As a homeowner about to have some work done in a new garden electrical circuit (green house, lights etc) I learnt a lot. You already taught me to ensure I have a separate radial circuit (dedicated for the garden with its own RCD) and now I am 'tooled up' (your joke not mine ;-) ) to start asking about 12v and suitable water proof junctions etc when the sparks comes to tell me what he plans. I guess what I am saying is that you vlogs are not only of interest to professionals, but also to help 'homeowners' ask 'better questions' - which is remarkably valuable. The professional is still the 'professional' but I feel rather more confident to ask 'why'. My profound thanks. Fun vlogs (really!) but also really very informing.
Great video David and Nigel. Your banter is fantastic and certainly brightened up my day! Professional installation! Technical information second to none! Always look forward to your uploads! All the best.
31:06 that is mental; i hope you asked the homeowner to forward this vid and the last one on to mr cack hand telling him to stop before he injures/kills someone. great vid - we need more Savery Sundays.
You probably dont care at all but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account? I was dumb lost my account password. I love any assistance you can give me!
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Fantastic David and nigel. Another family can sleep safely in there beds, the industry needs more sparks like you. Well done mate and thank you for a fantastic video.
Dave and Co, I do like your presentation, straight, honest, after 70 years in the industry its nice to see that there are still some honest sparkie's out there.
Hope you aren't disheartened for too long. I feel you saying you don't have the same apssion, but I for one really do enjoy your content. I got goosebumps listening to your conclusion on the bollard lights.
Hi Fella, the reason(S) for the steel nut and brass gland is down to firstly, how the brass behaves over time; brass on brass will cold weld itself together over time essentially, the secondary reason, which is less important is steel and brass self lubricate, therefore temporary installations are easier to dissemble [3rd] cos, and finally brass as thin as those on the glands will easily break (Brittle) when some apprentice goes crackers with shiny new grips . hope this helps.
Did a rewire once of a garage, to say the ceiling joist was 2m would be generous. They had strung the light control wires all to a central point (directly, laying across the joists, on an angle, no cable clips or anything), and where they all met, they did a junction to go down to the switch. The junction was a bayonet fitting, with the lights all twisted together on one side, and the supply side was the cut from an extension lead. And after they had done that, wrapped it all up in gaffer tape. Where a moderately sized child could easily reach at and grab a hold of.
Putting the junction box in the gully has got to be one of the craziest things yet the miracle is the gaffer tape prevented water ingress for so long!!
Well I never knew spiders had 8 bollocks. Back with the crack (literally) and another fun day out with David and Nigel. Weather dodging and cable unbodging. I bet the neighbours thought "oh the bin men are trying to fix those bollards" I'm surprised Nigel didn't lose that bird bath in his crack! Great to watch Mr S don't you dare stop.
Nice work evening if you didn't get much of a tan. A crazy install am a firm believer of 12 volt electrics out doors. Shame poor nigels crack got a battering from the hail.
Good video, highlighting the downside to DIY electrics and relying on lady luck. It's great that you offer that old guy work, it's obvious he's well past it but being occupied must help to keep him off crimestoppers.
I don't know his surname or which shop doorway he sleeps in, but he shows up in the morning and puts in a day's graft if I buy a Big Issue and give him a cup of coffee.
So true about jobs when you think they are a going to be easy but you look at them and then go “How did that take all day?” Had so many of these of late!
Love your work David. But all I learnt from this is a DIYer would have improved the junction box at the cost of a tenner and a hours time. But if the customers want to pay for an quality job then so be it. Affluence flows down hill, it's great that your industry is consuming it and keeping you in the job.
Never heard of a box with liguid filling that hardens after a while?No tripping anymore!Ok,you got to have a box with lips outside to fasten it to a pole or sorts.But very reliable!
The SWA storm glands come with brass nuts as standard, and even better the SWA Tstorm glands come with easy nuts included. At least some manufacturers are looking after us.
Thanks for sharing this shite with us all in your usual dry, or in this case, wet humour. I'm down under in Australia and if I kept a bottle of that figure perfecting (,good luck with that) shake stuff for a day out of fridge, it would smell worse than Nigels rotting wedding vegetables. Awesome work chaps! FYI Rode have an awesome new upgrade of the wireless Go which is a double microphone transmitter pack with single receiver. The mic packs can also record the audio including a second safety channel at a reduced level. They work up to 200m.
I sometimes get swa glands with brass nuts, not sure which brand it’s just kick of the draw from my local wholesalers. I’ll check the brand next time I get one
Solar might be an option. We already had power there, so some ELV cabling wasn't too much trouble, but it was mad that anyone ever took 230V out to those lights. That was always asking for trouble.
