Supplying garage with power

[Paul Willoughby]

Evening

I am supplying a garage which is 14 meters from the house (House is TNCS), I will be taking the supply from a non - RCD protected 32A MCB using 6mm SWA cable buried. I will not be exporting the earth, so will installing earth rod - TT at the Garage, protected with a 30ma RCD and 2 MCB's 6 & 16amp.

Is is this sufficient protection MCB & SWA or is RCD protection needed?

Where I am confused is the earthing connections from the house as I am not exporting the earth is my only earth connection for the circuit from the earth tag of the SWA.

Also in the garage, I have my earth from the rod connected and the terminal and the earth tag from the SWA.

I originally purchased 3 core SWA and was told I should connect the earth to the house and leave it disconnected at the shed.

Think I have over thought this job and I "cant see the wood from the trees", so hoping for some clarity.

Thanks

 

[Guest55]

whats wrong with using the dno earth for the out-building ?

someone get me my popcorn.
;-)

 

[stuartcourt]

For making me laugh I have had a **** day and that cheered me up

 

[MDJ]

whats wrong with using the dno earth for the out-building ?

someone get me my popcorn.
;-)

I only have toffee flavour Bud

 

[Toonlad]

whats wrong with using the dno earth for the out-building ?

someone get me my popcorn.
;-)

Sorted

 

[Des 56]

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That picture makes It look as if Biffs hands are coming through his ears

 

[Guest55]

That picture makes It look as if Biffs hands are coming through his ears

i heard that.
and everything else within 500 yards
;-)

 

[44ALLAN]

One good fart after all that popcorn with ears like that mate and you'll clear Everest without touching land fgs !!

 

[dan86]

wow.this went downhill rapidly!

 

[Octopus]

Evening

I am supplying a garage which is 14 meters from the house (House is TNCS), I will be taking the supply from a non - RCD protected 32A MCB using 6mm SWA cable buried. I will not be exporting the earth, so will installing earth rod - TT at the Garage, protected with a 30ma RCD and 2 MCB's 6 & 16amp.

Is is this sufficient protection MCB & SWA or is RCD protection needed?

Where I am confused is the earthing connections from the house as I am not exporting the earth is my only earth connection for the circuit from the earth tag of the SWA.

Also in the garage, I have my earth from the rod connected and the terminal and the earth tag from the SWA.

I originally purchased 3 core SWA and was told I should connect the earth to the house and leave it disconnected at the shed.

Think I have over thought this job and I "cant see the wood from the trees", so hoping for some clarity.

Thanks

Who told you that?

 

[Guest55]

wow.this went downhill rapidly!

after the 50th shed supply thread in the last 7 days with not a single poster bothering to use the topic search function , i can safely speak for the forum in saying....
we dont give a sh**.
;-)

 

[44ALLAN]

Whats needed is some aluminium framed greenhouse queries with paraffin heaters in them.

Q.
Do I bond the frame to the nearest wet tree?

A.
Why the fXZ! do you need to bond it?

Or similar scenarios

 

[Toonlad]

Whats needed is some aluminium framed greenhouse queries with paraffin heaters in them.

Q.
Do I bond the frame to the nearest wet tree?

A.
Why the fXZ! do you need to bond it?

Or similar scenarios

Good question well phrased, however I do not know the answer to this question just now. But I will speak to the knights who say Ni for clarification on shrubberys.

 

[Engineer54]

Evening

I am supplying a garage which is 14 meters from the house (House is TNCS), I will be taking the supply from a non - RCD protected 32A MCB using 6mm SWA cable buried. I will not be exporting the earth, so will installing earth rod - TT at the Garage, protected with a 30ma RCD and 2 MCB's 6 & 16amp.

Is is this sufficient protection MCB & SWA or is RCD protection needed?

Where I am confused is the earthing connections from the house as I am not exporting the earth is my only earth connection for the circuit from the earth tag of the SWA.

Also in the garage, I have my earth from the rod connected and the terminal and the earth tag from the SWA.

I originally purchased 3 core SWA and was told I should connect the earth to the house and leave it disconnected at the shed.

Think I have over thought this job and I "cant see the wood from the trees", so hoping for some clarity.

Thanks

Seems you believe everything your told, including leaving a perfectly good earth (0.35 ohm) behind, in favour of an unstable 200 ohm earth!! Good luck to you!!

 

[Tridentsystems]

Lots of DIY on here, quite surprised