Power to garage

Question

Hi,

My garage has what appears to be a partially and likely badly completed electricity supply carried out by previous owner. 

There's a consumer unit with breakers fitted in the garage which is wired to several lights and plug sockets. I don't see any indication that this is connected to the house and so has no supply.

There is an armoured cable coming from the consumer unit and out the garage roof. However, it goes back into the garage and is badly spliced to a old lawnmower cable. I think the intention by the previous owner was to plug this armoured cable into a socket in the kitchen to supply the garage. (Could be wrong but that's what it looks like.)

What would be required to make this safe and functional?

Thanks

Sam · Answer

Hi, could either require/Re route the existing armoured cable and install it properly, or replace it with a new depending on how bad the old one is.

Milo · Answer

Hi Chloe,

Without a first hand inspection, or some photos it's pretty hard today form sure.

Depending on how modern the board is in the garage it may be as simple as running a supply to this, although small garage boards aren't very expensive. It depends where the feeds been taken from at the house end too.

Hope this helps a bit

Regards

Milo

David · Answer

hi without seeing the consumer unit and cable would be hard to say but to install new consumer unit with appropriate safety features ie RCBO/RCD and armourd cable back to the main board with appropriate earthing and cable size for the run to the outbuilding not overly expensive 
David

Mick · Answer

Hi Chloe , get a EIcr carried out on the garage and the rest of the iproperty ncase Mr/Mrs DIY has completed any other work within the property

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