Hat off to Nick ! You got a great apprentice! Leaving him to tackle that garage mess!! Fair play to the lad! That’s the degree of responsibility I like to place on my guys and girls ! It gives em great confidence!!
Sit down Nic ., Early retirement......good to see Adam taking the lead here.... Wish I could find an apprentice that has his attitude... Nice job guys.
The little light on the switch is usually used as a locator so that when the light is off and its dark you can see where the switch is located. I would have glued a female adaptor into the last conduit box so that the flexi termination could be screwed into it if I were to do it your way. There is more than one way top skin a cat .... i.e. You could have changed from T&E to a SWA cable and clipped that all the way or used galv conduit instead of plastic. I would have put a double set in to get a through box onto the wall pier and then carried the conduit on round the corner with a bend so no flexi required. Finished job did look OK though, good job.
Neat and tidy job Nick. Personally I would have JB’d the original cable as soon as it left the house and ran an SWA over to the shed. Still better than it was before👍
22:50 DIY (so I have time to faff about), but I'd probably try and use the hard conduit with some elbows solvent welded together. Also I prefer saddle clips like the Talon ones where there's a single screw that is hidden by the conduit.
Dear, Brother I am from India I am working now in oman for 4 years as a maintenance Electrician at Sohar university like your video. I wish one day I would go to Canada or malta for the job. Thanks for the information.your video I liked. Thank for the video. Bye see you soon.
Great job !!!!! as a DIYer if all the electricians ive used over the years had done half as good a job I would not of taken to do electrical work myself. Great job !!!
Lovely and neat work I like the change from hard conduit to flexi con looks really good plus so much easier then try to feed 6mm through bends Another fantastic job 👌🏻
If you don’t need a joint in the cable. You could do without the boxes and make it even neater. Just glue a conduit female connector on each end of your solid and screw your flexicon connector instead of the bush, I sometimes use this to hop round obstacles instead of being flexible all the way. Avid follower, good job boys.
When Adam was originally saying maybe flexi conduit all the way across I was thinking noooo noo, solid all the way and just flexible at the ends. That’s exactly how I’d have done that too 👌🏼
I use a straight coupler to change between pvc conduit and flexicon. If you want, you can glue the flexicon into the coupler, like you do in the endbox. Unless you need to make a connection, use an endbox, otherwise straight from hard conduit to flexicon. Greets 🤘
Adam. The light on the switch can be on when the ceiling light is off. It helps you locate the switch in the dark. Well that’s what MK did 30 years ago+
IP JB at the house , changed to swa/hi tuff. Or possibly galv conduit on top/side of piers (depending how it looked) . Either way nothing is ever going to look perfect with the types of bends needed. All in all think the flexi actually turned out quite nice visually in the end 👍
IMO would have been a good idea to use something UV rated like SWA, even if you had to join the Twin and earth on the outside Wall with a IP rated box, PVC conduit can degrade over time in sunlight
Anyone else noticed the dodgy BG RCD’s? I’ve had several be faulty where they introduce a resistance into the circuits they supply of approx 0.5 to 0.65 ohms, I’ve had to replace quite a few. Won’t go near them when I’m looking to install any new consumer units.
I had a pig of a job today. At least 3 of the 4 rings were cross terminated. Just finished and tested CU change a few minutes ago. Two of the rings had broken earth. Oh what fun 🤦♂️
Great vid guys, I have a similar dilemma in regards to to flexi or conduit. Flexi would be easier but I think conduit would look nicer. It’s for lights on a wooden fence where it’s not going to be seen
Not trying to troll here, but I'm actually looking for flexible conduit. Here in the Netherlands the only thing we have is 16 and 19mm flexible yellow PVC which isn't UV rated so it gets brittle when used outside. Which type/model of black flexicon? should i import for use outside on or above ground ground to disguise low voltage wiring ?
Great vid again lads. I don't know how easy this idea would of been but could you have possibly drilled a 22-24mm hole through the side of the brick for your flexicon or conduit to go straight through? I would have to be there to see first but I might have done that. But still a really neat and tidy job Adam 👍👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👍👍
The cable was already there. 6mm t&e. I'm guessing the customer didn't want pay to have it ripped out and replaced with SWA so went with the cheap option instead
Why do people use flexible conduit in garage installations? Pvc conduit would is much more suitable for this type of garage/shed install, unless there is chance of impact then galvanized is more suited. What is the benefits in using flexible apart from eliminating some bends and box's?
