Recent content by Shorty73

Thanks John, The only metal work present is the cross members for the roof. There are no pipes in the garage. These will be bonded to the fittings which will hang from them. As for limiting myself to 16A you are correct. I will upgrade the Garage C.U to allow a 32a circuit. I shall run the...

My apologies!! My heads a bit frazzled after chasing an Arc Suppression Fault in the pouring rain and then trying to find a HV earth fault which broke down at 8kv but we cannot find!! Went to work at 7 this morning and rolled in at 11 tonight!! Re read your post saw we were on the same page.

John, I will be feeding the SWA via an appropriately rated RCBO from the house C.U. And installing it in to a Garage C.U. with a 63A RCD with a 16A and a 6A MCB's. As for load, I have no plans to fill every socket but I want the flexibility of numerous outlets. I understand diversity but...

Just to clarify, I have a length of SWA which contains 4 cores, each of which measures 2.5mm2 cross sectional area. Also I have no intention of botching anything. If I did I would just run the cable regardless. I want to carry out a proper job to a good standard. I have no doubt in my skills...

Thanks for the replies. I will be installing 3 internal double 13a sockets and 1 external double socket. I will have two fluorescent light fittings and one outside LED light on a PIR. I may fit some heaters on a frost protection stat. As mentioned above 2.5 mm wouldn't give me much so I...

Some advice please. I have a length of of 2.5 4core swa which I would like to supply my garage. I will be taking the feed from the non RCD side of an MK Sentry CU via an RCBO. The route length from C.U to garage C.U is 10 -12 meters. Most of the route will be clipped to a wall. A short run...