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To be honest I am surprised too, but currently they are saying that providing the trench is dud in accordance with their specs, ie 1000 mm deep, and they inspect the cable in the trench, see the sand bed , taping etc, they will connect. Seems too good to be true?

Hi Holmslaw, Well i'll check again with Cleveland but that was the price they gave me this afternoon, quoted against their specific catologue number, and having checked that they had it in stock. If I ordered it today they could deliver by Monday.

Cleveland Cable have today quoted £7 per metre for the cable I mentioned in my original post. Assuming that I would need two cables ( am I right in that ? ) would mean £14k in total for the wire. Assuming that the one I have identified is appropriate. Digging the trench will not be...

Thanks for the input. What is envisaged is a HV supply which would the be stepped down ( if that is the right phrase ) by the transformer at the boundary of the building plot. Hence the spec of the cable that I think may be appropriate, as mentioned in my first post - 33000 Volts.

Can anyone help me on what wire / cable I would need to connect a residential building plot to the electrical network where the distance from the grid to the plot is about 1 KM? The local energy company have quoted about £40k for running a cable overhead from the network to the plot, but will...