Flexi is the devil. I would have installed steel personally but if it had to be plastic I would have bent using a spring and double set it around that pillar. No sparks should be using flexi unless in very limited circumstances.
Steel conduit, in a tumble down shed? As pretty as it may be, unnecessary in this particular circumstance I’d say. I’m not a fan of the flexi either though so do agree with you on the whole!
What Flexible Conduit do you use and we’re o you get it from. I bought a contractor pack a couple of weeks ago and wasn’t impressed with that but what you used on this job looks mint.
I ended up change in the RCD to a main switch as originally I was going to put it on an MCB in the mainboard because it was a feed cable but the twin and earth feeds throughout the house I couldn’t guarantee that it wasn’t buried less than 50 mil so I’d rather cover the feed cable with an RCBO
Never ever would of considered using flexible conduit here our anywhere tbh I’ve been a spark 20 years and only used it once our twice on big construction sites never domestic installations. I’d of used armoured cable personally but to be honest it looked pretty neat when completed so fair play. Please tell me Adam is now getting paid to work though? He has a decent knowledge of the trade now and seems a handy kid to have around
@@NBundyElectrical brilliant. I’m new to the channel only found it 3 weeks ago and watched some old videos where you explained you did free work whilst learning and now Adam is doing the same. Great to hear he is progressing 👍🏻
I personally woukd not use white PVC conduit, nor white flexible conduit outside, have you never seen UV damage to white PVC conduits ? I would be surprised if you have seen it UV rated. It's just the same with those white/ light zip-ties, they are just not UV rated. There are specific UV rated black zip-ties, usually Nylon 66 and with stainless barbs as opposed to the moulded in type. Flexicon is very handy stuff but... I would now never use that white version externally. Many years ago I used it for a temporary supply to my own garage and a few years later it was already degrading, first it goes dull, then slowly the UV light breaks it down and almost looks like some rodent was chewing through it, next thing is its looks like powder ! Onne I saw the initial degradation I left it installed to see just how much it degraded over time, I of course could do this on my own property. I have witnessed grey T&E installed outside, on a catenary and in wet weather and in darkness I saw blue sparks tracking along the length of the T&E, a good light show it was, again, not UV rated. You bad material choice Nick 😉 no matter how neat, SWA is made for the job.
Think I'd kopex both ends and plastic conduit in the middle,but let's be honest as electricians were prewired to slag off each others work lol so I'm probably just lying to myself when I say I'd do anything but the easiest,cheers
be careful with the cheap bin companies mate they tell you its 17 quid plus vat but then there is excess weight charges after a certain weight if you have an 1100L bin it will most likely be 70 kg my advice to you mate would be look after your bin men and they will look after you I've been in the game for 8 years and certain customers never get an over weight charge because they look after us bottle of pop every now and then and a cheeky purple one at Christmas will save you a lot in long run mate
You did it all wrong mate you're supposed to stand next to a light switch shaking your head saying 'why would anyone ever try to wire up a plug in their own shed isn't this terrible' with a slight speech impediment. Charge at least £100 an hour and bang an EV charger on the wall.
yeh but, can you delete stuff off tradify if the taxman comes knocking? How does it work with private data? also, I maybe would have gone with NYY cable along that wall but, six and half a dozen. . . and I'm sat in front of a keyboard so don't have a clue what I'm talking about 🙂 Good luck when you's go up to Chris's. . . remember to take some lube
Meanwhile the shed still leaks ! Why bother I thought it would have been easier to push the shed over, and put a new one up After all you can polish a turd , but it’s still turd 💩
Hat off to Nick ! You got a great apprentice! Leaving him to tackle that garage mess!! Fair play to the lad! That’s the degree of responsibility I like to place on my guys and girls ! It gives em great confidence!!
Love the random phone line in that shed. "HELLO!! YEAH.. I'M IN THE SHED.. YEAH.. IT'S COLD, AND RAINING ON MY HEAD!!!"
Glad Adam joining in more and giving you good as you give 😆
Sit down Nic ., Early retirement......good to see Adam taking the lead here.... Wish I could find an apprentice that has his attitude...
