REVEALED: The New British Standard for Electric Cables

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  • @efixx
    @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If you are watching this video after April 1st and don't quite make it to the end of the video, check out this community post before trying to install this cable in the UK.
    👉 www.youtube.com/@efixx/community

    • @adventuresofanathan
      @adventuresofanathan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Think you need a second video explaining this is an April Fools lol sw it doing rounds on electrical blogs 😅

    • @hamkor04
      @hamkor04 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, very immature. God you guys have all the time to wast on jokes

  • @LeighWinspear
    @LeighWinspear ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Such a shame these new products always get released on 1st April. Makes it harder to take these improvements seriously......

  • @Streichholz1600
    @Streichholz1600 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Wow they catched up to normal european standards 😂

    • @Irilia_neko
      @Irilia_neko ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Exactly what I was thinking 😂

    • @b5pv
      @b5pv ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same here, was my First thought. Quite ironic though

    • @PrimoAngelo00
      @PrimoAngelo00 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Welcome to 1995 for Europe, basically...

    • @IAmThe_RA
      @IAmThe_RA ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Tbf i like british electrics apart from the ring circuits and sleeveless PE. I love their metal DB and double insulated 25mm² meter tails.

    • @durexyl
      @durexyl ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Must be a Brexit thing 😂

  • @ryanj3404
    @ryanj3404 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Almost fell for it.. I was even thinking in my head how they’d have to make the accessory CPC terminals bigger to allow for the bigger sized CPC conductors 🤣

    • @m101ist
      @m101ist 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well they have done this now, the updated video I watched not so long ago.

  • @ebeddy5727
    @ebeddy5727 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I was impressed at the extra CPC insulation making it able to withstand a nail through it. Saves fooling around on April 1st looking for a low L-E IR reading

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂

    • @salix.h6923
      @salix.h6923 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Our factory produce the EU/US/UA/JP Standard Electric cables: www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Copper-Conductor-Pvc-Insulated-1-5mm_1600539929761.html?spm=a2747.product_manager.0.0.583e71d2Yjy5VZ

  • @TheMiniMammoth
    @TheMiniMammoth ปีที่แล้ว +35

    in all honesty if they really did do this they could at least make the cable round

    • @matthewlee6177
      @matthewlee6177 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree

    • @Jack-zu4ke
      @Jack-zu4ke ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t know how to say this, have you heard of flex 🤪

    • @TheMiniMammoth
      @TheMiniMammoth ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jack-zu4ke haven’t seen any solid core flex yet mate 😂. I’m talking about a NYM style cable with a BS number

    • @Boostocska
      @Boostocska ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheMiniMammoth Because flex means not solid, but ... Flex
      In Europe you can buy 3 solid core round cables. NYM-J/MBCu as you mentioned. He wa suggesting a BullSh.. I mean British Standard implementation of this

  • @johnh9449
    @johnh9449 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's good to see old traditions convincingly continued. I was half expecting the Scottish variation to be a tartan CPC 😉

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We’ll bag that one for another year!

  • @RobA2020
    @RobA2020 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    New cable with insulated earth wire?
    To good to be true! 😂

    • @laincis
      @laincis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and now we have it from Doncaster cables...

  • @michaelwilliams4086
    @michaelwilliams4086 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You’ve got to be taking the MICC, not many domestic installers will be able to make off the pot ends 😂❤

  • @antonymilne3654
    @antonymilne3654 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It wouldn’t happen to be April 1st would it 🤔😂😂

  • @NicolasRaimo
    @NicolasRaimo ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You’d be a real fool not to be trying to order this today

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Special offer at Screwfix today only.

    • @NicolasRaimo
      @NicolasRaimo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@efixx I’d love to see how it’s made can we expect that video

  • @W2APS
    @W2APS ปีที่แล้ว +40

    It feels like every April there's a new cable standard released that you get unique access to. 😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Manufacturers know how to get the word out 😂

  • @ursusmaritimus7159
    @ursusmaritimus7159 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Quick IET! Get a new book out! You might want to up the price a bit 'cos the current book is a bit of a bargain!

