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  1. M

    Shared circuit for Solar PV & Outbuilding.

    My sister has just had a shed erected in the garden and I'm going to install the mini consumer unit and run two circuits. One power for sockets and one for lighting. I'll do all the dead testing of the circuits and then i'll be getting my college lecturer mate, who is a member of a competent...
  2. N

    Outbuilding on non RCD side of C/U?

    If running power to an outbuilding (usually a garage at the bottom of someones garden), I normally run it from the non RCD side of the C/U in the house and then put a 2 way RCD protected C/U in the garage. I was however, told that I can no longer do this as it must be connected to an RCD in the...
  3. P

    connection of an 11kw 240v kiln into my household supply

    Hi, could I have some general advise regarding the installation of an 11kw electric kiln at my property? I would like to get an idea of what works would be required (and therefore the cost) I have this kiln housed (unconnected) in a brick outbuilding, which has an electrical supply to it from...
  4. D

    Advice please

    Afternoon all. Just looking for abit of advice really as don't really deal with domestic installations. A friend of mine has asked for abit of information on a supply to an outbuilding that will have a few sockets in, lights, electric cooker and electric shower, and also space for a hot tub...
  5. kropaske

    Supplying outbuilding, bonding and earthing

    Hi Guys, Just join this great forum so lets get straight to the point... Soon we will be working on property (TNS) with 1 outbuilding on the back of the garden which have kitchen, bathroom and 1 extra room. Also there is gas central heating with combi boiler. At the moment they feed this...
  6. grumpyjohn01

    TT outbuilding

    Hi All, Just thought I would run something past the collective wisdom. Recently did a job that involved the conversion of a garage remote from the house to a small habitation space. The old install was supplied from the house via 6mm swa on a 30a BS3036 with the earthing connected to the house...
  7. J

    Do you need an earth rod for an outbuilding?

    Do i need an earth rod if i am running a supply to a shed/outbuilding ? The incoming supply to the house is tnc-s
  8. E

    Use RCD for 130m cable run to outbuilding?

    Hi all. I have a couple of outbuildings which I laid cables to from the house. Both are about 130m cable runs away individually. Just thinking about the time it takes for a RCD to "trip" - do I need to put RCD's in the distribution units? at the buildings? Also I presume it would be wise to...
  9. GMES

    Exporting Pme

    GMES submitted a new resource: Exporting Pme - About exporting pme Read more about this resource...
  10. J

    Another outbuilding query...

    Afternoon all, Been reading lots and now starting to doubt myself with the route I've taken... I've ran 18m 10mm 3 core SWA to an outbuilding come art studio. Supply is TN-S and had no option but to put the SWA on an RCD protected breaker (unless of course I Henley blocked it). 17th edition...
  11. R

    Outbuilding Flat Conversion

    Hi there, I've searched the internet for a while now but haven't been able to find a similar scenario to my own. I am currently converting an outbuilding into a self-contained flat which will be powered solely from electricity and will have no gas supply. The outbuilding is about 20/30m away...
  12. R

    Socket height in outbuilding

    Morning all, Just a quick one today. Do sockets heights in an outbuilding have to be 450mm from floor level. It is a new outbuilding. Customer wants the sockets at 300mm from floor.
  13. C

    PV on outbuilding

    Hopefully someone with PV experience might point me in the right direction. I have a job where the customer has gone ahead and installed a cable to supply power to a shed which is going to be fitted with LED lights and sockets for light power tools. They are also fitting 7kW PV system. Is there...
  14. P

    Outbuilding appliances

    Hi all, Currently replacing all wiring and the CU in an outbuilding with a new Metal Clad fully wired with SWA. There is currently a tumble dryer and fridge freezer plugged into the same double socket which forms part of a 3 socket ring circuit. My plan was to use a spare way on the CU to have...
  15. F

    Downstream meter for outbuilding

    Hi folks, I have a new garden office and need to measure leccy used to charge back to the company. All I need is another downstream meter to tell me the kWh, so would a Landis & Gyr A5235B (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Landis-Gyr-Solar-PV-Meters/dp/B00SRDQ5DS/) or maybe this one -...
  16. T

    Water Bond size on outbuilding

    Evening all. Bit of an odd one this and I just wanted to run it past bigger brains than mine to make sure I'm not missing something obvious. A brand new PME supply is being brought across to a field which has got 3 outbuildings, all of which need lights and a couple of sockets. The supply...
  17. J

    New supply to outbuilding

    Been asked to quote for a mates mum for a job after my holiday! and my niceic assessment (29th!!) Basically she is getting one of them large wooden cabins at end of her garden and she wants a quote for the electrics to be installed.. In the house she currently has a 5way 3871 straight board...
  18. K

    Running an outbuilding

    Hi, this is my first post so sorry if I miss some of the etiquette that usually accompanies these questions. I'm also slightly embarrassed to be asking it, as I'm sure I already know the answer. I have a contract for a company that install timber framed out buildings in peoples gardens, (30...
  19. D

    Too many Sub mains?

    Hi guys Hope you can offer some experience on to me, as im quite new and with that tend to stick with basic domestic stuff. Basically a builder/friend of mine called and asked if I could take a look at an outbuilding they were building as there was an existing 2core 16mm SWA cable running...
  20. yellowvanman

    EICR remedial

    Just done an EICR on an outbuilding that is habitable (kitchen/wetroom etc). Supply is taken from henly block in the meter cupboard, via 2 core SWA to building. At building SWA is glanded into a metal box but the box (earth) is not connected to the plastic consumer unit which sits right next...

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