New Garage CU

[aesmith]

I'd be using a 6" bucket.

 

[Onoff]

I'd be using a 6" bucket.

Need at least a foot wide I think to get enough gravel round the services. Sure there's a minimum size?

 

[aesmith]

You're going to be putting drainage lowest, so that's just the 110mm on its own. Water above it, then your power and data. I don't think you'd need anything special packing around the drain pipe.

I've just done a surface water drain, 6" trench with 4" perforated pipe. There was room for plenty of shingle around the pipe as well as below.

 

[Onoff]

Consumer unit mounting height guidance recommend the "switches" to be between 1350 and 1450mm from floor level.

Isn't that a bit discriminatory against the less abled, wheelchair bound? As in "switches" no higher than 1200mm as in Part M?

I prefer to sit on a chair and work in the board rather than uncomfortably stoop.

 

[brightspark]

You can get SWA with cat 5e in it too..search screw fix for EV charger cable…there are cheaper suppliers

cheaper to use swa and a seperate external cat 5 cable

 

[Onoff]

cheaper to use swa and a seperate external cat 5 cable

How does the separate Cat-5 and SWA enter the EV point?

Just through a glands? This is the EV charger and the cables will enter from the rear.

 

[brightspark]

last one i did had swa gland underneath and a 20mm conduit entry . doing one tomorrow and its pre wired with a rubber flex a meter long on it 3 core and cat 5 cable , goes in to an adaptable box then swa to db. im using ev armoured only because its getting clipped to a wall 30 meters long not underground price is £7.00 pm for 6.0mm

 

[Mark 5]

last one i did had swa gland underneath and a 20mm conduit entry . doing one tomorrow and its pre wired with a rubber flex a meter long on it 3 core and cat 5 cable , goes in to an adaptable box then swa to db. im using ev armoured only because its getting clipped to a wall 30 meters long not underground price is £7.00 pm for 6.0mm

Why Cat 5?

 

[Milkybars]

Look at at EV ultra prices, Its not that dear on small jobs in the grand scheme of things.
The Cat 5 is for twisted pairs for CT Clamps and data transfer on usage ..although some work on Wi-Fi

 

[Milkybars]

I had to purchase the 6mm 5 core and that wasn't as easy to source (its 3 phase charger)

 

[brightspark]

Why Cat 5?

because thats what is incorporated in the armoured charging cable https://www.superlecdirect.com/evul...jN45Jol1tZ14D7Z6Z9bWiW-Kdw2mK6XcaAnDnEALw_wcB

 

[Mark 5]

because thats what is incorporated in the armoured charging cable https://www.superlecdirect.com/evul...jN45Jol1tZ14D7Z6Z9bWiW-Kdw2mK6XcaAnDnEALw_wcB

OK, thanks hadn't realised it was incorporated.

 

[Onoff]

The modded switch fuse to feed the garage looks near factory imo: