Hi,
I am looking to spruce up my single garage, and as part of that, make some additions to the electrics. I would like some guidance please on best methods, duty ratings, fittings etc etc
Existing lighting:
I have a single wire feed (spur?) coming from the house which is off the GF lighting ring main. This feed goes into a junction box with one feed going to the wall mounted switch, and the other going to the pendant light. This is currently fitted with a 100W (equivalent) compact fluorecent light bulb, which in all honesty is rather pathetic and useless for working on a car after dark.
Proposed Lighting:
Quite simply, I would like to upgrade the pendant light fitting. I'm thinking some sort of brighter strip lighting would be better. What would people recommend in terms of single or double tube, rating of fitting, and do I keep with a single light fitting or add a second? A 2nd light is perhaps overkill, but if I do want to add an extra light, how is best to wire it into the existing circuit?
Existing power:
I have a single wire feed (spur?) coming from the house which is off the GF ring main. This feed goes straight into a double socket fitted halfway along the length of the garage. When we moved into the house a couple years ago, I fitted 2no. external PIR security lights the the front and back of the house. To do this, I broke into the side of the double socket and wired in a fused switch. From there I took the feed up to a junction box and took two spurs from this to each of the security lights.
Proposed power:
I would like to add an additional double socket at the back of the garage adjacent to the work bench area. They will be used for power tools, desk lamp, radio etc. I am also considering another additional socket at the back for a tumble dryer. Just in terms adding the sockets, and forgetting about the tumble dryer for now, would I be right in thinking that the best way to do this would be to add a 3 way junction box (rating??) between the existing socket and the house, and from there, taking the feed to the back of the garage, fit another 3 way junction box to make 2 additional spurs to each of the additional sockets?
So back to the tumble dryer, what implications would running a tumble dryer from one of the new sockets have on the proposed electrics?
Many thanks in advance.
I am looking to spruce up my single garage, and as part of that, make some additions to the electrics. I would like some guidance please on best methods, duty ratings, fittings etc etc
Existing lighting:
I have a single wire feed (spur?) coming from the house which is off the GF lighting ring main. This feed goes into a junction box with one feed going to the wall mounted switch, and the other going to the pendant light. This is currently fitted with a 100W (equivalent) compact fluorecent light bulb, which in all honesty is rather pathetic and useless for working on a car after dark.
Proposed Lighting:
Quite simply, I would like to upgrade the pendant light fitting. I'm thinking some sort of brighter strip lighting would be better. What would people recommend in terms of single or double tube, rating of fitting, and do I keep with a single light fitting or add a second? A 2nd light is perhaps overkill, but if I do want to add an extra light, how is best to wire it into the existing circuit?
Existing power:
I have a single wire feed (spur?) coming from the house which is off the GF ring main. This feed goes straight into a double socket fitted halfway along the length of the garage. When we moved into the house a couple years ago, I fitted 2no. external PIR security lights the the front and back of the house. To do this, I broke into the side of the double socket and wired in a fused switch. From there I took the feed up to a junction box and took two spurs from this to each of the security lights.
Proposed power:
I would like to add an additional double socket at the back of the garage adjacent to the work bench area. They will be used for power tools, desk lamp, radio etc. I am also considering another additional socket at the back for a tumble dryer. Just in terms adding the sockets, and forgetting about the tumble dryer for now, would I be right in thinking that the best way to do this would be to add a 3 way junction box (rating??) between the existing socket and the house, and from there, taking the feed to the back of the garage, fit another 3 way junction box to make 2 additional spurs to each of the additional sockets?
So back to the tumble dryer, what implications would running a tumble dryer from one of the new sockets have on the proposed electrics?
Many thanks in advance.