Not sure why they didn't just get bollards with some highly reflective material on (rather than lit ones) in the first place. Would have avoided all of this and would, arguably, be more effective.
This is how not to do electrics , can’t believe what I’m seeing but there again I encounter quite a bit myself. The more money people have the tighter they are who done this some jack of all trades master of none !!
Those adaptors actually look like they have a high quality socket on them. if you wanted to make the conversion permanent, it'd be easy to glue the adaptor into the E27 socket. Nice solution
Howdly Doodly I remember a video you did on reducing garden lighting from 230V to 12v by means of installing transformers and adapters that go onto the existing light fittings so they can accommodate 12v bulbs, basically a lamp adapter kit. Can you tell me where to get these adapters? Thanks.
I came across a similar installation at near-lawn level for an electric gate motor installed by the gate company. Client reported RCD tripping in the garage, found the control box full of slugs. IP20 rated accessories outside only protected by a slip-over wooden cover.
So, I reckon your snots are due to Alder trees spaffing into the breeze. I use this website to tell me what’s getting up my schnoz. Great to see you guys are back on the Tube. www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academic-schools/school-of-science-and-the-environment/science-and-the-environment-research/national-pollen-and-aerobiology-research-unit/pollen-forecast.aspx
I think you're doing anyone that drives up that road at night a favour by turning down the brightness. Often driving along little roads I think "those headlights are on my side of the road, what's going on" "hold on, those headlights are in the ditch, I'd better stop" "oh, it's just someone with some dazzling garden lights".
I am with you, where possible I always convert those kind of lights to 12v. None of the lights I have ever installed have been suitable to use with swa, which we have to use with garden lights when the cable is in the ground.
Yeah, that's the problem - SWA tends to get run to the flower bed, then out spiders a load of 230V flexes right around where the homeowner will be pruning with their non-VDE secateurs! Seems weird that installers insist on armoured then drop it to flex without a second thought. 12 or 24V and nobody's getting hurt.
I'm now sold on 12V garden lighting instead of 230V. Often you just can't run the cables in a way that leaves them without any danger of damage, so 12V is a no brainer. Working out the cable size to overcome voltage drop can be a bit of a faff, but I've knocked up a spreadsheet that deals with that
maybe for disco dave,but most pa rigs are active systems so 4 or more cores are needed.Better option would to put it in a braided sleeve and flog it as exotic Hi Fi speaker cable at £19.99 a meter
@@jan-dr1xl 2 core is used on plenty of smaller boxes, granted all your big systems will be on NL4 or EP5 but little corporate boxes don't all run active, stuff like a d&b E system can happily be passive. also older wedges and budget stuff are quite often 2 core.
Always difficult to work on a shit show like that you found. Nice Job!!. I’m surprised there were no accidents caused by Nige exposing his ass on that bend!!. Never understood how people install 230v on garden lights where growth or garden tools could cause issues let alone weather conditions. 👍🏻👍🏻
yeah its dogy I once hacked a 230V Cable with a shovel but I was smart enough to shut the power off because I knew that I was digging around a mains cable.
I know it wouldn't make a great vid for you. But wouldn't basic metal posts with reflective tape strips make a cheaper and more effective visual warning?
If this were a brand new installation, would the light sensor be worthwhile given the very low energy requirements? Just let the lights run 24/7, save the expense of the sensor, and its subsequent (lack of) reliability.
It’s as if I’m watching an alternate universe where Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson became sparkies instead. Love the content gentlemen, thank you.
I've been thinking this exact sentiment but you sir have worded so eloquently the thoughts I failed to materialise.
Na, it’s Greg Davis but when he’s actually being funny 😂
The boys are back in town
As a homeowner about to have some work done in a new garden electrical circuit (green house, lights etc) I learnt a lot. You already taught me to ensure I have a separate radial circuit (dedicated for the garden with its own RCD) and now I am 'tooled up' (your joke not mine ;-) ) to start asking about 12v and suitable water proof junctions etc when the sparks comes to tell me what he plans. I guess what I am saying is that you vlogs are not only of interest to professionals, but also to help 'homeowners' ask 'better questions' - which is remarkably valuable. The professional is still the 'professional' but I feel rather more confident to ask 'why'. My profound thanks. Fun vlogs (really!) but also really very informing.
Great video David and Nigel.
Your banter is fantastic and certainly brightened up my day!
Professional installation!
Technical information second to none! Always look forward to your uploads! All the best.
31:06 that is mental; i hope you asked the homeowner to forward this vid and the last one on to mr cack hand telling him to stop before he injures/kills someone. great vid - we need more Savery Sundays.