Nice job guys.
The little light on the switch is usually used as a locator so that when the light is off and its dark you can see where the switch is located. I would have glued a female adaptor into the last conduit box so that the flexi termination could be screwed into it if I were to do it your way. There is more than one way top skin a cat .... i.e. You could have changed from T&E to a SWA cable and clipped that all the way or used galv conduit instead of plastic. I would have put a double set in to get a through box onto the wall pier and then carried the conduit on round the corner with a bend so no flexi required. Finished job did look OK though, good job.
Neat and tidy job Nick. Personally I would have JB’d the original cable as soon as it left the house and ran an SWA over to the shed. Still better than it was before👍
22:50 DIY (so I have time to faff about), but I'd probably try and use the hard conduit with some elbows solvent welded together. Also I prefer saddle clips like the Talon ones where there's a single screw that is hidden by the conduit.
Also, is it possible to take into the garage without the box while still following whatever regs? I'd also try and do that.
Dear, Brother
I am from India I am working now in oman for 4 years as a maintenance Electrician at Sohar university like your video. I wish one day I would go to Canada or malta for the job. Thanks for the information.your video I liked. Thank for the video.
Bye see you soon.
Great job !!!!! as a DIYer if all the electricians ive used over the years had done half as good a job I would not of taken to do electrical work myself. Great job !!!
Hi Nick/Adam,
Adam’s confidence and knowledge is growing with reference to videoing installation! Sweet job!
👍⚡️
Lovely and neat work I like the change from hard conduit to flexi con looks really good plus so much easier then try to feed 6mm through bends
Another fantastic job 👌🏻
If you don’t need a joint in the cable. You could do without the boxes and make it even neater. Just glue a conduit female connector on each end of your solid and screw your flexicon connector instead of the bush, I sometimes use this to hop round obstacles instead of being flexible all the way. Avid follower, good job boys.
This is the same as what I do 👌🏼
When Adam was originally saying maybe flexi conduit all the way across I was thinking noooo noo, solid all the way and just flexible at the ends.
That’s exactly how I’d have done that too 👌🏼
I use a straight coupler to change between pvc conduit and flexicon. If you want, you can glue the flexicon into the coupler, like you do in the endbox. Unless you need to make a connection, use an endbox, otherwise straight from hard conduit to flexicon. Greets 🤘
Why not run a SWA for the garage supply especially as it’s external exposure to the elements
Running plastic con is just 🤮
@@puntoboy_gaming paying for the con & labour etc to install .. better future proofing while doing it
10m of SWA he probably stops longer as scrap lol but yip I get u
Visually it looks good 25mm might have been better if it was tight. SWA would have been my 1st choice.
Adam. The light on the switch can be on when the ceiling light is off. It helps you locate the switch in the dark. Well that’s what MK did 30 years ago+
Yes, this is what the indicator is for, locating the switch in the dark and goes off when the ditch is on.
IP enclosure , join the 6mm t&e in Wago's then either high tuff or swa direct to BG CU.
You appeared on my TikTok yesterday and now my recommended
IP JB at the house , changed to swa/hi tuff. Or possibly galv conduit on top/side of piers (depending how it looked) . Either way nothing is ever going to look perfect with the types of bends needed. All in all think the flexi actually turned out quite nice visually in the end 👍
you do good job . Adam and Nick
Solid conduit or white fp200. Never flexi for me I’m afraid it just screams “I can’t do the bends” but each to their own I guess 🙏
You need to edit that again. Can you guess where?
@@roydowling2542 got it thanks
Fair enough mate but I love love to see some one bend that and then feed a 6mm though it 👍
@@tomorichard 👍
FP200 outside is pretty crap too TBH. It does not like sun.
IMO would have been a good idea to use something UV rated like SWA, even if you had to join the Twin and earth on the outside Wall with a IP rated box, PVC conduit can degrade over time in sunlight
I think the PVC Conduit will outlast the shed lol
Great job! They’d be better off getting anew shed too though lol. Good video mate 👍🏼
Haweh man Ad, get the bender out! Lol it would take me about 150m of conduit it failed attempts to get round them bricks.
