Installing an AFDD Consumer Unit in a Garden Shed - Electrician Life

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  • Installing an AFDD Consumer Unit in a Garden Shed - Electrician Life.
    Join me as I install Arc Fault Detection Devices for the first time, running in a new power supply for a wooden structure in a Garden, using AFDD's to protect all the valuable stuff inside! Bit of PVC conduit work in here too and some nice laser action!
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  • @artisanelectrics
    @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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    • @robertburrows6612
      @robertburrows6612 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There has been a few comments about if the customer was concerned about his archive, he wouldn't be storing it in a wooden building, these building are treated with a fire retardant chemical to comply with uk building regs , any wooden building in the UK that is design to accommodate people must be treated we a fire retardant chemicals . So when you do any electrical you must bare that in mind and treat any bare surfaces you create

    • @TheRoboticToe
      @TheRoboticToe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What bit holder did you use on this video ?

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Armeg extension bit

    • @RealAshleyBailey
      @RealAshleyBailey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The reason its called cement is due to its dynamic properties, the way a glue works is the glue becomes the bonding material where its sticks 2 materials together, however a cement bonds the materials together by fusing the plastic together like you would with welding metal together

    • @RWBHere
      @RWBHere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      27:00I s cement, not glue. Cements react with surfaces, so the two parts become one. (Plastics are dissolved and essentially weld together.) Glues only adhere to surfaces and hold the two parts together.

  • @blower1
    @blower1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yes! - this is where i'd store all my precious, irreplaceable things that are delicate and sensitive to moisture.....in a single skin, uninsulated flammable wooden structure, with glass windows so everyone can see what's inside and can easily break in if they need to. But just in case the one in a million chance of a normal consumer unit going up in flames from the very small load that will be put on it....i'll spend a small fortune on some AFDD's!.....i'm glad i got my priorities straight :)

    • @West.Londoner
      @West.Londoner 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ....and I will not bother having a one way lighting cct because I use a lamp 😂

  • @dsesuk
    @dsesuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I'd recommend an RN+R2 test as well as R1+R2 for AFDDs as a loose connection on the neutral will trip the device just as easily as a loose connection on the line. If both numbers check out the same, then that proves no loose connections... as far as such things can be proven, as one result validates the other. The disco lights on these Wylex models will flash away until you push the test button again at which point the indicator will reset back to red; the device will only trip from the test button if pushed while the indicator is red. Considering these things are supposedly to be mandated a year from now, few manufacturers seem to have products ready to market and pricing remains prohibitive. We'll watch this space I guess.

    • @cbcdesign001
      @cbcdesign001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      To me these things are just a very expensive solution to a problem that exists considerably more frequently in the minds of the people that stand to profit from them than it does in the real world.

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks that’s great info David! I was hoping they would stop flashing by themselves and I didn’t even realise they had a test button LOL

    • @dsesuk
      @dsesuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@artisanelectrics Yeah, it's not terribly obvious on these models, but it's below the toggle (it's the flashing indicator itself) and it's one of those that as you press it, it causes the toggle to whip down onto your nail!

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dsesuk Ah,. designed by ... the same people who make John Lewis light fittings?
      I share your interest in waiting to see what is going to happen if/when they become mandatory, re pricing

    • @mathman0101
      @mathman0101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Fully concur with David here on the Rn+R2 testing it’s a nice little check. Though if neutral is not properly connected I doubt you would be able to get the AFDD to move from the tripped position in the first place.
      It’s also what I do in the US with regards to testing but we also have testers that can help. There is a lot of research going into this to continually refine them. If I was in the UK and the wiring in my home was more than 40years old AFDDs could really add to safety if you were not interested in rewiring. At more than 40 years old wiring I may be really thinking about rewiring it anyway if testing has shown deterioration over time.
      We have the additional issue here in the USA that we often fit combination RCD/AFDDs downstream in the radial/branch circuits as well - a kind of belt and braces approach. So there will be tripping at both the consumer unit and the downstream device. For us the prices have come down significantly so the cost is not really an issue if you have a large house with a lot of varying loads and assets tied up in it then AFDDs could further add to safety. Insurers should be providing discounts for this on the home insurance which would increase their adoption.
      Latest generation of panels here in the USA we have click-on breakers including combination GFCI/AFCI and WiFi connected to allow remote monitoring circuit by circuit and all connections on the large busbar itself getting rid of those horrible pigtails - leading to cleaner and faster install with more space left over to allow improved air circulation improving heat management.

