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Soul
Sheppz
Getting frustrated by lack of power to my shed. Google indicates this is a can of worms and many people do many non compliant workarounds that many other people (esp. sparks) have opinions about - for good reason of course.
Situation is this:
The CU is in the kitchen so cannot run a separate circuit direct. The ground floor sockets appear to be on an RCD (yellow button?) . I need to spur off the double socket nearest the back window and run through the frame, down the garden and into the shed. The shed is - lightweight tiny house construction fully wrapped in tyvek below the cladding - and v dry and watertight.
In the shed as a minimum i would like 4 sockets (LED desk lamp(7w), mac mini computer(50W), monitor(150W) +one spare for phone charger etc) as a bonus a fused spur to potentially run 1m2 of electric underfloor heatmat (150W) .
Current idea based on google is :
metal patress 13A FCU (switched?) just below the DS inside the house > earth gland > 1.5mm2 armored cable clipped to wall > through wall > clipped to fence > into shed> into 1 metal patress DS with earthed gland > wired to second DS > into switched 13A FCU for the heating mat and thermostat / timer.
Appreciate this has come up before and I need an electrician for compliance etc - just trying to scope cost for parts etc. Grateful of any thoughts...