We are in the process of building a summer house in the garden and would like to add some power, probably a double socket and some lighting. I have a spare 10A MCB on my consumer unit in the house, my initial thoughts were to run a 2.5mm cable from this to the garage (garage integral with house) then in the garage install a DP RCD (63A 30mA trip ?) then from there run 3 core 2.5mm armoured cable outside. The first part of this outside run would be underground approx 15m then another 15m overground tacked to the bottom gravel board of a wooden fence to the summerhouse.
My questions are -
1. Is the overall setup ok?
2. Would I need to upgrade the MCB in the main consumer unit to 16A, 32A or more?
3. When installing electrics outside how deep underground do I have to go, are there any special rules, is it ok to run the cable along the bottom of the fence?
4. Would there be a limit to the number of sockets and/or lights I could add in the summer house.
4. Can anyone suggest a better alternative solution?
Thanks J
My questions are -
1. Is the overall setup ok?
2. Would I need to upgrade the MCB in the main consumer unit to 16A, 32A or more?
3. When installing electrics outside how deep underground do I have to go, are there any special rules, is it ok to run the cable along the bottom of the fence?
4. Would there be a limit to the number of sockets and/or lights I could add in the summer house.
4. Can anyone suggest a better alternative solution?
Thanks J