Outdoor electrical supply

[sigma]

Apart from a qualified electrician, what's the basic legal requirement to supply a garden shed with an electrical supply.

[TradeWithMe]

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[Bob906]

What do you mean by Legal Requirement.
When i did my shed all i did was put a mcb circuit board in to supply the light & plugs manweb connected to the mains and checked it and all was ok but this was before the new legislation about DIY Gas & Electric

[buildersmate]

The legal requirements are covered within the various Building Regulations. The one on Electricals - Part P says that this type of external work must be done by a qualified electrician (or alternatively a mere competent person must make a BR application). So your electrician will know the answer.
However the basic requirements are twofold:
The circuit is protected by an RCD because it is outside the dweliings earth protective zone
The cable is protected adequately from mechanical damage.

[buildersmate]

I guess I should add that this is over and above the requirements that apply to an internal installation about rating, etc.

[Puzzled001]

I would say that you need to make the take off from the house via an ELCB ( earth leakage circuit breaker) or RCB ( residual current circuit breaker). The easiest way to do this is to buy a 'plug-in circuit-breaker like you would use for an electric mower etc and run the cable from this . ( basically a long extention lead)Use 'Arctic cable as this is weather proof. The only problem with this method is that you can only run upto 13amps.on that line. If you wish to run more it is worth running the line through an RCB consumer box. Multi channel,,,taken off your main consumer unit as a seperate spur.

[buildersmate]

That's how to do the job, not the basic legal requirement.
Not what the customer asked about.

[sigma]

Thanks all