Before anyone says anything, I am not going to attempt to do any of this work myself. The basis for this post is to understand the process and materials required, so that when I can find a decent qualified electrician, I know what is going on, and how much I should be looking at, even though technically I don't understand it!
I have a fully populated 10 way Wylex Consumer unit in the main house and an 8 way Wylex Consumer unit in a treatment room, 40 metres away from the main house, that is currently under construction. The treatment room has an en suite bathroom, with electric shower, and a number of internal and external mains/lighting.
At some stage I will need to upgrade the main consumer unit to accomodate the work that needs to be done in the kitchen and a new conservatory.
After investigating, it seems that there are two options available to me to connect it all up:
Option 1. Fit a new larger consumer unit where an 80amp feed can be connected from the main consumer unit up to a secondary consumer unit in the treatment room.
Option 2. Fit a Henley block and power both CU's this way. The question of earth seems a bit unclear to me. Where is the earth taken from?
Whatever the situation, I will need to fit a mains isolation switch, to the main incoming feed, but will I need to do the same in the secondary area?
I realise that will be regs involved and I will also need to contact the electricity company so that they can do their bit, in turning the power off for the fitting of the Henley and Mains isolation unit.
Can anyone advise the best course of action, and what I should be expecting to pay for this type of work? All cable runs have been carried out, it's just connection and testing to completion, but it will need to be carried out in phases. I need to get the main house done first, and then move on to the treatment room as soon as it ready, which will not be for a couple of months yet.
Thanks in advance.
I have a fully populated 10 way Wylex Consumer unit in the main house and an 8 way Wylex Consumer unit in a treatment room, 40 metres away from the main house, that is currently under construction. The treatment room has an en suite bathroom, with electric shower, and a number of internal and external mains/lighting.
At some stage I will need to upgrade the main consumer unit to accomodate the work that needs to be done in the kitchen and a new conservatory.
After investigating, it seems that there are two options available to me to connect it all up:
Option 1. Fit a new larger consumer unit where an 80amp feed can be connected from the main consumer unit up to a secondary consumer unit in the treatment room.
Option 2. Fit a Henley block and power both CU's this way. The question of earth seems a bit unclear to me. Where is the earth taken from?
Whatever the situation, I will need to fit a mains isolation switch, to the main incoming feed, but will I need to do the same in the secondary area?
I realise that will be regs involved and I will also need to contact the electricity company so that they can do their bit, in turning the power off for the fitting of the Henley and Mains isolation unit.
Can anyone advise the best course of action, and what I should be expecting to pay for this type of work? All cable runs have been carried out, it's just connection and testing to completion, but it will need to be carried out in phases. I need to get the main house done first, and then move on to the treatment room as soon as it ready, which will not be for a couple of months yet.
Thanks in advance.