  • @roymorton8142
    @roymorton8142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Just a small tip, when I’m setting up my cable drums on the stand I alternate each cable reel, ie I roll one off the top, next one from the bottom, next one from the top and so on, this causes some friction between each reel and keeps the cables from tangling.

  • @mikeselectricstuff
    @mikeselectricstuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Alternative to a fishtape - tie an M8 nut to a length of thin string, and use a strong magnet from outside the conduit to pull it along.

    • @havoctrousers
      @havoctrousers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's a good one. I've seen people tape a freezer bag over the end of the cable and then use the hoover to suck it through! :)

    • @joeltyler3427
      @joeltyler3427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@havoctrousers I've seen vacuum truck do that as well..

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@havoctrousers yeah good tip for larger gauge stuff :D

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have done that with floorboards when there's a joist next to the wall and a tiny gap...

    • @AdamWatson001
      @AdamWatson001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always used a plastic carrier bag tied to a thick blue string and blown through ducting using compressed air when working on street lights and traffic signals on the road...

  • @GordonjSmith1
    @GordonjSmith1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From a consumer perspective, any devices that protect a circuit (and those things associated with it) are very worthwhile. I would also add that any devices that help an electrician locate a problem in the shortest possible 'on site' time, also save the client money, and the electrician 'grief'. Recently had a problem in our house in Denmark, and because we had a radial wiring circuit, RCDs, and a small number of devices per circuit, he found the problem in under 5 minutes, fixed it in an hour, and got a contract to create a new installation for our garden (yes another radial circuit from the consumer board, properly protected). I am most impressed when professionals 'build in' future 'value' to their work.

  • @jugglingballs83
    @jugglingballs83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I'd have run the armoured cable to the right of the shed and in from the side over the concrete base so it was out of the way, it looked to me like you had enough length to do that.

    • @DEADB33F
      @DEADB33F 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would have been even better if they'd had the landscaping guys who did the trench dig under the slab a foot or so, then the SWA could have come up directly inside the shed. Probably would have taken them an extra 10 mins with a grafting spade.

    • @jam99
      @jam99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@DEADB33F Where do I buy the hindsight tool?

    • @chrisardern4594
      @chrisardern4594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So many ways to do this job and no doubt we would probably all have done it differently and non of us would be wrong.

  • @roydowling2542
    @roydowling2542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I always put the fish tape through the conduit first. Tie onto the end you pushed through and pull the fish tape back. That way you don't need the whole fish tape and it's less likely to tangle itself up.

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When I was trained, (this might be local to me) a fish tape was the metal one... the thing Jordan had was called a drawtape. Mouse is indeed colloquial

  • @cjaycdr
    @cjaycdr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Remember the burnt-down board replacement you did a while a go? That fire/arcing most likely started at the mains switch, if I remember well (according to Clive's diagnostics..). An AFDD on the downstream circuits does little to protect from arcing on the mains switch... So in this case, by design, it probably makes more sense to put an AFDD circuit breaker in the uplink so it protects the SWA and mains switch as well. That way you achieve full AFDD protection for the complete electrical circuit running into the shed/chalet. Plus it might be an answer to your concerns about any excess mechanical stress on the SWA crossing the small pavement directly outside the shed.
    Much appreciate the amount of thought you're putting into addressing customer concerns using modern technology. They set a good bar for both newcomers as well as seniors in the trade.

  • @normanboyes4983
    @normanboyes4983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    As you are open to suggestions and discovered that adjustable spanners do not make a mess of SWA glands, you could go one better and just use the right size spanners.😉
    Btw - after such a beautiful trenching job, to bring the end of the supply cable over the top of the slab beside the door was a bit of a let down.

  • @UserName-yk7om
    @UserName-yk7om 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Nice work by you and your team :)
    Maybe a good idea to drill a pilot hole from the inside in the future projects and then drill from both sides through the wall & let the holes meet in the middle, with the Bosch-bit, to avoid blow-out on either of the sides of the wall 😉

  • @Blackf1ngers
    @Blackf1ngers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    We have a couple of social housing clients who spec Crabtree and Wylex SPD boards with AFDDs on all socket circuits. Costs are VERY high, especially in the small care homes with maybe 15 circuits in a 6 bed house but it does feel nice to be fitting something that's top notch, rather than some other clients who still refuse to pay for SPDs or even RCBOs! If you don't reset them they just stay in the yellow flash mode. I revisited a property after a few days where I'd left them flashing out of interest as I knew I had to revisit due to a stock shortage on the day of the install and they were still flashing away.

