Hi - I have an attached garage with a double socket fed by a spur in single 2.5mm. Spur is from a junction box in the ring-main (about 4 meters away in the hallway of the house).
I've asked my electrician to make the system safe for a tumble dryer and washing machine to be used in the garage. His solution:
Garage consumer unit with RCD fed by the 2.5mm spur
2 x 16A MCB's in the garage consumer unit, one feeding a socket for the washing machine and another feeding a separate socket for the tumble dryer
My questions are:
1. Does this adequately protect the 2.5mm spur cable to the junction box
2. Is this work notifiable
3. Would connecting both washing machine and tumble dryer to one of the 16A MCB's be OK, assuming tumble dryer and washing machine are unlikely to draw more than 16A long-enough to trip the MCB, and that 2.5mm is OK to handle max. 16A
4. If none of the above are OK, are there any other alternatives other than new ring or radial from the main house consumer unit
Advice very much appreciated.
Ole Biscuit Barrel #7
I've asked my electrician to make the system safe for a tumble dryer and washing machine to be used in the garage. His solution:
Garage consumer unit with RCD fed by the 2.5mm spur
2 x 16A MCB's in the garage consumer unit, one feeding a socket for the washing machine and another feeding a separate socket for the tumble dryer
My questions are:
1. Does this adequately protect the 2.5mm spur cable to the junction box
2. Is this work notifiable
3. Would connecting both washing machine and tumble dryer to one of the 16A MCB's be OK, assuming tumble dryer and washing machine are unlikely to draw more than 16A long-enough to trip the MCB, and that 2.5mm is OK to handle max. 16A
4. If none of the above are OK, are there any other alternatives other than new ring or radial from the main house consumer unit
Advice very much appreciated.
Ole Biscuit Barrel #7