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Vsauce?

Im glad we dont have the issues they have in other countries where millions of people are electrocuted every day

Dear vsauce … schuko sockets have had blinds for years and those don’t fail… there is nothing and I mean NOTHING special about British sockets.

Who claws a plug like that? You kinda deserve to get a shock if you're plugging in sockets with your fingers on the legs

“Technical pen”🤣🤣🤣 I call it a glow stick lol

What if I’m an idiot with an electric tester? I guess I’m screwed and need an idiot with a screwdriver to help

If everything is 240v, you have to have safer plugs. 120v is way safer to use, so the plugs are already safer to use.

Me in America watching you with your 240v and sophisticated socketry: 😥

Vsauce?

The earth is also longer so that it starts and stays connected first and last meaning you’ve always got a ground.

Wow they trimmed the socket to fit the angle 😂

An idiot with a screwdriver can't get in. But what if the idiot had two screwdrivers?

What a Buzz 👍

IMHO, yes. Definitely. Compared to the US and Europe no question.

What about the green goo plasticiser my house is riddled with it.

Back in the day when I done a lot of homers, that was one of the most common jobs. DIY guy changes over a 2 or 3 gang plate switch and mixes up the reds as they were then. Always a good laugh but easy to sort when you know what you’re doing. 😂😂😂

"McLovin" 😂😂. Brilliant work john, keep up the work. Fantastic content and advice for anyone in any labour job. Even the likes of the plastic bag , simple but effective at keeping you clean and able to get on with the job. Keep em coming.

Happy Christmas from Ireland. Great content this year 🙂🇮🇪☘️

I know its counter intuitive but dont book out every hour of every day. Leave some spaces in your diary so when customers call up you can respond reasonably quickly rather than weeks ahead.

How long has it been like that, though.....? 😂

Love your videos any chance you can do a full video of how to do an eicr or educational video would be great

The only issue with this method ...you have not proved the cpc is continuous...as there are parallel paths in place at the CU. So no good really.

I bought a house and found similar messy garden electrics. Slugs in junction boxes, regular twin and earth exposed to the elements, lamps full of water. I removed all the accessories back to the junction box (after replacing them) and manage to get >500m ohm IR somehow!

John think off the circuit numbering like reading a book, we read left to right. So Jamie is technically correct. But in the real world I suppose it’s a personal choice whatever works for you. Is the NICEIC or NAPIT assessment officer going to pick you up on it? I doubt it very much. But who am I to argue I’m just a grumpy old spark whose opinion means nothing.

After sorting it out you should convert it to low voltage AC LED with a magnetic transformer so that GFCI failures never occur again. I have a pool light fixture that gor wiring damaged from lightning. The GFCI failed unsafe (energized) and after replacing it the tripping was constant. Now installing 12V AC incandescent 300 watts, magnetic transformer with a dimmer.

Great Video John, you certainly picked the best day for gardening 😂

thats brilliant, that way you always turn off the light you dont actually need. thats one way to save on the energy bill xD

I gotcha' beat! A few years ago I came across one of the VERY old wooden fuseboxes with exposed ceramic fuses. I've seen a few examples of these over the years left in place (redundent) but this one was still in service! There were only 2 fuses - ring and lights. I asked the old girl if she wanted it upgraded but no dice. to my knowledge its still there. As for the one you have there - my dad still has one of these types - its a grey MEM branded unit. I upgraded it with an upstream RCD years ago but he doesnt see the need to change the whole thing. Its doing the job it was designed for.

Is the megger 1711 a good tester? Would you recommend it?

DO IT DO AN HOUR OF TESTING YOU ARE AMAZING ... ITS OK TO DO MORE TESTING. keep it up. John

Mate !!!! just found this vidio ....... yipee .. iv missed you!! good fuse board . youv got to loveabit of ciramic.

I'm with David Savory on garden lighting, for which he only uses 12VDC to avoid all the risks and degradation that can occur with mains systems.

The gel things are slug eggs

I think the oldest I ever seen was one in a sewer farm north of Birmingham, it was a 3 phase external unit red rusty, open bus bars ect full of holes and even more cobwebs and spiders, I only had to terminate and connect a swa cable but it was that bad after I opened the door I took cover and wouldn’t even go bye it again, don’t know the outcome of this job but I didn’t ever go back

No

I have two cast iron fuse boxes in my house. One black & one silver, quite possibly from prior to WW2. I really should have them replaced...

Sadly the wooden Wylex board in my outbuildings was crumbling with woodworm, missing fuses had left exposed busbars... Massive old cast iron isolator in my previous house still worked perfectly and they kept it when the smart meter was installed..... P. S. Did my L2 and L3 age 66 to work on my own place as local sparkies have too much work on( cowboys excepted of course.) and yes when I rewired I discovered a lot of faults, despite a " clean" , inspection pre purchase.!

Also wiska boxes dont last so gel is a good idea!

Have they never heard of IP68 🤣

Nice film John and well done. 🍻👍👍

1960s? That’s new! I once lived in a place in Portland, OR, USA built in 1908 that had the original screw-in ceramic fuse holder, still in service, feeding the original 1908 knob-and-tube wiring, also still in service. It was mounted in an asbestos-lined wooden box. Being a cheapskate and aware of how much current various devices draw, I simply respected the limitations of my home's wiring. Never blew a fuse, not once.

Call that old? What until you find a consumer unit with both the positive and neutral fused with a wooden frame. This really dates me. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

I love the simplicity of the older fuse boxes. If there is too much current the wire melts and kills the circuit, so easy.

i remember a certain time served spark making the same feck up on the roof lighting of an office block on canary wharf the thing is with swa that small you can make it off with a tiny amount of bare strands anyway ,why did they feel the need to strip 3 inches lol

I think the logo is GEC General Electric Company Some use re-wireable fuses and some use BS88 cartridge fuses But not the oldest I've seen.... That was a wooden cased unit with a plate glass front, inside it had large brass busbars to which BS88 cartridge fuses were bolted directly using lugged fuses and a 0BA nut... The other lug was bolted to a bakalite stand off again 0BA The main isolater was a 2 pole brass knife swich! Most of the installation was wired in VIR insulated cable

That gel looks very satisfying to use😂

These new “waterproof “boxes are really amusing!

Probably woodlice eggs. Irrigation and shite electrics - what could go wrong?

“What’s the IP of a rock?” 😂😂

Slug or snail eggs btw 🐌 😦