  • @northeastcorals
    @northeastcorals 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Bosch speed spade bits are absolute beasts, I love them.

  • @rabsil100
    @rabsil100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Men, as retired from the trade, (57 double slipped discs, too many Armours pulled in, lol), Great content, and bringing me up to speed with the 18 Edition Regs. Many thanks.

  • @braddbradd5671
    @braddbradd5671 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like the way you twist the wire ends

  • @SeanDerwin1979
    @SeanDerwin1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lovely work, sir. Great to see as much as possible on AFDD’s before they’re more prevalent. Bloody stupid story though... most treasured possessions exposed to light and heat in a single skin timber building away from the house which could be accessed with a screwdriver. Just weird.

  • @DEADB33F
    @DEADB33F 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Knipex "pliers wrench" (86 series) are such an improvement over adjustable spanners.
    Get a couple of different sizes and see how you get on.

  • @FerroequinologistofColorado
    @FerroequinologistofColorado 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always enjoy the consumer unit change videos

  • @Lennart_Jensen
    @Lennart_Jensen ปีที่แล้ว

    As a fellow electrician from Norway. We do the pipes inside the wall and cable outside the wall.
    And Cable pulling tape RUNPO 1 is much better.

  • @heriothandyman3148
    @heriothandyman3148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    “Store all our most precious stuff in a secure, warm, dry, insulated house? Na.. I’ve got a much better idea...”🤦‍♂️

    • @nicotoscani1707
      @nicotoscani1707 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, worst place to put it from a security standpoint too.. shedsare easy to break into

  • @brianoceallaigh8714
    @brianoceallaigh8714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job with the conduit install Jordan...

  • @seemorebeer2848
    @seemorebeer2848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Nick,great tutorials mate, keep it up. It’s cement not glue as it actually “melts the plastic conduit causing fusion” Remember Airfix model glue? 🤔
    Hope this helps 😎

  • @Spark101.
    @Spark101. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bosch drill bits are brilliant. Great value for money

  • @Spark101.
    @Spark101. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video Jordan. Good use of AFDD’s.

  • @johnwaby4321
    @johnwaby4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice to see you using singles in the conduit. . . You may have to think about using metal white saddles ...I fitted some AFDD last year in an outside wooden horse stable. And the fire risk as Well . Installed in conduit with metal saddles .. 👍👍👍

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice

    • @acelectricalsecurity
      @acelectricalsecurity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would have thought if your prime concern was fire, then metal conduit is the way to go, maybe even FP or MICC.

  • @yousifkhalil1990
    @yousifkhalil1990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Jordan needs a longer drill bit extension on that drill 🙈🙈😅 love the videos lads great work as always 👍🏻

  • @russrockino-rr0864
    @russrockino-rr0864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We have Arc-fault plug in testers in the US, that plug in to receptacles(sockets). They have push buttons to test the AFCI's. They are similar to our plug in GFCI Testers. Ideal Electric makes one. I am sure Klein probably makes one also. Great Video, Jordan. Thanks, Russ from Oregon.

    • @jsb7546
      @jsb7546 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow no shit. That's cool to know I have the GFCI tester from Klein now I'm gonna have to get the afcj tester they have. Didn't even know that's dope tbh. Greetings from the eastern side of Oregon my self.

    • @imark7777777
      @imark7777777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would love to know how it's actually testing that. As far as I'm aware of that's the only tester. and it's not required by code to Test right?
      After the trouble John Wards and David savory went through to test AFDDs. I can't imagine our testers are doing much more than injecting some sort of trigger pulse. Which is slightly warring seeing how the whole standard was written into the code via one company wanting to push it's product.
      It just seems like a expensive way to maybe detect faulty workmanship and caused false triggering.

  • @pgecontracting4969
    @pgecontracting4969 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rocking the Veto bag Jordan

  • @gordonr6532
    @gordonr6532 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really helpful video, facts and humorous nice balance

  • @andrewlarigo1423
    @andrewlarigo1423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At college, we got shown how to null the plug on test leads with a 2p piece sat between all 3 pins. Cheapest bit of test kit I owned.

