Voltage drop taken to extremes

[TaffyDuck]

Just been asked to go and check out a new agricultural barn wired up by a builder. The barn is 350m from the house ( where they have fed it from a socket in the living room) and they have fed it with 1.5mm two core SWA." because its only a socket and a couple of lights".

 

[Rockingit]

absolutely right, either way not my problem thank god. Whats 3c 25mm SWA at the moment £5 a meter at least I would think. Thats £1750.....ouch

well a 60m run I installed a couple of months ago was nearly £700, so I hope it's dropped a bit since then!!

 

[Jel]

absolutely right, either way not my problem thank god. Whats 3c 25mm SWA at the moment £5 a meter at least I would think. Thats £1750.....ouch

I used 25m of 2 Core SWA, cost me £7.50 a metre!

 

[TaffyDuck]

I used 25m of 2 Core SWA, cost me £7.50 a metre!

Just got a quote from my wholesaler. £6.90 p/m +VAT. and a 350m dig for someone, too rocky to use a mole. They are not going to be very happy. Will suggest a genny with battery bank and LED floods.

 

[mickys86]

Just got a quote from my wholesaler. £6.90 p/m +VAT. and a 350m dig for someone, too rocky to use a mole. They are not going to be very happy. Will suggest a genny with battery bank and LED floods.

Make sure you tell them not to shoot the messenger!

 

[Hardwired]

Now that connection in the back of the living room socket will be worth a photo !

Was just going to say that there would also like to know if they even bothered to run the cable ug or if its just lying on the ground.

 

[TaffyDuck]

Was just going to say that there would also like to know if they even bothered to run the cable ug or if its just lying on the ground.

Yeah it was dug in with a kyboto, taped, jointed etc so Im told. Ist thing I knew about it was when they called me. They are NOT happy. lol

 

[Hardwired]

so what happened to the sparks who initially installed it?

 

[mickys86]

Didn't you say it was done by the builder? They might not be happy but why did they let the builder do it in the first place??