  • @tjmbuckley
    @tjmbuckley ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As they said, we are already using these cables in Ireland & they are no joke 😅

  • @philharris9631
    @philharris9631 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely superb - I’m no sparkie so I was with it up until you guys were sticking staples through cables! Totally well done guys!!!

  • @pedrosmits
    @pedrosmits ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Lol, it’s regulation in the Netherlands for as long as I know. So much easier. Even when it’s April fools 😊

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also in Ireland 🇮🇪- you know we like to hold on to old ways.,

    • @lorus511
      @lorus511 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@efixx And Australia, they've had insulated CPC for years

    • @IAmThe_RA
      @IAmThe_RA ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Every country apart from the UK*

    • @Richard1977
      @Richard1977 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@A_D The US also has non-sleeved earth in Romex cable.

  • @Rogcljon
    @Rogcljon ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn it you got me till the end I was nearly quitting again 😂

  • @philipshanahan4228
    @philipshanahan4228 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Word on the street is that in the next revision the cpc will be double the size of the Line and Neutral conductors. That means in circuits where no cpc is needed you can parallel the Line and Neutral cores to get a 3mmsq out of a 1.5mmsq cable.

  • @impactvision
    @impactvision ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Completely agree with scotland, MI everywhere 😛

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว

      The future - hopefully we’ll catch up

  • @nickwales2667
    @nickwales2667 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love my cable stapler, wouldn’t leave home without it. Find it particulacy useful in diagonal and curved chases where I sometimes can’t bend the capping to fit

    • @dougsaunders8109
      @dougsaunders8109 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are the guy that fixes the back boxes on with a cable clip as demoed in the video 😂😂😂.
      I admire the curves much harder to chase than straight runs

  • @kevinwhite2380
    @kevinwhite2380 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Had me going for a minute!!
    I was preparing to go out to my distributors & ordering some for my upcoming rewire ...
    Then of course - Todays date hit me, plus your reference to when this standard is replacing all others 😂😂😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watch Gary’s install near the end

  • @iankester-haney3315
    @iankester-haney3315 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bought time you guys got into the 90C insulation standard. Our cables have been technically 90C rated for years. Though our standards still reference 60/65/70 for legacy reasons.

  • @ForTheBirbs
    @ForTheBirbs ปีที่แล้ว +5

    April fools? Got me initially

    • @ChristmasCrustacean1
      @ChristmasCrustacean1 ปีที่แล้ว

      and Ireland, unfortunately this is manufactured by Loof Lipra

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We’ll get some flex in for next year - we’d love to go back to Red. & Black

  • @jollyfinequality9865
    @jollyfinequality9865 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You BUGGERS!! You had me! All the way up to the end. Only when Gordon repeated 1st April 2024 and MI coming in, in scotland.. Plop.. the penny dropped. I'm so disappointed in you two 🤣🤣🤣 Enjoy the rest of your weekend, you have earned it.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Jolly 😂

  • @zeno2712
    @zeno2712 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was hoping to see an announcement of wire-free electricity distribution today - get rid of those pesky cables completely and make it all wireless. Everything else is wireless these days...

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tesla( the main) tried that)

  • @brightspark0612
    @brightspark0612 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolute joke of a video!!! People watch this channel to try an further themselves as electricians yet you have rubbed everyone up the wrong way with a poor joke that should actually be the way forward in the electrical industry.
    I am sure a lot of electricians should think this cable is the norm. I will see what my NIC assessor says when i bring it up as a CDM on my assessment 🙄

  • @TPV07
    @TPV07 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    welcome to the
    20th century

  • @andrewwatson3576
    @andrewwatson3576 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol, next year you should say we are returning to the old days with single insulated cable’s being surface mounted with wooden blocks and wooden/Bakelite accessories and wooden rewritable fuse carriers

  • @FoodOnCrack
    @FoodOnCrack ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For years UK electricians have been telling me how safer the UK standard is compared to the Dutch one, well for once I can say, welcome to our world!

