It's a brand new CU in the house but I can check it. The mains feed to the shed is a spur off the dwellings's ring final circuit which the ex-owner installed and as I didn't want to have to install a new armoured cable, decided to use it. Is there a problem spurring off the ring these days?
The original RCD was working fine. It was situated in the conservatory of the dwelling, fed from a switched 13A spur off the ring final circuit of the dwelling. There was a metal junction box that supported the SWA cable which was the mains feed to the sheds and garden services. All I've done...
Cheers. No it didn't trip which is why it is so frustrating as I was trying to improve things. Blinking annoying as nothing is now working except for the aerator pump. I'll give your idea ago but there is an internal light in the same shed as the CU which also trips the RCD.
Thanks for the quick responses.
Iggifer - yep, I can energise the MCB's with nothing connected or switched on. It trips as soon as I switch anything on lights, pumps etc. - other than the aerator pump.
Motorbiking - I could try this. Actually I still have the original RCD that the previous owner...
Hi,
I'm new to the site and hopefully someone will be able to help. I've recently purchased a property and wanted to sort out the garden electrics. I was a qualified electrician before I retired. There was already SWA cable installed around the garden supporting lights and sockets for two sheds...