Jim_gsxr1000
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I don't imagine money changes hands for these haha 
online ?
online ?
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supplier.
Our area -Cormeton fire protection I use this fire extinguisher service Guy, he does my C02 welding bottle as well,( and Argon) fire extinguishers all s/h with a guarantee and he does a check when I remember to take them back.
Good website as well and does all the divers stuff as well.
http://www.cormetonfireltd.co.uk/contactus
Stan
Our area -Cormeton fire protection I use this fire extinguisher service Guy, he does my C02 welding bottle as well,( and Argon) fire extinguishers all s/h with a guarantee and he does a check when I remember to take them back.
Good website as well and does all the divers stuff as well.
http://www.cormetonfireltd.co.uk/contactus
Stan
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no just ashamed
heres mine its been like it for 25 years now 35mm supply shaved at the end to make it fit in lights are fed of a socket plug correctly fused 
the welder and compressor are fed of a 13 amp -- 30 amp plug 
something large hit the db and broke the cover 
ive got 4 spare so might change it one of these days
Jim_gsxr1000
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35mm heavy duty, mine is 16mm
brightspark
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its only because i scored it free from an engineering firm i worked at otherwise it would have been 10.omm35mm heavy duty, mine is 16mm
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its only because i scored it free from an engineering firm i worked at otherwise it would have been 10.omm
can you get any more??
we have been told we have to fit a min of 25mm cable to feed our new garage
its only about 45M away from the meter cubard!!
ill sort some photos out once its been passed by the inspector
wheresmejumper
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got my 3 phase supply sorted,has just a single outlet as its all i need for now.
existing wiring needs a bit of tidying up
existing wiring needs a bit of tidying up
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Used to simply have a length of 2.5mm clipped along the fence to garage that was there when we moved in,
doubled the garage size a few years back so had to put a proper supply and comply with building regs,
luckily have good mate thats a sparky,
managed to aquire the new amoured cable to run directly back to the fuseboard and all the sockets that were left over after a job,
My sparky mate found a used consumer unit and did all the labour including legal installation registration,
Worked out fine as we did a labour swap and i welded up some railings for his driveway,
One thing i did have to change since the installation was fit a 'C' type motor rated breaker on the wall socket curcuit as my Lincoln mig would often trip out the B breaker on the higher amp settings.
doubled the garage size a few years back so had to put a proper supply and comply with building regs,
luckily have good mate thats a sparky,
managed to aquire the new amoured cable to run directly back to the fuseboard and all the sockets that were left over after a job,
My sparky mate found a used consumer unit and did all the labour including legal installation registration,
Worked out fine as we did a labour swap and i welded up some railings for his driveway,
One thing i did have to change since the installation was fit a 'C' type motor rated breaker on the wall socket curcuit as my Lincoln mig would often trip out the B breaker on the higher amp settings.
I'm too ashamed now,mine have evolved over t-i-m-e, e.g.26 years.i call it BSA-bits scattered anywhere.
I use unifire in brimfield-they check them once a year,all for £30,extra if any replacements required.
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This is the second attempt at putting the pics on:
Original supply was draped over 2.5mm cable:
To a old nasty fusebox - no, I've no idea about the furry dice either...
New MDF board on with dual CU's ready for 2 x 10mm SWA. More pics this weekend when I should be able to finish most of it off.
Oh, and gratuitous shot of the garage - new UPVC windows, completely re-pointed inside, floor leveled and painted with epoxy.
When summer finally comes, its having a new roof and new door.
Original supply was draped over 2.5mm cable:
To a old nasty fusebox - no, I've no idea about the furry dice either...
New MDF board on with dual CU's ready for 2 x 10mm SWA. More pics this weekend when I should be able to finish most of it off.
Oh, and gratuitous shot of the garage - new UPVC windows, completely re-pointed inside, floor leveled and painted with epoxy.
When summer finally comes, its having a new roof and new door.
wheresmejumper
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what are the dual swa's and CU's for?
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Few reasons.
I plan to run all the welder / plasma cutter off one, and everything else off the other. However, I had originally planned to run the 10mm clipped to a wall, but now its going to be buried, which had an effect on the calculations for the current carrying capacity. I've given myself a lot of headroom for moving up the power level if I ever should wish to.
Plus I got 20M of 10mm SWA free so I thought I may as well use it and do two separate runs, just for the fun of it.
I plan to run all the welder / plasma cutter off one, and everything else off the other. However, I had originally planned to run the 10mm clipped to a wall, but now its going to be buried, which had an effect on the calculations for the current carrying capacity. I've given myself a lot of headroom for moving up the power level if I ever should wish to.
Plus I got 20M of 10mm SWA free so I thought I may as well use it and do two separate runs, just for the fun of it.