😂 nice one dave , bloody weather
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As a non spark I love this type of content. It's just like we're joining you on the job banter and all. Thanks for sharing with us 👍
Craig, I really wish you were here.... instead of me.
Best Mother's Day gift ever! ❤️
Wait... what? Mother's Day? Shit, I gotta get down the petrol station for some flowers - fast!
What a great couple you two are .Love it.
This way young children don't die at 7 years of age. RIP.
At least hey had a RCD unlike the other fuckwits
Good to have you both back, uncocking the cack. . . .
Fantastic David and nigel. Another family can sleep safely in there beds, the industry needs more sparks like you. Well done mate and thank you for a fantastic video.
Selv is a fantastic solution for garden lighting. Customers can move around the spike lights if they want. No danger of electric shock. Nice job guys.
Dave and Co, I do like your presentation, straight, honest, after 70 years in the industry its nice to see that there are still some honest sparkie's out there.
Cheers Jim, thanks for watching!
Just the thing to brighten up my soggy Sunday
Not sure about that, a bit stolid this one.
This guy is on the ball! Exceptional knowledge
Good to see you back guys! 🍺
Hope you aren't disheartened for too long. I feel you saying you don't have the same apssion, but I for one really do enjoy your content. I got goosebumps listening to your conclusion on the bollard lights.
Great videos keep them coming - we’ve missed you!
Great video dude. Thanks for taking the effort to make it.
He does like that torpedo. Torpedo. Torpedo word...
Love your work boys.👍🏻
"The Two Hairy Sparks" - love them !!!
Yaaaaas! He's back!
Hi Fella, the reason(S) for the steel nut and brass gland is down to firstly, how the brass behaves over time; brass on brass will cold weld itself together over time essentially, the secondary reason, which is less important is steel and brass self lubricate, therefore temporary installations are easier to dissemble [3rd] cos, and finally brass as thin as those on the glands will easily break (Brittle) when some apprentice goes crackers with shiny new grips . hope this helps.
I salute you sir!
Check out CMP glands, they come with brass lock rings
I’d be much more inclined to think it’s down to cheapness.
ATEX glands for use in hazardous areas are supplied with brass lock nuts.
Thanks for posting - let’s have more.👍😀
The way Nigel said 'I love cabbage' just sounded so heartfelt, I think the Christmas bonus this year should be a box of cabbages.
I dunno... that was last year's bonus already...
Ah I’ve missed these vids! Good to have you back old bean...also no McHat!🤣
Love these real life videos! Please keep making vids Davo, they're just first class!
Working hard to make the right connections :) Keep up the "real" videos! I love the amount of effort you took to make everything safe 12V ;)
39:13 - Genius! I expected you both to be hanging around until it got dark ! ;)
Good video Dave, hope you continue to produce them when you get time.
Oh I love this! Reminds me of telecom days even lol! Nice one chaps
Great video again, very professional as usual.👍 keep them going David.
Well worth the wait guys superb video it’s been to long keep up the good work
Great video Dave and Nige
You two look like Nick Bundy and DSS have joined forces in their 40s. No hate, love the channel Dave.
When those lads watch these videos, it's like they're peering into the future. Or it would be if they watched these videos.
Did a rewire once of a garage, to say the ceiling joist was 2m would be generous. They had strung the light control wires all to a central point (directly, laying across the joists, on an angle, no cable clips or anything), and where they all met, they did a junction to go down to the switch. The junction was a bayonet fitting, with the lights all twisted together on one side, and the supply side was the cut from an extension lead. And after they had done that, wrapped it all up in gaffer tape. Where a moderately sized child could easily reach at and grab a hold of.
Great tips on 12v SELV lighting and connectors. This shit is really useful so please keep them coming.
And the Lord said unto thee, let from the skies fall hail into thy whoosh crack. Awesome job guys.
It went in ice white, was somewhat discoloured when he was pulling fistfuls back out though.
@@dsesuk a Whooshini?
Brilliant Dave, I have never met an Electrician that calls a spade a spade !! and swears nearly as much as me.
Good to see the boys back, Nigel has been living the night life by the looks of him
Putting the junction box in the gully has got to be one of the craziest things yet the miracle is the gaffer tape prevented water ingress for so long!!
Well I never knew spiders had 8 bollocks. Back with the crack (literally) and another fun day out with David and Nigel. Weather dodging and cable unbodging. I bet the neighbours thought "oh the bin men are trying to fix those bollards" I'm surprised Nigel didn't lose that bird bath in his crack! Great to watch Mr S don't you dare stop.
We did attract some funny looks from passers-by who probably thought we were stealing them for scrap!
