I recently tore down all the wiring in my grandfather’s garage he wired himself and i’m genuinely surprised it didn’t burn to the ground after 40+ years, but there’s some things I need some help with. He’s long gone so that’s that. First off, he only had 1 hot wire supplying 220v to his air...
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I recently bought a new house and I went to check the installation on my garage. There is a double socket and a fused switch (3A) which is connect to the light. When I opened this fused switch, I noticed it is actually a spur.
The way it is wired is that a SWA spur coming from the...
Hi this may be a simple answer to my question but I can't find the answer in the regs
If im fitting a garage board from a consumer unit with RCD protection do I need to have RCD protection in the garage board?
I'm guessing I don't need an RCD at the garage board but I can't find a definite...
Hi all,
Newly qualified electrician here who is in the process of re-wiring my own property.
I have recently converted my old CU (if I can call it that!) in my 1950's property to a full RCBO C.U. (No SPD).
Main fuse is 100A. Double pole isolator fitted prior to C.U.. 100A double pole switch...
Currently, I have a side garage port (with a garage door, but open on the garden side) supplied by a 2.5mm2 radial circuit. The plan is to convert the port to a proper garage next year.
As the bedrooms are currently under refurbishment and the floorboards easily accessible, I would like to make...
Pricing up to install 2 22kw car chargers in a garage and possibly 2 more in the future for ev car rentals.
Must be lockable and record kw usage per car/RF card/pin and with an app for monitoring
Maximum demand of garage is between 10-20 amps per phase and have a 300amp tn-cs cut out but...
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I have a detached garage with a Subpanel that had all been wired by previous owners of my home. The lights in this garage are turned on and off by using the breaker. I wanted to add an actual light switch, something I've done in the past without a problem. When I opened up the...
can I use 4/0 use 2 3 strand cable in 2 1/2 " conduit 160' to power 200 amp panel then power modular home 50' from garage in vermont do I need a shut off in between or is this ok
I used 1 inch emt conduit in the garage for 50 amp circuit for ev charger. I plan to use 4AWG wire. Please let me know which wire is est for passing through conuit, I also have less than 3 feet wire goes in the wall
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I have recently bought a house. The garage is at the end of the garden and has a double socket. The socket is on the ring and not a spur. It has 2 live, 2 neutral and 2 earths. It was basically falling off the wall so want to replace it.
The garage has no lighting so I want to fit a...
hi, i am just wondering if i can please ask if the set up below is okay/safe, i've recently had some low voltage led lights installed by a family friend and i just wanted to be on the safe side and ask if the set up is safe at all, (sorry overly cautious) thank you
I have been asked recently if I could fit somebody an external key switch for there garage door - As at the moment they have to go through there house to push the available buttons on the unit inside the garage.
I told them this is possible, but my query is finding a suitable IP rated key...
Hello All, Just looking for a bit of advice on the diagram I have laid out for adding a 100 amp subpanel coming from my 200 amp main. This will be going to an attached garage that requires about 45 feet of wire. The garage is drywalled, so I will be using conduit over the existing drywall, as I...
I’m looking to get my consumer unit upgraded in my Garage as it’s an old Chint board that is not very good..
My Dad is looking at EV Chargers too and I was wondering if it’s possible to get a consumer unit that would handle that. The current board has MCBs for
6A - Lighting
16A Electric Fire...
My customer has had a completely new supply installed to his garage. The DNO has not put a fuse in the cut out though. I'm guessing he needs to contact the DNO to discuss? I realise it would be very easy to pop a fuse in, but apart from this not being allowed, I also wouldn't know the size of...
I thought I would take a few minutes to give my recent experience in wiring a large garage for power and an alarm circuit. This relates to clipped direct for all cables, using Linian clips.
A laser round the garage, drilling the 6mm holes. clipping the 2.5mm to the brickwork all went very well...
Hey, question for the group on grounding when using MC cable and metal boxes....
Situation: Enclosed a carport and turned it into a garage. I'm branching off of an existing bedroom outlet circuit to add 1 outlet and 7 LED light fixtures in the garage area (1 exterior, 6 interior LED puck...
Hello all.
17th edition sparky here, but not been on site for the last 3/4 years (had a bit of an accident).
Just bought a house with a 16mm 3 core SWA, 15m long, clipped around the side of the house low level. This feeds the double garage.
It has it's own 100A fused isolator in a kitchen...
I’m running an EV charging system in a garage it’s a 50 amp circuit 6 gauge wire can be Romax or in conduit Romax is cheaper but not an issue either way it’s easy access.
My concern is placement to make the run the shortest and easiest will be about six inches above the hardware and springs...
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