Recent content by fatbloke

Not too hot on the knowledge of circuits. but would I right in thinking that I that I can create my own lighting and socket circuits from the existing fuse box that I have in the shed? I was planning to use conduit to protect the cables. I have looked at the web links that you listed and can...

your summary seems correct to me. Boths sheds are securely fastened to the ground. The sheds have a 6 inch gap between them. I realise the cable would need to be protected. My questions would really be: How should the cable be protected? How do I run the cables, in terms of connections etc in...

Yep the cable is as you described. I think it has 3 cores. Would need to check. As for the new shed it is next door, so just a case of drilling through.

I have had to wait to the weekend to be able to investigate. From what I have discovered today, the wiring was not as I originally thought. There is a cable from the main fuse bos in the house, with the diameter of the live cable being 2-3mm. The cable from fuse box to shed is around 15m in...

ok. So I need to take the cross section of the cable entering the shed. Then work out its area. I take it that the cross section is of the actual metal core, and not the insulation covering.

Sorry if I am sounding stupid, but how can I tell the size of the cable? Are we talking diameter of the cable core?

Please, has anyone got any advice?

From what the label says in the fuse box in the house, it is a 16a supply to the shed. I have no idea on the cable size (how can I tell this?) There is a fat black cable that comes into the shed. The current setup seems to be a cable into a triple light switch, running one internal light for...

I have a shed with power to it. From the power, which has its own feed from the fuse box, currently is running a single socket and two lights. I now have a second shed, next to the original. I wish to how a socket in each shed, as well as lighting. How I do do this in terms of circuits?