    • @aphaseelec
      @aphaseelec 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You cant teach a old dog new tricks.

  • @cowsaysmoo122
    @cowsaysmoo122 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good to see you playing catch up, over the pond. Been using this for ages in Ireland 🍀

  • @artisanelectrics
    @artisanelectrics ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad you got the message 😂

  • @snail5967
    @snail5967 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Had me fooled for a while - that lsf cable is a pain to strip compared to the standard t&E plus I was thinking about all the new calculations etc - it’s only when you mentioned the date it comes into affect I worked it out - well done (also calling it an earth rather than a cpc was a give away!)

  • @Jako1987
    @Jako1987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So British are now sane again? 🤣

  • @ernststag771
    @ernststag771 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seriously? Just copied what EU been doing for ages. :D

  • @Xanthopteryx
    @Xanthopteryx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good! Now time to switch to our swedish junktion boxes (do not know where else they are used). And the way we pull cables in the wall.

  • @raindropsrising7662
    @raindropsrising7662 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Finally! So surprised UK haven't adopted this standard.

    • @arneanka4633
      @arneanka4633 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, they should because they would share cable standard with most of the EU. Having to have another item in your pockets, the sleeve, is unnecessary. Too much crap in there already.

  • @TheAiwa1521
    @TheAiwa1521 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG. Can’t believe I fell for this!!!! Just heard myself taking to someone about the new T&E regs coming in next April. It was only then I realised.

  • @jeremylister89
    @jeremylister89 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Okay, got me but might happen in future?
    Low smoke good. White colour fine
    Another question: does the outer react / degrade when in contact with expanded polystyrene?

  • @travoltasbiplane1551
    @travoltasbiplane1551 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sad that I wish this was real.

  • @jacksonroad9263
    @jacksonroad9263 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    lol i was wondering why they back in the 1980s watching from Australia

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are stuck in 1980s 👍😂

    • @jacksonroad9263
      @jacksonroad9263 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@efixx 😅 with the exception of the fancy tools

  • @UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ
    @UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Scottish sparkies gonna be hard as nails after wrestling that all day.

  • @maygarland6123
    @maygarland6123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    might move to Scotland just so i can work on MI cable installations every day of the week :)

  • @raithwilson6845
    @raithwilson6845 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it was the adiabatic equation that did it for me .Try and work that one out

  • @andybaker973
    @andybaker973 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I cant believe I swallowed that for a minute or two...good work lads...i think that is 2 years in a row you got me ...

  • @davidcooke3081
    @davidcooke3081 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Guys,
    I started to watch this video and after about 30 seconds I thought, " Its about time they started using the proper cable we have all been using in Ireland since 2017" and about 10 seconds later I realized this is a wind up. Nice one....but we have loads of that cable over here if ya need some

  • @hopsta
    @hopsta ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You had me right until nearly the end. Very good 👏🏼

  • @Richard1977
    @Richard1977 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No doubt April Fools but cable- and installation wise it would be a real upgrade for you Brits.
    Because let us be honest:
    Some methods you guys use would be an upgrade to some European standards but you cabling and als the way you guys build houses (in which one could not exist without the other) are really outdated.
    Wooden floor constructions are just not that safe when it comes to fires....

    • @charliedecker7702
      @charliedecker7702 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best not look at any US/Canadian methods then, it's 1950s

  • @davidstone1579
    @davidstone1579 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I presume this will add another 100% to the cost. Just what we need!

    • @philtucker1224
      @philtucker1224 ปีที่แล้ว

      Always. Plus Pirelli will only be making smaller manufacturing runs (as U.K. only) so you can be sure they’ll be shortages of the new spec from day one..🤔

  • @richardnewman3658
    @richardnewman3658 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought that the protective conductor was one of its functions was to protect the cable if it was damaged. if the cpc is sleeved than it can not protect the cable.

  • @StevenSmith-du4rr
    @StevenSmith-du4rr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No April Fools in my house

  • @tonywebb9909
    @tonywebb9909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have been using this in Eire for two years, 2nd fix takes five times longer. I might move to Scotland I used to love doing MICC. Haha

  • @mastergx1
    @mastergx1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn it - you got me. Totally forgot it was april 1st until they brought it up at the end of the video! Judging by the comments - alot of people also forgot the date!

