all wired up and live, the sequence of events was:
- mark where the fittings will go (me)
- First fit wiring (electrician)
- Plaster-boarding (me)
- cut holes for fixtures, fit back-boxes and pull cables through (me)
- lay SWA cable from shed to house (me)
- feed SWA cable from garden through side wall and into understairs cupboard, where household consumer unit is (me & electrician)
- second fix – wire up and attach sockets and switches, install consumer unit make connections in the shed, make connection at the house consumer unit (electrician)
- testing (electrician)
The 5 way consumer unit has one MCB for each of the following:
- lights
- internal sockets
- external sockets
- wiring or aircon (to be installed in the future)
- wiring for external water feature (to be installed in the future)
apparently the new regs require all new connections to the household supply to be RCD protected. A pain, since any fault will require a trip down the garden, no doubt in the dark. I suppose I could have had an RCD at both ends, but it seems there is no guarantee the shed version would trip first.
