This is the first time I've ever seen a vid on your channel. I'm not even in the trade, but I watched almost the entire vid, I was that engrossed. I really hope you do make it on your own one day and become successfully self-sufficient. All the best.
Bit late to this video but love how honest and real you are. The bit when you lost the pen had me howling. Great video with some awesome ideas. Liked and subscribed!
Have to admit running 25mm armoured into a CU is a tough gig. I had one recently and opted to run it into a separate metal box with henley blocks mounted inside where I converted it to meter tails and ran them out to an isolator and then into the CU. Made life a bit easier bending the meter tails around the CU. Sent the earth directly to the CU.
I've been meaning to watch this for a while. I liked your board changes with Tom but it was never covered well, you being 2nd fiddle. I've fitted X number of boards over the years but it always good to watch and get tips from others. You never stop learning tips, everyone does it differently. Love the channel - no ads great for us subscribers (perhaps not so great for your wallet)
Great job mate. I just found your channel this week and I’m thoroughly impressed by the quality of your work. I believe that once Tom is back uploading content, we will have 2 top noch electrical channels not in competition with each other but uploading different styles of great content. Just a quick tip, start small and gradually expand. Don’t offer everything at once. Focus on building your client base then work out which services you want to offer in the long term. Stay well and safe mate
Jimbo, pro tip. For making holes in sheet metal have a look at sheet metal punches, you drill a normal hole for a bolt to go through and theres 2 discs you put 1 side of the punch either side of the sheet metal and you tighten a socket head cap screw and the shearing force makes a very clean hole. I feel like lots of electricians don't know about them as they're more sort of engineering - it totally does away with holesaws and makes a nice finish.
good to see a fellow Welshman putting his skills into a tidy job. A Newport accent I detect. 'work my ass off....' is why I'm heading out of domestic work. Some good tool recommendations also
Jimbo, your a nice guy, good to see you starting on your own, building things up slowly can be a pain, but you will get there. nice video mate, look fwd to the next one :)
Hello Jimbo i myself would have installed a piece of 4x4 steel truncking at the top of the ceiling and used 32mm couplings and bushes to join onto your consumer unit that way you give yourself more room to operate and makes life a great deal easier why struggle .
Very neat board, keep working hard and you will soon be working for yourself. It’s like you said at the beginning it’s all in the preparation this is your preparation to being your own boss, good luck to you keep up the good work.
Very neat job with the board, great attention to detail. With workmanship like that, you should get plenty of work. Your mate might need to think about where he drills joists for the cables, these seem big holes too close to the end.
Not sure if you have considered using printable heatshrink for the circuit identification? Take a look at tapes like HSE-231, they fit in brother label printers and you just print on to them, cut them to size and slide over the wire or cable.
Looks great nd you clearly do nice work but shouldn't the cable entry have some form of grommet / fire protection ? That plastic trunking would just melt into the giant oval hole you've created allowing the smoke to entry the ceiling void and likely into the bedroom above.
Congratulations to your own channel and company! Looking forward to see good videos coming 😍 Hint: Consider buying a lavalier microphone for better audio 🙂 Great video, keep going!!!!! Cheers 🥂
Jimbo nice neat job like the vid we just done a 20way fuse box consumer unit and we had a 25mm 3 core armoured try using a 25mm earth terminal assembly It takes up 2 earth bar spaces works a treat.
Lovely job that Jimbo! I've got a 20 way fusebox install coming up which will also have an armoured. Wouldn't it be good to have a clear front so that we can admire all wiring eh!
Why on earth use one pole breakers? Why a neutral bar and not individual neutrals with two pole breakers? Is this done in larger industrial panels aswell? Nice arc if you somehow disconnect that main neutral...
