(I am in the UK so UK Regulations apply)
I want to run mains power from my (new) house to an outside workshop, a cable length of about 50m. The workshop will have its own separate consumer. I also need to run a number of other cables from the house to the workshop (low voltage like CAT6 ethernet etc).
At a former location I have run SWA power cable and the additional cables, in land drainage pipe (it has slots in in to drain water away) which I buried, as I could run all of the cables I wanted through the pipe, and by leaving a rope loop in the pipe, can pull through additional cables if needed).
Three Questions:
Is this approach still deemed as acceptable with respect to the latest Electrical safety regulations ?
Do I have to use SWA or could I use something more economical ?
As the workshop will have its own consumer unit,with a TT earth system, could I use 2- core (ie Live & Neutral) cabling, as the Earth point will be at the workshop ?
I plan on doing the labouring and getting an electrician to do the other stuff & electrical sign-off, but any early advice will be useful.
Thanks
