Hiya, talking of attics & live wires... 200 years ago I went in a loft to have a look see as said to do a quote having been told by the house owner, "Yea, it's all safe up there!" I then put my hand on two four inch nails hammered into the cross joist about two inches apart. OK, so what? One nail had a load of lives, six inches bare copper, wrapped around it, the other nail the second half of the deadly pair! Deadly? Yep I went through the ceiling & was dead on the carpet. The home owners wife was a nurse & gave me 'Kiss of life & smacked hell out of my chest to get my heart re-started! It was before the days of sue for everything but still got a fair bundle off the judge! Morel... Only trust yourself & check everything for yourself before touching anything, even in the dark!!! Stay safe... Steve...
I never allowed 40amp on a 6mm but I have been told because an shower or an cooker is a fixed load as long as the load doesn’t exceed the maximum current rating of the 6mm cable then there is no reason to fail it on a EICR.
I was taught (back in Noah's day) - when doing any remedial work the main earth & bonds should always be dealt with first - circuits can be left isolated if necessary, but the tails & bonds should always be up to scratch should you be called away on an emergency job!
Or, for thermoplastic sheathed cables 2 live cores clipped direct 58amp or 42amp for enclosed in conduit in thermally insulating walls. I guess they've gone by that table 4E2A. I've just installed 6mm Hituff submain clipped direct with a 45 amp 3871 6kA type 2 breaker.... your excellent video brought me up short and made me check out the book again... phew... the reasons for it being 6mm when really I shouldve gone with 10mm are not completely well explained in the footage I'm getting round it, but stems from the customer changing their mind a lot during installation. The submain only supplies a 32amp and 6amp RCBO for an HVAC and heater unit from a commercial kitchen, all run above suspended ceiling clipped direct to concrete.
Great video, i have watched a few of yours now. i am a retired electrician, i wish i was your age and had youtube around in my day, its made it a great community to show some of the crap we have to sort out, and to bounce ideas off of other people when you have a problem, keep up the good work and stay safe.
A great video nick. After reading the comments I think people forget the videos are edited. We can’t fit everything we want in them and things get cut other wise the videos are going to be hours long. At the end of the day it’s not a tutorial video it’s just a little informative 👍
Couldn't you have just done Zs (not Ze, leaving main earth connected) from the board before and after changing the main earth and taken the difference off your Zs readings?
Company i work for has a policy of turning off the whole installation whilst ever anybody is in a loft. Because there was an incident a few years ago involving an open junction box as you say, right by the hatch.
You can have a 6mm on a 40 but all depends on if it’s got any factors like grouping or run through insulation which most installs will have some factors which means it’s no good on a 6mm
@@johnhoward2104 95% of my work is domestic and it generally gets run via attics/in insulated walls etc. So it's just a no no for me. Good luck with your business.
Can't spell it but the adabatical equation for 6mm t+e on a tn system would warrant the cpc for a 40amp mcb invalid due to the disconnection time of 5s for anything over 32amp.. Sorry guys but 7.5kw on B32 :) Not sure for T T would have to check but that disconnection time is 1s... Jack@JD Electrical 🤗
jdicko77100 not true if it was on a 40A type b mcb you could still use 0.1 disconnect time on the adibatical . Check final circuits in onsite guide 6mm T&E is allowed on a type b 40A mcb
Just looking around the house you show I notice the classic Cooker socket. Today I cab buy one to take up to 10mm cable, the unit rated at 45A on a 45A breaker and STILL there is a '13 Amp' socket on it protected by the 13A fuse in the plug. Why are we still selling things like this?
Because the BS1362 fuse is quite ample to protect the downstream cable in that situation? I'm not sure what the applicable standards have to say, but the fuse is fine.
@@Monkeh616 Sorry, I was thinking of poor protection of people with the 45A MCB/RCBO rather than protecting the cable. You are correct of course for the cable.
Hey man, I stumbled across your videos randomly. I've just started a pre-app course to learn the basic of the electrical trade. Your videos are really interesting ....it's neat being able to see someone carry out the stuff I've read about and been taught about. It's cool the way you explain everything as your going along and I like seeing how the stuff I'm learning about in the classroom actually plays out "in the wild". It's helping me get my head around certain things so thanks man! I'm sure I don't need to tell you to keep up the good work 😁
I'm a qualified gas engineer and Im going soon to Trade Skills 4 U to become Part P qualified. A lot to take in with this stuff, I'll be using Part P for wiring in boilers and room stats etc. Thanks for your videos.
