Power to Garden Shed

Kenny Powers

Im running a steel armored cable underground to the Garden shed its wired back to the main fuse board on its own 20AMP MCB on the RCD side on the shed end should I have another RCD and MCB for lights and sockets?

M cebee

rcd on the shed side preferably

earth the armour supply side minimum

isolating switch,socket rcbo lighting mcb in shed


do a search there's been a zillion questions on this

Kenny Powers

Great thanks for that so basically if I put a small consumer down in the shed with rcd - 20Amp MCB for sockets - and 10Amp MCB for lights this should cover me. And a second earth rod in at the shed would this help or is the main house one enough?

M cebee

no rod

isolating switch +rcbo +lighting mcb

sharing the same rcd causes potential nuisance

get a sparkie to do the work

Davy

From the sticky

Buford T Justice

M cebee wrote: »

rcd on the shed side preferably

earth the armour supply side minimum

isolating switch,socket rcbo lighting mcb in shed


do a search there's been a zillion questions on this

Making the earth and the armour common yes?