Good morning all,
I have a quick garage electric question. Over the summer I had new electrics installed in the garage at the end of my garden. There was nothing in there before but I now have 2 x 2 gang sockets, one strip light, an external light and a weather proof 2gang socket under the adjacent car port and a security light on a pir. This is all fed by approximately 35m of armoured cable connected to the house consumer unit.
Anyway, when it was installed I said I wanted the sockets so that I could run power tools in the garage.
Fast forward to last night and I spend some time setting up the sliding mitre saw so I can start making some raised beds from decking planks. As soon as I pull the trigger everything goes off (at that point only the strip light and the saw). I go into the house and it has tripped the switch for the garage on the consumer unit. I turn it back on, walk down the garden to try again and the same thing happens. Cue giving up for the might.
Following that my question is – does it sound like a fault or just that the saw is drawing too much and there’s nothing to be done? I’ve run the saw from an extension lead from the house before and from some external sockets on the back of the house with no problem. I’ve just to try and other tools but at present it doesn’t do what I want it to do. I’m happy to get the electrician back if there’s an issue but he’s a friwdns brother in-law so don’t want to cause a fuss unnecessarily.
What would Singletrack do?