Wiring In a Shed, advice needed on SWA route

[Bobster]

Maybe, but you'll need them to be involved from the start to design the circuit and tell you where and what to do.

They will also need to inspect it at different stages of the install.

I know most wont mind you doing the donkey work, like digging a trench etc..

 

[Big_Paul83]

Maybe, but you'll need them to be involved from the start to design the circuit and tell you where and what to do.

They will also need to inspect it at different stages of the install.

I know most wont mind you doing the donkey work, like digging a trench etc..

No trenches to be dug on this one, the cable will run along the wall.

I was think more of running cable from end to end CU to CU,with everything in place ready to be connected

 

[Bobster]

No trenches to be dug on this one, the cable will run along the wall.

I was think more of running cable from end to end CU to CU,with everything in place ready to be connected

You'll have to call a few and see what they say. I doubt they will have a problem with it. However they will specify what cable to use and where to run it etc..

It will be their name being signed against it.

 

[Big_Paul83]

You'll have to call a few and see what they say. I doubt they will have a problem with it. However they will specify what cable to use and where to run it etc..

It will be their name being signed against it.

I’d be the same in my day job, anything I have to sign my name to has to be properly ratified by myself

 

[remedial]

you dont need to run the swa all the way to the CU. might be easier to run t&e inside

 

[Bobster]

you dont need to run the swa all the way to the CU. might be easier to run t&e inside

That's not something the OP can decide, the electrician brought in to advise will suggest the appropriate installation method.

 

[Spoon]

you dont need to run the swa all the way to the CU. might be easier to run t&e inside

Also, to add to @Rob post above, the OP's CU doesn't have an RCD so may be easier to run armour to house CU.

 

[Big_Paul83]

@Spoon That's what I'd like to do is run the SWA from CU to CU, using the armour to export the Earth as well as a spare core. its a wooden shed by the way.
My main concern is bringing the cable up above the floor boards before exiting the house.
To keep the job tidy, I'd like to chase the SWA into the internal wall and then exit the building behind the chase.
I was concerned that I had to bring the cable out at a certain height but apparently not from earlier answers.
In which case I can bring it out on the right hand side of the door, go vertically down, under the door step then back up the other side to take it round to the garden wall....
I have to run conduit beside to take the CAT 6 cables out to the shed also.

 

[Spoon]

I have to run conduit beside to take the CAT 6 cables out to the shed also.

What about just using armoured CAT 6 cable? Then no need for conduit..

 

[Pete999]

Appreciate you saying get a spark in, but that’s not really the advice I was looking for.....

May not be the advice you are wanting, but it's the best advice given so far.

 

[Spoon]

Could also use one of these to get internet into shed.

 

[Big_Paul83]

@Spoon I don’t really want to use a power line adaptor as I have a need for Gb speed.
@Pete999 I’m looking at doing my 18th edition and part p courses so as much as I appreciate people telling me to get an electrician in, it won’t help me get any practical experience. I’m happy to work with one for sign off and I don’t mind paying a little more in the long run, but I would really like to do the work myself

 

[Bobster]

Part P isn't a qualification don't get ripped off with the courses.

It's a set of building regulations that are available free online.

Also, just the 18th edition qualification, although a start. Does in no way mean you can undertake electrical work. This qualification just proves you can read the book.

 

[Big_Paul83]

I already design and fit electrical systems to ships, unfortunately that don’t mean I can fit them in houses

 

[Pete999]

Part P isn't a qualification don't get ripped off with the courses.

It's a set of building regulations that are available free online.

Also, just the 18th edition qualification, although a start. Does in no way mean you can undertake electrical work. This qualification just proves you can read the book.

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