Hi,
I'm converting an old 1970's garage on a budget into a workshop/storage space and have nearly finished lining the concrete panels with stud work.
Next on my list of things to do is put in some electrics, but I have some questions...
I plan on getting the garage power connected to the house (about 15m away). An initial quote was in the order of £1k which was enough to put me off doing it this year.
So for now, I'm planning to run an extension lead up the garden to power the circuit. I'd like to do things as close to regs as I can so that it doesn't all need re-doing when I have the cash to have it hooked up properly.
I'll be putting in a consumer unit, a lighting spur (single switch to two waterproof 2 x 58w strip lights), and a ring for wall sockets.
- Is the lighting spur ok, or does it need to be a ring?
- Is 1.5mm^2 enough for the lighting spur? I think at 240W it's more than enough, but it will be on a 6A MCB..?
- Is 2.5mm^2 ok for the socket ring? It'll be on a 16A MCB, but I may want to increase that to 32A in the future
- Do I need to put cables into conduit if they're going in/on/behind stud work? Or can I just clip them to the stud work?
- I'd like a light switch by the external door - are there any regs about how close to the door opening the switch can be?
- When I'm connecting cables up to the consumer unit do I need to worry about the IP66 rating (it won't been near the external door)? I'm guessing yes, just because of sawdust, etc?
- When fitting cable glands for the consumer unit, is it one cable per gland, or can I put several into the same gland?
Many thanks!
Nick
I'm converting an old 1970's garage on a budget into a workshop/storage space and have nearly finished lining the concrete panels with stud work.
Next on my list of things to do is put in some electrics, but I have some questions...
I plan on getting the garage power connected to the house (about 15m away). An initial quote was in the order of £1k which was enough to put me off doing it this year.
So for now, I'm planning to run an extension lead up the garden to power the circuit. I'd like to do things as close to regs as I can so that it doesn't all need re-doing when I have the cash to have it hooked up properly.
I'll be putting in a consumer unit, a lighting spur (single switch to two waterproof 2 x 58w strip lights), and a ring for wall sockets.
- Is the lighting spur ok, or does it need to be a ring?
- Is 1.5mm^2 enough for the lighting spur? I think at 240W it's more than enough, but it will be on a 6A MCB..?
- Is 2.5mm^2 ok for the socket ring? It'll be on a 16A MCB, but I may want to increase that to 32A in the future
- Do I need to put cables into conduit if they're going in/on/behind stud work? Or can I just clip them to the stud work?
- I'd like a light switch by the external door - are there any regs about how close to the door opening the switch can be?
- When I'm connecting cables up to the consumer unit do I need to worry about the IP66 rating (it won't been near the external door)? I'm guessing yes, just because of sawdust, etc?
- When fitting cable glands for the consumer unit, is it one cable per gland, or can I put several into the same gland?
Many thanks!
Nick