Adding outdoor power: what is allowed and what is not

Name: Arcline Electrical test
Address: 18 Ferrier Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, NZ
Telephone: 03 555 0142

An extension lead run out a window is not a temporary solution. It is a hazard.

Outdoor sockets need an RCD, the right IP rating and a run that is protected properly along its whole length. What we get called to fix is almost always the same thing: a lead out a window, taped at the join, sitting in wet grass. A proper outdoor circuit is not an expensive job and it is done once.