Hi,
First post so excuse any major errors in judgement.
I am looking to run 6mm swa from a dedicated 32a RCBO in the house to a small shed consumer unit. Don't worry I won't be hooking anything up, just digging the trench, running the cable etc.
The run is 25 m from the back of the house, 35m to CU. I will be running an A rated freezer, bench tools (lathe, pillar drill, not all at once) and the odd garden tool but pretty sure the wife will have other, more accurate ideas, hence the 6mm. Depth of trench will be 600mm (sand and tape etc) with a separate earth at the shed.
There is 2.5mm T&E cable going to an existing external socket already on this 32a RCBO.
I'm positive I don't have enough space for 6mm SWA under the floor in the house so my question is (before anyone corrects me on the above), can I run new 6mm T&E to this external socket and junction this of to the socket / shed respectively, or should I try to keep this as a single run?
As I said qualified sparky will be hooking it up and testing, I'm just doing the ground / non skilled work.
Any advice you can offer would be appreciated.
P.s The wife wants another freezer running in the shed for Christmas (25m away). I was going to run a 1.5mm extension from the external socket (RCBO) for 2 weeks absolute max to the shed (be gentle ). Freezer will be the only thing running.
First post so excuse any major errors in judgement.
I am looking to run 6mm swa from a dedicated 32a RCBO in the house to a small shed consumer unit. Don't worry I won't be hooking anything up, just digging the trench, running the cable etc.
The run is 25 m from the back of the house, 35m to CU. I will be running an A rated freezer, bench tools (lathe, pillar drill, not all at once) and the odd garden tool but pretty sure the wife will have other, more accurate ideas, hence the 6mm. Depth of trench will be 600mm (sand and tape etc) with a separate earth at the shed.
There is 2.5mm T&E cable going to an existing external socket already on this 32a RCBO.
I'm positive I don't have enough space for 6mm SWA under the floor in the house so my question is (before anyone corrects me on the above), can I run new 6mm T&E to this external socket and junction this of to the socket / shed respectively, or should I try to keep this as a single run?
As I said qualified sparky will be hooking it up and testing, I'm just doing the ground / non skilled work.
Any advice you can offer would be appreciated.
P.s The wife wants another freezer running in the shed for Christmas (25m away). I was going to run a 1.5mm extension from the external socket (RCBO) for 2 weeks absolute max to the shed (be gentle ). Freezer will be the only thing running.