Advice needed for electrics.

[ped]

Hi Everyone, i have just finnised building control room (garden shed) and now need to get power into it, i have a 13amp double socket in porch at back of house, could anyone tell me if it is fesiable and safe to take a spur from this into shed and add onto end of it a number of new sockets, probally 6 to 8 which will then be used to power track,accessories, pond pumps, building lights etc and strip light for shed. Thanks in advance Pete.

 

[dunnyrail]

Suggest that you seek the advice of a QUALIFIED Electrician. We all used to do our own thing a while ago. But now electric regulations have been changed. DO NOT RISK DOING IT YOURSELF.
JonD

 

[Gizzy]

Regulations state that you should have a separate feed with its own circuit breaker from your fuse board. It should have a 30mA current trip on the breaker.

As an addition to existing wiring, it would then need to be 'Part P' approved by a qualified registered electrician.

So from a legal aspect, the answer to your question is, 'No'....

 

[Bredebahn]

You need (and I mean must have) RCD protection in an outbuilding or for outside use. This cuts off the power the moment that it detects a fault in the circuit - which might be the existence of you between a 240v live feed and the ground that you're standing on. As said above this requires a seperate circuit between your fuseboard and another RCD board in your shed - the ones that are sold for use in garages are adequate at about £30. Armoured cable is used for the exposed run. Don't pennypinch here as a good professional electrician will probably lay this in for you and certify the work as safe for rather less than the figure you first had in mind. And safety is worth any price - particularly if children are likely to be visiting your railway.

 

[MR SPOCK]

[align=center]Aa a qualified electrician, it is very important to follow the others advice here, although I can look after the national grid and power stations i am not now technically qualifullified to install what you need,

You can still do the work yourself, but the problem comes when you sell, as a certificate will be needed, but if it is done to the standards of as now 17th edition, there should not be an issue, but no electrician would ever tell you what to do as they would be liable, that is why they have to comply with part P. If they cannot write one out they cannot do your work.

Or worst case, and this is where the recomendation comes from, if there is an accident say to a visitor, arising from a shock.

The IEE regs are only a guide and are not compulsory, but in law they would be cited as good practice,

Sorry to be long winded, but I have been to too many fatalities to switch the power off, before the ambulance crew attend.
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[Rhinochugger]

Yep, agree with what everyone else has said about Part P of the Building Regs, but even before that came into effect, running 8 sockets off a spur would be a no-no.

If you want 8 sockets, irrespective of the minimal amount of juice that you are going to take out, they would need to be part of a ring main - the principle of diversity applies here .

 

[ped]

Thanks everyone for your advice, all of which is duly noted, after reading posts i will be certainly only be letting a quallafied electrician do the job for me, once again thanks for all your help, much appreciated.