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Shed Electrics

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Hi

Going to be putting electrics into my shed 50m from the house with some solar on the shed.  Electrician has told me 25mm SWA 3 core but does it matter about the cable colours brown / blue/YG or brown black grey 

 

thanks

No. The electrician will sheath the cables as required with the appropriate colours when he connects it all up.

4 hours ago, GrantMcscott said:

Hi

Going to be putting electrics into my shed 50m from the house with some solar on the shed.  Electrician has told me 25mm SWA 3 core but does it matter about the cable colours brown / blue/YG or brown black grey 

 

thanks

That’s going to be expensive.  What are you running down there to need that fat a cable?

I've just spec'd a 16mm for 38m run off a 50a breaker at 32a assumed load (with cable direct buried). Circa 5v drop iirc.

 

25mm is big, but depends on what you're running, and for the above I left headroom over an EV charger to supply power and lighting to a man-shed.

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Yes there will be general lighting, power needs, EV charger and 10KW Hybrid invertor with battery storage and future proofed

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