I contacted Rhino for tool insurance. Clause 1, receipts needed for all claims, which means anything you acquired from your apprenticeship that you've purchased like tapes, and screwdrivers etc aren't covered. Clause 2, includes a 10% depreciation value per year. 5k of tools are still 5k of tools to replace, and probably more. Not offering new for old is a big deal breaker. And you can't buy a tool policy without purchasing other policies. There are better insurers out there for tools.
Agree it’s a great vid..one more thing, is that white pvc pipe the mains water in comer? It’s running straight over the consumer unit” with circuits strapped over it” personally I would of agreed to isolated the water and re locate that pipe work just to remove that potential👍🏻 class vids though matey🤷🏻♂️
Nope, tails & bonds are customer responsibility everywhere I have been. DNO supply up to service head, meter operator supplies tails from head to meter, some will supply & tail up to an isolator, but never the earth connection!
18:17 I read somewhere that gas cookers (the hob bit) need to be a minimum of 300mm from the wall and 500mm is preferred. Is there any minimum requirement for cookers with an electric or similar hob?
Fantastic customer service. Makes me ashamed a bit, I don't really go to those lengths on an EICR. You are a brilliant bloke., they're lucky to have you.
John Howard then I guess the installation will have no return path to the transformer and will be looking to find any path to complete the circuit ie leaving a massive potential difference between anything connected to the installation earth and true earth. Not 100 percent sure on this but seems correct in my head
John Howard good point. I’m not sure how capacitive coupling to true earth would effect you with regards to exposed conductive parts. Thankfully never been in that situation.
John Howard round my way (cornwall) the dno have really really slowed on allowing pme on new builds I can only imagine it’s getting harder for them to maintain and possibly for the saftey aspect.
Should buy some irish t&e as it cpc csa is equal to live and neutral and also pre-sleeved like the live and neutral would save the sleeving and readings would be same as equal csa even though probably wouldnt comply with uk regs then :D
Another great video. That radial to socket and boiler combined as two could do with a 16a or 20a breaker for overcurrent protection. The 2.5mm2 cables aren't rated to 32a if not in a ring.
@@mattthompson8657 fair point but I add a fused spur as part of the RFC and then spur from there , or make additional sockets part of the ring . I suppose it depends on the situation though
Can't say I know the name on it, but that's a Niglon board. Not exactly top shelf, but serviceable, probably. Last one I saw, the screw to earth the body was just poked through a hole to the earth bar, didn't break the paint, no nut, just hope for the best..
I am surprised that electrical lines are allowed to touch the gas line both the ones looped over and even the bonding. Not something we do here in the US. If lightning hit the house the lighting would go to that bond point and blow right though the thin copper pipe and one big fire / blow torch. Around Texas we have to use black iron pipe or poly, copper isn't allowed for gas. Underground its all poly pipe anyway, as many homes have exploded because of rusted iron pipe underground leaking.
YESSSS \(^_^)/ I'm always expecting BUDDY YOU'RE A BOY MAKE A BIG NOISE PLAYING IN THE STREET GONNA BE A BIG MAN SOMEDAY lmao :') ahh Nick you should do this for a laugh one day after the intro just burst into Freddie mode :')
How its installed. Unless theres metal conduit or the whole install is in trunking, we use method c (clipped direct) unless it goes through the loft then we use 101. Trunking or conduit is b.
We do loads of ecrs u said about putting things right while your there in our experience most landlords donr want to pay us to put things right they want the report and get mr 2 bob maintenance man to fix problems or if we do pur them right they moan about cost
Of course, same result. Only difference is if you want to do a reading from multiple points on a circuit you can link once then run round with the tester, rather than having to link, back to board to test, out again to move link, back to test, out to move link, back to test... are we doing R1R2 or a marathon?
It's not the nicest thing to do, and certainly if there are spare breakers as in this case that's a far better solution, but it is allowed to do a spur from the consumer unit on a ring final, so 3x2.5mm in a 32A isn't necessarily a problem...