Never seen your vids before....but I'd hire you in a heartbeat with workmanship like that..... Fair play for going solo bud, took me years to get off the ground......you will hit bumps in the road and struggle and have sleepless nights worrying about money coming in but trust me when I say.....it's all worth it in the end. You're a great spark mate keep it up
Nice work Jimbo Didnt really need grommits on the plastic trunking, but closes the holes up a bit I guess. Do you use the Fusebox module blanks on DIN rail, or the clip in strips that go on front cover?
All the best Jimbo, enjoying the content and learning some new things at the same time. And trust me I know the feeling of having to carry tools etc in the car 😫. Hope all goes well for you. Looking forward to more uploads 👍🏼
You are a great electrician mate, don’t constrict yourself with being employed, it will only delay you reaching your goals, if you are planning to be self employed and expand, go all in or nothing. I know its scrary in the begging as I am around at your age and I did the same thing, once I gone all in, everything started falling in place and after 2 years I employ 2 other guys. Best of luck to you.
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 where do you get it from? I try to keep my boards neat but this would help a lot. Just wondering if you use any particular make?
You can get tie wraps with the grips on the outside they don’t mark the cables we use them on railway projects , not sure what the proper name is for them always just called them backwards ties
Id have been tempted to drill a 30mm hole right through the trunking and gland straight into the metal box, also not keen on bolting through plastic for banjo as technically the plastic can shrink etc and leave the banjo bolt getting loose much better to use those earth nuts that have a bolt fitting for a flying lead.. Just my 2p worths..
Now we need a video of how you sort it when the previous guys just screwed all the cables into a ball and stuffed them into the CU, shut the lid and ran away.
Can you put subtitles up Boyo haha only kidding nice one as good as any.Can you do one on a Eufy video doorbell all the rest are Ring not two the same Resistor no Resistor depends what book they read Cheers 🏴🏴🏴🇵🇲
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 ah thought you were from Bridgend for some reason, most of my work is the Valleys and Swansea. If anything comes up I'll pop you a message on IG and you can see if they're of intrest.
Well done Jimbo. Its great to see how a TH-camr starts a channel and creates content. It can't be easy to do as you need your own clients in order to create content and it must be hard when you are sub contracting as its not your own job. Well done to you 👍
Just watched this pal. Don’t do anything for free. In fact, your friend should know to pay you as he knows how hard you have worked to get to where you are!
I'd never have glanded into plastic like that, you should of done into the top of the board or gal box then into the board then some vertical trunking down to cover
Why didn't you just cut the plastic trunking short enough to allow the swap to be termination straight into the top of the consumer unit, its not as if you have lots of circuits to terminate, it would have looked a lot neater
This is the first time I've ever seen a vid on your channel. I'm not even in the trade, but I watched almost the entire vid, I was that engrossed. I really hope you do make it on your own one day and become successfully self-sufficient. All the best.
Its good to see sombody take pride in their work these days well done.
I'm not even an electrician, yet here I am watching Jimbo wiring a fuse board, good content and decent video, keep up the great content 👍🏼👍🏼
Haha I’m glad you enjoyed it cheers
Same. Scared to even look at mains wire never mind touch. Just fascinated by good, neat work. A good consumer unit is cablep*rn.
Bit late to this video but love how honest and real you are. The bit when you lost the pen had me howling. Great video with some awesome ideas. Liked and subscribed!
Top notch neatness on dressing in those cables mate. Excellent work.
Have to admit running 25mm armoured into a CU is a tough gig. I had one recently and opted to run it into a separate metal box with henley blocks mounted inside where I converted it to meter tails and ran them out to an isolator and then into the CU. Made life a bit easier bending the meter tails around the CU. Sent the earth directly to the CU.
Have you come across flexi tails yet, there’s no going back to old tails I promise you.
