keith70 said:securesparkis
Its tooo late- its dug up and filled in - three times probably by now
Its tooo late- its dug up and filled in - three times probably by now
Actually its not too late. It's been delayed by lots of other projects that took priority. Thank you Graham88. I'm more encouraged to take this on at last.
Guys don't know if this is too late but I am an electrical engineer
and in my experience; don't use ducting.
A real steel wire armour cable has its own ducting, the stell armour that encases it,
if your intent on using ducting then don't use SWA, a 2.5 twin and earth will be ample.
Putting an SWA into a conduit will only cause it to trap in heat, which will reduce its service life.
1) Dig trench - min. depth: 20"
2) Lay 4mm SWA (Ample for a garage) in trench, get it in the house and under the floorboards up to your meter.
3) Get the other end in the garage, pin it up the wall and fit it into a consumer unit (3 or 4 gang is plenty, really easy to fit if you are reasonably competent in DIY)
4) You can fit the lights and sockets yourself to, very easy to get to grips with; lights should be on an independant 6A breaker, ring main on 20A or 32A breaker.
5) get a professional in to do the inspection and testing, once he gives you a cert, he can hook your project up to the supply.
6) Fill in the trench.
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