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  1. R

    UK Safe Summerhouse Supply

    Good Evening Folks! I recently started on my house for an Outhouse/Summerhouse 35m away from main Property. It requires :- x5 Double Sockets x2 Strip Lights The sockets will be used for Televisions and Charging. I have 2 ways i’d like to to this. A 6mm SWA from Main CU/32A RCD clipped...
  2. Lou

    How is everyone's Summer?

    Hey everyone!! You may have noticed I haven't been around as much lately - I have been busy with other things whilst @dan has been doing forum upgrades and stuff! But I am still here floating around in the background and making the brews! How is everyone's Summer? Have you been away, if so...
  3. Electrical2go

    Beat The Heat With Low Priced Fans and Air Con

  4. ajrammin

    summer assignment for electrical level 3

    Good morning all I have a summer assignment that I need to have ready before the 4th of September and I have 4 tasks that I have yet to complete. task 2 of my assignment is to list and explain all the steps required to carry out dead testing, what instrument is needed, and its setting and...
  5. N

    Power to summer house

    Hi all, I recently moved to an older property that had a run down garage. We had this removed and a summer house put up in its place. The old garage had a supply run from the main CU on a 15a circuit. It looks to be run in 2.5mm 2 core SWA. It’s roughly 15m in length from the house CU to the...
  6. T

    Radial or RFC for Summer house

    Hi. I will soon be wiring up my summer house. My plan is to run 10mm2 SWA from spare 50A breaker on my house consumer unit (approx 20m) to a 40A garage consumer unit with 6A MCB for 1.5mm2 lighting circuit and 32A for 2.5mm2 RFC. I plan to have 5 double sockets which will have heater, TV and...
  7. Rockingit

    Summer hols project - Jacob’s Ladder

    Thought I might do something interesting with mini-me as a holiday project and make a Jacob’s ladder - anyone have any advice and/or a suitable HT coil I can barter for? R.
  8. F

    Summer house

    Hi, looking for suggestions or indeed what you guys do when wiring in SWA to plastic house CUs. gland swa to a Metal JB then connect from JB to CU? Fit sub main like the wylex fused isolator using 25mm meter tails via henley blocks to keep supply out of house CU rcds? fit gland plate/nut to...
  9. B

    Sockets for a summer house

    My mate has built a summer house on to the side of his house. He wants to install two double sockets and a light. can we spur off the ring main( which is rcd. protected), with a 30 amp junction Box to a un switched fuse spur then two double sockets. am I right that if he wants to use a...
  10. S

    New Summer house wiring installation - dedicated Circuit or break into existing ring main?

    Hi all, Planning on wiring my neighbour's summer house which will be 15 metres away from the end of the house (20-25 metres total distance from the supply CU under the stairs). Need some advice on which option would be the most SAFE not just the quickest, cheapest method etc. If it costs more...
  11. A

    Hi guys new to electrical but I was wondering how can I feed off a jacuzzi to supply lighting and sockets for a summer house

    Hi guys New to electrical but I was wondering how to feed off a jacuzzi to supply lighting and sockets for a summer house, has a outside rotary isolator switch thanks
  12. N

    SUMMER HOUSE EARTHING

    HELLO I would like to know if i install summer house ,then i would put earth spike next to the house! in this case can i use the main supply earthing (tn-s or tncs) to connected to summer house fuseboard? if i put earth rod then can i connect that earth tail to the summer house fuseboard aslo...
  13. G

    Summer house electrics

    Hi I am a DIYer and have been looking for an electrician to complete work. I want to run electrics to my summer house which is going to be used as an office/ entertainment room (Man Cave). I discussed going from the hous cu with armoured cable - but this required updated my house cu box which...
  14. G

    2365 Level 3 Design Project. Volt Drop feed to Summer House and earthing

    Afternoon Gents, just a query regarding volt drop and extending the equipotential zone on a PME in the level 3 design project. In my design I used a 16mm armoured and the associated volt drop was 5v, this left 1.9 volts for the lighting ring in the summer house. Tutor said not to worry about...
  15. Gakure

    Summer House Submain

    Evening, may I pick you brain guys? I have wired a summer house about 30m away from the main board. I have used 32A at DB1 (not RCD protect) and 6mm² 3core SWA, where I have connected both black and sheath (sleeved) at both end as CPC. In the Summer house I have used shed consumer unit 1xRCD and...
  16. P

    Socket height in summer house

    Hi everybody I would like some advice on the height sockets in a summer house am I right to say they need to be 450mm from ground cheers Paul
  17. R

    Supply to summer house TT system

    Hi all , this is my first post , i’m a qualified electrician but I spend my whole time sub contracting to a factory installing and moving machinery so i’m a bit out of touch ( although taking the 18th on may 3rd ) with domestic work! A friend has asked for a supply to his summer house so I took...
  18. W

    summer house supply thoughts

    been asked to price a socket to a Summer house , throwing it out their for any views which may help me decide my course of action , Ideally i would like to get back to the Consumer unit , but its virtually impossible without major structural upset , and can not go external from it either due to...
  19. P

    Summer house to house installation help!

    Hi, Looking for a bit of advice . I have a summer house in my garden that has the following setup. 50amp breaker from house consumer unit from this is 18m (3core) armoured cable. This is fixed externally to the house wall and goes underground for approx 2m. Inside the summer house is a...
  20. rolyberkin

    Tuff flex for installation in summer house/shed

    As per the title, seen a few of these type of installations knocked out by summer house companies & electricians, flex from small CU to sockets and lighting, clipped and stuffing glands at accesories, IMHO looks better than T&E clipped direct any detrimental views?

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