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Greetings,
A couple of years ago I bought a house with a double garage. The garage gets power from the garden socket (I was then told the garage used to be a car port, that's why it takes power from the socket). The garden socket comes from a dedicated breaker rated 16A and - from what I can see - runs on a 2.5mm line.
I have upgraded the electrical system in the garage myself, installed a DB with a few breakers, each running a different line. I have two for sockets, one for the motorised rollers, one for lights. I have recently installed a powerful heat pump to heat the place. It's rated 17.5A max (it's inverter so it only goes 17.5A when maxed out).
My questions are:
- in terms of house insurance, would it be wise to ask a qualified electrician to 'approve' the system in case (touch wood) anything happened?
- Would it be legal to replace the 16A breaker with a 20A breaker at the house DB - given that the cable running to the garage is a 2.5mm?
- The small DB I installed in the garage comes with 32A breakers for the sockets. The 16A breaker in the house would trip before that of course and I am fine with that but can I leave the 32A in place or is that against regulations?
Basically, I want to be safe and not have issues with the insurance in case of an accident.
Thanks
Tony
A couple of years ago I bought a house with a double garage. The garage gets power from the garden socket (I was then told the garage used to be a car port, that's why it takes power from the socket). The garden socket comes from a dedicated breaker rated 16A and - from what I can see - runs on a 2.5mm line.
I have upgraded the electrical system in the garage myself, installed a DB with a few breakers, each running a different line. I have two for sockets, one for the motorised rollers, one for lights. I have recently installed a powerful heat pump to heat the place. It's rated 17.5A max (it's inverter so it only goes 17.5A when maxed out).
My questions are:
- in terms of house insurance, would it be wise to ask a qualified electrician to 'approve' the system in case (touch wood) anything happened?
- Would it be legal to replace the 16A breaker with a 20A breaker at the house DB - given that the cable running to the garage is a 2.5mm?
- The small DB I installed in the garage comes with 32A breakers for the sockets. The 16A breaker in the house would trip before that of course and I am fine with that but can I leave the 32A in place or is that against regulations?
Basically, I want to be safe and not have issues with the insurance in case of an accident.
Thanks
Tony