@@ThePa1ch it's not a radial circuit, it's a spur from the ring final. It's no different to any other spur where you technically have a 2.5mm cable protected by a 32A breaker - the mitigation is that the socket at the end is limited to 13A...
@@jamievaughan6431 Most twin 13A sockets are only rated for 13A total load (hence why many of them melt when people plug two high current devices in and run them simultaneously). The exception is MK who rate theirs to 20A total, but that's within what a 2.5mm cable can take anyway...
Any chance you can upload one or two vids a week? 🤣🤣🤣 getting more like the daily nick bundy show !! By the way love your vids nick but not everyday. I havent watched tv catchup since you started your channel
Yep. Definitely. You can't see where the cable runs, or don't know if insulation will be put over it a year later. "Well it says in table....that it can take 41A.." Sleep well sir, sleep well.
Are you part of the Triple Entente that Nagy Keeps going on about? Watch Chris and Jordan. Have just started watching yours too. I’m a sparkie but don’t delve in the Domestic Realm. So it’s good to watch you guys struggle with shite bodge jobs.
Not a sparky, but love watching your videos as you explain stuff so well. One request tho, could you, in one video, explain all the acronyms? CPC, ZS, ZE, R1, R2... Easy to google I know, but I have a feeling you'll explain it in plain english, with visuals if needed. Thanks Buddy
I love watching the uk videos of small plastic service lol come to Canada and get a good education lol 400a dual 300 kcmil 84 circuit panel Is everyday and we also have to label every circuit and provide z32 test if your worth ur salt
Was it REALLY that bad. For sure some things can be improved but the real issue was no insulation protection through the metal casing but other than that...
@@johnhoward2104 apply to what? All I am saying is that scientifically it doesn't make a difference and people like making regulations up for no apparent reason....I am a big believer into sticking to most of the regs ha
Oba large installation with a lots of current flow it may make a difference. The eddy currents on a sp supply in a consumer unit are so low they won't make a difference. But the reg has to be applied at some level and to remove ambiguity, the lowest level is the safest. Hope you get what I mean. 521.5 1 does apply but like a lot of the regs book is over zealous in some applications
Advertising, one ad about 10 minutes in and another 2 at the end, both for the coming 5G Investments, followed by that one where they have to bleep every word to make you think it's worse than it is so you buy their soap. And it's one of those annoying guy talks for half-an-hour ads. For some reason ever since the one video I watched I've been really vigilant of what little ads I've been getting.
hmm, that sounds annoying. I use Chrome with the"Adblock Plus - free ad blocker" extension from the Chrome Web Store. This way I can tut disapprovingly as I watch mr Bundy do the Zs's before the bonding's been upgraded, without being interrupted by ads. have done worse :-)
That Gas bond can't be zip tied to the main gas pipe like that
Why?
528.3.3
Nice one worthy 🙌 noted for next time cheers
no worries mate
Such a pointless reg can’t zip tie a cable to a pipe that it’s connected to, but it’s in the bible so it must be right.🤔
Hiya, talking of attics & live wires... 200 years ago I went in a loft to have a look see as said to do a quote having been told by the house owner, "Yea, it's all safe up there!" I then put my hand on two four inch nails hammered into the cross joist about two inches apart. OK, so what? One nail had a load of lives, six inches bare copper, wrapped around it, the other nail the second half of the deadly pair! Deadly? Yep I went through the ceiling & was dead on the carpet. The home owners wife was a nurse & gave me 'Kiss of life & smacked hell out of my chest to get my heart re-started! It was before the days of sue for everything but still got a fair bundle off the judge! Morel... Only trust yourself & check everything for yourself before touching anything, even in the dark!!! Stay safe... Steve...
I never allowed 40amp on a 6mm but I have been told because an shower or an cooker is a fixed load as long as the load doesn’t exceed the maximum current rating of the 6mm cable then there is no reason to fail it on a EICR.
Problem arises when someone DIY changes the oven or shower...
@@edcooper2396 Then they would also need to upgrade the cable, if required.
I was taught (back in Noah's day) - when doing any remedial work the main earth & bonds should always be dealt with first - circuits can be left isolated if necessary, but the tails & bonds should always be up to scratch should you be called away on an emergency job!