Anyone else noticed the dodgy BG RCD’s? I’ve had several be faulty where they introduce a resistance into the circuits they supply of approx 0.5 to 0.65 ohms, I’ve had to replace quite a few. Won’t go near them when I’m looking to install any new consumer units.
Nice job lads not a lot else you could do with the conduit really .
I would have done it the same way. Great video as always 👍
Great vid Nick I have a nearly identical job tomorrow 👍🏻
I had a pig of a job today. At least 3 of the 4 rings were cross terminated. Just finished and tested CU change a few minutes ago. Two of the rings had broken earth. Oh what fun 🤦♂️
Another great video - Adam: you are developing some impressive presentational skills!
Leaving flexicon debates aside 😂.... what make is that folding organiser case at 13:48 on the floor?
You left the telephone line dangling.🤣
Chappie, the reboot of Short Circuit!
Great vid guys, I have a similar dilemma in regards to to flexi or conduit. Flexi would be easier but I think conduit would look nicer. It’s for lights on a wooden fence where it’s not going to be seen
Solid all the way kick it off straight into the back or side of the DB for me
white conduit & flexi looks nice but is it UV safe?
Why have they got a plug in air freshener in the fuse board cupboard?? Strange times!
Lol probably because the homeowner is too tight to pay to have a double socket put on the outside!
I was wondering the same. Probably to cover up burning smell? 🤔😀
Not trying to troll here, but I'm actually looking for flexible conduit. Here in the Netherlands the only thing we have is 16 and 19mm flexible yellow PVC which isn't UV rated so it gets brittle when used outside. Which type/model of black flexicon? should i import for use outside on or above ground ground to disguise low voltage wiring ?
Great vid again lads. I don't know how easy this idea would of been but could you have possibly drilled a 22-24mm hole through the side of the brick for your flexicon or conduit to go straight through? I would have to be there to see first but I might have done that. But still a really neat and tidy job Adam 👍👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👍👍
Hello nick and Adam you guys are the best ever
Why didn’t you run it in SWA instead of flexicon
The cable was already there. 6mm t&e. I'm guessing the customer didn't want pay to have it ripped out and replaced with SWA so went with the cheap option instead
Next level Adam 👍👍Byeeee
Why do people use flexible conduit in garage installations?
Pvc conduit would is much more suitable for this type of garage/shed install, unless there is chance of impact then galvanized is more suited.
What is the benefits in using flexible apart from eliminating some bends and box's?
Where are you on the issue of exporting PME supplies outside the "equipotential zone" and making into a TT system?
I would only do that if it was a metal structure or with an 'earthy' service, or feed in 10mm² armoured(10mm² cpc)👍🏻
@@jamiebourne8047 👍 of extraneous conductive parts within our building
I love the electrics even house electronics
9:45 look at the tree. theres a face. im sure its David Saverys mate Nige.
Flexi is the devil. I would have installed steel personally but if it had to be plastic I would have bent using a spring and double set it around that pillar.
No sparks should be using flexi unless in very limited circumstances.
I also want to say galv pipe, get the benders in play and do a proper job… but honestly, much as I love pipe it's hard to justify in most situations.
Steel conduit, in a tumble down shed? As pretty as it may be, unnecessary in this particular circumstance I’d say.
I’m not a fan of the flexi either though so do agree with you on the whole!
Proper spark Neil, flexi-“con” and rings are the devils work……springs with hard plastic pipe is the better option sorry for the moan Nick🤣
@@davecowan9466 not inside mate. Just the feed to the shed.
Great job and good to hear you're busy 😎
Cheers rich
What Flexible Conduit do you use and we’re o you get it from. I bought a contractor pack a couple of weeks ago and wasn’t impressed with that but what you used on this job looks mint.
ideally would of replaced that cable. as it's been exposed to uv.
no doubt it was tested and ok etc.
What's that music please?
Bundy Flexi at its best,both good job 👍
Why do you need a CU for 1 light and a socket can’t you just put the light on a FCU
They originally wanted an rcd in garage
Nick won’t be able to resist you dressed in flexi con 😄
😂😂😂😂😂
What a real tidy job that conduit looks. From a retired sparky, i would have done it exactly the same.
why use a RCD shed board, when new house main board is RCBO? Just curious. Good job.
