Shed Supply Wiring

[Steviebye]

hi there, 

I'm newly qualified just like JTI Sparks. exactly like him i want to run power to my shed from an existing ring main. i'm going to use a 13A RCD fused spur from the existing ring main and then use 2.5mm 3 core SWA underground to the shed  then i was going to connect it to a garage CU instead of directly into a new ring circuit and lighting circuit. is this ok?

cheers

NOTE

This question originally tagged onto two year old thread here: http://talk.electricianforum.co.uk/topic/18833-jti-shed-supply/ Split off for easier reading of current question in hand.

Doc H

 

[M107]

Blimey pulled this one from the past. Anyway just a few things to think about.

1: why bother with a garage cu, your limited to the 13amp fcu so will be wasting money on mcb,s and a cu.

2: is the house ringmain already rcd protected.

3:All earthing and bonding in place.

4: testing and certing when completed.

5: notifiable work.

 

[Blue Duck]

You've only got 13a to play with what's the point of a cu?

What he said ^^^

msl:

I didnt realise how old this thread was

 

[steptoe]

hi there, 

I'm newly qualified just like JTI Sparks. exactly like him i want to run power to my shed from an existing ring main. i'm going to use a 13A RCD fused spur from the existing ring main and then use 2.5mm 3 core SWA underground to the shed  then i was going to connect it to a garage CU instead of directly into a new ring circuit and lighting circuit. is this ok?

cheers

I dont think you are,

just like I dont think the OP ever was,

doing a short course doesnt make you a newly qualified spark,

it makes you a DIYer with some worthless papers, contrary to what the training providers may have told you

 

[Sharpend]

I didnt realise how old this thread was

Does that mean JTI isn't just qualified?????

 

[Blue Duck]

Reading the thread from the the beginning made my brain hurt :| JTL sparks clearly still isn't qualified. like steps I think the 2nd op should have gone with t&e in waste pipe and left us all alone.

 

[ProDave]

What's this about cables and waste pipe?

Customer last week wants SWA supply to shed originating from the house via the loft. 1 metre thick stone wall.

I tell him to drill a 1M long hole that high up I need him to get a scaffold tower on site. I'm not doing that from a ladder.

"Can't you feed it out of the overflow pipe where the tv aerial cable comes out?"  (the tank is still in use and this is a "live" overflow pipe)

 

[Steviebye]

I dont think you are,

just like I dont think the OP ever was,

doing a short course doesnt make you a newly qualified spark,

it makes you a DIYer with some worthless papers, contrary to what the training providers may have told you

Thanks guys for your help,

as for steptoe!

i am a qualified electrician, those "worthless" papers prove it. They're the same "worthless" papers you have! what i haven't got is the experience, There's a massive difference.  i can see you have some trouble with people who havent completed an apprenticeship but for some of us thats not an option. i came into this trade after serving 25 years in the army and am now working as an electricians mate to try and gain experience. i asked a simple question as i thought thats what this forum is about. if you have some problem with people like me then that says more about you than it does about me. 99% of the people on here seem genuine but theres always one isnt there!

 

[M107]

Stevie if it is some experience you want, look for the post from Brett, he is in Newbury and is after a sparks mate for a few jobs.

As for your shed power, you'll be better off running in swa from the house cu.

1 what is the house earthing system in use.

2 are the meb's up to scratch.

3 what is the make up of house cu

 

[Andy™]

Thanks guys for your help,

as for steptoe!

i am a qualified electrician, those "worthless" papers prove it. They're the same "worthless" papers you have! what i haven't got is the experience, There's a massive difference.

you may be 'qualified', but you are not competent

as for 'the same worthless papers'. no, they are not. yours say you have complete a short course and have been taught the absolute basics, enough to pass a test. mine say ive done an apprenticeship & various other courses, and many other electricians here will have similar, and some will have a few more.