Garage electrics

[Norv]

Breaking into the downstairs ring in a house to add a socket & light in a garage. Ring is on an RCD in the house so just going to put a 2 way CU in the garage. Would I have to do a MWC or a EIC & would I just do the testing from the garage only or all the sockets in the house aswell.

Cheers

 

[equitum]

A 2 way CU on the downstairs ring.?
You could take a 13A fused connection unit from the ring, and then from here take a feed for one or more sockets, and a feed for the lighting circuit, off a second 3A fused connection unit.

You will need to complete a MWC, with the tests on the points you have added. You will need to test the rest of the ring first though to ensure it is in fact a ring, i.e. you have ring continuity of all conductors a the CU and the outlet you tap into.

If its a detatched garage its notifiable.

 

[Norv]

I've already checked to see if the ring is a ring. I think putting a 13A FCU is a better way of doing it. The lighting is a 36w florry tube & he wants 2 sockets & was even talking about having an electric garage door opener. Would a 13A FCU still be ok to use.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Norv - if you were paying, for example, a professional tiler to do some work in your house, what would you think if you found he was having to ask for advice on a DIY site on what adhesive to use?

 

[Norv]

The way I see it is there is more that one way of doing it, so I'm just asking for advice, thats all

 

[roberta1000]

Well if it was me I'd want an incomer in the garage for the inevitable time when you want to turn things off without switching the house off too so a little CU sounds OK. The garage door opener won't take a lot of power. Personally I'd rather not take it from the existing ring just because things have a habit of growing and a clean feed to the garage doesn't sound too difficult.