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    I want a 16 amp socket in the garage with 3 double sockets

    I have a 4mm2 armored cable going from the CU in the house, under the drive and into the garage. The breaker for this is a 16 amp type B. I want to have 2.2KW planer machine in the garage that has a 16 amp plug whilst also keeping three existing double sockets in the garage. The three double...
  2. J

    Wiring a garage subpanel with a packed house panel. Simple answer (I think).

    I have charged ahead with a small subpanel installation in a detached garage I am converting to a light-duty shop. The setup is simple, but I have been stymied by a final step. Hoping someone can help. Old setup was a buried 12-2 wire from a 20a breaker in the house panel (100A) connecting to...
    • JonathanB
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    • answer garage house panel screwfix simple subpanel wiring
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. V

    Garage Rewire

    For a change its nice to have a clean slate to work to. Client wants their garage rewired (and boy does it need it!) so they can have the following: Washing Machine, Tumble Dryer, American Fridge/Freezer, Outside socket, outside lights, workshop tools all 13A type such as circular saw etc...
  4. P

    Garage supply

    Hi there. So I put power into my garage but having a few issues. I've connected the SWA from a 32amp breaker in the main CU (See yellow arrow in picture) out to the garage CU which has a 16amp breaker for 5 sockets and 6amp for 2 LED Strip lights. I've earthed this at the garage CU. Plug sockets...
    • P123456
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    • fault garage lights sockets supply
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. J

    Ring Floodlight install above garage door

    Hi guys, I plan on installing a ring floodlight onto the brick centered above my garage door. I have some pictured attached I marked in red where I plan to run cables. My brother has done some electrical work but is not licensed electrician. Based on my research and his knowledge it seems right...
    • JoshGibson07
    • Thread
    • door floodlight garage install ring screwfix
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. C

    New consumer unit for garage

    Hello everyone, A new small DB will be installed inside a garage for few lights and sockets. The feed will come from inside the house. Does it need to be an IP65 unit or can be the usual metal clad? Thank you
    • Cooper_day
    • Thread
    • consumer consumer unit garage new unit
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. A

    Power for garage

    I am considering getting some power in my garage for my new house. We currently have a second fuse board in the shed that is an old kind with rewireable fuses with a 50a double pole main switch feeding it. This shed is about 8 metres from the garage and would be easier to take a feed from here...
  8. D

    Electricity supply to garage in block

    Hi I need advise. I like to supply electricity to my garage en block for fridge and freezer. Garage is about 50 yards away from my garden. My neighbour has no objection is I pass wire alongside fence wall using a steel post. The wire will stay within my and neighbours boundary wall and not...
    • Dfghjk
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    • block electricity garage supply supply to
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. M

    Rewiring garage lighting

    Hi, im wanting to rewire my garage lighting and replace the lights currently in there now. At the moment i have a two gang switch controlling two lights inside and one outside fed from an fcu. At the other end of the garage there is an outside light on a plug top. i want to replace the two...
  10. B

    UK Electric nail gun tripping

    Hi all, First post here so go steady. Recently installed a small radial circuit in my garage with 2.5, took it from a B16 breaker run through 20mm conduit on a wall. Tested everything with my megger with everything testing ok, happy days. Couple of days later fired up my nail gun, on the 4th...
    • brodders97
    • Thread
    • electric garage tripping
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. B

    TT detached garage or not ??

    Hi all Think I have asked the question before but just needing clearing up. Detached garage supplying some sockets and lights etc in the detached garage and supply for washing machine. There is no pipe work in the detached building yet but have asked to get a plastic pipe installed. Will this...
  12. J

    Question about updating garage lighting.

    Hello everyone , new guy here. My house is an old one and my garage has very poor lighting, no windows, only light other than opening my garage door is via old fixture with one bulb. My neighbor, before he moved gave me a 8ft commercial strip fixture that is pretty much brand new open box with...
  13. W

    Garage sub mains question

    Garage mini board supplied from an 16A MCB, on an Rcd protected board. Would the fact the board it’s supplied from give the circuits in the garage RCD protection?? I,e. If there was an earth fault on the sockets in the garage would this trip the Rcd back at the board in the house
  14. M

    Garage supply

    Does a new cable that’s supply a garage need to rcd protected at the consumer unit inside or can it be supplied off the non rcd side of the consumer unit? The garage will have a rcd consumer unit inside. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
  15. D

    EV Charger Garage Supply

    I'm looking at installing a 7kW EV charger on an outbuilding with the following characteristics: EV charger will be 60 metres from the main fuse where there is an initial small consumer unit in the meter cupboard. Currently there are 2 extra small consumer units for each outbuilding, each with...
  16. H

    Adding sockets to an existing radial supply in a garage

    Hello all, I’m new to this forum! I work in commercial electrics (NVQ level 3, HND etc) but not domestic. I am confident to carry out basic domestic work but not familiar with the regs such as Part P etc. New build house, 17th edition amendment 3 consumer unit. I have a detached garage fed from...
    • Hinksy
    • Thread
    • adding existing garage part p radial sockets supply
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. W

    Planning for Car charger and upgrade to garage circuit

    Hi, I am having a new patio laid next year, and would like to lay some cable underneath it in preparation for a car charger so that the installer doesn't need to run the cable around the house when it is done (The fuse board is on the opposite side of the house to the garage). I also have an...
    • Windy123
    • Thread
    • car car charger charger circuit garage planning upgrade
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. V

    10A MCB protecting a Radial in a Garage.

    This should have been a straight forward install, and maybe it should be and I'm just being an a***, so be interested to know what you would have done if presented with the same thing. Got called out to quote for an Outdoor Double Socket to go on the back of a garage. The house is reasonably...
  19. B

    EV & Garage Feed

    Hi everyone, looking to put a 6mm SWA from house to a new garage 25m away. Wanting to make the garage ready for EV charging later so a little stuck as to future proof the install. Can I use the Doncaster power and data cable but unsure of how to feed the garage and EV charger. Any constructive...
  20. captaincaveman

    size of fused spur for garage electrics

    Hi gorgeous people. I've just been looking at a garage to re-establish the lights in it and put up a couple of LED battens but I have come across an uncommon set up which is making me scratch my head a bit. Any comments would be welcome... The garage is fed by 10m of swa 2.5mm from the lounge...

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