wiring can you help?

Question

Hi any one
just had house rewired have 2 spare fuses, want to run some power point in the garden planing to put in another comsumor unit in and thinking of making a ring main using 2.5 amour cable with rdc weatherproof sockets. The furtherst socket is about 70 yards away. Should i be calling back in a professional or is this some thing i could do my self i am very good at diy but dont usally do electics but have run out of cash. sorry about ropey spelling joe

Answer 1

It's new work so it would have to be carried out by a qualified electrician if you live in the UK.

Answer 2

I would definitely get a qualified electrician in to do the work. He will then be able to test the new circuits and give you a test certificate. If the electrician you use is not part P registered (Building Regs) then you would need to submit an application to your local Building Control authority who will need a copy of the test certificate to sign off your work and give you a completion certificate. This is important if you come to sell your house because the buyers solicitors will ask you produce paperwork for all new works carried out to the property and if you carried out works where you should have applied to Building Control and you haven't..............this will hold up the house sale or worse case scenario you lose your sale.

Answer 3

New regulations require any person who carries out any work on the electricity system in a house, factory etc to have completed C&G 2391.
Only someone who is a competent electrician should attempt what you are planning. The fact that the socket is 70 yards away means that it is unlikely the protective device (Fuse or rcd) would operate.
DON'T ATTEMPT yourself

Answer 4

I Would suggest getting in a NICEIC registered company to do this but if ur going to do this urself this is what you need:

2 x 4mm 3core CW SWA Glands
?m of 4mm 3core SWA
1 x Crabtree 63a 4gang starbreaker Fuse board
1x Crabtree RCBO 16a breaker
1x Pack of C/T Starbreaker Blanks
1x Earth rod
1x Earth Rod clamp
50m 16mm Earth Singles (The minimum you can buy)
1x 40A Breaker (To fit your houses consumer unit)
?m 2.5mm 3core swa
? x 2.5mm 3core CW SWA glands
? IP54 rated Outdoor 2 gang sockets

-You will need to seperate the external fuse boards earth from the houses, hense the earth rod
-The 4mm is for the external fuse boards feed
-Instead of purchasing individual RCD sockets why not buy a RCBO breaker which will protect the whole of the circuit against earth leakage aswell as having an overcurrent protection of 16/32amp like a normal breaker
-You are allowed a maximum of 8 2gang sockets on a radial why not use a radial instead of a ring (If you use a ring you are allowed a unlimited amount of sockets on a maximum of 100m squared)
-You must earth the 4mm SWA with the banjo supplied in the pack at your houses fuse board
-You must leave sperate the earth from the house in the external fuse board (Do not worry about the braiding in the armoured cablejust connect it as per usual)
-The earthing throughout the radial/ring must be continuous, u must use the banjos supplied

Answer 5

what u useing on the comsumor unit ?? and can u get back a the board because a ring main starts and fins at the fuse board and can reci say u can take up to 100msq in soc depends on what ur doing wiyh arm cable it has 2 go into a duct about 1 r 2 foot down in ground but kitchen is ment 2 be on a ring main so u could run it of that if u wernt useing anything heavy on it

Answer 6

NO - you cannot do it yourself! You will be breaking the law. You say you don't usually do electrics? Thank God for that. The law has been changed especially because of people like you. Sorry. You do it yourself at the risk of either causing a fire, shorting all the electrics, or killing somebody. In the case of the latter you will be imprisoned and will have to spend the rest of your life paying out compensation. Which will serve you right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Of course you can do it yourself. Glad to hear you are considering another consumer unit and using armour cable. Also using weatherproof sockets is another professional idea (although a bit expensive).
The only problem I have is the connection to the MAIN consumer unit. This will HAVE to be done by a professional and while he/she is at it you can also have your work checked...
Have done this to a brick built garage and saved a load of cash.. Oh even though the cable is armoured I still used trunking too....
Good Luck but remember the professional to connect you up...

Answer 8

don't do it pal ..for a start its illegal ..nowadays if you do anything with electrics you should by law consult building control ..and what you have described can only be done by an nic regd electrician

Answer 9

You need to get somebody who knows what they are doing.

Answer 10

yeah get in the bath with your cable pluged in sweetie