Just to clarify: does ‘Bendy Buddy’ refer to the flexible conduit or something Nige gets up to with Nick during their special ‘sexy time’ ?
Flexible conduit is very much involved in Nigel and Nick's sexy time.
@@dsesuk something to do with the ribbed finish ?
@@MS-Patriot2 Ribbed for his pleasure
'Bendy Bundy Buddy'
Finally their back.How many consumer unit and ev charger videos can a man take
My lockdown is more bearable due to this video treat, welcome back boys....don’t let the bastards grind you down....👍🇮🇲🍷
Nice work evening if you didn't get much of a tan. A crazy install am a firm believer of 12 volt electrics out doors. Shame poor nigels crack got a battering from the hail.
Good video, highlighting the downside to DIY electrics and relying on lady luck.
It's great that you offer that old guy work, it's obvious he's well past it but being occupied must help to keep him off crimestoppers.
I don't know his surname or which shop doorway he sleeps in, but he shows up in the morning and puts in a day's graft if I buy a Big Issue and give him a cup of coffee.
@@dsesuk Don't let people know about the cuppa, they'll take his big issue round off him.
Great conversion to extra low voltage, great idea totally safe and less nuisance tripping manufacturers take note
Great to see the boys back
That drain junction box 😂😂
One more layer of gaffer tape and it would have lasted.
Can’t believe it lasted 2 years
Me neither, I would have said a few months tops 😂 even bodger's should know that wasn't good enough
I was half expecting plumbers in the list of things involving water that cause problems.
maybe a plumber did this wiring
“It’s held in with a bent screw, I like that”. I have so much material, I just can’t be arsed 🤒
So true about jobs when you think they are a going to be easy but you look at them and then go “How did that take all day?” Had so many of these of late!
Love your work David. But all I learnt from this is a DIYer would have improved the junction box at the cost of a tenner and a hours time. But if the customers want to pay for an quality job then so be it. Affluence flows down hill, it's great that your industry is consuming it and keeping you in the job.
Yay, your back. Beer and Twiglets at the ready
brilliant, enjoyed the humour also
Never heard of a box with liguid filling that hardens after a while?No tripping anymore!Ok,you got to have a box with lips outside to fasten it to a pole or sorts.But very reliable!
The SWA storm glands come with brass nuts as standard, and even better the SWA Tstorm glands come with easy nuts included. At least some manufacturers are looking after us.
At 28:59 was that a bike stand that's been left in the bushes
A brass nut makes perfect sense as all plumbers know, you don't mix metals near moisture as electrolysis occurs and corrosion takes place.
Thanks for sharing this shite with us all in your usual dry, or in this case, wet humour. I'm down under in Australia and if I kept a bottle of that figure perfecting (,good luck with that) shake stuff for a day out of fridge, it would smell worse than Nigels rotting wedding vegetables. Awesome work chaps!
FYI Rode have an awesome new upgrade of the wireless Go which is a double microphone transmitter pack with single receiver. The mic packs can also record the audio including a second safety channel at a reduced level. They work up to 200m.
I wish I were in Australia instead of on this bleak little island. Nigel and his wedding veg can stay here though.
This morning I was panicking about a dry lining box being 1/2mm out of level, I don’t feel so bad now I’ve seen that shit.
11:30 i would be terrified to be anywhere near that mess, while it was live.
@28:59 AWW JEESUS!
I sometimes get swa glands with brass nuts, not sure which brand it’s just kick of the draw from my local wholesalers. I’ll check the brand next time I get one
Love the hat good sir.
Hi David. Great video. Would solar powered lights be suitable here and avoid the need for long cables?
Solar might be an option. We already had power there, so some ELV cabling wasn't too much trouble, but it was mad that anyone ever took 230V out to those lights. That was always asking for trouble.
Not sure why they didn't just get bollards with some highly reflective material on (rather than lit ones) in the first place. Would have avoided all of this and would, arguably, be more effective.
Nigel is BACK!!! Thanks for the video. Luv u too man
This is how not to do electrics , can’t believe what I’m seeing but there again I encounter quite a bit myself. The more money people have the tighter they are who done this some jack of all trades master of none !!
Hi Dave
Great video
Can you leave a link for the spike lights that you use outdoor
I would appreciate that
Already in the description old chap!
Those adaptors actually look like they have a high quality socket on them. if you wanted to make the conversion permanent, it'd be easy to glue the adaptor into the E27 socket. Nice solution
Great vid, plz upload more regular :D
Howdly Doodly
I remember a video you did on reducing garden lighting from 230V to 12v by means of installing transformers and adapters that go onto the existing light fittings so they can accommodate 12v bulbs, basically a lamp adapter kit.
