to the surface.

 

[Gluestick]

Nick!

Good to see you here: been too long!

[:)]

[Framboise]

or do it true french style.

Drag out a bit of old cotton-covered cable thats been hanging on a nail in the barn for 40 years, then drape it haphazardly to where you want the light to dangle off a another carefully selected bent nail. Make sure to drape the cable across the corner of the doorway so that you can't get the door fully opened as this adds to the authenticity of the installation. Secure in place with one or two fencing staples et voila - another job magnificently completed!

And I'm not joking - this was how the electric lighting was in our house when we bought it!

[gyn_paul]

[quote user="Framboise"]or do it true french style. Drag out a bit of old cotton-covered cable thats been hanging on a nail in the barn for 40 years, then drape it haphazardly to where you want the light to dangle off a another carefully selected bent nail. Make sure to drape the cable across the corner of the doorway so that you can't get the door fully opened as this adds to the authenticity of the installation. Secure in place with one or two fencing staples et voila - another job magnificently completed! And I'm not joking - this was how the electric lighting was in our house when we bought it![/quote]

So true ! Oh and don't forget, the light fitting has to be chipped white ceramic with large exposed terminals and a rusty metal shade.

[Gluestick]

Tut, Tut!

You've both forgotten the rusty large horseshoe on another bent nail: which sways in the breeze and keeps touching the (Naturally) live terminal.......

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