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  1. L

    Light to turn on when opening automatic garage door

    Hi Everyone, I have the (luxury) of an automatic garage door. The motor to this door is powered by a standard 3-pin domestic plug. There is a standard on/off light switch in the garage to turn on these 6 LED battens (https://amzn.to/38BJ5ws) in there. The lighting circuit is on a separate...
  2. T

    UK Supplying a garage

    My brother is having new electric garage doors installed and the guy doing it has said he needs two normal 13A domestic sockets installed to plug the control boxes into. My brother has asked me to do this for him but as I have not done anything domestic since college I'm unsure of the regs...
  3. M

    Garage CU outdoors

    It seems manufactures shy away from stating their IP rated CU’s are suitable for use outdoors - for example the BG IP65 one below which is metal are great sturdy well made boards classed as weatherproof but Implied for garage use (ie indoors) If it’s weatherproof and IP65 then it can be used...
  4. B

    Electrical sockets compromising tanking system?

    Hi We have had our single garage damp proofed (tanking system) it took a a good few months to work due to the amount of damp present(garage used to flood over time - back wall attaches to neighbours elevated garden 2/3 of the wall is agains ground). we’ve had the tanking done and it has...
  5. F

    Using a garage CU as the main CU for flat

    Hi, If a home only uses 3 circuits, Can you use a 3 way garage CU as a replacement for the current old style CU (5 way with 2 spare)? Are garage CU just little standard CU's? Is not having spare room for additional circuits a c2 fail on EICR? Cheers
  6. D

    Shed/garage supply

    Hi all , a family member has asked me to come and install a small board and downlights and sockets in his newly buit garage. There is currently a 6mm SWA cable running from the house to the shed which has a small garage board powering lights and sockets in the shed. I was going to change that to...
  7. F

    UK Garage consumer unit

    Hi can I install a small consumer unit in my garden out house on a SWA cable and connect it directly onto the new consmer unit in the house
  8. A

    Garage supply/RCBO Upstream

    Hi Gang, Old member here :hand: no idea where my old account went but hey ho! Anyway, having moved into panel wiring I always like to check that I'm doing the right thing domestically etc, you wouldn't think I've got my 2391 but it's been a while! So..ressuplying my large garage with a new...
  9. E

    Garage power

    If I connect 4mm2 armoured from a 32A mcb to a garage 30metres away do I need to sub-fuse box in the garage or can I just use it as a radial circuit? The garage will have two sockets and fused down lighting.
  10. P

    garage supply

    HI Could anybody please advise me or show me a wiring diagram for a supply into a separate garage. I have a distribution box for garage but it came with no diagram or instructions. Not sure what latest regs are as I retired a few years ago. I attach a picture of unit I have and any help would be...
  11. G

    Garage suply

    Hi hope everyone is doing ok? Question please, Garage with swa supply on 32a mcb in house , can I replace dp switch on garage cu with dp rcd as don't have space for both in garage cu, and would like to take swa supply off of house cu rcd and put onto none side of rcd in house to prevent...
  12. Pinners27

    fused spur to garage and outdoor socket

    i had an electrician out and they fitted a switched fused spur on to an existing double gang socket in my kitchen to run power out to my garage. At a later date another electrician then ran another outdoor socket off of the double gang socket. I'm now having some new patio doors installed and...
  13. A

    Cable for Power to Garage

    Detached garage at the bottom of the garden which had power (due to presence of some old bakelite switches and sockets), but appears to now be dead (will get this checked to confirm, but let's assume it is for the purposes of this question). At some point in the next year or two the garage will...
  14. E

    3 phase supply to garage cable spec

    Hi - first post, so I hope I get the tone right. I do pay professionals to do the work, but have a technical background and like to understand what's being proposed and why. My house has a 3 phase supply. Everything in the house runs off a single phase. We've just had a 7kW car charging point...
  15. G

    What are these boxes in my garage for?

    House was built in 1959. These are located in the garage.
  16. W

    New Zealand should i earth my steel garage work bench to the power point next to the bench.

    Should i earth my garage steel bench top,it is constructed of timber but has a 3mm steel top,
    • wezel01
    • Thread
    • bench earth electrical work garage point power solid steel timber work
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. B

    TT or PME garage

    Hi all Question regarding exporting PME earthing system to outbuilding/garage. The garage has no water/gas/oil supplies but has a concrete floor. What is the recommended method that most would use in this case. Take the PME out to the garage or isolate PME and then TT the building. Just had me...
  18. Paul Whybrow

    Selectivity

    Evening, I have a question if I may. If I have in my garage a 2way DB with a 63 amp rcd fed from main board in house on a 32a mcb but rcd protected. If I perform an auto rcd test would I be right in thinking it would trip the main board 1st as it’s rated at 32amp? thank you
  19. B

    Is Romex allowed in an unfinished garage?

    Hello, I had my garage rewired to add more outlets and lights. It was done with romex. At the time I was planning to finish (drywall) the walls and ceiling. Since then I have decided not to drywall the garage and will be selling the house. Someone told me it is against NEC to have romex in...
  20. N

    UK Garage electrics - analysing quotes

    Hi everyone. I have had two quotes for work but one is twice as expensive as the other and I can't determine which is the better of the two. I believe both are valid and can explain some of the differences, but I'd appreciate some feedback please. Work required: I have a 13A fused spur in the...
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