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Do I need a consumer unit in the garage?
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<blockquote data-quote="mrmagoo34" data-source="post: 549422" data-attributes="member: 37445"><p>We've just moved into a new house and I have done some electrical work in the garage. Original there was one double socket and a single light.</p><p></p><p>I've extended to have 4 individually switched lights and added some extra double sockets (radial circuit), which is all working fine.</p><p></p><p>In the consumer unit in the house, the garage is on a B16 MCB.</p><p></p><p>The garage is detached and the cable comes in from the house into a junction box. From there, into an unswitched fuse spur, out of which one wire goes to the sockets and one to the lights.</p><p>The fuse only kills the light circuit, I am not able to kill the socket circuit on it's own.</p><p></p><p>Should I replace the junction & fuse box with a small consumer unit, so I can kill either circuit ?</p><p></p><p>If yes, then is that something I am 'allowed' to do or would I need an electrician to do that ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrmagoo34, post: 549422, member: 37445"] We've just moved into a new house and I have done some electrical work in the garage. Original there was one double socket and a single light. I've extended to have 4 individually switched lights and added some extra double sockets (radial circuit), which is all working fine. In the consumer unit in the house, the garage is on a B16 MCB. The garage is detached and the cable comes in from the house into a junction box. From there, into an unswitched fuse spur, out of which one wire goes to the sockets and one to the lights. The fuse only kills the light circuit, I am not able to kill the socket circuit on it's own. Should I replace the junction & fuse box with a small consumer unit, so I can kill either circuit ? If yes, then is that something I am 'allowed' to do or would I need an electrician to do that ? [/QUOTE]
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