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    Power to outbuilding- Consequences of extraneous-conductive-parts on choice of SWA size

    I realise this is a much-discussed topic, I have certainly read a lot on the forums already! However I wish to ask about the subtitles of earthling the outbuilding and the cost/practicality consequences. The outbuilding (a DIY’s workshop) will have one socket ring and two lighting radials. I...
  2. J

    Power to 2 outbuildings from single CU way

    Hi I'm looking for some advice regarding power feeds to 2 garden buildings - a greenhouse and shed. I'm aware both are covered by part p and will be getting an electrician involved but I want to check whether my overall design makes sense. There is limited external access to the existing CU and...
  3. DavidSpark

    Power to shed. Thoughts?

    Good evening everyone, So I have a "customer" wanting power supplied to an outside shed they are building in the near future which is going to serve as a sort of outside bar type area. All wiring will be within the shed and the circuits installed will be a radial power circuit and a lighting...
  4. P

    Upgrading power to garage

    Hi there please excuse my newbieness. I'd just like a bit of advice with regards to upgrading the power in my garage if possible before I contact a local electrician, or if it is something I'm allowed to still alter myself. I had power installed in my garage a couple of years ago, when to be...
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    No power to section of ring main.

    Hi all, I'm a newbie to site so please be gentle with me on this query! I attended a house recently to repair a damaged socket/back box on an upstairs ring main. However after isolating and repairing the socket in the bedroom concerned, the householder said that none of the sockets had worked in...
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    Getting Power to sofa in middle of lounge

    Hi all, a customer has bought some new sofa's where the reclining mechanism is electric and has asked me to sort a supply. easy except the sofas are sat slap bang in the middle of a large square carpeted lounge! Floor is concrete with hot water UFH. the house is also ultra minimalist and...
  7. D

    running power to shed

    Hi all im new here so please be nice lol , im planning a job to run electrics to a shed so i can run 2 small chest freezers and a tumble dryer , my plan is to come out of my main consumer unit in the house with 6mm twin and earth cable from a 45 amp mcb , i will be running this cable through...
  8. T

    power to lights then switch

    Hello all I have 2 wire to the first light, 3 wire between lights and 2 wire from 3rd light to switch. It seems that I need to run 3 wire to get the neutral to the switch from the 3rd light How do I treat the 3 wires at the switch? Thank you
    • Tremaine
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    • lighting lights power power to switch
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Power to garden shed

    Talking to a bloke the other night in the pub who's been quoted £800 to run power to his garden shed 4m away from his house. All the usual stuff, swa supply, new CU in the shed, lights and sockets everwhere etc etc . He asked if there was a way he might be able to get it done cheaper without...
  10. M

    Power to a shed

    We have recently moved into a new house that was previously owned by a qualified electrician. As a result, I am happy to assume all existing electrics have been fitted correctly. At the top of the garden is a shed that I would like to wire a double socked in to. I'd also like to add a simple...
  11. M

    Power to shed

    hi all i am training to become an electrician and attending some courses at pass in watford. I would like to run power to my shed and use it in the future for my part p inspection. My CU in the house is about 10 metres from the shed and the outside and drive are solid so no digging available. I...
  12. H

    Providing power to detached garage

    I'm looking to provide power to my detached garage, Only looking to power one socket in there, no more. I have some t+e 2.5mm cable, is it okay to spur off the ring circuit into the garage about 15 metres away? I know t+e is not supposed to be exposed to uv. Thanks in advance.
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    What's going on here? No power to garage

    Hi all, Hoping someone can shed some light on this as I can't work out what's going on. We moved into the house a year ago and was told the power to the detached garage was disconnected at the house, but as far as I can tell it's still connected at both house and garage. There's a cable running...
    • henryb
    • Thread
    • garage going no power power power to what's
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Advice for providing power to a barn conversion

    Evening all - I'm hoping to run something by a few brains to make sure I've not forgetten anything or done anything stupid! Apologies if it's a bit of an essay but I'll try and give you as much information as possible. Thanks for your time. Right, here goes. Existing set-up was a house with...
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    How could i lower the power to this unit to make the motor go slower

    Hello, i need some help. I have this record lathe (below) and it operates like a normal record player but just that it cuts them (records). This units motor runs at 78rpm which is a bit to fast for making records now as at 78rpm i can only cut 3 minutes of music. I want to be able to slow the...
    • beatles2011
    • Thread
    • lower motor power power to unit
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Power to a play barn/hut

    Hi All. Apologies but I've just joined and couldn't post this in the DIY section where it should be. I've seen other threads on this forum dealing with almost the same problem but I thought I'd try it anyway, so here goes. I have built a play barn/hut at the bottom of the garden for my teenage...
  17. D

    No power to bathroom mirror.

    Hello, I have just updated my bathroom and I have put six spot lights in, electric fan & a electric mirrior in. When I installed the lights and mirror I also put a dimmer switch on and they seemed to work ok but three of the transformers to the spot light broke, I don't know if that has anything...
    • danny-hammond
    • Thread
    • bathroom mirror no power power power to
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Power to a multitude of sheds

    Hi all, I am new to the forum, just looking to get some advice on a job I am doing. I am of a electronics background so forgive me if I get confused regarding anything above 24v! I have a decent knowledge of electrics although I am not up to date with the regs in anyway hence my visit to this...
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    Sky digibox rf2 output - power to magic eye option to be turned off by sky firmware ?

    "Hello All", I wondered if anyone else has heard the RUMOUR that Sky are going to broadcast a Firmware Update around September which will have the `accidental effect` of removing the Set Up Option within the Engineers Set Up Menu to turn Power ON to the Digi-box RF2 Output / Remote Control...
  20. L

    Power to Shed

    Hello, I am going to run power to my shed and have a 6 way weatherproof sentry MK Consumer Unit in the shed. My plan is is from my Meter Tails run them into a double pole service connector and have the main meter tails into that, then some meter tails into the fuse box and some meter tails into...
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