Getting power to shed using extension lead?

hi is there any way i can get power to my shed using a extension lead permanantely to power 2 fluro 18w lights and a few power points and should i use a extra heavy duty lead as i live in a rented house and do not have permission to connect my shed up to the mains box.thankyou also my power is 240v

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As long as it is water proof, and I would think about where I would put it to keep it away from the mower. Even thou your lights are not heavy duty I would go with a heavy wire to be on the safe side. I would use under ground PVC if the Landlord would permit this.

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You can certainly. I've done it often.

How far away is the shed? You could bury conduit, or even PVC with cable running.

The issue is the 240. Is that what you intend to take to the shed, then split? By extension it sounds like you're considering hard wiring? Or might you be OK, just plugging in, to a receptacle? Certainly for the lights, a recept. on a 15 or 20 Amp breaker will work, as well as some power tools, and assuming the breaker isn't being used at a load limit when you use power in the shed.
It all depends where you plan on taking the power from and what you plan on running from the sockets.

As you are running 240V I'm assuming that you live in the UK therefore the maximum you can run from a single socket is 13A at which point your fuse will blow.

Lighting generally isn't a problem, standard domestic lighting runs off a 5A circuit, usually one per floor of your house. as such you can adequately run your 2 fluro's from an extension lead. remembering of course to have a 3amp fuse in the plug on your lighting leads.

To give an example of this, on my shed i have a complete lighting circuit with a switch. the circuit terminates in a junction box. I feed this junction box from a 3amp fused plug plugged into a standard domestic socket.

The problems arise if you want to run heavy duty appliances from the extension. like kettles. as a very rough guide, you normally have 5amp of fuse capacity per kW. a kettle for example rated at 3kW would have a 13 amp fuse. so as long as you're not running lots of heating type appliances you should be ok with your extension lead. most have a 13A circuit breaker in them should you exceed the rating.
Definately use the heavy lead and keep it off the ground. I have a heavy duty lead to my shed that I put in four years ago and it is still doing fine. I even put in some plug ins for tools I would use so if you don't overdo and know what you are doing with hooking up more outlets, go for it and use the heavy stuff. Since your landlord does not want you to have the permanent hookup, you will have to take it with you when you move anyway and that would be the easiest way to do the job.
If you're only using it for fluorescent lights, buy some lights that are battery-powered and use them... probably a lot simpler...