Shug
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At the moment, the power to the garage/huge shed where I do my project is a little, ummm, bodged.
(easily horrified folk stop reading now!)
(oh, and it wasn't me that set it up!)
Basically, there is a long extension plugged in the house that goes to a shed about 10 metres away from house. Plugged into that is a bank of 4 sockets.
Plugged into one of those, is an extension lead that goes off towards a really big shed. Another extension lead makes up the shortfall. Into that is plugged another bank of 4 sockets that is used to run a welder, grinder, lights etc. (About 20 metres from first shed)
Its a miracle anything works really.
Just now I'd like to price up a more stable (and safe!) connection.
I'm guessing a dedicated fuse on consumer unit, and lots of armoured cable. Would a 40 amp fuse and pile of cable do the job? What cable would I be best using?
(looking here for ideas http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Index/Armoured_SWA/ )
(easily horrified folk stop reading now!)
(oh, and it wasn't me that set it up!)
Basically, there is a long extension plugged in the house that goes to a shed about 10 metres away from house. Plugged into that is a bank of 4 sockets.
Plugged into one of those, is an extension lead that goes off towards a really big shed. Another extension lead makes up the shortfall. Into that is plugged another bank of 4 sockets that is used to run a welder, grinder, lights etc. (About 20 metres from first shed)
Its a miracle anything works really.
Just now I'd like to price up a more stable (and safe!) connection.
I'm guessing a dedicated fuse on consumer unit, and lots of armoured cable. Would a 40 amp fuse and pile of cable do the job? What cable would I be best using?
(looking here for ideas http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Index/Armoured_SWA/ )