Choosing cable size. Formula?
"Mike Barnard" wrote in message
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Hi.
I want to run an armoured cable from the house to my new shed. It's a
total of 15m distance and it will power:
1 x 4' daylight tube 36w
2 x 150w pir floods 300w
1 x small freezer 60w?
4 x wall sockets (occasional battery charger, power tools etc)1000w?
Say a potential max load of approx 1500w.
w/v = a?
1500 / 240 = 6.25a.
Local supplier wants to sell me 4.0mm cable. Seems a bit OTT to me
for this. Surely 2.5 would be fine? Opinions?
Also, would you use a consumer unit in the shed to split the lighting
and sockets or be happy with a junctionbox? There will be a dedicated
fuse at the house end after all.
Thanks.
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It is the starting current of the freezer that is significant and will be a
whole lot higher than 60w/240.
Even so 2.5mm should be OK.
Always fuse shed/workshop lights separately. It is vital that in the event
of a fuse blowing that you are not operating rotating machinery (albeit
slowing down) when the lights go out.
Fuse in the house 30A, two fuses/mcbs in the workshop 16amp and 6 amp.
Bob
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