Upgrading my garage supply.

[Octopus]

^^ I would say the majority of the suggestions were helpful , and regs compliant with good practice.

Just because they don't concur with what you hoped people would say doesn't mean they are unhelpful.

 

[westward10]

I see a reasonable solution here.
Mount a small consumer unit in the house over where the current 13A fused spur sits, feed it with the ring main.
Fit two MCBs, 6A and 20A. Use the existing 1.5mm SWA onto the 6A breaker for a lighting circuits and install another 2.5mm SWA for power. If you really wanted to go the whole hog you could install a 4mm SWA and 32A breaker for the sockets.

That is a pretty random solution.

 

[Mr_Freeze]

^^ I would say the majority of the suggestions were helpful , and regs compliant with good practice.

Just because they don't concur with what you hoped people would say doesn't mean they are unhelpful.

Mate, depends how much you class as a majority.
I have no problem with answers about regs and I don't believe any disagreed with what I asked or planned other than they frowned on the doubling up of the RCD protection.
Asking questions like why and how many sockets do you need isn't helpful.
Stating the obvious like you will only have 13amp supply isn't helpful, all were stated in my original question.
I came on asking questions to get help and got bombarded with people wanting to score points off me with sarcastic replies.
I've come over as a ----- because I cant stand people trying to score points off of me on what is supposed to be a help page. I'm not a ----- but I don't responded well to ---- takers.

 

[telectrix]

I don't want an ugly CU in my kitchen.

shop around. you should be able to find a pretty one.

 

[telectrix]

the ideal solution, as has been said before, is to spend some cash, do some digging, do it right. a decent sized SWA from CU, suitably protected, not on RCD (unless it's TT). then a sub-main ( RCD and 2 or 3 MCBs) then Bob's your gender neutral aunt.

 

[Spoon]

Asking questions like why and how many sockets do you need isn't helpful.
Stating the obvious like you will only have 13amp supply isn't helpful, all were stated in my original question.

Both seem like questions or statement I would put... That's not getting at you, that's me trying to understand the total installation you are thinking of. You would be surprised at the amount of posts that don't give full information at the beginning and when they tell you what they are fully planning it's against regs or unsafe.

 

[Strima]

I don't see why everyone is adding to this thread. The OP is just going to go ahead and do what he wants anyway regardless of what is said or advised on here.

Top tip, when buying a new build specify that you want your garage fed directly from the CU on its own dedicated circuit which must be designed and installed by a qualified electrician, not Bob the builder.

 

[telectrix]

no use giving good advice on this thread, i got 2 dislikes for giving good advice. so, OP.

 

[Octopus]

I've come over as a ***** because

You are one?

 

[Mr_Freeze]

I don't want an ugly CU in my kitchen.

shop around. you should be able to find a pretty one.

Sarcastic, not helpful. hence dislike.

the ideal solution, as has been said before, is to spend some cash, do some digging, do it right. a decent sized SWA from CU, suitably protected, not on RCD (unless it's TT). then a sub-main ( RCD and 2 or 3 MCBs) then Bob's your gender neutral aunt.

Already mentioned and discounted due to work involved, not helpful.
Hence dislike.

 

[Mr_Freeze]

You are one?

I rest my case

 

[Spoon]

 

[Midwest]

Its a longer thread than it should be OP, grant you that. Reading your first post, that is a typical way of supplying a garage, albeit with a couple of slack things that could easily be rectified. So I think you'll be a hiding to nothing to suggest the original installer has done things incorrectly and should install new. I get the feeling, you had hoped we'd all agree that the builders of your property had installed the supply incorrectly, and you could gain some evidence for your cause to have an upgrade FOC?

As regards, your new additions, you can add as many sockets and lights as you want, the supply is limited by the 13amp fuse in your FCU in house, as been said countless times.

Unless you intend to run high load equipment in your garage, jig welders, hot tubs etc, I can't see it being a problem.

The 1.5mm swa cable has a ccc of 22A (Ref method D buried in ground/ducting), you could re supply that from the inside of your house, if limitation of 13A, is an issue for you? It seems you have been given various pieces of good advice, but not what you want to hear.

Why not get some quotations, and discuss with a competent electrician.

 

[Pete999]

Deleted, don't want to add fuel to the fire.

 

[Octopus]

I rest my case

We agree then,