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  1. L

    Main bonding at outbuilding

    Hi all, I have a commercial premises (school) that requires installation of main bonding at a block which is an outbuilding from the main school. Now the bonding in the main school is 50mm, however the cable feeding this outbuilding is just a 25mm 4core. So what size should I be using...
  2. S

    Extraneous conductive parts in outbuildings

    Hi, i am after a bit of advice. I went to a property which had 3 outbuilding, all were separate from the main building, one garage, one shed, & a workshop. Circuits all supplied from main building. Earthing system is TT. In all of the 3 outbuilding there is a separate water supply with...
    • soulman
    • Thread
    • bonding building conductive extraneous outbuilding parts pipes water
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. B

    sub main to outbuilding

    hi guys new to this so sorry if revisiting old stuff. I need to run a sub main 200M from the service head to a log cabin Super eco all LED etc, so 40A 9Kw max demand if i use the cable calculators i get 185mm cable we all know power networks cover huge distance with 35mm cable on 100A supply...
  4. P

    Main consumer unit in wooden outbuilding

    Looking for a bit of advice here. I am replacing the CU which is currently in a shower room. Now, don't gasp too hard, it's not as bad as it sounds. The shower is in a totally enclosed cubicle with a good extractor, and the room never gets steamy or has condensation. The existing CU is in a...
    • pncomms
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    • building consumer consumer unit main outbuilding unit wooden
    • Replies: 95
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. P

    Outbuilding Submain

    An outbuilding is fed from a separate single way board in the house and has a 2c 4mm SWA to the building of 7m. Its a TNS. This outbuilding has its own water main (albeit in plastic) which comes directly from the water meter not through the house. Testing between copper pipes below the sink and...
  6. P

    Running power to an outbuilding via an extension lead???

    Hi everyone I have been asked to provide an outside socket for a property which they wish to use to run an extension lead down to a small outbuilding at the end of the garden designed for one person to live in (about the size of a shed). They would be using a lamp and nothing more than...
    • pumpkinbreath
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    • building extension extension lead going outbuilding outside power running socket
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. C

    Is RCD needed at both ends of armour feed to outbuilding

    Hi - first post. I am going to carry out a sub main installation from a main CU in the house, to a garage, (15m from main CU to garage sub board). The CU in the house has no RCD protection. The garage will have a local TT, and the sub board will have 30mA RCD as main switch. The SWA cable...
  8. R

    Shower to outbuilding

    In the process of quoting and pricing a job for an outbuilding which is to be used to cut hair on a part time hobby. This outbuilding will have a 7.5kw shower, Lighting circuit consisiting of 2 lights, and a ring circuit with a couple of sockets. The supply will be from a 63 amp swich fuse in 3...
  9. C

    Workshop power supply

    Hello I have been away from electrical installation for sometime but am making a return. I have been asked to install a supply to an outbuilding consisting of lights and sockets. Load will be minimal, hand tools, log splitter etc. Can I utilise a spare MCB form the board or would it be better to...
    • cameronj
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    • attach electrical work making outbuilding power return supply workshop
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. uksparks

    Power to outbuilding, possible structural steel...

    Hi, I have just been to a job today to provide power to an outbuilding, 75 meters down the garden. The supply is PME, I plan on splitting the tails into a henley block and then into a switched fuse, then 16mm SWA from there all the way down the garden, at 600mm under the lawn. The building is...
    • uksparks
    • Thread
    • building concrete earth house outbuilding possible power steel structural
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. B

    Extending TT to remote outbuilding ??

    Hi all. As I understand it, exported earth is only an issue for PME situations? Therefore, when a domestic installation is a TT and power is to be brought out to a remote outbuilding, is there a requirement to fit a second earth electrode and if so, should this be independent of the house TT...
    • Bennewman
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    • building earth extending outbuilding picture remote
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. S

    Outbuilding Smoke detector required?

    Do you have to fit a smoke detector in outbuildings? It's a new build, about 20metres from the house and is half kennels half storage area? Someone told me there's no need but I wasn't sure if that was correct
    • SSE
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    • build building detector outbuilding required smoke
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. D

    Circuit design query?

    Hi guys, Ive just come from a house to loo at a outbuilding they have. Its curently fed from the house C/U. The C/U main switch is a 80 amp rcd switch. The Outbuilding is fed by a 6mm armoured with arun of about 15 m off a 15amp mcb. it goes into to outbuilding to a 13 amp spur. From the SINGLE...
    • Damian Petsas
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    • circuit design first outbuilding query radial sockets supply
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. D

    House supplied via out building

    I'm working on a property with a tncs supply which has the dno cut out in an outbuilding about 20 metres away from the house. They have had a boiler installed in said outbuilding which is connected from the main house via some swa for electrical controls and insulated pvc pipe for the...
    • darren
    • Thread
    • building house out outbuilding sockets supplied
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. R

    Getting power to an outbuilding

    Hi, I am new to this forum but have been researching the problem above and am hoping someone can give me some good advice. I want to be able to run power to a wooden cabin at the end of my garden. The garden is approx 120ft long. I wanted to be able to have lighting and sockets (maybe 3 x...
    • rosieroob
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    • building cable garden getting outbuilding power
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. Jackflash

    volt drop outbuilding supply

    Hi, Looking to supply power to two outbuilding/sheds to be used as offices (no electric heating required). one is 60m from supply source and another is 10m further on. I'm currently debating what size supply / cable to install taking volt drop into account. Ideally in unit 1 i'd have...
  17. Jackflash

    volt drop outbuilding

    Hi, Looking to supply power to two outbuilding sheds to be used as an office (no electric heating required). one is 60m from supply source and another is 10m further on. I'm currently debating what size supply / cable to install taking volt drop into account. Ideally in unit 1 i'd have -16a...
  18. D

    Outbuilding with exported earth from main house, but also an earth spike...

    As a scam inspection piece I'm looking at a rewire of my folks garage. Going to be a really simple job, just adding a few sockets and updating the CU to a 17th edition board. The supply to the building is a 15ish metre run of SWA from the main CU, sheath earthed to the MET. Oddly though, it...
    • DNS1
    • Thread
    • building earth garage house main outbuilding spike supply
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. S

    Advice on tails, earthing and 60amp switched isolator

    Hi All, first time on the forum and looking forward to learning loads of good stuff from the experienced sparkies. I recently gained 2382 & 2392 qualifications and am now trying to get experience in the real world. I have rewired my outbuilding fitting a metal clad garage consumer unit 63a...
    • Sbc
    • Thread
    • advice consumer earth earthing isolator outbuilding switch switched tails
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. Guitarist

    Supplies to outbuilding CU's

    Do you guys think that the majority of electricians actually bother using the adiabatic equation to decide whether the cpc of a T&E cable is adequate when supplying a CU in a garage/shed, or do most people just size the cable based on CCC and voltdrop? I come across a lot of T&E strung between...

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