Current monitoring

[jeeves]

I've just had an outbuilding built and am about to wire it. I'll be using a garage consumer unit (something like this)


I've seen this and wondered whether there is something a bit bigger which could be wired into the feed between the house consumer unit and outbuilding consumer unit, so electricity usage could be monitored. More of a novelty purpose really.

Thoughts????

 

[plugwash]

tlc have a reconditioned 60A one for £14.50 ex var
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/RDCRED60.html

the thing is they are designed for use with tails not with normal domestic cable types

probablly the easiest way is

incoming cable to garage-adaptable box-10mm tail-meter-10mm tail-garage CU

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I suppose someone should ask the usual questions about what type pf supply you have (TT/TN-S/TN-C-S), where the supply to the garage CU is taken from, what type & size of cable, how long it is, how it will get to the outbuilding etc.

 

[securespark]

I suppose so.

BAN!!

BAN!!

Oh....................

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I've seen this and wondered whether there is something a bit bigger which could be wired into the feed between the house consumer unit and outbuilding consumer unit, so electricity usage could be monitored. More of a novelty purpose really.

If you don't mind spending a grand or so for novelty purposes, your supplier will lay in a separate supply for you, and throw in a meter free of charge.

Then every quarter they will send you a piece of paper telling you how much you have used.

 

[ZenStalinist]

Hager actually make an ammeter that fits in the consumer unit, though I can't find anywhere selling it.

They also make a killowatt-hour meter:

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Blimey - they're going to eat up your board's real estate big time....

 

[breezer]

you don't want one of them "new fangled things", you want

this

 

[securespark]

Aye. That were in't good old days when they made things proper, like, aye.