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Taking Outdoor Plug Socket Off The Side Of A Wooden Pond.
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...and putting it on a new wooden pond.
We are having a new Norlog 100 gallon fish pond to replace the smaller 50 gallon one we have which has seen better days.
The current pond has an electrician fitted waterproof grey plastic box on the side, which we plug the pond pump into. We want to transfer this to the side of the new pond. Is it just a case of switching off the pump and unscrewing the grey box thing? Do we need to be careful of anything?
We are having a new Norlog 100 gallon fish pond to replace the smaller 50 gallon one we have which has seen better days.
The current pond has an electrician fitted waterproof grey plastic box on the side, which we plug the pond pump into. We want to transfer this to the side of the new pond. Is it just a case of switching off the pump and unscrewing the grey box thing? Do we need to be careful of anything?
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It is not a a new installation . So it is a fitting job and anyone who is ' capable,' should not find it the least bit difficult to complete. An electrician will not want such a small job. It is a job for a capable handyman. At best there will be 4 screws on the faceplate and possibly another four in the back of the box. At work at the moment .. have just been watching...
09:41 Wed 01st Jul 2020
You should disconnect the socket from the mains, before you do anything at all with it. Then open the socket and remove the fixing screws to enable you to remove the whole socket. Put it well out of the way of the new pond. When the new pond is in place, then screw the socket on to its side, close the cover, and switch it on at the mains.
>>> Do we need to be careful of anything?
Turning the power off first is usually a god idea ;-)
It's not clear to me how you intend to move the socket box. Can you simply re-route the existing cabling to it or do you ned to disconnect the box from it's current position in order to fit in a bit of extension cabling from the old location to the new one?
Turning the power off first is usually a god idea ;-)
It's not clear to me how you intend to move the socket box. Can you simply re-route the existing cabling to it or do you ned to disconnect the box from it's current position in order to fit in a bit of extension cabling from the old location to the new one?
So, if I turn off the socket in the garage, it will be safe to take off the outdoor socket on the pond? I don't need to turn off the electricity in the consumer unit? Is that correct?
The reason I'm asking about this is because I will have to take off the plate that the plug goes into and the plate behind it which is screwed onto the current pond.
I know it seems like an inane question but I'm not happy messing about with plug sockets. I have looked at YouTube videos about how to fix them but there don't seem to be any videos of how to move them from one place to another without messing about with the electrics.
The reason I'm asking about this is because I will have to take off the plate that the plug goes into and the plate behind it which is screwed onto the current pond.
I know it seems like an inane question but I'm not happy messing about with plug sockets. I have looked at YouTube videos about how to fix them but there don't seem to be any videos of how to move them from one place to another without messing about with the electrics.
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