Need power in my garage, need advice

janesssssy

janesssssy

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Hi,

My garage doesn’t have power. However my next-door neighbour who has power in their garage has said I can use his electricity. The only condition is that I measure the amount I use and pay for it.
I understand that if I move or he does, I will have to take this out.
Now my understanding and from what he has told me, I need:

GARAGE CARAVAN CONSUMER UNIT FUSE BOX RCD 2 MCB 16 6 A (Got one)

Digital Credit Meter or coin operated meter. Can I use either? Or does it have to be a coin operated one?

I also need a ring main cable, double socket, light and switch, oh and lighting cable with fused spur
cable clips
My limited knowledge is the coin / credit meter, what is a credit meter and how does it work. I mention this as coin operated meters are relatively expensive and the credit meters are a lot cheaper. Although the bay do Coin op's but would rather get new.
 
I'm confused, why do you not just link it up to your house supply. That's what we have done and we have a triple garage with a two bedroom summerhouse built above it all connected to our main house supply with a separate junction box in the garage.
 
Exactly... use your own power. Using anything of the neighbour's is just asking for problems, just like loaning money to family or friends.

Get your utility company to install it properly for you. They will mount proper power heads and run it directly into your meter. That way you're not limited to the amperage of your house service.
 
thinking about it, it probably isn't even legal to do what you're after doing with your neighbours supply

Get your utility company to install it properly for you
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overkill imo and probably cost a fortune

a sparky will be able to run a cable and connect the supply (assuming the op puts in his own boxs ,etc)
 
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JBuk said:
thinking about it, it probably isn't even legal to do what you're after doing with your neighbours supply
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No, funny you should bring that up. My father-in-law is an architect and he just said that you cannot legally do it, he did say why but I can't remember and hes gone now.
 
Raist said:
Exactly... use your own power. Using anything of the neighbour's is just asking for problems, just like loaning money to family or friends.

Get your utility company to install it properly for you. They will mount proper power heads and run it directly into your meter. That way you're not limited to the amperage of your house service.
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Do you have any idea how much that would cost? :eek:

OP

You really don't seem to know what you are actually doing, Please don't play with electricity, Contact an electrician please.
 
ZG002 said:
Do you have any idea how much that would cost? :eek:
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No, I don't have any idea what it would cost there.

Actually, an electrician would do the job here for about $150-$200 (about £90-£125) plus whatever cost for the wiring, power heads, and breaker box, then have to call the energy dept. to hook up his wiring to the mains and inspect it. I think they charge about $50 for that. All in all, I would expect it to be a $500 (about £300) job professionally done. I think that would be worth it.
 
court case waiting to happen if you use your neighbours supply!

speak to a local electrician and see what they say is the best way to do it.
 
Castiel said:
No, funny you should bring that up. My father-in-law is an architect and he just said that you cannot legally do it, he did say why but I can't remember and hes gone now.
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The main reason as I understand it is that all domestic single phase supplies originate from 3 phase. It is therefore possible that two adjacent properties can be supplied by a different phase. As the voltage of 3 phase is 230v phase to neutral and 400v phase to phase, this can lead to a 400v potential difference in the property between the two different phases.

Not necessarily applicable in the OPs circumstances but is a good example of why it is not allowed.
 
Raist said:
No, I don't have any idea what it would cost there.

Actually, an electrician would do the job here for about $150-$200 (about £90-£125) plus whatever cost for the wiring, power heads, and breaker box, then have to call the energy dept. to hook up his wiring to the mains and inspect it. I think they charge about $50 for that. All in all, I would expect it to be a $500 (about £300) job professionally done. I think that would be worth it.
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It don't work like that here, An electrician may well b-able to do the job for something close to £300, To have a totally separate supply put in you are talking thousands.
 
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