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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 the nature of the property . So , what i do have is a Garage Socket , which i am assuming is from the current ring main , on a spur . I thought maybe fitting a fused spur into the line and going off the socket down to the Summer House which is approx 25-30 meters away and feed a socket for a reading light and small heater , problem is the distance and what amps i would have at the Summer house already from a spur , plus the size of SWA i would need , seems a mighty job for a Summer house which could not get further away from a source which is so hard to get to . Any Views ?
 
Bit worried someone asking these sort of questions are willing to carry out a job that requires notification. A registered sparky would carry out simple cable calcs to work out cable size AND identify where garage socket is fed from.
If you suspect the garage socket is fed by a spur off the ring main, why would you need another spur in line?
 
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 the nature of the property . So , what i do have is a Garage Socket , which i am assuming is from the current ring main , on a spur . I thought maybe fitting a fused spur into the line and going off the socket down to the Summer House which is approx 25-30 meters away and feed a socket for a reading light and small heater , problem is the distance and what amps i would have at the Summer house already from a spur , plus the size of SWA i would need , seems a mighty job for a Summer house which could not get further away from a source which is so hard to get to . Any Views ?

I'm with @KevinH post above.
You want to spur off a spur and run it 30 meters from a circuit that that you are not sure about.????
Please clarify you post mate.....
 
already i laugh , it was just thoughts , just asking views , and sorry no i do not crawl about in lofts to determine where a cable goes , but my assumption is the garage socket is spurred off the ring main like most extra sockets get done , of course i would check if i went any further , it is not already on a spur as in 13amp fused spur . I know full well i can ring up technical if needed but was merely asking views , as for certification hahaha , not many carry that out around here only the big boys , everyone misses that part of the job and saves a fortune ha ha wink
 
already i laugh , it was just thoughts , just asking views , and sorry no i do not crawl about in lofts to determine where a cable goes , but my assumption is the garage socket is spurred off the ring main like most extra sockets get done , of course i would check if i went any further , it is not already on a spur as in 13amp fused spur . I know full well i can ring up technical if needed but was merely asking views , as for certification hahaha , not many carry that out around here only the big boys , everyone misses that part of the job and saves a fortune ha ha wink

Not a lot we can say mate.
From your general outlook on things it looks like you will do whatever you want to do.
Crack on.....
 

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