How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my garage?  I 
could run one from my house but the garage is on the other side of the lane 
and I'd have to dig up the road to put one across to my garage!

steve

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 16:47:24 +0100, r.p.mcmurphy wrote:


> How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my garage?  I 
> could run one from my house but the garage is on the other side of the lane 
> and I'd have to dig up the road to put one across to my garage!


Err, wouldn't it be best to ask them for some indication of the cost?

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> How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my garage?  I 
> could run one from my house but the garage is on the other side of the lane 
> and I'd have to dig up the road to put one across to my garage!


Depends, but I suspect at a minimum about £350 in the old Manweb area, 
depending on where the nearest main is, whether there is sufficient 
spare capacity on the main etc.

What size supply are you looking for ? 1ph / 3ph ?

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The Wanderer wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 16:47:24 +0100, r.p.mcmurphy wrote:
>
>> How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my
>> garage?  I could run one from my house but the garage is on the
>> other side of the lane and I'd have to dig up the road to put one
>> across to my garage!
>
> Err, wouldn't it be best to ask them for some indication of the cost?


.........Well....yes.  But its sunday and i dont suppose they're open for 
enquireis.

steve

Colin Wilson wrote:

>> How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my
>> garage?  I could run one from my house but the garage is on the
>> other side of the lane and I'd have to dig up the road to put one
>> across to my garage!
>
> Depends, but I suspect at a minimum about 350 in the old Manweb area,
> depending on where the nearest main is, whether there is sufficient
> spare capacity on the main etc.
>
> What size supply are you looking for ? 1ph / 3ph ?


1ph,  just for  lighting and a few occasional use sockets (battery chargers) 
and an alarm.

steve

"r.p.mcmurphy"  wrote in message
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> How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my garage?
I
> could run one from my house but the garage is on the other side of the
lane
> and I'd have to dig up the road to put one across to my garage!
>
> steve
>
>

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It could be very expensive judging by the costs quoted by Central Networks.
Their prices for single phase are 373 / 409 / 560 for 'Mural',
'Underground' and 'Span' respectively.  I don't know what 'span' is  but it
looks like something to be avoided!

Additionally there is a 'trenching' cost if required - 23 / 45 / 67 per
metre in turf, concrete and 'other' respectively.

It might be more economical to buy a generator, for the kind of use you're
contemplating.

Cic.

"The Wanderer"  wrote in message
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> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 16:47:24 +0100, r.p.mcmurphy wrote:
>
> > How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my
garage?  I
> > could run one from my house but the garage is on the other side of
the lane
> > and I'd have to dig up the road to put one across to my garage!
>
> Err, wouldn't it be best to ask them for some indication of the
cost?
>
> -- 
> the dot wanderer at tesco dot net


In the LEB (as was) area I'm being charged 610 by EDF to run 100amp 3
phase cable then a further 610 to fit co fuses and meters and connect
to dist board - and this is to re-instate a supply that they cut off
following a fire at the end of April - the stub of cable is there
staring at me in a big hole! This incidently doesn't cover the
trenching and laying of a duct for them to pull the cable through.
Luckly it's covered by my insurance.

AWEM

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 20:19:00 +0100, r.p.mcmurphy wrote:


> The Wanderer wrote:
>> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 16:47:24 +0100, r.p.mcmurphy wrote:
>>
>>> How much would it cost to have 'lecy board fit a new supply to my
>>> garage?  I could run one from my house but the garage is on the
>>> other side of the lane and I'd have to dig up the road to put one
>>> across to my garage!
>>
>> Err, wouldn't it be best to ask them for some indication of the cost?
> 
> ........Well....yes.  But its sunday and i dont suppose they're open for 
> enquireis.


We-ell, in this day and age they probably are, although they would only be
able to give you outline costs

In reality, all that you'll acheive by asking a the question here is to get
a variety of opinions[1], none of which will really leave you any the
wiser, except perhaps that it'll probably be a lot dearer than you had
hoped.

[1] Some of them well-informed[2], it's true, but in the end it's still the
company that'll tell you what the cost to you is going to be, not someone
off this NG

[2] I was in the ESI for 35 years and for several of those years prepared
quiotations for supply, but I wouldn't dream of trying to give a price
without some idea of what was involved. It could range from a few hundreds
to several thousands of pounds.

Things to think about! You said 'across the lane'. Is that a public road?
Is it tarmacadam suface or unmade track? Do you own the land on which the
garage is situated? Does the garage belong to you, or are you renting it?
Are the mains overhead or underground? If it's a private road, there may be
wayleaves required or an agreement with the street manager.

The only thing you can say with any certainty is that it'll cost you, lots.
Ah, all those poor deluded people who thought everything electrical would
get cheaper after privatisation brought in competition.....

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> In the LEB (as was) area I'm being charged £610 by EDF to run 100amp 3
> phase cable then a further £610 to fit co fuses and meters and connect
> to dist board


I`d query their attempt to justify the cost by breaking it down into 
cable laying and termination. If you only paid half, would they be happy 
to leave live tails ?

Metering is provided free AFAIK, and is a completely seperate matter to 
the provision of the supply it sits on top of.


> - and this is to re-instate a supply that they cut off following a
> fire at the end of April


They`re under obligation to render an unsafe supply safe. Yes, its a 
bitch, but the regs are the regs...

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On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 23:29:59 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:


>> In the LEB (as was) area I'm being charged 610 by EDF to run 100amp 3
>> phase cable then a further 610 to fit co fuses and meters and connect
>> to dist board
> 
> I`d query their attempt to justify the cost by breaking it down into 
> cable laying and termination. If you only paid half, would they be happy 
> to leave live tails ?
> 
> Metering is provided free AFAIK, and is a completely seperate matter to 
> the provision of the supply it sits on top of.


Could be that the meter was destroyed, so they're charging for a
replacement, although the identical costs for each part of the job does
seem a bit too obvious. I suspect someone at EDF has applied rule-of-thumb
guestimating techniques.....

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"The Wanderer"  wrote in message
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> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 23:29:59 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:
>
> >> In the LEB (as was) area I'm being charged 610 by EDF to run
100amp 3
> >> phase cable then a further 610 to fit co fuses and meters and
connect
> >> to dist board
> >
> > I`d query their attempt to justify the cost by breaking it down
into
> > cable laying and termination. If you only paid half, would they be
happy
> > to leave live tails ?
> >
> > Metering is provided free AFAIK, and is a completely seperate
matter to
> > the provision of the supply it sits on top of.
>
> Could be that the meter was destroyed, so they're charging for a
> replacement, although the identical costs for each part of the job
does
> seem a bit too obvious. I suspect someone at EDF has applied
rule-of-thumb
> guestimating techniques.....
>
> -- 
> the dot wanderer at tesco dot net


As it is my landlords responsibility to provide the supply under my
(commercial) lease, it is his insurance company / assessor / building
contractor that's doing the negotiations and the poor chap is tearing
his hair out. It's taken over 4 months for them to fix a date  to pull
cables (it's TODAY!!!) and tomorrow the new co fuses & meters go in.
The seat of the fire was on the floor under the old meters  & fuses
and EDF were amazingly quick to slice off the internal end of the
cable and remove all their totally destroyed head and meters - I think
that they wanted the evidence off site!  Load at the time of the fire
(4 am ) was only the fluorescent light we leave on at night so
burglars don't trip up and hurt themselves. Meanwhile said contractor
has had to totally gut and rebuild the shop shell and refit blagging
electricity off a neighbour.

Supply & metering are both EDF.

AWEM