Just looking at lights, radio/music (old car head unit) the odd power tool (presently mostly all mains) maybe a wee fridge.

Looks like I could use either but led lights are cheapest for 240v and I already have 12v adaptors for the radio.

It’s only 10m from the house, so running a mains lead is easy, best to keep it that way?

Definitely go with mains

I’m surprised you don’t have any possible need for 240V in the Shed, but if I were in that camp (or it was a once a year occurrence where running an extension would be trivial) then I’d go with 12V – 10m of armoured mains cable is going to be a lot more expensive for something you will never need. Done properly you are probably looking at separate fused circuits etc.

Beware 12V fridges draw a lot of current – what do you need to keep cool that can’t justify 40 paces to the house and back, or an ice box on the three warm days we get a year in Scotland? Heating would be potentially more useful – but that isn’t normally a 12V solution.

I have 50m of armored 6mm that I will run from my consumer unit once I can get around to digging the trench…. With a small consumer unit.

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Beer!

Not bothered about doing doing it proper.

maybe a wee fridge.

It’s only 10m from the house

Have a look at the running costs for little fridges – I think you’d rather walk the 20m round trip to the one in the kitchen

If you remove the fridge from the equation then you don’t need a constant day and night supply, just power when you’re in the shed when you’re ****ing, sorry, working.

You only need to use armoured cable if you’re burying it as a permanent supply. Unless you’re passing through a public area or have traffic or trip hazards to worry about then an extension cable and a breaker would be plenty good enough wouldn’t it? – Just put it away when you’re not using it.

Cheers, I agree. £30 a year vs buying or making s cool box.