Hi there,

I am putting in an outdoor spot light (500w) that will be mounted on a pole approximately 20m from the house and have a couple questions.

The light will have a motion sensor as a trigger and I will be getting a sparky to make the connections to make sure that it is all legal and complies with standards etc.

1) What sort of cable I should be using to run the power? The light will be mounted on a power pole and I would like the ability to add more lights (with sensors) in the future if needed. I intend to also mount a security camera in the same area too. I am assuming that the cable will need to go into a conduit of some sort for water proofing, under the ground and up the pole.

2) I have an existing outdoor light with a sensor under the eaves. This light is on the lighting circuit and I have a control inside the house that I can set to auto, off or on. It would great if I could hook into this, purely for the control of the 500w spot light (I dont need the existing outdoor light under the eaves).

3) With the security camera, I understand the cable will depend on the type of camera that is put in. IP or  CCTV. I am most likely to put in an IP camera so am thinking about using CAT 5E cable. Is there any limitation on outdoor use and also length of the cable? I plan to run the connection into my router. Fairly sure I have to run this in a different conduit to the power, due to interference.

Any help would be apprecaited.

Thanks

Mike