  • @martycrowe
    @martycrowe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For glanding I use knipex 86 03 250 wrench pliers and a slim jaw bahco spanner along with a ck armour slice in smaller armoured cables find its a very efficient set up 🙂

  • @johnfenlon458
    @johnfenlon458 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting about Rcbo.. Great Job team.. Thumbs up! Cheers!

  • @dannyboisparky
    @dannyboisparky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was waiting for you to realise the main switch, although can go anywhere, is made for the left side as the neutral link cable isn’t quite long enough for the right side and would only do it on a replacement when restricted. Nice install guys.
    I am wondering why the decision was made to have two circuits instead of the one when using such an expensive device? Doesn’t look like there would be much demand. Using 4.0mm on a 20A would still be far cheaper if there was. Would’ve made more sense if providing a lighting circuit

  • @MrVacuumCleaner
    @MrVacuumCleaner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I didn’t see a earth being fitted to the socket back boxes - are they not needed on metal clad sockets?

  • @skyemac8
    @skyemac8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the term pvc coupler than coupling. Sounds better.

  • @patriciamenhennett2035
    @patriciamenhennett2035 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a 3mm nylon snake that pulls out of a plastic housing then pushes buck in. Very neat and no tangles

  • @slurpplayingpc4854
    @slurpplayingpc4854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For glancing a swa cable highly recommend knipex pliers wrench. You can do it as quickly as you do with cobra grips but without tearing up the brass gland 😁

    • @marcgaskett
      @marcgaskett ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely second this, those knipex pliers wrench tools are essential when working with SWA

  • @djburland
    @djburland 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jordan, the thing between your knees was the drill, the items in your hand are drill bits!

  • @nicholasmifsud8816
    @nicholasmifsud8816 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    well done I like your video's keep up the good work ❤️

  • @steverobinson8170
    @steverobinson8170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The term mouse comes from a joiners tool for pulling sash chords through on sash windows , used to be a small round piece of lead with a small string attached looked like a mouse still have a few in my tool kit

    • @callumrowley2203
      @callumrowley2203 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep I did my time with an old spark. Have a roll of luminous builders twine. Always save a bit lead cable from a. Rewire for the weights on the end. I'm Scottish so it's called a moose

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool thanks for sharing!

    • @GordonjSmith1
      @GordonjSmith1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When I was taught to shoot, the weighted end of the draw string to pull the gun cleaning cloth through the barrel was called a 'mouse' as it 'went down the hole, and reappeared at the other end'...

  • @m.s.8112
    @m.s.8112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm a little bit disappointed that you didn't use the extra long drill this time to avoid this rather unpleasant cable way on top of the foundation plate.

  • @TomGB-81
    @TomGB-81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Proper job mate! I'm surprised that considering you've done basically everything spot on, that you used a BW gland instead of CW. I know its extremely unlikely that water would get inside the SWA but, over many years its a chance all the same, same reason for installing AFDD's. Also I'd have looped the SWA up and down glanded to the top of the consumer unit, so there's no chance of any damp/condensation being able to slowly run down inside the SWA cable. Just knit-picky stuff!

  • @markkelly5402
    @markkelly5402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the channel Jordan ... best comment of the year “Someone might stand on the SWA and wear it out 😂”

  • @5pr1nk57
    @5pr1nk57 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use both those Bosch Expert flat wood bits and that those Makita drills, great choices sir! 😎

  • @Liberator975
    @Liberator975 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting fact. Both my nan and my step nan worked at the workers cafe at crabtree when it was at its original base in walsall which is 2 miles from me

  • @Chris_In_Texas
    @Chris_In_Texas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    14:55 You know these Cambridge guys! 🤣😎

  • @billdoodson4232
    @billdoodson4232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Adjustable spanners should only be used to measure the size of the nut so that you can get the correct size ring and open end. Thats the engineer in me talking.

  • @tanjuli2881
    @tanjuli2881 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    hallo from Nairobi. Great and educative videos

  • @AndyK.1
    @AndyK.1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He’s still got that junior hacksaw 😃

  • @2Sorts
    @2Sorts ปีที่แล้ว

    I think a wooden structure in the garden would the absolute last place I’d store my precious items but there you are.

