We are converting a barn and the new supply will be installed by the REC sometime in the next couple of months, but we are wanting to think about where the CU will be and where cables can run.
Are there any regs about routing the supply into a building? It makes sense to have the meter box in an external wall and the best wall would be approx 2" timber clad on the outside, the original 6" block in the middle and a 4" plasterboarded timber frame as the inner skin. If my memory serves me right a meter box is 8" deep so remove a few blocks and put a lintel in and bobs your uncle.
If this is the case can the SWA supply be be taken up the wall behind the timber cladding into the meter box or does it need to be clipped externally and so be visible?
Finally siting of the CU, sensible it should be central to the barn, but if so is there a restriction to the length of (suitibly sized) tails that can be run from the meter to the CU and can they be routed in the loft space or through a stud wall as long as it is within a safe zone? Alternativly if the meter be inside the barn are there any regs regarding the running of SWA through the barn or would the same rules as the tails apply?
Hope this makes sense
Are there any regs about routing the supply into a building? It makes sense to have the meter box in an external wall and the best wall would be approx 2" timber clad on the outside, the original 6" block in the middle and a 4" plasterboarded timber frame as the inner skin. If my memory serves me right a meter box is 8" deep so remove a few blocks and put a lintel in and bobs your uncle.
If this is the case can the SWA supply be be taken up the wall behind the timber cladding into the meter box or does it need to be clipped externally and so be visible?
Finally siting of the CU, sensible it should be central to the barn, but if so is there a restriction to the length of (suitibly sized) tails that can be run from the meter to the CU and can they be routed in the loft space or through a stud wall as long as it is within a safe zone? Alternativly if the meter be inside the barn are there any regs regarding the running of SWA through the barn or would the same rules as the tails apply?
Hope this makes sense