Or, for thermoplastic sheathed cables 2 live cores clipped direct 58amp or 42amp for enclosed in conduit in thermally insulating walls. I guess they've gone by that table 4E2A. I've just installed 6mm Hituff submain clipped direct with a 45 amp 3871 6kA type 2 breaker.... your excellent video brought me up short and made me check out the book again... phew... the reasons for it being 6mm when really I shouldve gone with 10mm are not completely well explained in the footage I'm getting round it, but stems from the customer changing their mind a lot during installation. The submain only supplies a 32amp and 6amp RCBO for an HVAC and heater unit from a commercial kitchen, all run above suspended ceiling clipped direct to concrete.
I love your honesty nick. Great videos mate. Thank youn
Seconded.
agreed
Great video, i have watched a few of yours now. i am a retired electrician, i wish i was your age and had youtube around in my day, its made it a great community to show some of the crap we have to sort out, and to bounce ideas off of other people when you have a problem, keep up the good work and stay safe.
A great video nick. After reading the comments I think people forget the videos are edited. We can’t fit everything we want in them and things get cut other wise the videos are going to be hours long.
At the end of the day it’s not a tutorial video it’s just a little informative 👍
Check for any old copper pipes to bathroom ,kitchen etc are still in use.If so apply equiptional bonding .
Love the Megger 1552/1553 still got mine mine gathering dust. I might get it calibrated and start to use again.
Couldn't you have just done Zs (not Ze, leaving main earth connected) from the board before and after changing the main earth and taken the difference off your Zs readings?
6mm @ 40A what's the problem with that? is it a long run? bunched? passing through insulation? fixed load? why de-rate to 32A
If it is a twin + earth cable the earth cpc is only 2.5mm2.
Company i work for has a policy of turning off the whole installation whilst ever anybody is in a loft. Because there was an incident a few years ago involving an open junction box as you say, right by the hatch.
I think it’s the way forward with sponsorship. It helps you out but more importantly, us as Sparky’s. I’ll still always watch your videos regardless
You can have a 6mm on a 40 but all depends on if it’s got any factors like grouping or run through insulation which most installs will have some factors which means it’s no good on a 6mm
Unless you have x-ray vision...don't put 6mm on a 40A.
Sleeping well is better than profit / an easy job.
@@johnhoward2104 alright Arnie, you've flexed your muscles. But we're talking about an eicr in a bodged house. You'd be an idiot to do it by the book.
@@johnhoward2104 95% of my work is domestic and it generally gets run via attics/in insulated walls etc. So it's just a no no for me.
Good luck with your business.
Can't spell it but the adabatical equation for 6mm t+e on a tn system would warrant the cpc for a 40amp mcb invalid due to the disconnection time of 5s for anything over 32amp..
Sorry guys but 7.5kw on B32 :)
Not sure for T T would have to check but that disconnection time is 1s...
Jack@JD Electrical 🤗
jdicko77100 not true if it was on a 40A type b mcb you could still use 0.1 disconnect time on the adibatical . Check final circuits in onsite guide 6mm T&E is allowed on a type b 40A mcb
That Consumer Unit looks like a right bodge job! Good job you're there to sort it out! Great Vid well done.
Cheers Jordan , just watching urs too 😂👍
Looking the plastic plumbing, it sure looks like ‘Bodger and Badger’ have been having a play there!
Just looking around the house you show I notice the classic Cooker socket. Today I cab buy one to take up to 10mm cable, the unit rated at 45A on a 45A breaker and STILL there is a '13 Amp' socket on it protected by the 13A fuse in the plug. Why are we still selling things like this?
Because the BS1362 fuse is quite ample to protect the downstream cable in that situation?
I'm not sure what the applicable standards have to say, but the fuse is fine.
@@Monkeh616 Sorry, I was thinking of poor protection of people with the 45A MCB/RCBO rather than protecting the cable. You are correct of course for the cable.
@@ColinDH12345 Well the MCB protects the cable, not people.. a 30mA RCCB or RCBO provides the same contact protection whether it's 6A or 80A..
A plain mcb with no rcd isn't going to save anyone's life from electocution. However low it's rated.
Hey man, I stumbled across your videos randomly. I've just started a pre-app course to learn the basic of the electrical trade. Your videos are really interesting ....it's neat being able to see someone carry out the stuff I've read about and been taught about.
