Hi,
I'm a complete beginner when it comes to this.
I've recently moved into an old property and although there is a mains cable coming into a detached garage (wired to a socket), there is nil power. Looking at the consumer unit in the Hall, there is no switch for external/garage supply so presumably, it's coming off a socket in the main house somehow.
I can't trace it as it appears to go underground ? (any thoughts/tips?).
Anyway, if I start afresh, I guess I will need an armoured cable (which I beleive is also called SWA ?) and I've seen this on Screwfix which I'm not sure will be OK or not?
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/61591...t;jsessionid=DKXE05P3SKGMICSTHZOSFFY?ts=81667
My questions are:
1. If I run a SWA to the proposed consumer unit, by burying the SWA underground, what do I connect the SWA to in the main house (non garage end) so that there is a supply ? How can you do this ? The main consumer unit in the Hall is approx 15m away from the garage).
2. Do I have to run any of this through Building Control re Part P ?
3. Once the 2 way consumer unit is in the garage, how easy is it to connect the SWA, then, the feeds to the desired socket, light (via two switching etc.).
Thanks very much.
I'm a complete beginner when it comes to this.
I've recently moved into an old property and although there is a mains cable coming into a detached garage (wired to a socket), there is nil power. Looking at the consumer unit in the Hall, there is no switch for external/garage supply so presumably, it's coming off a socket in the main house somehow.
I can't trace it as it appears to go underground ? (any thoughts/tips?).
Anyway, if I start afresh, I guess I will need an armoured cable (which I beleive is also called SWA ?) and I've seen this on Screwfix which I'm not sure will be OK or not?
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/61591...t;jsessionid=DKXE05P3SKGMICSTHZOSFFY?ts=81667
My questions are:
1. If I run a SWA to the proposed consumer unit, by burying the SWA underground, what do I connect the SWA to in the main house (non garage end) so that there is a supply ? How can you do this ? The main consumer unit in the Hall is approx 15m away from the garage).
2. Do I have to run any of this through Building Control re Part P ?
3. Once the 2 way consumer unit is in the garage, how easy is it to connect the SWA, then, the feeds to the desired socket, light (via two switching etc.).
Thanks very much.