Thanks. I was just thinking that if I were the sparky in that position how would I cover myself if I chose to take the job on. You've answered the question.
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Really he should have called the dno as soon as he came across it and they would have come out as a high priority call (not only exposed live parts, but unfused live parts!!)
After that he should have excluded everyone from the area until it was sorted.
When I planned to chance our cu I got the dno to chance the ancient metal pitch filled 3 phase cutout that didn't meet IP regulations first, I also got an isolator.
Then the irony is I replaced an old wood backed insulated cu with a new metal clad one.
After that he should have excluded everyone from the area until it was sorted.
When I planned to chance our cu I got the dno to chance the ancient metal pitch filled 3 phase cutout that didn't meet IP regulations first, I also got an isolator.
Then the irony is I replaced an old wood backed insulated cu with a new metal clad one.
Just seen the one about downlights, fault finding and testing.
Customer complaining the RCCB keeps tripping.
He tested that the RCD functioned correctly.
But didn't seem to actually see what was causing the fault. No unplugging, no disconnecting or testing any wiring.
Said he didn't have time.
Customer complaining the RCCB keeps tripping.
He tested that the RCD functioned correctly.
But didn't seem to actually see what was causing the fault. No unplugging, no disconnecting or testing any wiring.
Said he didn't have time.
They can blow sometimes if a lamp blows.
In this video he also returns to a job that had some dodgy joints behind a door architrave. He now seems to have got some builders to remove an entire ceiling in the pursuit of mending some lights.
I've never had to do this.
Still, at least he isn't another one of these deluded fools who genuinely doesn't know how to do things properly, and genuinely doesn't know how bad he is, and generally he's pretty good and enjoyable to watch.
His latest video, fuseboard change (with the faulty ring circuit) shows a lot of devastation to the wall in an attempt to maintain the integrity of the non-combustible cu. Rather than pass the circuit cables through the back of the unit, he prefers to pass them through the side of the box, using glands.
Do people never use the large knock-outs on non-combustible consumer units?
Not yet been to, for instance, a new-build house and seen a row of cable glands around the edges of the cu.
Quite funny when his torch battery ran out.
Do people never use the large knock-outs on non-combustible consumer units?
Not yet been to, for instance, a new-build house and seen a row of cable glands around the edges of the cu.
Quite funny when his torch battery ran out.
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I use the back entries where possible or the top with some 50x50 if they’re coming down from above.
His cables appeared to not have much slack and be coming out of that boxing (I only scrubbed through the video) so probably would have done something similar there but I would have definitely had the stuffing glands the other way so you could sit the board nicely up against the wall - probably wouldn’t even see them with the cover on
His cables appeared to not have much slack and be coming out of that boxing (I only scrubbed through the video) so probably would have done something similar there but I would have definitely had the stuffing glands the other way so you could sit the board nicely up against the wall - probably wouldn’t even see them with the cover on
Observe all the effort made in gaining some slack on the cables at the cu, then see how short he shortens the reds on the ring circuit, and the main incoming earth.
But that doesn't mean he's another one of those deluded fools who genuinely doesn't know how to do things properly, and genuinely doesn't know how bad he is, nor generally that he's pretty good and enjoyable to watch.
No, but why shorten wires so much if it buggers things up in the not so distant future?
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Compression glands look really terrible. Not really sure why everyone is obsessed with using them - Blind grommets are perfectly adequate.
They might be unnecessary, but a neat row of nickel-plated glands hardly looks "really terrible".
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Isn't he (and most others) just using white plastic compresson glands with however many T&E cables they can stuff into each one? That's the workmanship I've seen. Compression glands look OK with round cables.
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I've enjoyed watching these videos. thanks. I'd be interested to see similar videos about electricians who work in industrial settings, with motors and three phase machinery. Domestic work gets boring after a while!
Also, is it permissible to put a cooker isolator in a cupboard? He was unsure of this in one of his videos.
Also, is it permissible to put a cooker isolator in a cupboard? He was unsure of this in one of his videos.
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