Any links for where we can get the black cable separators you have at the back on fusebox for each circuit
I've been meaning to watch this for a while. I liked your board changes with Tom but it was never covered well, you being 2nd fiddle. I've fitted X number of boards over the years but it always good to watch and get tips from others. You never stop learning tips, everyone does it differently. Love the channel - no ads great for us subscribers (perhaps not so great for your wallet)
Great job mate. I just found your channel this week and I’m thoroughly impressed by the quality of your work. I believe that once Tom is back uploading content, we will have 2 top noch electrical channels not in competition with each other but uploading different styles of great content.
Just a quick tip, start small and gradually expand. Don’t offer everything at once. Focus on building your client base then work out which services you want to offer in the long term.
Stay well and safe mate
Jimbo, pro tip. For making holes in sheet metal have a look at sheet metal punches, you drill a normal hole for a bolt to go through and theres 2 discs you put 1 side of the punch either side of the sheet metal and you tighten a socket head cap screw and the shearing force makes a very clean hole. I feel like lots of electricians don't know about them as they're more sort of engineering - it totally does away with holesaws and makes a nice finish.
And takes longer! But yes, I worked in the water industry for years and saw many old boy engineers use the punch method
Noted!
Q max cutter is the correct name
good to see a fellow Welshman putting his skills into a tidy job. A Newport accent I detect. 'work my ass off....' is why I'm heading out of domestic work. Some good tool recommendations also
Great job Lad, Your attitude is impressive you will have no problems making a successful business Good for you kiddo👍
Hi James, I put my shrouds in my back pocket and when you come to use them they are nice and plyable. Keep up the good work 😊
Love to see a test video on the board. Excellent tips. Glad to see you are rattling away. Video not long winded. Just how things are.
What does glancing the armouring to plastic trunking do or did you put a fly lead from it to the MET?
Jimbo, your a nice guy, good to see you starting on your own, building things up slowly can be a pain, but you will get there. nice video mate, look fwd to the next one :)
Thank you bud
Great video jimbo! Nick bundy has flexi con, Tom has Betty and you have Velcro! Keep up the top work. Loving the videos so far!
would never have glanded a 25mm armoured to a plastic trunking but actually worked okay so fair play! good video 👍🏼
yes I agree it wasn't my first choice don't worry haha
One of the most immaculately dressed boards I have seen. Top job.
Thanks appreciate it
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 My wife loves your accent too mate 😊
What did you use to get your Neutral flyleads so neat? Looks fantastic!
Hello Jimbo i myself would have installed a piece of 4x4 steel truncking at the top of the ceiling and used 32mm couplings and bushes to join onto your consumer unit that way you give yourself more room to operate and makes life a great deal easier why struggle .
Have you ever been pulled on the board being to high, 1500 springs to mind from h the regs
Very neat board, keep working hard and you will soon be working for yourself. It’s like you said at the beginning it’s all in the preparation this is your preparation to being your own boss, good luck to you keep up the good work.
Thank you 👍🏻
With the 25mm earth look up a solid core reducing crimp 25-16mm it’s a life saver
How did you cut out the trunking once you drilled out the holes ?
Petrol Chainsaw
Why did you add another 16mm earth fly lead to the fat earth cable coming in?
You can get a 25-16mm reducer crimp. Ideal fit r the scenario 👍
Very neat job with the board, great attention to detail. With workmanship like that, you should get plenty of work.
Your mate might need to think about where he drills joists for the cables, these seem big holes too close to the end.
Thank bud!
Very neat board 🙌. Enjoyed it mate.
Thank you as always mark I’ll have time to watch your vid tomorrow
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 do something interesting mate like put the bins out 🤣 you ain't missing much lol
@@electrician247 😂😂 I’ll be chasing them down the street tomorrow by the sounds of it
Not sure if you have considered using printable heatshrink for the circuit identification? Take a look at tapes like HSE-231, they fit in brother label printers and you just print on to them, cut them to size and slide over the wire or cable.
Looks great nd you clearly do nice work but shouldn't the cable entry have some form of grommet / fire protection ? That plastic trunking would just melt into the giant oval hole you've created allowing the smoke to entry the ceiling void and likely into the bedroom above.
