My God, you write faster than I can quote
Do you want tips now or not?
Not on how to connect the cable, no. Just whether I can split it up in the garden.
Yes, you can. You have to measure what each conductor is.
Classically brown, black, gray are phases 1-3, blue is the neutral conductor and yellow/green the protective conductor. So for each circuit one phase, the protective conductor as well as the protective conductor use.
Protective conductor and protective conductor?
As I wrote, the switch for this underground cable is not yet connected in the electrical distribution. I can’t measure anything there.
Before you split it further, you can just put a distributor and then continue with 3-core underground cables each.
Good idea, right.
Then I can just lay out the 3-core cables on the left and right already, and later the electrician can connect at the distribution box.
And since you have particularly little knowledge, really let a professional do it. There are cable lengths, etc. to consider. Otherwise it can really be deadly.
Definitely. I’m saying, I just want to lay the cables in the garden to appropriate spots because the topsoil will be delivered this week.
Please remember... The current flowing into a conductor also flows back through the neutral conductor. If you make 3 circuits of 16A each, a maximum of 48A would flow over the neutral conductor. That doesn’t work well. Leaving aside thermal load, I would either make 2 circuits of 16A (1st circuit brown+blue 2nd circuit black+gray) or 3 circuits of 6A (1st circuit brown+blue, 2nd circuit black+blue 3rd circuit gray+blue).
Great, thanks for the tips.
I don’t yet know if I will make 3 circuits.
Well, if he doesn’t have good contact with the electrician, the fiddling around costs 150+ easily. Not worth it to me, but everyone has to decide for themselves. By the way, no one looks at cable lengths unless he has a 2000sqm property and doesn’t want to lay the cable to the very end.
What is supposed to be connected? Just a few lamps?
Cable length for me is then max 100m per circuit.
Actually, only lamps or maybe a decorative fountain pump are supposed to be connected.