Recent content by lizbug

They must also be protected by an rcd, as you are outwith your earthed equipotential zone, ie your house. I would advise strongly against using anything other than armoured cable, unless you could provide some other kind of mechanical protection for the cable, ie conduit, but i would say that...

Dont do it!! Your cable diameter could not be calculated correctly without an earth wire to ensure any fault current can be handled safely.

The only thing that is regulated about ring mains, are the cables sizes, that is 2.5mmsquared cable for your standard ring mains, protected by a 30 or 32 amp breaker. You are allowed an unlimited amount of sockets on a ring, so long as the total floor area for your ring main does not exceed 100...