  • @eddie_pegasus_electrical
    @eddie_pegasus_electrical ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😂 Been standard in Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 for some years now. IS10101

  • @cusu1914
    @cusu1914 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been using this "new" cable since 2018

  • @dennisphoenix1
    @dennisphoenix1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's a shame that it's not going to be manufactured. Would be a benefit with pre insulated cpc . Also the 25mm twin for sub mains would be good. As usual if it sounds like a good idea and makes common sense it won't make it into the wiring regs book of madness.

  • @davidsharp9166
    @davidsharp9166 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Has some one been shopping in Ireland.
    You joke, but I think it would be a great idea

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Might have been spotted in eddies dublin branch earlier this week

  • @wouter11234
    @wouter11234 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love how it builds up to be more ridiculous by the minute. I thought it was real at first!
    .. Being from the Netherlands might help, where we already have the luxury of same-diameter sleeved earth 😉

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The *real* April fools is that there are still countries that don’t have same-diameter sleeved earth.

    • @sciencetestsubject
      @sciencetestsubject ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In three phase systems with cable bigger than 95mm2 in the Netherlands it's actually allowed to have a half size neutral conductor

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sciencetestsubject okay, but by that point we’re thoroughly not in regular-everyday-sparky territory any more.
      (Presumably there has to be some expectation that said three phase hookup won’t be asymmetrically loaded in regular use to the point where the N would carry very high currents - and I have to admit I cannot think of a situation where that would happen unless it’s a subframe distribution situation and you deliberately turn off exactly the right 2/3 of the load.)

  • @davidroche6973
    @davidroche6973 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You naughty pair, you skipped over the the unicorn branded installation metallic fire clips with built in sprinklers 👍

  • @fastdub0073
    @fastdub0073 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dam was waiting to buy every drum of the old T&e really cheap and use it for years... like I did when the old colours changed before 😜

    • @philharris9631
      @philharris9631 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was clearing out my storage container a couple of weeks ago and had a bunch of spools of old colours (red and black) cable that I was about to throw out until my mate descended on them like a tramp on chips for his old house! 😂

  • @skreechy
    @skreechy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Quality work! Especially the cable routing 🤣🤣🤣

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😀

  • @richardgudgeon1060
    @richardgudgeon1060 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1st April Who wants a slap on the wrist, EARTH Wire please call it CPC.......LOL

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว

      Biggest red flag ever Gary calling it the earth and not the CPC 👍🏻

  • @DS-tp6vx
    @DS-tp6vx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watched for a full 6 mins before it registered that it's April fools 🤦

  • @Edsdrafts
    @Edsdrafts 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am stripping this new bs cable watching this video and all I can say for sure it's pain in the arse. Whoever pushed this standard has either never installed a cable or forgot how easy it should be.
    With pticing going up cabling should be easier to do rather than harder. And tools needed ahould not be in 100s to acquire to do a neat job. Oh wait... that's probably the whole point.
    My CK auto wire strippers and Knippex all in one pliers can be burried now... bs...

  • @peterkinch6857
    @peterkinch6857 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice try lads nearly got me again this year as I was stood in B&Q waiting for tartan paint my wife said she ordered, better luck next year lads

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you get the long stand at the same time

    • @peterkinch6857
      @peterkinch6857 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@efixxwaisted 20 minutes then they said they didn't have any or rubber nails , absolute waste of my Saturday.

  • @rodgerq
    @rodgerq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard Scotland was going insulation free. More space for screws and staples.

  • @sween187
    @sween187 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Checky @5.17 that's a big no no, straight lines only....🙃🙃

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

    That 0.75mm you released a year ago has taken off. 😂🎉

  • @Richard1977
    @Richard1977 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    By the way:
    Still waiting on Gordon to respond to visiting my Dutch house for your 'Electrics Abroad' series.
    Responded to his email over a month ago...