It's cool the way you explain everything as your going along and I like seeing how the stuff I'm learning about in the classroom actually plays out "in the wild". It's helping me get my head around certain things so thanks man!
I'm sure I don't need to tell you to keep up the good work 😁
16:00 That conduit at that angle and not flat or neat disturbs me.
I'm a qualified gas engineer and Im going soon to Trade Skills 4 U to become Part P qualified. A lot to take in with this stuff, I'll be using Part P for wiring in boilers and room stats etc. Thanks for your videos.
Trade skills 4 u how much did they charge a few companies iv asked are basically asking same price as my gas course for part p
Since when a part p allowed you to wire up things like you mentioned?
What's the configuration of the consumer unit? Couldn't tell if the RCDS were configured correctly
Is it normal for it to spark while you do this?
As a fellow spark I love ur vids💪🏻
I contacted Rhino for tool insurance. Clause 1, receipts needed for all claims, which means anything you acquired from your apprenticeship that you've purchased like tapes, and screwdrivers etc aren't covered. Clause 2, includes a 10% depreciation value per year. 5k of tools are still 5k of tools to replace, and probably more. Not offering new for old is a big deal breaker. And you can't buy a tool policy without purchasing other policies. There are better insurers out there for tools.
Another great video but just one thing main tails run over main gas pipe ?
Breaking regs.
Agree it’s a great vid..one more thing, is that white pvc pipe the mains water in comer? It’s running straight over the consumer unit” with circuits strapped over it” personally I would of agreed to isolated the water and re locate that pipe work just to remove that potential👍🏻 class vids though matey🤷🏻♂️
“That’s the live, that’s the neutral”
Under breath - “oh god I hope that’s right” 😂
And correctly : that is the line, that is the neutral. (Both are LIVE! conductors)
The 6mm earth cable is probably DNO supplied. There was no need to change it.
Nope, tails & bonds are customer responsibility everywhere I have been. DNO supply up to service head, meter operator supplies tails from head to meter, some will supply & tail up to an isolator, but never the earth connection!
18:17 I read somewhere that gas cookers (the hob bit) need to be a minimum of 300mm from the wall and 500mm is preferred. Is there any minimum requirement for cookers with an electric or similar hob?
How the hell you going to get a hob 500mm away from the wall? It would have to be in the middle of the room 😂
Fantastic customer service. Makes me ashamed a bit, I don't really go to those lengths on an EICR. You are a brilliant bloke., they're lucky to have you.
It's for a friend
Good vid pal! That 6.0mm main earth main have been fine if you done the adiabatic.
Good point Mr Steel, well made.
However with PME diverted neutral current in the event of a broken pen conductor are to be considered.
John Howard then I guess the installation will have no return path to the transformer and will be looking to find any path to complete the circuit ie leaving a massive potential difference between anything connected to the installation earth and true earth. Not 100 percent sure on this but seems correct in my head
John Howard good point.
I’m not sure how capacitive coupling to true earth would effect you with regards to exposed conductive parts. Thankfully never been in that situation.
John Howard round my way (cornwall) the dno have really really slowed on allowing pme on new builds I can only imagine it’s getting harder for them to maintain and possibly for the saftey aspect.
24:41 Hi Nick great video, what did you bond the water to if it’s all plastic? Got a similar job and curious
Eddy currents with those tails like that.
Smart meter couldn't go in because it's a two rate meter. Some two rates can be done, but not others.
Those electric cables right next to the gas pipes is breaking gas regs.
Should be 25mm from electric cable and 150mm from electric apparatus.
And finally. . . . . great video!
Should buy some irish t&e as it cpc csa is equal to live and neutral and also pre-sleeved like the live and neutral would save the sleeving and readings would be same as equal csa even though probably wouldnt comply with uk regs then :D
Can't imagine why it wouldn't comply, sounds like a nice way to get Zs reading down a bit if it's a longer circuit.
I saw a video of the Irish T&E why don’t we have that over here there’s no issues of no earth sleeping in lights and sockets
Why do they keep updating the regs? Like isn't there a optimal way to wire homes?
