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Hi folks, sorry for this being my first post !!

A friend of mine has asked me to enquire about putting power in to their garage, it's attached to the side of the house, but there's no power of any sort in there. It'll only be used for a fridge/freezer & a tumble dryer and probably a lamp.

My idea to them was simply drill a hole through the wall, poke the end of a circuit breaker extension through, put the plug back on and plug it in, in the kitchen. Will that work and more importantly, will it be safe ? Or, would they be better off shelling out a small fortune for an electrician to come in and wire it all up to the house via the fuse box ?

thanks in advance !!

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For such a low power demand you should not need to go from the consumer unit. It may be possible to fit a Fused connection unit or RCD connection unit

An extension lead is not an ideal solution to be honest and a hardwired solution would be much better.

If the garage is close to the house it may not cost that much to get a sparks to sort it out.

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ok, i forgot to mention that none of us are 'that' clued up on electrics.. so i have no idea how the RCD would be wired in ? The garage is attached to the house, just no access to it from inside the house


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Ok, that makes it much easier.

Drill a hole through the wall, near to a socket. Make sure that there are no wires or pipes buried in the wall before drilling. Drill a 16mm hole straight through into the garage, now get a length of plastic 15mm pushfit pipe , and push this through the hole that you have just made, this will protect the cable. Seal any gaps with silicone.

You can now use an extension through the hole, but it is best if it is rcd protected and so if you fit one of these- rcd plug and on the other end in the garage you can wire it to a socket.

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Awesome, thanks soo much for the info !! :cool:


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Not a spark but my 2p

check the total wattage of the 3 appliances against the wattage of the extension cord. (there should be a label on the back of the dryer, and somewhere on the F/F then just add the wattage of the lightbulb
Remember that the wattage rating of the extension MUST exceed the total wattage of the 3 appliances.


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As above. A dryer will normally pull near 3Kw at times then allow a bit more for fridge/freezer and light bulb. You are on the limit of a 13a fuse and might find it blows from time to time so get some spares in. The main point though DONT use 1mm or 1.5mm squared flex for the extension. You ARE going to need 2.5mm squared flex. If you did it would appear to be working but you would risk burning out the motors in the dryer and freezer!

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