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Workshop Electrics

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  • 08-11-2010 7:01pm
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    Maple77
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I'm building a workshop in the back garden and have got to the electrics stage.

    I want to wire it up myself and then get an electrician to bring mains from house and get a fuse box in workshop.

    I want three four socket terminals and 2x 2 flourescent striplights (3ft).

    • What kind/spec of wires do I need for these - is standard three core cable o.k?

    • In the future I will be getting planer / thicknesser and maybe some other machines. Do I need to get three phase sockets for these, would such machines require different wiring / gauge wires?


    Finally, how much will I save by doing wiring/ sockets / lights myself?

    Cheers , all info/advice appreciated


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    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,791 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Please don't take this the wrong way, but if you don't know the answers to these questions, I'm really not convinced you should be doing this yourself.

    If you're planning to get an electrician anyway, there's only another couple of hours' work in what you've described.


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    jack of all
    Registered Users Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭jack of all


    +1 on what oscarBravo says there; getting a three phase supply in is expensive and is not DIY. You can get an electrician to quote you for the wiring proper while still doing the basic first fix/ builder's work yourself (stuff like marking and fixing the socket and light positions, wall chasing, boring holes and fixing conduit etc).


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