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  1. Q

    cat6 to outbuilding

    I'm pricing a job whereby the client wants wired internet to a remote office about 40mtrs from the house. I'll be running external grade cat6 to the office through the garden. Question is do I need to install a joint box at the house and run standard cat6 from there to the router or can I take...
  2. P

    Bonding Gas Supply in an Outbuilding

    Hi Guys Doing an EICR of a property. The client has an outbuilding with gas and water supplies. It has it's own CU fed from the main CU in the house. The water is bonded but the gas is not. The water supply is underground from the house in plastic and then changes to copper which is bonded...
  3. A

    Farm outbuilding supply

    Hi Il try and keep this a simple as possible.. Been to look at a job today which started off as 'install a supply from the house to a static caravan in the garden' simple enough, when i arrived the house was a farmhouse which had recently been rewired in places and a new 17th split load board...
  4. L

    Main bonding at outbuilding

    Hi all, I have a commercial premises (school) that requires installation of main bonding at a block which is an outbuilding from the main school. Now the bonding in the main school is 50mm, however the cable feeding this outbuilding is just a 25mm 4core. So what size should I be using...
  5. S

    Extraneous conductive parts in outbuildings

    Hi, i am after a bit of advice. I went to a property which had 3 outbuilding, all were separate from the main building, one garage, one shed, & a workshop. Circuits all supplied from main building. Earthing system is TT. In all of the 3 outbuilding there is a separate water supply with...
  6. B

    sub main to outbuilding

    hi guys new to this so sorry if revisiting old stuff. I need to run a sub main 200M from the service head to a log cabin Super eco all LED etc, so 40A 9Kw max demand if i use the cable calculators i get 185mm cable we all know power networks cover huge distance with 35mm cable on 100A supply...
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    Main consumer unit in wooden outbuilding

    Looking for a bit of advice here. I am replacing the CU which is currently in a shower room. Now, don't gasp too hard, it's not as bad as it sounds. The shower is in a totally enclosed cubicle with a good extractor, and the room never gets steamy or has condensation. The existing CU is in a...
  8. P

    Outbuilding Submain

    An outbuilding is fed from a separate single way board in the house and has a 2c 4mm SWA to the building of 7m. Its a TNS. This outbuilding has its own water main (albeit in plastic) which comes directly from the water meter not through the house. Testing between copper pipes below the sink and...
  9. P

    Running power to an outbuilding via an extension lead???

    Hi everyone I have been asked to provide an outside socket for a property which they wish to use to run an extension lead down to a small outbuilding at the end of the garden designed for one person to live in (about the size of a shed). They would be using a lamp and nothing more than...
  10. C

    Is RCD needed at both ends of armour feed to outbuilding

    Hi - first post. I am going to carry out a sub main installation from a main CU in the house, to a garage, (15m from main CU to garage sub board). The CU in the house has no RCD protection. The garage will have a local TT, and the sub board will have 30mA RCD as main switch. The SWA cable...
  11. R

    Shower to outbuilding

    In the process of quoting and pricing a job for an outbuilding which is to be used to cut hair on a part time hobby. This outbuilding will have a 7.5kw shower, Lighting circuit consisiting of 2 lights, and a ring circuit with a couple of sockets. The supply will be from a 63 amp swich fuse in 3...
  12. C

    Workshop power supply

    Hello I have been away from electrical installation for sometime but am making a return. I have been asked to install a supply to an outbuilding consisting of lights and sockets. Load will be minimal, hand tools, log splitter etc. Can I utilise a spare MCB form the board or would it be better to...
  13. uksparks

    Power to outbuilding, possible structural steel...

    Hi, I have just been to a job today to provide power to an outbuilding, 75 meters down the garden. The supply is PME, I plan on splitting the tails into a henley block and then into a switched fuse, then 16mm SWA from there all the way down the garden, at 600mm under the lawn. The building is...
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    Extending TT to remote outbuilding ??

    Hi all. As I understand it, exported earth is only an issue for PME situations? Therefore, when a domestic installation is a TT and power is to be brought out to a remote outbuilding, is there a requirement to fit a second earth electrode and if so, should this be independent of the house TT...
  15. S

    Outbuilding Smoke detector required?

    Do you have to fit a smoke detector in outbuildings? It's a new build, about 20metres from the house and is half kennels half storage area? Someone told me there's no need but I wasn't sure if that was correct
  16. D

    Circuit design query?

    Hi guys, Ive just come from a house to loo at a outbuilding they have. Its curently fed from the house C/U. The C/U main switch is a 80 amp rcd switch. The Outbuilding is fed by a 6mm armoured with arun of about 15 m off a 15amp mcb. it goes into to outbuilding to a 13 amp spur. From the SINGLE...
  17. D

    House supplied via out building

    I'm working on a property with a tncs supply which has the dno cut out in an outbuilding about 20 metres away from the house. They have had a boiler installed in said outbuilding which is connected from the main house via some swa for electrical controls and insulated pvc pipe for the...
  18. R

    Getting power to an outbuilding

    Hi, I am new to this forum but have been researching the problem above and am hoping someone can give me some good advice. I want to be able to run power to a wooden cabin at the end of my garden. The garden is approx 120ft long. I wanted to be able to have lighting and sockets (maybe 3 x...
  19. Jackflash

    volt drop outbuilding supply

    Hi, Looking to supply power to two outbuilding/sheds to be used as offices (no electric heating required). one is 60m from supply source and another is 10m further on. I'm currently debating what size supply / cable to install taking volt drop into account. Ideally in unit 1 i'd have...
  20. Jackflash

    volt drop outbuilding

    Hi, Looking to supply power to two outbuilding sheds to be used as an office (no electric heating required). one is 60m from supply source and another is 10m further on. I'm currently debating what size supply / cable to install taking volt drop into account. Ideally in unit 1 i'd have -16a...

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