Recording studio. Supply.

Nic Norwood · Nov 6, 2011

Currently pricing a Job up for a friend who's recently had a recording studio built at the bottom of his garden (10m from house. 13m from C/U).
Inside Studio is fairly straight forward:

1x 4-way RCD protected C/U
2x 16a Radial (1 performance area, 1 studio area) feeding 5 outlets each. (Nothing major will be drawing current: pc, monitor etc.)
1x 6a Lighting for 2 strip lights and an external recording light.
Spare way for possible alarm system.

Issue is the C/U in the house, whilst there is a spare way, it's an old square d board and I can't imagine I'll be able to get a new MCB to fit. Was looking at a henly block, but then would I have to bring the new C/U from the studio back into the house?

Deleted member 26818 · Nov 6, 2011

You could install a small enclosure with a main switch and a single MCB.
Something similar to a shower or garage CU, but with a main switch rather than an RCD.

telectrix · Nov 6, 2011

think your CU may have the QO breakers, google square D QO breaker.

Nic Norwood · Nov 6, 2011

So Tails -> Henly block -> 1st Out -> House C/U ->Final Circuits
2nd Out -> 1 Way main switch w/45a MCB -> Studio C/U

Nic Norwood · Nov 6, 2011

Yeah the QO are the type.

Sellers in UK?

IQ Electrical · Nov 6, 2011

Nic Norwood said:
Currently pricing a Job up for a friend who's recently had a recording studio built at the bottom of his garden (10m from house. 13m from C/U).
Inside Studio is fairly straight forward:

1x 4-way RCD protected C/U
2x 16a Radial (1 performance area, 1 studio area) feeding 5 outlets each. (Nothing major will be drawing current: pc, monitor etc.)
1x 6a Lighting for 2 strip lights and an external recording light.
Spare way for possible alarm system.

Issue is the C/U in the house, whilst there is a spare way, it's an old square d board and I can't imagine I'll be able to get a new MCB to fit. Was looking at a henly block, but then would I have to bring the new C/U from the studio back into the house?