Can you tell me where to get these adapters?
Thanks.
Amazon old chap. There's a link to these ones in the description.
I remember overhearing (not deliberately listening to) that very episode of Gardeners' Question Time.
They went on to talk about bindweed as I recall.
Half to see you back. Even Nigel
I came across a similar installation at near-lawn level for an electric gate motor installed by the gate company. Client reported RCD tripping in the garage, found the control box full of slugs. IP20 rated accessories outside only protected by a slip-over wooden cover.
Id do a free days labour for these guys just for the crack. Hilarious
How the chuff is an Swa on a plug top.
At the house end it terminates into an IP enclosure where it's jointed onto the flex. That bit's half competent!
So, I reckon your snots are due to Alder trees spaffing into the breeze. I use this website to tell me what’s getting up my schnoz. Great to see you guys are back on the Tube.
www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academic-schools/school-of-science-and-the-environment/science-and-the-environment-research/national-pollen-and-aerobiology-research-unit/pollen-forecast.aspx
Funny enough I am sorting a gate company’s lash up out this week. That’s if it ever stops raining 👍🏻
on a flameproof gland you get a brass nut so use them for outside
I think you're doing anyone that drives up that road at night a favour by turning down the brightness. Often driving along little roads I think "those headlights are on my side of the road, what's going on" "hold on, those headlights are in the ditch, I'd better stop" "oh, it's just someone with some dazzling garden lights".
Gone is the McD hat. Now company branded hat! You do like a hat
The COVID haircut is quite out of control by this point and must be kept from view.
28:59 Instead of up at the crack of dawn 😆😆😆
Bendy Bundy , will be named thus henseforth.
One of those canopies would have been handy
What the actual fuck was the previous muppet thinking!? I'm surprised nobody was hurt! Nice one fellas, fixing fuck-ups one job at a time...
No brass nut because they tend to split when a big sodding sparksgets his grips on it and tends to over tighten it a smig lol
I love the Klein Tools hat 😎
We share the same corporate colour!
The Weather! 😂
Shocking
I am with you, where possible I always convert those kind of lights to 12v.
None of the lights I have ever installed have been suitable to use with swa, which we have to use with garden lights when the cable is in the ground.
Yeah, that's the problem - SWA tends to get run to the flower bed, then out spiders a load of 230V flexes right around where the homeowner will be pruning with their non-VDE secateurs! Seems weird that installers insist on armoured then drop it to flex without a second thought. 12 or 24V and nobody's getting hurt.
@@dsesuk yeah your right, may as well do it all in flex as do part of it in swa
I'm now sold on 12V garden lighting instead of 230V. Often you just can't run the cables in a way that leaves them without any danger of damage, so 12V is a no brainer. Working out the cable size to overcome voltage drop can be a bit of a faff, but I've knocked up a spreadsheet that deals with that
If 240v spike lights are required I cable gland the flex at the light end then run the flex in plastic coated metal copex into the wiska box.
Better a teletubby than a human traffic cone which is how I normally feel when I've wearing my work wet weather kit.
Good to see you back ! Custom Klein Tools Cap.... what does one need to do to get there hands on one of those ?!?
I think the UK office got sent it from 'Murica and they thought, 'now who would wear an orange cap...'
@@dsesuk perfect for you Dave!
2 core H07 is pretty common as speaker cable on PA systems. You might be able to flog it to a local production company.
maybe for disco dave,but most pa rigs are active systems so 4 or more cores are needed.Better option would to put it in a braided sleeve and flog it as exotic Hi Fi speaker cable at £19.99 a meter
@@jan-dr1xl 2 core is used on plenty of smaller boxes, granted all your big systems will be on NL4 or EP5 but little corporate boxes don't all run active, stuff like a d&b E system can happily be passive. also older wedges and budget stuff are quite often 2 core.
Bendy Bundy🤣🤣🤣
Always difficult to work on a shit show like that you found. Nice Job!!. I’m surprised there were no accidents caused by Nige exposing his ass on that bend!!. Never understood how people install 230v on garden lights where growth or garden tools could cause issues let alone weather conditions. 👍🏻👍🏻
yeah its dogy
I once hacked a 230V Cable with a shovel but I was smart enough to shut the power off because I knew that I was digging around a mains cable.
I know it wouldn't make a great vid for you. But wouldn't basic metal posts with reflective tape strips make a cheaper and more effective visual warning?
If this were a brand new installation, would the light sensor be worthwhile given the very low energy requirements? Just let the lights run 24/7, save the expense of the sensor, and its subsequent (lack of) reliability.
Sunday just got better!