I ended up change in the RCD to a main switch as originally I was going to put it on an MCB in the mainboard because it was a feed cable but the twin and earth feeds throughout the house I couldn’t guarantee that it wasn’t buried less than 50 mil so I’d rather cover the feed cable with an RCBO
@@NBundyElectrical is that not double discrimination though
Never ever would of considered using flexible conduit here our anywhere tbh I’ve been a spark 20 years and only used it once our twice on big construction sites never domestic installations. I’d of used armoured cable personally but to be honest it looked pretty neat when completed so fair play.
Please tell me Adam is now getting paid to work though? He has a decent knowledge of the trade now and seems a handy kid to have around
Adams been paid for over a year now bud
@@NBundyElectrical brilliant. I’m new to the channel only found it 3 weeks ago and watched some old videos where you explained you did free work whilst learning and now Adam is doing the same. Great to hear he is progressing 👍🏻
Is Adam actually on TH-cam? Link me bros. Cheers.
Adamtheelectricalapprentice
He don’t upload though 😄
16:33 did anyone else hear that noise “hiiiiii” that’s scary
I personally woukd not use white PVC conduit, nor white flexible conduit outside, have you never seen UV damage to white PVC conduits ? I would be surprised if you have seen it UV rated. It's just the same with those white/ light zip-ties, they are just not UV rated.
There are specific UV rated black zip-ties, usually Nylon 66 and with stainless barbs as opposed to the moulded in type.
Flexicon is very handy stuff but... I would now never use that white version externally. Many years ago I used it for a temporary supply to my own garage and a few years later it was already degrading, first it goes dull, then slowly the UV light breaks it down and almost looks like some rodent was chewing through it, next thing is its looks like powder ! Onne I saw the initial degradation I left it installed to see just how much it degraded over time, I of course could do this on my own property.
I have witnessed grey T&E installed outside, on a catenary and in wet weather and in darkness I saw blue sparks tracking along the length of the T&E, a good light show it was, again, not UV rated. You bad material choice Nick 😉 no matter how neat, SWA is made for the job.
haha...."water tight to a degree...." you mean it leaks!
They are good eyebrows to be fair 😜
Think I'd kopex both ends and plastic conduit in the middle,but let's be honest as electricians were prewired to slag off each others work lol so I'm probably just lying to myself when I say I'd do anything but the easiest,cheers
I paused before Adam said how we was doing so great minds think alike👍
Or swa ? 🙂. Edit: white conduit looks nice on that wall.
And if they didn`t like the white they can always paint the pipe to blend it in....
Try out new BG board Gaz showed them
Or use steel conduit
be careful with the cheap bin companies mate they tell you its 17 quid plus vat but then there is excess weight charges after a certain weight if you have an 1100L bin it will most likely be 70 kg my advice to you mate would be look after your bin men and they will look after you I've been in the game for 8 years and certain customers never get an over weight charge because they look after us bottle of pop every now and then and a cheeky purple one at Christmas will save you a lot in long run mate
Doesn't look the best on the wall, I'd of ran the supply on a catenary wire...
Have your customers thought of tidying up before you come? What a mess for you to work round.
Hey, great video and also i sent you a message on your instagram the other day
BG Adam I am disappointed in you !
Swa 🤷♂️
You did it all wrong mate you're supposed to stand next to a light switch shaking your head saying 'why would anyone ever try to wire up a plug in their own shed isn't this terrible' with a slight speech impediment. Charge at least £100 an hour and bang an EV charger on the wall.
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yeh but, can you delete stuff off tradify if the taxman comes knocking? How does it work with private data?
also, I maybe would have gone with NYY cable along that wall but, six and half a dozen. . . and I'm sat in front of a keyboard so don't have a clue what I'm talking about 🙂
Good luck when you's go up to Chris's. . . remember to take some lube
Ignore this anti flexicon mob guys, its perfectly fine for this purpose and does a decent job.
Old Electrical work
Swa
I think they were keeping costs down, and just making it safe
Better say your T
Meanwhile the shed still leaks ! Why bother
I thought it would have been easier to push the shed over, and put a new one up
After all you can polish a turd , but it’s still turd 💩
They don't own the turd. There contractors doing what then client hired them to do. Maybe that's why the bothered