Posh Shed at the end of the Garden

[ban-all-sheds]

Yes - what relevance?

You brought it up in a topic that wasn't about crimping, so surely you can explain why you thought it was relevant to this topic and to what I'd said?

If not, can you explain why you brought it up?

Or if you are unable to explain either, is this something you often do - writing stuff without any reason, and for which you can't come up with any explanation?

 

[chaban48699]

what relevance? please

you are the one alledging the op is taking the P**s, me thinks it is you taking the p**s making such allegations and you cannot even crimp correctly oh dear!-the words people and glasshouses spring to mind!

just for the record this was put in my last post but now appears deleted mmm!!!

 

[kwikfix328]

Roy,

I have used one of the Volex 50A Shower CU items mentioned in your OP. It was something that i bought but never used until now. The actual casing is slightly flimsy and will not take an SWA gland,however it is perfectly usable as a Garage or shed CU with a few adaptions, for my application I used a blank metalclad box to terminate the SWA then fed the SWA galnd & Box earths along with the 3 x inner cores up through the plastic casing, I also replaced the single 50A MCB for a 6A and 20A unit. here's a picture, (The unit is power off at the moment whilst I re-route the clipped cables inside conduit trunking after a re-think based on advice ) ;

A 2 way metalclad Garage consumer unit can be had cheaply on the net, i was just using up bits that i already had to hand.

http://photos.imageevent.com/sidandcoke/generaldumpinggroundforgashpiccys/large/Volex CU.JPG

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[ban-all-sheds]

what relevance? please

You keep saying that.

Is that because you think the relevance is self evident, or because you realise that there is no relevance whatsoever?

you are the one alledging the op is taking the P**s,

No - I said I feared he was.

I know he subsequently said he wasn't but at the time I looked at his post I had doubts that someone was interested in details down to the level of models of CU, cable sizes, conduit sizes, and was making design decisions about the installation and routing of cables when all he wanted to do, apparently, was to be able to check that the electrician(s) he got to quote knew what they were doing.

me thinks it is you taking the p**s making such allegations

No - see above.

and you cannot even crimp correctly oh dear!-the words people and glasshouses spring to mind!

Actually, I can crimp correctly, and as I said - if you want to discuss that then please take it to the relevant topic.

If I was criticising the OPs crimping technique then I guess my abilities to perform the task might be of relevance, but here they are not, and would not be even if they were poor.

Unless you can, at the 3rd time of asking, explain why my skills at crimping are in any way relevant to whether my doubts over the original post were reasonable or understandable then I suggest you stop cluttering up the topic with irrelevances that add nothing apart from a demonstration of your inability to reason and think logically.

 

[chaban48699]

My logic comes from the fact that the pics you posted prove in no uncertain terms you cannot crimp. I care not if your work is a fire hazard but as you so rightly say start a new topic regarding your inability to crimp and I will advise.

 

[Roy345]

Roy,

I have used one of the Volex 50A Shower CU items mentioned in your OP. It was something that i bought but never used until now. The actual casing is slightly flimsy and will not take an SWA gland,however it is perfectly usable as a Garage or shed CU with a few adaptions, for my application I used a blank metalclad box to terminate the SWA then fed the SWA galnd & Box earths along with the 3 x inner cores up through the plastic casing, I also replaced the single 50A MCB for a 6A and 20A unit. here's a picture, (The unit is power off at the moment whilst I re-route the clipped cables inside conduit trunking after a re-think based on advice ) ;

A 2 way metalclad Garage consumer unit can be had cheaply on the net, i was just using up bits that i already had to hand.

http://photos.imageevent.com/sidandcoke/generaldumpinggroundforgashpiccys/large/Volex CU.JPG

Hi kwikfix,
Thanks for the response, the components were only things that I had seen looking through screwfix and put forward as suggestions, to put some up some idea of my thoughts that I could take forward with an electrician. I've subsequently found that as my CU has spare MCB slots an option could be to put a 32A connection and then run to a 2 way board in the shed breaking it down to 16A and 6A. I've got a few requests out for quotes and see what comes back.
Thanks again for the advice
It has been a fun day

 

[ban-all-sheds]

My logic comes from the fact that the pics you posted prove in no uncertain terms you cannot crimp.

I despair. Logic???

Will you PLEASE click this, will you PLEASE read it, and then will you PLEASE explain the "logic" of introducing the quality of my crimping into this topic!

 

[mdbalson]

Now Now Girls stop your bickering