Mike Harrison wrote:
On 13 Oct 2003 11:18:59 -0700, (Jon Nicoll) wrote:

Hi there
we've just got a new concrete garage built - 40sqm, situated about
10m from the house and around 15m from our consumer unit.

I would like to run mains to this garage, to supply lighting and
light
power. I only intend this to be for 'domestic DIY' power, no plant
machinery or anything like that.

I'm competent in actually doing the wiring but a little rusty on
modern practice. My plan #1 is to run a new circuit of 4mm 3core
armoured cable to the garage, then fit a 2-way consumer unit and run
lighting and power off that.

Quick question - is this feasible/sensible? & if not, can anyone
suggest a better alternative?

Thanks for any suggestions
Jon N

Sounds reasonable - It would be a good idea to fit an RCD on the
garage socket supply (not the lights - you don't want them going out
when you jigsaw through the cable..!).
Garage supply should have its own MCB in the main house CU

I did this and used one of those garage consumer units as sold by the likes
of Screwfix.
Now you mention it the lights are fed from the RCD as well as the power....