"Adam Funk" wrote in message
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On 2012-09-12, Steve Firth wrote:

Adam Funk wrote:
[snip].

I'm almost afraid to ask, but what would the usual local way to power
the barn have been?

Two conductors 6mm^2 in grey plastic conduit. He was bemused that I
wanted
to pay for 16mm^2 SWA. The barn is a long way from the house.

Wow.

When I bought my place in Italy, built in about 1975, the tails between the
meter and the consumer unit (about 8m long) were a pair of solid 1.5mm^2
wires, part in conduit, part not.

Stephen