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In the last stages of upgrading the supply to the garage/workshop.
The elec board tails (25mmsq) come into an existing 100A fuse & isolator (mine not the board's) which then go to the house CU (about 3m away). I put in a Henley block after the isolator to split off the garage supply. From the Henley block I put in a new 100A isolator & 63A MCB (type C) then ran 16mmsq SWA cable (3 core including earth) to the garage. At the garage end this will go into a new 100A isolator & then into a new split load CU. Result is 5 queries bothering me: A type C 63A mcb was used on the assumption that it would discriminate against the type B MCBs in the CU (& also because TLC didn't have a or couldn't supply a 100A MCB). Is type C correct here? Should the old 25mmsq cable to the house CU be protected at the Henley block end? To do that would need a 100A MCB: What's best here? [there's no room for a bulky switch & fuse). Is the garage end (new isolator & then CU) OK? or is further protection needed to protect the new garage supply at the incoming point? The old 100A fuse & isolator at the incoming end is large. Could this be replaced by a 100A isolator & MCB? Or some other alternative? Can any (split load) CU be used for the garage end or does it have to be special - weather proof etc? [BTW the garage is dry, but what do the regs require?]. TIA for all opinions [BTW nothing is connected yet beyond the new 100A isolator after the Henley block] |
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