Garage & other external buildings

[cliffed]

Finished a Eicr,just your thoughts on this,the remote garage is supplied from the ring main of the house,other building are radials of this.
The supply enters from underground,& are pvc t&e,goes straight into a 2g power point,then to other points.
There is no main bonding required,thinking this needs isolation when entering the building,& other supplies protected accordingly.
Would you fit a small DB on the main in,or a complete no no,cause it’s a ring main.

 

[Wilko]

If I've understood correctly the garage has an underground supply from the house using t&e. If so, likely this can not comply without replacing the run with SWA.
Re the C2 of the report - I don't understand the potential safety issue of not having a means of isolation separate from the outlet? Unless it's for emergency switching perhaps (Table 53.4).

 

[Spoon]

Yes, the OP says the garage circuit is part of the house ring. Two T&E cables going underground from the house to the garage.
Looks to me like the report is rubbish and false. Why does the garage need isolation?

 

[westward10]

Small pox?

 

[cliffed]

Yes, the OP says the garage circuit is part of the house ring. Two T&E cables going underground from the house to the garage.
Looks to me like the report is rubbish and false. Why does the garage need isolation?

Well that’s what I asked in my first post,you don’t think it’s needs isolation,most supplies do,but thanks for your input.

 

[cliffed]

Small pox?

maybe measles,apply accordingly.

 

[westward10]

Well that’s what I asked in my first post,you don’t think it’s needs isolation,most supplies do,but thanks for your input.

The problem here is the C2 from the Report makes no sense, isolation at garage. The person who did this I imagine was trying to say multiple outlets in the garage are spurred from the ring final circuit with no provision for suitable circuit protection. I would go back to the Report author for them to clarify it.

 

[cliffed]

Agree,would you isolate the supply.

 

[Pete999]

Yes, the OP says the garage circuit is part of the house ring. Two T&E cables going underground from the house to the garage.
Looks to me like the report is rubbish and false. Why does the garage need isolation?

If there are two cable entering the Garage, then the possibility that the supply to the garage is/must be part of the RFC and not a spur, it need clarification, before decisions can be made in my opinion. Do the 2 cables form part of the RFC or are they something else?

 

[Deleted account]

No it’s off the house ring main.

Final

 

[Deleted account]

A report was given,my company listed the remedials,we are completing the list,C2 was the original code,this was for the ring main into the garage,& what we could do to improve the situation on that.

Final

 

[Deleted account]

Is the socket in the garage part of the ring final, or spurred from the ring final?

Simple question, simple answer please.

 

[westward10]

The OP has been asked to rectify a C2 issue. Before that can be done you need to decipher what isolation at garage means which is what the C2 states.

 

[cliffed]

Is the socket in the garage part of the ring final, or spurred from the ring final?

Simple question, simple answer please.

Its part of the house ring main

 

[westward10]

Well if it is part of the ring final there is no requirement to give it isolation.

 

[cliffed]

Well if it is part of the ring final there is no requirement to give it isolation.

Thank you