Hoping that not everyone is in London enjoying themselves and spending all their pocket money on essential goodies and beer.
I have decided that the workshop electrics need updating now that with the Bridgeport the machines are taking over. At the moment the supply comes off a 30 amp fuse in the house consumer unit. As the main isolation switch is in the workshop anyway I thought I might take a separate feed from that to a second consumer unit for the workshop. I had though of a cheap Crabtree 100A unit but have no idea what sort of MCBs that I would need or if this is a reasonable way to go. At the moment apart form the usual small machines; I have three smallish lathes, two mills and a 150 amp Mig welder to feed.
Is this a reasonable approach or am I looking to over engineer the problem? Would it be best left on the normal house unit? Any advice on the consumer unit and MCBs that I should use if necessary would be very much appreciated. I am aware of the electrical wiring regulations and will get it checked by a competent electrician before I throw the switch.
Best regards
Keith