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will get back Richard

    • @Richard1977
      @Richard1977 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@efixx You know how to contact me...

  • @Mark-xr4zt
    @Mark-xr4zt ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I always thought it would be a good idea to phase out PVC cabling for fixed wiring as LSZH cables don’t propagate a fire in the same way as they don’t carbonise in the same way when arcing occurs. They also represent a much more cost effective solution to improve safety over AFDDs based on AFDDs current costs.
    Good video though and just the right amount of plausibility to keep the joke going 😂

  • @darrenfreeman6205
    @darrenfreeman6205 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can smell and April Fool here boys

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว

      Must have been Gary’s install which gave it away 😉

    • @darrenfreeman6205
      @darrenfreeman6205 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@efixx hahaha

  • @mickysatti
    @mickysatti ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know it would be nice if the cable had the brown or the blue colour dotted on the side it’s on. Would make some installs easier.

  • @jonathanbuzzard1376
    @jonathanbuzzard1376 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Historically it was considered a safety feature for the earth to be uninsulated. I am not sure why this has changed and it is now safer for it to be insulated. Probably the people in charge today need to go and talk to the original designers of the UK wiring system.

    • @flatfingertuning727
      @flatfingertuning727 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would think the presence of an RCD should allow earthing requirements to be loosened. If a slight bit of an uninsulated live wire projects from a connection point, but no uninsulated sections of any wires would be long enough to reach any others, there would be no possibility of a short, but having a bare copper wire in the box would add such a risk. The presence of an RCD, however, would mean that any ground short which could pass more than 30mA would instantly trigger a power shutoff whether or not the fault current was anywhere near the normal overload current. An earthing wire would need to be large enough to pass fault currents long enough to trip an RCD, but that's nowhere near the size that would be needed to handle the worst-case fault currents that could yield a slow breaker trip.

  • @salix.h6923
    @salix.h6923 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Factory ODM OEM Copper electric Power Wiring Cable BVR/BV 2.5mm 4mm 6mm 10mm Single Core Flexible electricity wires and cables

  • @keacoq
    @keacoq 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Many things English seem a bit weird. So which parts of this video were April fools 2023 jokes and which if any were not? The April Fools bit could be clearer as may would watch this well away from 1 April.

  • @Cybernetic_Systems
    @Cybernetic_Systems ปีที่แล้ว

    So you’ve finally caught up to Australia. We’ve been using those since the 90’s

  • @T_Perkins
    @T_Perkins ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh dear.
    I fell for it.
    Nice. The fact the message came 'this morning'
    Yes.. I was definitely still a neanderthal this morning... XD
    Thought. Mmm, seems good but maybe too good to be true.. ill look again later.
    Nyeas. That 8 hours gap has let the brain turn a couple cogs

  • @trig6712
    @trig6712 ปีที่แล้ว

    Time we brought back 3.029/36/44/64 7/029 /36/44/64 etc etc solid core cable is rubbish from an Old Spark

  • @Wayne-Jones
    @Wayne-Jones ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You forgot to mention how much more expensive this cable will be 👍

  • @majorpygge-phartt2643
    @majorpygge-phartt2643 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fitting MICC is not for bodging amateurs, that needs proper skill and discipline, as well as pricey tools, and proper electrical knowledge so you can properly prepare and identify and then properly label the conductors. And the higher temperature rating is long overdue for the soft cables as it's all too often run under floors alongside bare central heating pipes which often reach well over 80c, far too hot for the old PVC insulated cables only rated to 60c, which is why whenever I've done any wiring I've gone to great lengths to keep the cables well clear of heating pipes and the lower heat rating also causes a fire hazard when some total amateur shoves thermal insulation over the cables thus forcing them to operate far too hot to be safe, which is why the cables should always be run OVER the insulation, NOT under it!

