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Run Garage from Esb Box ?

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  • 24-05-2016 10:01pm
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    coolhandluke
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭


    Can you run a cable from the mains (ESB) connection to a new fuse board in the garage ?

    Looking to put sockets, lights and run electric gates from it. Distance of about 10 ft between house and garage as opposed to 60ft from where consumer unit is in house.

    What sort of cable would you run ?. All ducting in place

    I am quite happy to run the cables my self and get a sparks to actually make the connections.

    Thanks


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    #2
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    coolhandluke wrote: »
    Can you run a cable from the mains (ESB) connection to a new fuse board in the garage ?

    Looking to put sockets, lights and run electric gates from it. Distance of about 10 ft between house and garage as opposed to 60ft from where consumer unit is in house.

    What sort of cable would you run ?. All ducting in place

    I am quite happy to run the cables my self and get a sparks to actually make the connections.

    Thanks

    Not really the way to do it.

    The ESB meter (installed in the meter cabinet) should supply the main distribution board. In your case this would be the DB that supplies your house.

    However a main distribution board may feed a sub-distribution board(s) which could be for a garage and / or shed.

    All of this work would have to be certified to comply with the law and the regulations (ET101:2008). This will mean employing the services of a registered electrical contractor.

    There is a bit more to running cables than meets the eye. There a a number of regulations that deal with how cables are run / installed as well as the suitability of different cable types for each application. Additionally a calculation should be carried out (or experience used) to determine optimal cable sizes.


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    coolhandluke
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭coolhandluke


    2011 wrote: »
    Not really the way to do it.

    The ESB meter (installed in the meter cabinet) should supply the main distribution board. In your case this would be the DB that supplies your house.

    However a main distribution board may feed a sub-distribution board(s) which could be for a garage and / or shed.

    All of this work would have to be certified to comply with the law and the regulations (ET101:2008). This will mean employing the services of a registered electrical contractor.

    There is a bit more to running cables than meets the eye. There a a number of regulations that deal with how cables are run / installed as well as the suitability of different cable types for each application. Additionally a calculation should be carried out (or experience used) to determine optimal cable sizes.

    Thanking you for your reply, I was fully intending on getting a sparks to do the job, it would just be far less hassle to wire from the supply to the garage as it is directly across from the box as opposed to the MDB which is at the far end of the house.


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    coolhandluke
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭coolhandluke


    Spoke to electrician on this, anyway given the choice between running a cable an extra 50ft or getting the esb involved he reckons run the cable evertime, not worth the hassle or cost.


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


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