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Default Doubling up underground cable.


Andy Burns wrote:
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Doubling up two of these cables


If you mean using conductors in parallel on the same circuit, that is
generally frowned on.

heavy direct burial cable is expensive.


1.5mm 2 core SWA £0.88/m
2.5mm 2 core SWA £0.91/m
4.0mm 2 core SWA £1.20/m
6.0mm 2 core SWA £1.60/m

From
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...SWA/index.html
seems proportionately cheaper to me

Or is it best to have each cable on an mcb at the CU and no garage CU
with just two isolators as the cable enters the garage?


If you really want to use multiple cables then that would appear to be a
better way of doing it.


Thanks Andy. The 6mm 3 core will be difficult to bend. I intend to take
the cable up from the ground and through the wall. Dark coloured
plastic conduit will make it neater rising and going through the wall.
Do you have any recommendations on the conduit to use?

TIA.