  • @InTruServ
    @InTruServ ปีที่แล้ว

    Really disappointed with this, that’s another conductor to strip before weighing in the scrap, that’s more apprentice time taken up 😮🤦🏻‍♂️🤯😂🤣

  • @georgefuters7411
    @georgefuters7411 ปีที่แล้ว

    From some of these comments, you'd think April fools day is a UK only invention.
    How you kept a straight face throughout is beyond me, hope I never meet you across a card table🤣😂🤣

  • @tommo9757
    @tommo9757 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have no idea why TH-cam suggested this vid to me. However, I'm surprised at how many comments are "my national standard is better than yours". Not the most mature or helpful of comments. Frankly, I'm not surprised consumers dont trust electricians as far as they can throw them.

  • @johnstancliff7328
    @johnstancliff7328 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wonder if this practice will hit N. America... I like the idea of a insulated ground wire for the residential sector.... romex has always had a bare ground....

  • @sameshitagain6735
    @sameshitagain6735 ปีที่แล้ว

    It always baffled me why they didn't sheath the earth years ago. further, it should have been stranded practice for cables at least the out casing be made with some sort of fire retarded additive as when it became available, ...... instead, they want to write chapters of regs to confuse people, yet the very basics have been overlooked from the very beginning......just about sums up the building trade. Thank goodness I am no longer in the game. .. leave it to the Google bookworms who can't sharpen their pencils without researching how to do it first.

  • @chrissaphier
    @chrissaphier 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think more problems covering earth conductors. If a nail only hits one conductor then it could carry current. The CPC was a good way to cause a trip if you went through a cable.

  • @TheAddish
    @TheAddish 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I got an idea the other day, imagine a round hole in the wall when installing sockets or switches. Imagine how easy and fast it would be to drill a ROUND hole, OMG.

  • @imark7777777
    @imark7777777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this is pretty good. And now that TH-cam just says X number of days it's really hard to tell what date you're referring to. Finally you crazy Brits are going with an insulated earth never made sense to me.

  • @varazslajos
    @varazslajos ปีที่แล้ว

    WoW Congrat for the British Electric Standards... After 30 years you catching up with the EU :D

  • @KB-md6mo
    @KB-md6mo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome to 21st century UK 😂😂😂
    Whole Europe using this kind of cable in the past century.

  • @Nigel1969
    @Nigel1969 ปีที่แล้ว

    BS12721..... NOT BS7211 :))) LOL....Till i saw the dat you had me good lol

  • @dvrn86
    @dvrn86 ปีที่แล้ว

    Already standard in Ireland (Republic) probably years away in NI due to the absolutely useless government.

  • @skanti-sp2qz
    @skanti-sp2qz ปีที่แล้ว

    Well idea released April 1st and comes into force 1st April 2004, link is April 1st.😅😅😅

  • @RaphaelPavel
    @RaphaelPavel ปีที่แล้ว

    As always, England seems 10 years behind the rest of Europe in terms of construction standards & materials. No surprise here.

  • @billsbasementworkshop1902
    @billsbasementworkshop1902 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice try guys.

    • @efixx
      @efixx  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you 😀

  • @HenkBronkhorst-c8c
    @HenkBronkhorst-c8c 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No thank the dump UK cable a copy made by india and a copy made by shina
    from that why dump, the eart is to tinn eart have to be the same like the other two
    the same power what is going in have to be going out sure but we have that switch
    and for that it is good yep if they are not broken and some times often they do
    and than al thi power have to go over this tin line what can start a fire.

  • @trevormorris1281
    @trevormorris1281 ปีที่แล้ว

    Green sleeping is the wrong size on you t&e . Sleeving on cpc is only for identification not to insulate I was a QS for the niceic for about 20 years!

  • @mohammedyakubali405
    @mohammedyakubali405 ปีที่แล้ว

    These guys would lose alot of respect from many guys. You never know the joke might back fire on them

  • @nathanmobbs5755
    @nathanmobbs5755 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great April fools! Don't want none of that woke safety rubbish from Brussels!

  • @mr.berlingo8211
    @mr.berlingo8211 ปีที่แล้ว

    The bare earth is more likely to make contact with damaged L or N

  • @kipsalviv5742
    @kipsalviv5742 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gosh..spent years with Pyro . I thought of relocating to Scotland . 😢