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terrier

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extension to the shed not working?
Aug 5^th, 2009, 8:26pm

I have run a armoured 4 core,1.5mm, cable to the shed,about 25 metres away, to run a light off.In the house it is plugged into a rcd breaker.The 4 core cable was a earth wire and 3 blacks marked 1,3 and a plain black one.I put 1 to negative,3 to live and earth to earth.I have cut out the plain black wire.I have wired the plug,in the house,and the socket in the shed the same but there is no power in the shed?.Any ideas?.Thanks

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Zambezi

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Re: extension to the shed not working?
Reply #1 - Aug 5^th, 2009, 9:29pm

This may sound really silly but have you:
- checked the fuse in the plug?
- checked the fuse in the RCD breaker (if it has one)?
- plugged something else, like a lamp, into socket you want to use to power the shed, to make sure it works?

PS put some brown sleeving or tape on the lives and blue sleeving or tape on the neutrals.

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CWatters Super Member Offline "Daddy fick it" says James Posts: 5150 Total Thanks: 58 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: extension to the shed not working? Reply #2 - Aug 5^th, 2009, 10:51pm Has it tripped out the RCD in the consumer unit?
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terrier GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 58 For This Post: 0	Re: extension to the shed not working? Reply #3 - Aug 5^th, 2009, 11:05pm CWatters wrote on Aug 5^th, 2009, 10:51pm: Has it tripped out the RCD in the consumer unit? No,the socket in the house is working fine.The rcd does not have a fuse.I have tried to plug a radio in the socet in the shed and it is still not working?
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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8815 Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: extension to the shed not working? Reply #4 - Aug 6^th, 2009, 7:56am Photos? Sounds a little bit of a bodge to be honest
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CWatters Super Member Offline "Daddy fick it" says James Posts: 5150 Total Thanks: 58 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: extension to the shed not working? Reply #5 - Aug 6^th, 2009, 8:26am Sounds like you are using one of these?.. http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16930/Electrical-Supplies/RCDs/RCD-Plug
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