Thats probably the most dangerous option. The longer the extension, the higher the resistance and greater risk of fire, tripping the house electrics or worse.
Even if the extension is only about 20 meters long? Would plugging a RCD between the house and the extension not protect the house electrics? Sorry for dumb questions.... I'm not great with electrics :wink: If it's anything more complex than an extensions reel I'll get a qualified sparky to do it or at least help but I'm just wondering what are the options.
I would get a generator as this will serve as dual purpose. 1, support your garage electrics 2, use on track days to plug your kettle in and tire warmers ;-)
Yep.......If you do run it via a lead, use a heavy one and plug it in via a trip..........and it all depends on what equipment you use at the garage end and which socket you plug it into at the house end..........if you plug it into a 13Amp socket which is a spur off the ring main you could have overheating problems in the spur......so at least try to plug it into a socket which is definitely on the ring main..... You can tell the difference between a spur socket and a proper ring main socket by whipping off the switchplate......If there is one live, one neutral and one earth wire, it will be a spur......if there is two of each, then it should be the ring main........if there is three of each, then it is possible that is where a spur is taken off from.....BTW, switch off the supply at the main board before you take a look. If you have a spare cooker socket, plug it into that.........although it is normally a spur type supply, it is a big cable, so you shouldn't have too many overloading problems. My workshop electricity supply is via a 7 metre spur off a small ring main........The spur is Armaflex cable into the back of one of the ring main sockets. When it reaches the workshop, it is fused 5 Amp..........it then goes to a distribution board for lights, security lights and power, each with their own circuit and main board fuses.....It's all a bit like a sub-main in a way. Never blown a fuse yet in 10 years of the supply being installed, despite having all lights on and using an arc welder. AL
That's what I'm doing at the moment... too loud (even with a sound deadening box is still not great) and not very convenient. One of those quiet Honda gennys would be an option but as it costs around £700 I may as well look into getting a permanent power supply.
