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I wish to run a power supply from the house to my workshop in the garden. The electricity meter is situated in a porch at the back of the house. The feed comes from this to a large fused breaker switch and from this switch there are 2 feeds, one going into the house to a consumer unit in the kitchen and the other feeding a light in the porch and a floodlight on the porch. I am presuming that this breaker is old fashioned and will need to be removed as it isn't going to accept another cable into it to feed the workshop.
I intend to have a consumer unit in the workshop supplying the lights, sockets, a 30amp supply for a small welder and a separate supply going down the garden for pond pumps and lighting.
The workshop is about 6 meters from the house and I intend to use 10mm 3 core armoured cable 10ft overhead.
I suppose that the primary question is - would the fused breaker in the porch be replaced with another consumer unit containing 3 switches i.e. one for the house, one for the porch lighting and another for the workshop?
A qualified electrician will be doing the wiring but I want to have an idea of what’s required, get all the bits ready and run the cables through myself.
I look forward to your comments.
I wish to run a power supply from the house to my workshop in the garden. The electricity meter is situated in a porch at the back of the house. The feed comes from this to a large fused breaker switch and from this switch there are 2 feeds, one going into the house to a consumer unit in the kitchen and the other feeding a light in the porch and a floodlight on the porch. I am presuming that this breaker is old fashioned and will need to be removed as it isn't going to accept another cable into it to feed the workshop.
I intend to have a consumer unit in the workshop supplying the lights, sockets, a 30amp supply for a small welder and a separate supply going down the garden for pond pumps and lighting.
The workshop is about 6 meters from the house and I intend to use 10mm 3 core armoured cable 10ft overhead.
I suppose that the primary question is - would the fused breaker in the porch be replaced with another consumer unit containing 3 switches i.e. one for the house, one for the porch lighting and another for the workshop?
A qualified electrician will be doing the wiring but I want to have an idea of what’s required, get all the bits ready and run the cables through myself.
I look forward to your comments.