Looking for a bit of advice on running power to my newly erected shed.
The shed is approximately 30m from my house consumer unit. But their power run to an outisde light (approximately 5m from the shed), but this is on 6A MCB.
I have no RCD on my house CU, but do have a spare way.
I was planning on fitting a 40A 2 way 30mA RCD CU in the shed to power 2 double sockets and a couple of lights on 16A and 6A MCB respectivley.
The question is how I run the cable to the shed, the portion of the cable that will be run outiside I plan to fit into a recess in my wall filled in with mortar (approximately 2m in length), and then tacked along the outside a wall (3m in length). The remaining cable will be run through my loft.
My questions are this:
1. Is their a way of using the existing outside light to power my shed?
2. If I was to run the cable from the house CU, what size of cable would be required for the 30m length
3. Can I use standard PVC cable for the inside portion then SWA for the outside portion.
4. Is their a problem with burying SWA cable inside a mortared recess, as Id rather the cable wasnt running down the outside of my door frame.
If anyone requires more information to help me out just ask.
Cheers
The shed is approximately 30m from my house consumer unit. But their power run to an outisde light (approximately 5m from the shed), but this is on 6A MCB.
I have no RCD on my house CU, but do have a spare way.
I was planning on fitting a 40A 2 way 30mA RCD CU in the shed to power 2 double sockets and a couple of lights on 16A and 6A MCB respectivley.
The question is how I run the cable to the shed, the portion of the cable that will be run outiside I plan to fit into a recess in my wall filled in with mortar (approximately 2m in length), and then tacked along the outside a wall (3m in length). The remaining cable will be run through my loft.
My questions are this:
1. Is their a way of using the existing outside light to power my shed?
2. If I was to run the cable from the house CU, what size of cable would be required for the 30m length
3. Can I use standard PVC cable for the inside portion then SWA for the outside portion.
4. Is their a problem with burying SWA cable inside a mortared recess, as Id rather the cable wasnt running down the outside of my door frame.
If anyone requires more information to help me out just ask.
Cheers