Congratulations to your own channel and company!
Looking forward to see good videos coming 😍
Hint: Consider buying a lavalier microphone for better audio 🙂
Great video, keep going!!!!!
Cheers 🥂
Jimbo nice neat job like the vid we just done a 20way fuse box consumer unit and we had a 25mm 3 core armoured try using a 25mm earth terminal assembly
It takes up 2 earth bar spaces works a treat.
Lovely job that Jimbo! I've got a 20 way fusebox install coming up which will also have an armoured.
Wouldn't it be good to have a clear front so that we can admire all wiring eh!
Why on earth use one pole breakers? Why a neutral bar and not individual neutrals with two pole breakers? Is this done in larger industrial panels aswell? Nice arc if you somehow disconnect that main neutral...
Never seen your vids before....but I'd hire you in a heartbeat with workmanship like that.....
Fair play for going solo bud, took me years to get off the ground......you will hit bumps in the road and struggle and have sleepless nights worrying about money coming in but trust me when I say.....it's all worth it in the end.
You're a great spark mate keep it up
Camera quality looking REAL good in this video. Keep up the great content pal!
Cheers igor
Excellent job mate don't really comment on videos but this one deserves it well done lad
Appreciate it
Nice work Jimbo
Didnt really need grommits on the plastic trunking, but closes the holes up a bit I guess.
Do you use the Fusebox module blanks on DIN rail, or the clip in strips that go on front cover?
thanks mate. ill be honest I usually just use the clip in ones but I might start using the din rail ones tbf.
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 definitely give the din rail ones a go makes the board so much better
Why not use wide trunking come straight down and make a less smaller slot
All the best Jimbo, enjoying the content and learning some new things at the same time. And trust me I know the feeling of having to carry tools etc in the car 😫. Hope all goes well for you. Looking forward to more uploads 👍🏼
You are a great electrician mate, don’t constrict yourself with being employed, it will only delay you reaching your goals, if you are planning to be self employed and expand, go all in or nothing. I know its scrary in the begging as I am around at your age and I did the same thing, once I gone all in, everything started falling in place and after 2 years I employ 2 other guys. Best of luck to you.
I agree with what your saying 100%. luckily I haven't had to turn away any work yet tho.
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 Hard work pays off at the end, it’s not easy but you are on a great start.
What is the black strip thing you’re using to hold the cables in place at the back of the board? Never seen those before.
Velcro strap
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 where do you get it from? I try to keep my boards neat but this would help a lot. Just wondering if you use any particular make?
@@carlf6507 Amazon mate
Fair play Jimbo, i wish you the best with your TH-cam channel from an electrical apprentice from Cork in Ireland
Cheers mate!
Great video dude. Keep it up, great quality of work and camera quality . You know your stuff and take care whilst doing so. Stay safe and well man
Thank you. Look after yourself also
Keep ya head to the grind stone mate and it will pay off I'm sure! Top spark!!!
Thanks mate
Top job. Good to see you’re investing in yourself and trying to make a start on a new adventure
Thank bud
How come you didn’t go straight into the board mate with out the trunking and just gland the armoured straight into board then push slack up?
Jimbo will you be fitting end caps to the trunking ? Good video and good to see young blood coming through the trade keep up the good work mate 👍
Great work really neat and tidy . Where are you based ?
Pin crimp is what you needed for the 25 mm cpc.
That’s a good idea 👍🏻
Best board I have seen on TH-cam ,👍
Appreciate that bud
You can get tie wraps with the grips on the outside they don’t mark the cables we use them on railway projects , not sure what the proper name is for them always just called them backwards ties
As you've cut a large slot in the top of the board, will you need to fire seal it? Just curious thanks
Yeah fire foam I use
i put the shroud on the end of my todger to warm it up, good for safety as well
Super neat job bud 😊
Id have been tempted to drill a 30mm hole right through the trunking and gland straight into the metal box,
also not keen on bolting through plastic for banjo as technically the plastic can shrink etc and leave the banjo bolt getting loose much better to use those earth nuts that have a bolt fitting for a flying lead..
