No progress for a month other than Martin dropping some of my cabs back, but I've had a chance to sell some stuff and get the cash together for the electrics to be done.
I've also had a decent quote and some good ideas for replacing the 2 garage doors to make it more habitable so that's going to be booked in for the new year once I've saved up as it's not cheap, but will be very much worth it long term.
So yesterday Tony got a lot of the wiring work done which is great as it felt a bit weird having rushed through the rest of the work only to stop completely.
Lots and lots of kit arrived, total spend on supplies for this was around £250 thus far. A good sized consumer unit was picked to allow for lots of breakers and a bit of future proofing.
The plan is for 11 Double sockets in the main room, in to 4 separate 30A rings so basically a zone for each of the three walls and drop from the centre of the ceiling.
This means I can have options to turn banks of cabs on or off from the door, and not trip out the whole place when something goes bang.
Another ring for the Workshop with 3 twin sockets, then another for the loft space. 3 light switches to control lights in the loft, and two sets of fluro tubes in the main room.
I'll also be having a feed for ambient lighting all from 1 switch for LED's and Neon's etc, and finally a feed to allow for an electric garage door and alarm.
The biggest expense will be replacing the wiring from the house to the garage, as it's nowhere near good enough to cope with the draw I'll be putting on it, so early next year a big roll of thick armour cable will be being dug in.
Sockets are surface mounted in conduit dropped 50mm from the ceiling.
All socket & lighting wiring is in place
It's really not easy with a room half full of cabs so fair play to Tony for getting around
The consumer unit is looking a lot more full by the end of the day.
Socket fronts and conduit will be done Monday as the rest of my cabs are coming on Tuesday.