  • @Ted_E_Bear
    @Ted_E_Bear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job !

  • @GARRYEASTON
    @GARRYEASTON 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Please do a review of the fluke 1664fc and it’s features.

  • @ColinRichardson
    @ColinRichardson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:11 just realised, that is a beast of a box for a 2 way... I was expecting a little smaller like you see in efixx/ghs videos where they have the tiny CU in the corner

    • @havoctrousers
      @havoctrousers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, considering the board feeds one circuit with a single mod device, that 8 way board or whatever it is looks like overkill. Is it the smallest starbreaker board Crabtree do or something?

  • @RichardArblaster
    @RichardArblaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    9:38 Oooh you can't beat a bit of "Bendy Bundy" 😎

  • @havoctrousers
    @havoctrousers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I do a lot of conduit work and I've never glued any of it. As long as you're fixing your conduit boxes and accessories to a surface I've never found it to be necessary as they hold everything in place. I also tend to assemble the conduit around the cables rather than completely assembling the conduit and then pulling the cables in. I know there's a reg about fully assembling conduit in the fabric of a building, but it doesn't apply for surface mount and I think it makes life easier. Very nice job, really like that green laser.

  • @Dog-whisperer7494
    @Dog-whisperer7494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice plug for Amazon 😂
    Note that box on the shelf
    Another great video thank you

  • @yorkshireoz3583
    @yorkshireoz3583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another good video Jordan/Corey
    Hello from Perth Western Australia (Sunny & 32c)

  • @jontownsend8090
    @jontownsend8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job, above and beyond as I expect. DSES made an afdd tester and demonstrated it out on his channel, i would contact him, i am pritty sure he would ablige. You may even end up with a mk2 version, all bells and whistles, just like those German rear wheel drive vehicles.

  • @davidpatterson1574
    @davidpatterson1574 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video team

  • @chandlerlittle3284
    @chandlerlittle3284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In the US all outlets inside of a dwelling must be fitted with either a arc fault circuit interrupter or a combination arc fault ground fault circuit interrupter.
    Also in the US there are testers that are made and do actually simulate a arc fault tripping the breaker. Klein makes one but I’m not sure if they make one for the UK market the one in the US is. Klein RT-310

  • @mikeselectricstuff
    @mikeselectricstuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I think it's called cement as it dissolves the material it's sticking

    • @rhyswilliams1998
      @rhyswilliams1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, fuses the surfaces rather than adhering them together.

    • @pn8902
      @pn8902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, turns them into one piece basically instead of the joint being pvc, a layer of glue and then pvc. Instead its pvc throughout the joint

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice thanks

    • @woopdairitiz
      @woopdairitiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      14:22 I'm here just for the music.🤩

    • @Bin216
      @Bin216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In addition to the solvents, they usually contain 10-15% dissolved PVC, and I’ve also seen fumed silica listed as an ingredient (as a thickener, presumably also provides some reinforcement after setting, similar to glass fibre in injection moulded parts).

  • @BrianG61UK
    @BrianG61UK ปีที่แล้ว

    As I understand it the conduit cement actually slightly dissolves the PVC so that once the joint dries a bit you actually have solid PVC all the way through.

  • @lon3don
    @lon3don 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A half-size shipping container might have been better. Painted in intumescent paint, insulated and sealed. Also well earthed (good for lightning protection). Steel Dexion shelving on the inside, no need to drill holes. When the gentleman passes away, his family can put the container on a truck bed for moving to another address. Simples!! Just an idea. BTW AFDD will become industry standard very soon. Look forward to the false alarms..

    • @lon3don
      @lon3don ปีที่แล้ว

      It could be faced in timber with rockwool insulation between the steel and the timber....perfect

  • @RichardArblaster
    @RichardArblaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job 😎

  • @jasonpricher2174
    @jasonpricher2174 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a American electrian I would love to come over and work with you guys for a week to see the defference between are worlds . that would be a good episode lol just saying

  • @davidstone921
    @davidstone921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know you like gadgets that help make life easier... If you do more than the odd SWA cable install, then I can recommend the Kewtechnik WSBR28 SWA cable stripper. (other makes are available).
    It saves a lot of time & is simple to operate.
    It works a little like a plumbers tube cutter, & not only strips the sheath, but also scores the armouring to just the correct depth. I've had one for ten years now, & it's proved very useful., no more messing around with a hacksaw!