Just my 2p worths..
Extremely neat board cable management.
Now we need a video of how you sort it when the previous guys just screwed all the cables into a ball and stuffed them into the CU, shut the lid and ran away.
Can you put subtitles up Boyo haha only kidding nice one as good as any.Can you do one on a Eufy video doorbell all the rest are Ring not two the same Resistor no Resistor depends what book they read Cheers 🏴🏴🏴🇵🇲
Where in South Wales are you based and where do you cover? I got bits of work I might be able to push your way.
Appreciate that. Cwmbran area bud
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 ah thought you were from Bridgend for some reason, most of my work is the Valleys and Swansea. If anything comes up I'll pop you a message on IG and you can see if they're of intrest.
Great job, where did you get the cable number markers kit from?
CEF £30
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 can you leave a link mate?
Why put the trunking up?
Nice and pretty... crefftwr electrics? (That's as close to Artisan as I could get with my googling skills)
🤣🤣
Nice job buddy, video quality is loads better 👌🏻 what part of wales are you in?
Thank you. South Wales Cwmbran area
Love this mate! Super neat finish!!!
Don't see any earth bonding between incoming SWA armouring and CU
👍🏻 great job mate.. doing well for yourself.
thanks mate something like that haha
That is clean job mate
What did you use to cut the top of the board mate?
Also would like to know this
Probably a jigsaw
Amazing work James . 👍🏻👌🏻😃
Thank you
Should've used some of those fancy new Wallaces to go with the gromit strip
😂😂😂
Well done Jimbo. Its great to see how a TH-camr starts a channel and creates content. It can't be easy to do as you need your own clients in order to create content and it must be hard when you are sub contracting as its not your own job. Well done to you 👍
Just watched this pal. Don’t do anything for free. In fact, your friend should know to pay you as he knows how hard you have worked to get to where you are!
Money is not everything in life, greedy sod
Would you charge your own mam to take her to a hospital appointment too? 😂😂😂
I hope you didn't forget the Wallace's !! 🤣🤣
A good video you can buy a 25 mm to 16mm ,SWA 16USP UN-INSULATED SOLID CU PIN TERMINAL 16MM PACK OF 1 for £2.11p . Keep up the good work
Loving the channel 😊 looking forward to more content soon
Thank you
Why not use 25mm/16mm reducing pins . Eddie's do them and there pennies
I'd never have glanded into plastic like that, you should of done into the top of the board or gal box then into the board then some vertical trunking down to cover
No earth on the trunking? Cowboy work
Great content Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips ⚡️👊
Thanks bud
Drop the shroud into your mates brew ... LOL
Amazing 👍
Why didn't you just cut the plastic trunking short enough to allow the swap to be termination straight into the top of the consumer unit, its not as if you have lots of circuits to terminate, it would have looked a lot neater
If neatness was rewarded then you get the top prize!
Appreciate that
Great work mate like always
Thank ash
@@jimbotheelectrician3819 bring on the other videos mate
Looking neat !
Jimbo good video. You are very professional and that is good. I miss your sense of humor.
Stay focused and keep building your Business and you are going to do well Jimbo.
Curtis Boy Super Star. ( Let It Go ) #CowBoy
Doing a wedding job mate. I've jus gone self employed aswell bud
Yes lad 😉🤚
Storm glands are so much better. Bit more epensive but look neater and are easier to install
Very good very nice 😀🤙🏼
very neat mate
Very tidy work!
Looks bloody freezing 🥶
It was😂
Top lad 👍🏼
Keep up the good work mate. A flashy brand new van will soon arrive with your efforts and hard graft
Let’s hope so😝
After bring with Mr Naggy,
he's gave you courage you go it alone