Recent content by sparksmayfly

Thanks mapj1. I was already thinking that this may be the answer. My intention was to install a CU in the shed thus preventing ther house RCD from tripping. Thanks for your help and advice.

Hi crafty, the breaker in the CU is a 30mA rcd and the switch in the shed is like a cooker switch (unfused) Appliances are drills, jig saws, sander etc . There are never any appliances on when i switch off the power. There is only one flouresent strip light on at the time the power goes...

I have recently erected a shed (yes i know a shed) in my back yard for use as a workshop so naturally i needed power. Having put in many sockets and switches in the past this seemed like an easy thing to do. I ran cable from my house down the garden, this was under the ground in an...