  • @jonl536
    @jonl536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What about if the supply cable going to the shed arcs and causes a fire?

  • @oyleyhands1332
    @oyleyhands1332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That 'cement' for conduit is actually a solvent cement and it actually melts the conduit surfaces together... it melt within no time at all, just a few seconds even . It's virtually the same as Airfix cement used for plastic models.

  • @joemaldonado3
    @joemaldonado3 ปีที่แล้ว

    here in the USA we use different verbiage... I don't yet know the UK words for these...: we have Ground Fault -- normally for Wet locations; and Arc Fault -- normally for bed rooms. and now Tamper Resistant plugs-- similar to the UK type. new entries require Surge Suppression. and now a four wire standard for 120/240- volt getup's (red, black, white, green/bare wires). there is a glut of resources relative to our USA's National Electric Code out there. happy reading !!!

  • @morganarmstrong967
    @morganarmstrong967 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For SWA glands I use the Knipex Pliers wrench 86 03 250 the have a parrallel Jaw. They look similar to a pipe wrench but they wont mar the brass. They are considerably faster than a adjustable wrench to use. I have used them for years installing glands for hazardous areas, the 200mm and 250mm will work all the way down to 20s16 CMP glands.

    • @slartybartfarst9737
      @slartybartfarst9737 ปีที่แล้ว

      Must be 10 years with my Knipex Pliers, they will grip a gland nut leaving your other hand free to wield a spanner in my experience they will also undo seized brass fittings that even spanners will fail on, these things are a well kept secret, not cheap but bullet proof.

  • @Geeraffe
    @Geeraffe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my OCD would avoid the 1.5m regs and put the clips inline with the roof rafters - nice job and good info on the AFDD - I doubt if they would ever come to be in use in Malaysia :)

  • @goodvibes0101
    @goodvibes0101 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always pull a fish tape or string while building the conduit runs especially if it is a long underground run 😁

  • @RuneInternational
    @RuneInternational 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So now it is not just David calling it Bundy Bendy. Amazing how one video managed to make Nick so famous

    • @AndyK.1
      @AndyK.1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m not sure it was one video. He was always using the stuff 😂.

    • @JacobKelly02
      @JacobKelly02 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bundy bendy 😂😂😂😂 gotta love Savery

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JacobKelly02 LOL

    • @acelectricalsecurity
      @acelectricalsecurity 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Famous or infamous 🤔

  • @davicito.99
    @davicito.99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here in USA usually what I do is push the test button and put a load 80% of the AFDD for a few minutes

  • @liam101300
    @liam101300 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello from Melbourne Australia 1:05pm sunny 24c day

  • @iancarbin567
    @iancarbin567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    With the cost of those AFDD's, did it really need 2 radials or would one have been sufficient?

    • @UhOhUmm
      @UhOhUmm 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course one would be sufficient. France for example allows 8 sockets on one 2.5 mm2 radial, they used to allow 12, other countries have no limits at all.

  • @ForTheBirbs
    @ForTheBirbs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another beaut video. I nice little board. Is it worth dropping in another surge protection device in the second board for further protection? Nice to see a bit of sun in the old dart. Cory the carpenter, Bob the builder.... Cheers from Sydney, Australia.Hi to Dan's mum!

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! We put an SPD in the board in the garage so it’s not worth putting one in the archives as well.

  • @andrewjohnstuart6227
    @andrewjohnstuart6227 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On using the adjustable spanners, there is a right way to use them.
    Don’t pull against the adjustable jaw, always pull against the fixed. 😊

  • @calumclark1719
    @calumclark1719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Drag Race fellas, has to be done, my big worry with the afdd's is two fold one price and the other reliability both should be sorted in time but still a worry, where do you source your good gromit strip I got mine from Rexel but they don't seem to stock anymore, always hand to have one reel in the van

  • @darrenpearce2001
    @darrenpearce2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I work for AF Switchgear Ltd, we fit AFD devices within some of our LV Switchboards up to 6300A, they have multiple fibre optics that run around the interior of the switchgear enclosure, covering all areas of possible risk. we use a photography flash gun to test the device operates correctly, this simulates the flash of an arc, although i've never seen the MCB version, i would think there is an optic sensor within the connection terminal chamber of the device, a flash gun may be a test you could try when you are next fitting AFD devices?