Great vid Nick 👌🏼
Another great video. That radial to socket and boiler combined as two could do with a 16a or 20a breaker for overcurrent protection. The 2.5mm2 cables aren't rated to 32a if not in a ring.
Why is there a mower in the kitchen?
6 mm2 is fine on a 40A type B and 3 x 2.5mm2 in 32A what is wrong with that nothing. Regs say you can spur straight from the CU.
Apart from 2.5mm T&E is rated at 27A clipped direct.
@@burridgeelectrical8107 and? Just the same as a spur anywhere else on the ring.
@@mattthompson8657 fair point but I add a fused spur as part of the RFC and then spur from there , or make additional sockets part of the ring . I suppose it depends on the situation though
Can't say I know the name on it, but that's a Niglon board. Not exactly top shelf, but serviceable, probably. Last one I saw, the screw to earth the body was just poked through a hole to the earth bar, didn't break the paint, no nut, just hope for the best..
I've got the same Megger and the box drives me mental! What was the bag you have yours in please?
I have the same megger and use a CK one, it's great.. Google ck tester bag..
It’s the wera 2 go big bag 👍
Thanks for that 👍
Do you count all them spots in the kitchen as one point ?
@@adamsharp201 if you watch the video that's actually what he did numb nuts
I am surprised that electrical lines are allowed to touch the gas line both the ones looped over and even the bonding. Not something we do here in the US. If lightning hit the house the lighting would go to that bond point and blow right though the thin copper pipe and one big fire / blow torch. Around Texas we have to use black iron pipe or poly, copper isn't allowed for gas. Underground its all poly pipe anyway, as many homes have exploded because of rusted iron pipe underground leaking.
Excellent job sir.well done.great video.
Did you ever use napits insurence?
Nick your intro reminds me of we will rock you by queen
YESSSS \(^_^)/ I'm always expecting BUDDY YOU'RE A BOY MAKE A BIG NOISE PLAYING IN THE STREET GONNA BE A BIG MAN SOMEDAY lmao :') ahh Nick you should do this for a laugh one day after the intro just burst into Freddie mode :')
What’s the reference method of the cable?
How its installed. Unless theres metal conduit or the whole install is in trunking, we use method c (clipped direct) unless it goes through the loft then we use 101. Trunking or conduit is b.
We do loads of ecrs u said about putting things right while your there in our experience most landlords donr want to pay us to put things right they want the report and get mr 2 bob maintenance man to fix problems or if we do pur them right they moan about cost
You linked Line and cpc at the board !! Then plugged the tester in a socket ? Shouldnt you of probed Line and cpc at the socket
Of course, same result. Only difference is if you want to do a reading from multiple points on a circuit you can link once then run round with the tester, rather than having to link, back to board to test, out again to move link, back to test, out to move link, back to test... are we doing R1R2 or a marathon?
That wouldn't prove continuity through the socket, to the point of use.
Vytec are apparently re-badged GEC
do u think, your work on the fuseboard is now better? i don't think so, there has nothing essential change.
the smal red wires between the fuses....
Certainly safer as per his comment.
Better and safer work carried out on the consumer unit 👍🏼
Got a kewtech kt64 If he wants it
It's not the nicest thing to do, and certainly if there are spare breakers as in this case that's a far better solution, but it is allowed to do a spur from the consumer unit on a ring final, so 3x2.5mm in a 32A isn't necessarily a problem...
It's not allowed as the radial circuit wiring doesn't then have overcurrent protection.
@@ThePa1ch it's not a radial circuit, it's a spur from the ring final. It's no different to any other spur where you technically have a 2.5mm cable protected by a 32A breaker - the mitigation is that the socket at the end is limited to 13A...
Should only be a single socket not a twin.
@@jamievaughan6431 Most twin 13A sockets are only rated for 13A total load (hence why many of them melt when people plug two high current devices in and run them simultaneously). The exception is MK who rate theirs to 20A total, but that's within what a 2.5mm cable can take anyway...
@@alexacb63 2 x 13amp plugs in a twin socket = 26amps 🤔
Any chance you can upload one or two vids a week? 🤣🤣🤣 getting more like the daily nick bundy show !! By the way love your vids nick but not everyday. I havent watched tv catchup since you started your channel
He's certainly productive. My favourite (apart from Mr Savery and Mr Ward, though those are for completely different reasons) at the moment.
