Rewiring Shed

breezer · 11 Jun 2007

mdbalson said:
breezer said:

please say this is your first attempt

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What do you mean by this

sounded simple enough to me.

try, have you done plastic conduit before?

mdbalson · 11 Jun 2007

Yes I have done plastic conduit before, at college in the workshop, doing a ring final & a 3 way switched, 3 lamp lighting circuit, in it.

mdbalson · 11 Jun 2007

JohnD · 11 Jun 2007

Looks as if you have been usding G&Y Earth Identification sticky tape round non-earth wires, and blue tape on brown wires,and red tape on blue wires.

A good tip is to lay in a good stock of White tape for holding things together so you are not tempted to "identify" things wrongly. It is also useful for making labels, with a permanent marker.

I hate to see electricians who have a roll of sticky G&Y tape handy and use it round all sorts of things that are not earthed.

mdbalson · 11 Jun 2007

JohnD said:
Looks as if you have been using G&Y Earth Identification sticky tape round non-earth wires, and blue tape on brown wires,and red tape on blue wires.

A good tip is to lay in a good stock of White tape for holding things together so you are not tempted to "identify" things wrongly. It is also useful for making labels, with a permanent marker.

I hate to see electricians who have a roll of sticky G&Y tape handy and use it round all sorts of things that are not earthed.

The tape is so that I know what wire is for what thing

I know that:

The 2 G/Y taped wires, are the L & N for the pond pump

The 2 Blue taped wires, are the L & N for the 6 LV Post lights

The 2 Red taped wires, are the L & N for the side path LV lights

The 2 untaped wires, are the L & N for the summer House light

JohnD · 11 Jun 2007

I understand what you wanted to use the tape for.

But you surely don't think it's right?

What does red sleeving or tape mean on a lighting circuit? "Switched Live" or "the path lamps?" What does G&Y mean? "Earthed" or "the pond pump?"

Spark123 · 11 Jun 2007

Just had a peep at the most recent pics, will have a peep at the earlier ones later

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Outside JB, you show the conduit single wires coming through the wall unprotected, have you made good? They should really be inside conduit as they pass through the wall and into the accessory. Have you solvent glued the joints in the conduit? Pond pump socket, is the pond pump outdoors? If so is there RCD protection for it?

mdbalson · 11 Jun 2007

Spark123 said:
Just had a peep at the most recent pics, will have a peep at the earlier ones later .
Outside JB, you show the conduit single wires coming through the wall unprotected, have you made good? They should really be inside conduit as they pass through the wall and into the accessory. Have you solvent glued the joints in the conduit? Pond pump socket, is the pond pump outdoors? If so is there RCD protection for it?

There is RCD protection in the shed CCU

The JBs are for:

JB 1:

Pond Pump & 6 LV Post Lights

JB 2:

Side Path LV Lights & Summer House Light

The 5 amp Round Pin Socket is for the Pond Lights

ricicle · 11 Jun 2007

Is it me or is this post...........

mdbalson · 11 Jun 2007

ricicle said:
Is it me or is this post...........

No I am sharing the pictures of what I have done in the shed.

mdbalson · 11 Jun 2007

Here are some more pictures of what I have done so far:

The Light wiring:

Outside light wires:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mdbalson/DSC00135.jpg

Shed light wires:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mdbalson/DSC00134.jpg

Shed Fluro Terminal Block:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mdbalson/DSC00189.jpg

Wires in Fluro:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mdbalson/DSC00191.jpg

Wires in Fluro (view 2):

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mdbalson/DSC00192.jpg

5ft Fluro:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mdbalson/DSC00194.jpg

ricicle · 11 Jun 2007

Spark123 · 11 Jun 2007

Yeah, though I understand where ricicle is coming from, trawling through 5 pages is a bit of a pain!! Maybe start a new topic? I take it you are a C&G pupil?
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mdbalson/DSC00169.jpg
It doesn't matter what the outside JBs are for, are they and the wiring system to them selected and erected correctly? I don't like the idea of the conduit singles going through the wooden structure without additional protection i.e. drilling the hole big enough and running a conduit through.

Steve · 11 Jun 2007

There is conduit present on the inside, it goes into the hole, perhaps this will be added in his next post

breezer · 11 Jun 2007

wow, that is exiti...................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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