Garage lift - electrical install

[JOEPRO]

I am currently re wiring my single domestic block build attached garage in preparation for a 2 post lift install later in the year.

It'll be a tight space but I plan to have a car on the lift and a car below for storage purposes over winter etc. But the lift also used for car repairs on occasion.

I am re - wiring my garage at present with surface metal clad sockets and adding a 32 amp welder socket.

For the lift control panel - I would really need it on the passenger side of the car. Maybe not ideal? Locating the control panel at the drivers door will clash with the consumer unit location / motor pack.




Also -

For powering a car battery charger for the car on the lift - should I maybe conduit to a lift post and install a socket on the lift itself at mid / high level? This would prevent cables hanging from the car and potential trip hazard or are there any other ideas in that regard please? I did look at suspended sockets but the garage door blocks that!

 

[JOEPRO]

A guy is selling 2x of these type of suspended sockets for £15 each so im buying both tomorrow (Very cheap at that these are several hundred each RRP! Not sure why)



Ill keep em handy and can add one if needed or use in my back garage or carport for the same reasons of avoiding trailing leads serving a car

 

[Bobupndown]

That's a significant extra cost to the price of the lift, would have expected controls to come supplied with them?
Have you bought the lif already, any particular reason for choosing that model?
I like the look of the Twin Busch models. One of these days I'll have the spare cash to buy one!

 

[JOEPRO]

That's a significant extra cost to the price of the lift, would have expected controls to come supplied with them?

Huh? Maybe I confused matters by posting a photo of the control panel separate.

I bought the Launch 2 post lift all complete and good used from a friend for £500 some years back. Yet to install it I fixed up the control panel which had missing emergency knob etc

 

[Turbo]

A guy is selling 2x of these type of suspended sockets for £15 each so im buying both tomorrow (Very cheap at that these are several hundred each RRP! Not sure why)

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Ill keep em handy and can add one if needed or use in my back garage or carport for the same reasons of avoiding trailing leads serving a car

I bought something similar once but never used it. I think there was also an airline connection alongside the socket.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Either suspended down to the lift or a trench across to it - which I suspect will be harder if the floors good.
Or you could do a cable across the floor with some trip strip over it, but that's likely to get annoying if you are pushing anything across the floor.

You could do the drop in conduit, copex or even a cable chain, or a suspended socket as you've sourced, as long as the cable is well supported.

 

[Bobupndown]

Ah, thought you'd paid £700 odd for the control panel!
A good bargain then.