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"pmakesp" writes:
In the process of laying a concrete base for a 16x8 workshop which I will be
ordering soon. Base consists of 50mm type1 sub-base and 100mm ready mixed
concrete. I now want to sort out electrics to the workshop and stumbled
across this website

http://popularmechanics.com/home_imp...er/print.phtml

I'm aware that this is an American site but just wondered if it is accurate
enough to follow for my own project (apart from the obvious power
differences etc).

It looks like something you might find in a pre WW-II book in the UK.
No, we don't do it like that anymore.

There have been lots of threads in this newsgroup over the years on
connecting up garages/sheds/greenhouses/etc to an electricity supply.
Search back over them.

My objective is to do as much as possible, e.g. sourcing
all required materials, parts etc and laying the armoured cable etc - then
contacting a qualified electrician to actually connect the circuit. Despite

I would leave sourcing the parts to the electrician if you are
not wiring it yourself. You could deg the trench in preparation.

being technically minded and well skilled in IT - I am not confident enough
to touch electrics and besides, I am unqualified anyway!. I intend to have a
strip light and perhaps 4 double sockets for power tools etc.

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Andrew Gabriel