Electrical supply to static caravan

[flanagaj]

I’m not doing this work myself and my nephew who is a qualified sparky is looking at the job at the weekend.  He tells me he’ll get it done in a day and I can nip off to the merchants to buy the bits.   Trouble is, I hate merchants and I’m not sure he’s thought too much about what bits are required.

 

The plan is to run 16mm 3 core Swa to the shed from the kiosk.  The shed will have a CU with a 6 amp lighting circuit and a 32 amp socket circuit.

 

All simple stuff.  The plan is to then the SWA 16mm to the static caravan.

 

this is where I have questions.

 

1) Do I need 3 core SWA to the static?

2) I know I need an earthing rod

3) The caravan has the CU in the photo and the plug too.

 

how do you connect Swa to the plug thing.  Do I need some sort of box?

 

[Nickfromwales]

If he’s doing it, why are you asking? 
 

He should be just calling the merchant with a list and you go fetch. 
 

Good to hear there’s an earth rod going in. What’s the supply type? PME? 

[flanagaj]

1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said:

why are you asking? 

As explained in my post.  "I hate merchants and I’m not sure he’s thought too much about what bits are required".

The ****** always want to rip me off.  Buying online means I can get the best price and avoid having to haggle with some arsehole behind the desk.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by flanagaj

[Gus Potter]

1 hour ago, flanagaj said:

The ****** always want to rip me off. 

I've seen a lot of changes in the merchants business over the last 40 years ago. 

 

One thing that has driven this is that is it a lot harder for them to take cash and not really put it through the books. The other is that the increase in dodgy customers who don't pay their bills has also increased.