Hi,
I have bought a new house with what was described as a "properly installed power supply" to the garage (used as a workshop.) On further investigation the power to the garage is 3 Core + Earth (1.5mm) plugged in in the conservatory, then buried under concrete for about 40m to the garage. In the garage are 2 double plug sockets (one RCD protected.) Into the RCD socket is a 500w floodlight with PIR, and the other socket has a florescent lamp.
I know from looking at it this supply is "rough"!
The house supply this is taken from is a TT system protected by a 80A 30ma RCD.
I'm loathe to leave the supply connected whilst I'm out incase it trips the house RCD. Is there any way to fit a faster acting RCD to the supply to the garage to ensure the house RCD doesn't trip if the outside lamp has a problem?
Thanks
Stephen
I have bought a new house with what was described as a "properly installed power supply" to the garage (used as a workshop.) On further investigation the power to the garage is 3 Core + Earth (1.5mm) plugged in in the conservatory, then buried under concrete for about 40m to the garage. In the garage are 2 double plug sockets (one RCD protected.) Into the RCD socket is a 500w floodlight with PIR, and the other socket has a florescent lamp.
I know from looking at it this supply is "rough"!
The house supply this is taken from is a TT system protected by a 80A 30ma RCD.
I'm loathe to leave the supply connected whilst I'm out incase it trips the house RCD. Is there any way to fit a faster acting RCD to the supply to the garage to ensure the house RCD doesn't trip if the outside lamp has a problem?
Thanks
Stephen