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  1. C

    New circuit in outbuilding

    I'm fitting a new circuit for a kiln in an outbuilding and have a few questions to ask of experienced heads: The outbuilding is part of the nursery (they grow and sell plants) and is therefore a commercial premises, with presumably a different supply etc from the house, which is next door (I...
  2. P

    Out Building Has No Earth

    Hi guys, working on a pir yesterday, 2 buildings, readings in main building fine. 10m away there is an out building getting feed from an isolator "in main building" earth reading 50ohms. Can i supply a new earth via a earth rod for the out building and put a rcd on the main switch at the...
  3. R

    Outbuilding supply from TT system

    I am wiring an outbuilding, to be used as an office at the moment. I am nearly at the stage of running the supply out to it from the main house. The main house has a TT supply. Would the correct way to do it be to use a 63a 100ma time delayed rcd to protect the swa supply, and 30ma protection...
  4. M

    rcd

    if a outbuilding is feed from the rcd side of a board in the house will this cover all wiring in the outbuilding, so alterations needed to the outbuilding board such as rcbo or rcd.
  5. C

    Certificating distribution circuit which is TN-C-S one end and TT the other?

    Having recently installed a submain, sheath to TN-C-S earth at supply end, isolated and TT'd at the far end I'm a bit unsure on the cert. I have ticked both earthing types but am stuck on how to separate the values for each installation to put them on the same cert. Max Ze for example, should...
  6. S

    RCD discrimination

    I am trying to design a wiring layout for an outbuilding which will be fed from the main house supply. The main house supply is protected by a fairly old (20yr) Crabtree 100A RCCB with a 30 ma trip. (No time info marked on the unit but is to BS 4293) I want to protect the outbuilding with a...
  7. J

    rcd trips

    Hi all i have installed a supply to outbuilding. Consumer unit is a marbo 16th edition 5/5 split. i have completed all the outbuilding install - 4 way hager rcd hager board to supply 2x fittings and 2x sockets. all tests to outbuilding come out fine. today i went to install swa to this marbo...
  8. J

    supply to outbuilding

    Hi all, just a few questions on a supply to outbuilding a friends asked me to do. I'm hoping to use this an one of my elecsa assessment jobs. as you can see from attached pics is a 6mm 3 swa buried fed from a 20a mcb. rcd boards with 2x 20a radials and 1x 6a light circuits with 2x ncf's...
  9. J

    turning outbuilding into office

    have calculated mx demand to be 60A with diversity 1x32 ring 1x16 radial supply to hand 3kw hand wash unit 1x 6A lighting circuit gonna put 63A 30mA main breaker in 5 way fuseboard fed by 10mm 2 core swa and TT it swa run would be 35M from house. would it be advisable to put this on an...
  10. S

    Distribution circuit to outbuilding

    I am planning the services to be run to a new outbuilding in my garden, which is c.60m from my house. I have done the calcs and need to run 16mm SWA from the house supply to a consumer unit in the outbuilding to meet the demand. So far, so good. My query relates to the proximity of the...
  11. A

    Supply to OUTBUILDINGS

    Hi Folks Please post all your ideas and suggestions here so we only have one place to look Thanks Chris
  12. M

    Shower in outbuilding

    Been asked to do a quote for an outbuilding.Outbuilding needs a shower (for dog grooming/washing) , sockets and light. What i intend to do is run SWA from the old Wylex rewireable fuse board without RCD protection under the floorboards then bury the cable in the back yard to the outbuilding,this...
  13. A

    Outbuilding Earth TT Question

    This is my first TT/Outside job combined so any comments on my plan would be great ta. Job: Power to outbuilding from house which is TT (Ze 36ohm). Design current: 35.5A Volt Drop: 3% CCCapacity of SWA 50A (Ref meth D), 64A for 10mm t+e (ref meth C). Plan: 1. Split tails and main earth. 2...
  14. A

    Outbuilding

    Hi Folks Got a job the other day and was assured they had everything they needed as they had already been advised what was required. (Should have smelled a rat at this stage). Turned up today to find that it is a new supply in a shed from another out building asked for the bits and pieces...
  15. N

    Supply to an outbuilding

    A customer has asked me to price a job for them so here is the scenario. Old milking shed with a 10mm 3 core SWA supply that is to be converted to office/annex. Client requires 2 x 16 amp socket circuits, 1 x immersion circuit and 1 x 6 amp lighting circuit. SWA cable run is 15 M...
  16. J

    Cable to outbuilding

    Hi i've been to look at a job today that involves power and lighting to a brick outbuilding (my first outside job). The outbuilding is 1 meter from the main house. There is already a 2.5mm cable coming through the main house wall at a height of 7' which then goes into the outbuilding for the...
  17. tuckermot

    supply to outbuilding

    can some one please correct me according to 17th you can no longer protect all your circuits by one rcd and you have to spilt your circuits with 2 rcds so down stairs lighting on one and upstairs lighting on the other or individal rcbos for each circuit.question is if i supply a second ccu in a...

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