Hi all,
First post here so go steady.
Recently installed a small radial circuit in my garage with 2.5, took it from a B16 breaker run through 20mm conduit on a wall. Tested everything with my megger with everything testing ok, happy days.
Couple of days later fired up my nail gun, on the 4th...
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Think I have asked the question before but just needing clearing up. Detached garage supplying some sockets and lights etc in the detached garage and supply for washing machine. There is no pipe work in the detached building yet but have asked to get a plastic pipe installed. Will this...
Hello everyone , new guy here.
My house is an old one and my garage has very poor lighting, no windows, only light other than opening my garage door is via old fixture with one bulb. My neighbor, before he moved gave me a 8ft commercial strip fixture that is pretty much brand new open box with...
Garage mini board supplied from an 16A MCB, on an Rcd protected board. Would the fact the board it’s supplied from give the circuits in the garage RCD protection?? I,e. If there was an earth fault on the sockets in the garage would this trip the Rcd back at the board in the house
Does a new cable that’s supply a garage need to rcd protected at the consumer unit inside or can it be supplied off the non rcd side of the
consumer unit?
The garage will have a rcd consumer unit inside.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
I'm looking at installing a 7kW EV charger on an outbuilding with the following characteristics:
EV charger will be 60 metres from the main fuse where there is an initial small consumer unit in the meter cupboard.
Currently there are 2 extra small consumer units for each outbuilding, each with...
Hello all, I’m new to this forum! I work in commercial electrics (NVQ level 3, HND etc) but not domestic. I am confident to carry out basic domestic work but not familiar with the regs such as Part P etc.
New build house, 17th edition amendment 3 consumer unit.
I have a detached garage fed from...
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I am having a new patio laid next year, and would like to lay some cable underneath it in preparation for a car charger so that the installer doesn't need to run the cable around the house when it is done (The fuse board is on the opposite side of the house to the garage).
I also have an...
This should have been a straight forward install, and maybe it should be and I'm just being an a***, so be interested to know what you would have done if presented with the same thing.
Got called out to quote for an Outdoor Double Socket to go on the back of a garage. The house is reasonably...
Hi everyone, looking to put a 6mm SWA from house to a new garage 25m away.
Wanting to make the garage ready for EV charging later so a little stuck as to future proof the install.
Can I use the Doncaster power and data cable but unsure of how to feed the garage and EV charger.
Any constructive...
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I've just been looking at a garage to re-establish the lights in it and put up a couple of LED battens but I have come across an uncommon set up which is making me scratch my head a bit. Any comments would be welcome...
The garage is fed by 10m of swa 2.5mm from the lounge...
Hi there, I just want check that what I am doing is to the regs. I am not an electrician but work in related trade. I have asked a couple of electricians but they have given me different answers so I am slightly confused. I currently have a garage supply with a garage consumer unit (16a for a...
Hi there.
I want power in my garage which is NOT attached to my house, its around 20-25 meters from the main house consumer unit to the garage.
There is conduit installed underground going from the House consumer unit, to the garage.
Also in my main Consumer unit I have a 32amp spare breaker for...
I am trying to add an external thermostat to my garage heater: https://www.ghpgroupinc.com/product-...EG5000DGP.html
This unit has a switch to bypass the built in thermostat and control with a wall thermostat. I purchased the matching 240v double pole line thermostat but the wiring diagram is...
Hi to everyone. I'm new on this forum, so please go easy on me.
I am a DIY-er myself but, not too sure if I can do this within regulations so please help.
I have attached a drawn picture, to make it (hopefully) easier to explain.
There will be a consumer unit installed in the garage next year...
I'm looking at fitting a commercial garage out.
I plan to put a 4 pole 300MA S TYPE rcd as main switch on a 12 way 3 phase board providing I can get the Ra down low enough, should be fine though, otherwise it'll be a 100ma s type. Socket circuits and maybe lighting circuits will go on 30ma DP...
Hello fellow electricians,
I am currently in the midst of wiring 3 lighting fixture at my friends garage. I'm just wondering if there's an easier way to do it or if the way I'm going to do it is going to break the sensor switch.
So the situation is this: I'm going to name the lighting fixtures...
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Just wondering if some one could help me out on this one, i have a split load RCD board in the house and I plan on putting a new supply to the garage. I am thinking of running a 6mm SWA off a 32a MCB (RCD protected from the board) to a new garage CU, the garage CU will have a;
main...
I know - needs some explaining: I am improving my old house's garage wiring and need to run on the aluminum ceiling. The ceiling is aluminum as the garage is actually a covered-in carport. Anyway, I am assuming that AC90 armoured cable can be secured to the aluminum ceiling without affecting the...
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