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Evening gents, hope everyone is having a good evening. Forgive me if this a stupid question but i would rather be safe than sorry.

At my fathers house he has asked me to provide power to his 2 seperate garages. Both will be ran in 6mm swa on 32a breakers. What i want to check is if it is ok to terminate both SWAs into one 4x4 adaptable box or should i be concerned about eddy currents? I think it would be ok but asking for help as i am starting the job tomorrow
 
Evening gents, hope everyone is having a good evening. Forgive me if this a stupid question but i would rather be safe than sorry.

At my fathers house he has asked me to provide power to his 2 seperate garages. Both will be ran in 6mm swa on 32a breakers. What i want to check is if it is ok to terminate both SWAs into one 4x4 adaptable box or should i be concerned about eddy currents? I think it would be ok but asking for help as i am starting the job tomorrow

Eddy when down the pub as it's Friday, not a problem if your quick :D
 
use a plastic box. then no problem. currents don't flow in insulating materials. but you'll need to fit banjos or earth nuts.
 
The only thing to be aware of, if you have connections within the box is can you ensure any later meddling will understand there are 2 circuits or are you simply using the Wiska to gland off the SWA?
 
I have bought a 100m drum of 3core swa ready and always fit banjos as standard. I prefer to use galv boxes as it just looks 'right' to me. Thanks for easing my mind guys, its always nice to see a helpful answer every now and then lol
 
The only thing to be aware of, if you have connections within the box is can you ensure any later meddling will understand there are 2 circuits or are you simply using the Wiska to gland off the SWA?

No the adaptable box will be used as a pass through into the CU. I will label the box to make aware of 2 supplies
 

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