Powering up a shed at a distance from the house.

[aug24]

Hi all (first post here, so apols if I'm not behaving appropriately).

I want to run power to my shed, which is ~30m from my house. I have an old fuse box, and intend to use that with an earth spike for local protection, and run power down from the house via buried steel armoured cable (but initially on a thick extension cable to a trailing 13amp plug socket).

Legally, of course, I could just use the extension lead and screw a four gang to the shed wall, but I think 30m is a long way to rely on the house earth and circuit breaking.

Firstly can anyone confirm to me that that is safe? Secondly, once the SAC is in and buried, should this sort of thing be signed off? Bearing in mind that it will already have gone through the house fuse box, and that the one in the shed plus the earth spike is just to make extra safe.

Thanks in advance.
Justin.

 

[IQ Electrical]

Please call an electrician, talk of thick extension cables makes me nervous, also, this work will be notifiable.

 

[Amp David]

Sitting back and watching, again!

 

[pushrod]

If you do work (like this) that is notifiable you could find yourself with a very large bill from the local authority building control either now or at some point in the future when it comes to light. These charges are so prohibitive that it makes sense to employ a part P registered person. Also you can not really employ a person to sign off the work at the end of the job - that person needs to be involved at every stage, they can not sign off someone else's work that they do not know every detail including the design. Another thing to consider is that if a fire/damage is caused by doing work that you are not legally allowed to do or is done not following the correct LABC channels you could invalidate your house insurance policy.

 

[ezzzekiel]

.............sigh

 

[DiscoDave]

Just to confirm, Even running an extension lead is a no no, Connections made even via a fused plug top, that feed circuits that are deemed to be permanent are notifiable.

Fill in your location in your profile and some one may be able to suggest an Electrician local to you.

 

[daniel hill]

get a spark in mate lots of things can happen regs you need to stick to ect

 

[mikejoebrooks]

Agreed, you need to phone a spark

 

[bugsy]

oh dear oh dear oh dear, makes you wanna cry!!

 

[Dic Penderyn]

Hi There!

I'm looking to power up my lawn mower 30m from the house. Will I need to notify that to building control?

 

[IQ Electrical]

Hi There!

I'm looking to power up my lawn mower 30m from the house. Will I need to notify that to building control?

It depends on how long your garden is...

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Hi There!

I'm looking to power up my lawn mower 30m from the house. Will I need to notify that to building control?

Only if you plug it into a socket in the kitchen.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Hi There!

I'm looking to power up my lawn mower 30m from the house. Will I need to notify that to building control?

Déjà vue?

 

[Spudnik]

I think the OP understands that for safety, it os recommended he contact a local registered electrician.