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jonA
Dear experts !
I'd appreciate some advice
I am converting an agricultural shed to a small studio-type home. The building is about 50m away from the overhead supply.
I have built a blockwork wall about half way into the site into which I have fitted a flush meter box. This is a permanent structure and not a TBS. EdF have [finally] agreed to connect to it and will be doing so on Friday. I have run their cable to the meter box through a trench duct. They will connect one end to the overhead supply and terminate the other end at a 100Amp cut out in the meter box.
The meter is scheduled to be fitted on Monday and I must have the wiring complete and certified by then.
My wish was to put a 2 way consumer unit in the meterbox. One of them would be used straightaway to feed a waterproof surface mounted 13 Amp power socket via a 16Amp RCBO. The spare will eventually be used to feed a sub-main to a CU in the house.
I have discussed this with a number of electricians and am a bit confused as to what is required and what I can realistically expect the supplier to connect their meter to.
I'd be grateful for advice as follows:
1. Will the 100Amp main shut off have an isolating switch that would allow me to shut off the supply? If not the consumer unit will be permanently live so I won't be able to fiddle 'downstream'.
2. I'm told the electricity supplier won't allow me to fit a consumer unit and possible isolating switch in my meter box. Is this really the case? Trouble is there is nowhere else to put it.
3. The supply is 'PME' whatever that means. My electrician says that the supplier won't provide an earth and that an earth rod is required until the house is finally connected. He thinks all I want is a TBS which is really not the case - it could be that all I ever connect is this one damn 13 Amp power socket!
4. What sort of budget should I allow for my electrician to basically just supply and fit the consumer unit, meter tails, earth rod and a 13Amp waterproof socket?
Once again I'd be very grateful for some expert advice.
Thankyou
JonA
I'd appreciate some advice
I am converting an agricultural shed to a small studio-type home. The building is about 50m away from the overhead supply.
I have built a blockwork wall about half way into the site into which I have fitted a flush meter box. This is a permanent structure and not a TBS. EdF have [finally] agreed to connect to it and will be doing so on Friday. I have run their cable to the meter box through a trench duct. They will connect one end to the overhead supply and terminate the other end at a 100Amp cut out in the meter box.
The meter is scheduled to be fitted on Monday and I must have the wiring complete and certified by then.
My wish was to put a 2 way consumer unit in the meterbox. One of them would be used straightaway to feed a waterproof surface mounted 13 Amp power socket via a 16Amp RCBO. The spare will eventually be used to feed a sub-main to a CU in the house.
I have discussed this with a number of electricians and am a bit confused as to what is required and what I can realistically expect the supplier to connect their meter to.
I'd be grateful for advice as follows:
1. Will the 100Amp main shut off have an isolating switch that would allow me to shut off the supply? If not the consumer unit will be permanently live so I won't be able to fiddle 'downstream'.
2. I'm told the electricity supplier won't allow me to fit a consumer unit and possible isolating switch in my meter box. Is this really the case? Trouble is there is nowhere else to put it.
3. The supply is 'PME' whatever that means. My electrician says that the supplier won't provide an earth and that an earth rod is required until the house is finally connected. He thinks all I want is a TBS which is really not the case - it could be that all I ever connect is this one damn 13 Amp power socket!
4. What sort of budget should I allow for my electrician to basically just supply and fit the consumer unit, meter tails, earth rod and a 13Amp waterproof socket?
Once again I'd be very grateful for some expert advice.
Thankyou
JonA