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I would show mine, but its not even ordered yet. all of my kit has to be run from a 15M extension lead from inside the house.
was planning on getting it done pretty much as soon as we moved in but landlord too sooooo long getting back to me to say they were fine with it being done that the baby had been born and finances had to be diverted.
have got hold of most of what I need now, such as dual rcd CU, all MCB's and all cable for inside the shed. just need to get some SWA and some plywood to mount the switches, sockets, lights and CU on, and some conduit.
will have up to 63amps to play with if I ever need it, but will definately have 1x 32amp 240V, 1x 16amp 240V, 3 double 13amp sockets, plenty of lighting run off two switches (one for above the entrance and one for above welding bench) and the lathe, compressor and extraction hardwired into their own MCB's
oh, and I also need a bigger shed, that isn't made from wood, but that wont be long as my father is getting rid of his two 12'x8' sheds, so am going to turn them into one 20x15
was planning on getting it done pretty much as soon as we moved in but landlord too sooooo long getting back to me to say they were fine with it being done that the baby had been born and finances had to be diverted.
have got hold of most of what I need now, such as dual rcd CU, all MCB's and all cable for inside the shed. just need to get some SWA and some plywood to mount the switches, sockets, lights and CU on, and some conduit.
will have up to 63amps to play with if I ever need it, but will definately have 1x 32amp 240V, 1x 16amp 240V, 3 double 13amp sockets, plenty of lighting run off two switches (one for above the entrance and one for above welding bench) and the lathe, compressor and extraction hardwired into their own MCB's
oh, and I also need a bigger shed, that isn't made from wood, but that wont be long as my father is getting rid of his two 12'x8' sheds, so am going to turn them into one 20x15
Hi Guys, I have two sub boards in my shed, a 240V and a 3 phase 415V, I wired up the shed with the 240V first and then decided to add 3 phase 2 years later, and it wasn't worth the hassle of trying to combine the two as the underground cable was concreted over so it was much simpler to add another sub board. The shed is only about 8m away.
The 240V conduits extend to the 4 corners of the shed with double GPO's and wired with 2.5mm so I can add more GPO's if needed, there are two spare MCB's already in the box with room for another 2. The 240V line from the house has 6mm square cable.
The 3 phase has 3 combo sockets running 10mm cable to each so also can add more points if required. The one under the sub board usually has a 20m lead connected to it which I use to connect the welders to as required, it's a 6mm cable so no voltage drop, another on the opposite wall and a 1/4 of the way in the shed as a spare and a third in the middle of the shed which the lathe is connected to. The cable to the shed from the house is 16mm so I will not run out of capacity any time soon.
The 3 phase board has the main breaker switch and a RCD on the bottom level and the 3 MCB's above it which connect to the 3 combo outlets. I can only add another 2 MCB's to the board before it is full.
When the house was first wired to 3 phase I put an external combo outlet just under the main house circuit box and used the extension cable to run 3 phase power to the shed as the shed wasn't 3 phase wired, I soon got tired of plugging it in and unplugging it each day after I finished, couldn't leave it connected as it lay over the driveway to the car port. So that prompted the push to get the shed wired.
The house circuit board box has a 3 phase meter in it so I can monitor the 3 phase usage in the shed, it also would have been too much trouble to relocate it into the shed so left it there. The 2 inverter welders use hardly any power, but the lathe, well that's another story!
Cheers
Ed.
The 240V conduits extend to the 4 corners of the shed with double GPO's and wired with 2.5mm so I can add more GPO's if needed, there are two spare MCB's already in the box with room for another 2. The 240V line from the house has 6mm square cable.
The 3 phase has 3 combo sockets running 10mm cable to each so also can add more points if required. The one under the sub board usually has a 20m lead connected to it which I use to connect the welders to as required, it's a 6mm cable so no voltage drop, another on the opposite wall and a 1/4 of the way in the shed as a spare and a third in the middle of the shed which the lathe is connected to. The cable to the shed from the house is 16mm so I will not run out of capacity any time soon.
The 3 phase board has the main breaker switch and a RCD on the bottom level and the 3 MCB's above it which connect to the 3 combo outlets. I can only add another 2 MCB's to the board before it is full.
When the house was first wired to 3 phase I put an external combo outlet just under the main house circuit box and used the extension cable to run 3 phase power to the shed as the shed wasn't 3 phase wired, I soon got tired of plugging it in and unplugging it each day after I finished, couldn't leave it connected as it lay over the driveway to the car port. So that prompted the push to get the shed wired.
The house circuit board box has a 3 phase meter in it so I can monitor the 3 phase usage in the shed, it also would have been too much trouble to relocate it into the shed so left it there. The 2 inverter welders use hardly any power, but the lathe, well that's another story!
Cheers
Ed.
