Outhouse power supply method

[dtokez]

Hi all,

A friend of mine wants a new power supply to the bottom of her garden. She is currently running a hot tub and a freezer down there off an unfused spur from the house ring!

I have suggested coming off the consumer unit into SWA but she is in a mid terraced, with concrete floors.

What would you guys suggest? I suppose surface running is the only way. Or changing the spur to a 13A fused outlet but the hot tub pulls about 2.6KW at worst so this doesn't sound ideal to me?

 

[davelx]

Concrete 1st floor floors too?

 

[dtokez]

Concrete 1st floor floors too?

Good point, starting to sound like a mammoth job though

 

[AndyPRK]

2 way din metal enclosure with an Mcb in it (or rcbo) off the ring ?

At least if would be an improvement.

 

[chivers67]

How far is the run to the bottom of the Garden? Hot Tub is 2.6KW what does the Freezer pull 100-400W?

 

[dtokez]

How far is the run to the bottom of the Garden? Hot Tub is 2.6KW what does the Freezer pull 100-400W?

Not sure mate, not a massive garden from memory so maybe 15 metres or so. Shes not sure about the freezer current but I would imagine a couple of hundred watts. Doesn't sound good on top of the hot tub draw!

 

[Taylortwocities]

She does realise that a freezer in an outside unheated building is not the best plan?