Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me a bit of advice, please.
My garage has a power supply from a dedicated 16a RCB on the consumer unit in the house. The circuit is one of six in the CU protected by a RCD.
The wiring to the garage is 2.5 T&E going to a separate CU. This CU has two RCBs and plenty of space for more One is 6A powering feeding what was a single switched light bulb. The other is a 16a circuit which feeds a single socket, into which is plugged the electric garage door motor and then goes on to a twin outlet socket. Both the CUs are Memera 2000. The power cable going to the garage then goes onto an additional outbuilding which in turn has another Memera CU which has a 6a light circuit with a single switched bulb and a 16a power ciuit with one twin outlet. There is no space for further RCBS in this CU.
Hope that makes sense so far.
I have extended the garage light circuit to now have 3 fluorescent tubes instead of the original single light bulb. I now wish to install a further six double sockets in the garage. So, a couple of questions:
Could I just run all the additional powert outlets from the existing twin outlet? If so should I change the 16a garage RCB for a 32a one and also change the 16a House RCB for a 32a one?
or
Would it better to run an additional RCB in the garage CU and then run a ring for the new power outlets? If so, would a 16a RCB suffice, and then should I change the 16a RCB in the House CU for a 32a one?
I also would like to run 3 more twin power oulets in the other outbuilding. Again could I just extend the existing power outlet with the new ones and should I then change the 16a RCB in the outbuilding for a 32a one (I guess I will definitely have changed the 16a one in the house CUfor a 32a one) ?
Thanks in advance for any comments from anyone.
Paul
My garage has a power supply from a dedicated 16a RCB on the consumer unit in the house. The circuit is one of six in the CU protected by a RCD.
The wiring to the garage is 2.5 T&E going to a separate CU. This CU has two RCBs and plenty of space for more One is 6A powering feeding what was a single switched light bulb. The other is a 16a circuit which feeds a single socket, into which is plugged the electric garage door motor and then goes on to a twin outlet socket. Both the CUs are Memera 2000. The power cable going to the garage then goes onto an additional outbuilding which in turn has another Memera CU which has a 6a light circuit with a single switched bulb and a 16a power ciuit with one twin outlet. There is no space for further RCBS in this CU.
Hope that makes sense so far.
I have extended the garage light circuit to now have 3 fluorescent tubes instead of the original single light bulb. I now wish to install a further six double sockets in the garage. So, a couple of questions:
Could I just run all the additional powert outlets from the existing twin outlet? If so should I change the 16a garage RCB for a 32a one and also change the 16a House RCB for a 32a one?
or
Would it better to run an additional RCB in the garage CU and then run a ring for the new power outlets? If so, would a 16a RCB suffice, and then should I change the 16a RCB in the House CU for a 32a one?
I also would like to run 3 more twin power oulets in the other outbuilding. Again could I just extend the existing power outlet with the new ones and should I then change the 16a RCB in the outbuilding for a 32a one (I guess I will definitely have changed the 16a one in the house CUfor a 32a one) ?
Thanks in advance for any comments from anyone.
Paul