Id always go 32 amp on 6mm too.
Yep. Definitely.
You can't see where the cable runs, or don't know if insulation will be put over it a year later.
"Well it says in table....that it can take 41A.."
Sleep well sir, sleep well.
Cable tying bond cable to gas pipe ,not allowed
Are you part of the Triple Entente that Nagy Keeps going on about? Watch Chris and Jordan. Have just started watching yours too. I’m a sparkie but don’t delve in the Domestic Realm. So it’s good to watch you guys struggle with shite bodge jobs.
the gas pipes should not be near the electric wires. Saludos
Hi Nick.
I see a board like this and I automatically think..what the hell is going on under the floorboards/unseen areas.
Not a sparky, but love watching your videos as you explain stuff so well.
One request tho, could you, in one video, explain all the acronyms? CPC, ZS, ZE, R1, R2... Easy to google I know, but I have a feeling you'll explain it in plain english, with visuals if needed.
Thanks Buddy
We never bother with live testing circuits.. In fact, R1+R2 is all that is required and Zs is calculated.
Who stuck that board in Dave down the pub
Who is installing shoddy stuff and why? Surely they can be struck off the approved installers list!
You got off likely compared to Jordan's job 😂😂😂
I love watching the uk videos of small plastic service lol come to Canada and get a good education lol 400a dual 300 kcmil 84 circuit panel Is everyday and we also have to label every circuit and provide z32 test if your worth ur salt
Just Ali you use a 400a 84 circuit panel in a domestic dwelling?
have you thought about upgrading yourself and letting adam have the one you have now? 🤷♂️
That tester might be old but it still does the job and is a great tester
@@n4thb4dc0 I know, I use the exact same one but who wouldn't want to upgrade to a MFT1741+ 😊
I upgraded from a MFT 1553 to the MFT 1730 the all singing etc but I wish I hadn’t the 1553 is so much easier to set up and use
Do you think age 21 is to old to start
Uuel Hempkin no
Uuel Hempkin .... yes but 22 is ok 😂😂😂
I started my apprenticeship and going to college in September 2018 age 24
@@Sparklife-UK that's not bad
I started studying Electrical Engineering in a uni classroom full of teenagers at 38, so. . . fuck no. go for it.
Good
That was a right old mess, not the youtube hall of fame worst, but the pre-christmas friday I cannot be f*ked install job. Much better now.
Was it REALLY that bad. For sure some things can be improved but the real issue was no insulation protection through the metal casing but other than that...
Colin Herbert ip x4 exceeded top of isolator and DB Warrant a c2 I recon 👍
Fuck the safety... just look at the state of the trunking lol
Never put tails through separate holes my self because there is no need but according to John ward and photoinduction it does not matter👍
@@johnhoward2104 apply to what? All I am saying is that scientifically it doesn't make a difference and people like making regulations up for no apparent reason....I am a big believer into sticking to most of the regs ha
Oba large installation with a lots of current flow it may make a difference.
The eddy currents on a sp supply in a consumer unit are so low they won't make a difference.
But the reg has to be applied at some level and to remove ambiguity, the lowest level is the safest. Hope you get what I mean.
521.5 1 does apply but like a lot of the regs book is over zealous in some applications
@@thomasanstiss469 have you watched the video by "photoinduction" on this subject?😂😂
He doesn't actually use a DB but yeah it's the same principle 😂😂
Oooooooo my Jesus Christ on a bike lol
You did the tails horribly especially the earth
First
British wiring and electroc standards are awkward and just plain werid.
Who cares
Advertising, one ad about 10 minutes in and another 2 at the end, both for the coming 5G Investments, followed by that one where they have to bleep every word to make you think it's worse than it is so you buy their soap.
And it's one of those annoying guy talks for half-an-hour ads. For some reason ever since the one video I watched I've been really vigilant of what little ads I've been getting.
hmm, that sounds annoying.
I use Chrome with the"Adblock Plus - free ad blocker" extension from the Chrome Web Store.
This way I can tut disapprovingly as I watch mr Bundy do the Zs's before the bonding's been upgraded, without being interrupted by ads.
have done worse :-)
@@HeathenGeek same (you got the exact one as me lol)