  • @stevecraft00
    @stevecraft00 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did you get on with the knockouts in the crabtree board? We find we have to straighten out the top of the board when we've finished with the knockouts, they are super tough!

  • @anthonybragg
    @anthonybragg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As I posted on the eefix channel regarding the AFDD that there needs to be a standardization of the indicators across makes so that just as traffic lights we all know what is going on.

    • @mfx1
      @mfx1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A standard way to reliably test and quantify their operation would help as well but who's going to define the standard "test arc" and how will it be generated?

    • @acelectricalsecurity
      @acelectricalsecurity 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now that's just crazy talk, standardisation on these products in the electrical industry, it's far more entertaining to create a system of confusion for installer and end user 😂😂👍

  • @kevy427
    @kevy427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Did you not consider putting a smoke alarm in there too?
    No fly lead to the metal back box? (Best practice and raising standards)
    It would’ve been better to put the metal blanks between the AFDD’s to allow for heat dissipation as they run slightly warm. I think the e5 Group did a video showing this?

    • @heladas90
      @heladas90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Metal blanks are bullshit anyway in my opinion

    • @TWOKDOK1
      @TWOKDOK1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure they’ll hear the smoke alarm from the house 😬

  • @mattWallJsy
    @mattWallJsy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely a daft challenge!

  • @RichardArblaster
    @RichardArblaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    17:22 shots fired 😮😆

  • @simonmatthewwright1221
    @simonmatthewwright1221 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Near the end you say about "testing for an arc fault" I can only assume the arc fault only happens in time when the screws start to loosen which at time of installation can't be tested unless you've purposely not tightened the screws to the correct torque, which would cause an arc to happen

  • @angellino1
    @angellino1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a tip...put a squeez of soap where singles and fish tape are joined ,each end....it will slide like a sled

  • @alanpirouet5889
    @alanpirouet5889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bahco make some quality tools, used them for over 25 years. good choice.

  • @gmeadowcroft84
    @gmeadowcroft84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could be wrong but haven’t MEGA started pumping out there new meters with AFDD testing 🤷‍♂️ amazing vid as always

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! As far as I know nobody does an AFDD tester yet

  • @stephenphilp1380
    @stephenphilp1380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some rubber tubing on the tube through the cable reels might provide enough friction to control the unwinding.

  • @stephenphilp1380
    @stephenphilp1380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That cable roller could be improves by adding short, off cuts ( or larger radius 90degree elbow’s) of conduit on one bottom horizontal. Feed the cable through from the reels. The reels also need some sort of frictional restraint to stop them fee wheeling and unwinding uncontrollably.

  • @davidharding6109
    @davidharding6109 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the content mate, as a wholesaler, wondering who you use yourself?

  • @pselectrical4561
    @pselectrical4561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What are your thoughts on exporting the PME?

  • @paullefur6213
    @paullefur6213 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would you not use bootlace on the ends going into the AFDD sorry ask on a learning journey, thanks.

  • @myselfmusicworld5284
    @myselfmusicworld5284 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Neatly meticulous !

  • @BjornV78
    @BjornV78 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know this is an older video, but at 10:12 why not bring the armored cable up around the corner behind the wood, to just below the fuse box, then drill a hole in the wooden side wall so that the cable at a 90° angle enters the bottom of the fuse box?
    This has several advantages :
    1) The cable is not visible from the outside when you stand in front of the garden shed (or you have to look behind the wooden corner).
    2) On the inside of the shed, the armored cable is much less visible
    3) You don't have to drill through 2 shelves
    4) When the door swings fully open, the bottom can't pinch against the armored cable.
    Grtz from Belgium.

  • @hopsta
    @hopsta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cement is a chemical reaction that "melts" the materials together so they are effectively one piece. Glue joins two materials but there are still 3 pieces (plastic, glue, plastic).

  • @mathman0101
    @mathman0101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You need the Klein glow fish tape which is contained within a reel to avoid all that tangling with your fish tape.

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah i've got a similar one thats made by Super Rod its very good

  • @JoannaHammond
    @JoannaHammond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A design decision I'd like to question. The annex will have it's own meter for invoicing, makes sense if it is going to rented out. But the primary buildings "shed" is off that meter. Do you think that is fair, or should it not be on the meter?

  • @apmullen
    @apmullen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No fire detection?