As an owner of many powered drills, both battery and mains, I have to say that those Stanley hand drills are an awesome bit of kit. I’m 51 years old and I grew up with one exactly the same model as that available to me. It’s still a treasured possession. If you’re doing precision work on something like aluminium or plastic, and hand holding, you can’t get anything more accurate. You can go really slowly and adjust as you go, and easily position a neat and clean hole within 1/10th of a mm of where you want it. Great for small pilot holes prior to power drilling as well when you need that accuracy.
I'm a hobbyist woodworker and have a couple of those exact drills, still used regularly for all the reasons you mentioned. I also have a traditional bit and brace type drill,the bits are worn badly now but there is a pleasure in using it.
Hi all the way from Australia, just wanted to say I've been a long long time watched and pretty much first time commenter. I'm a certified electrician and I feel like I always see only the worst with past dodgy installs/electrical work and sometimes it makes me lose faith in my trade and I often wonder what's the point. But seeing you guys always post such great videos and showcasing your professional workmanship and expert knowledge and also your customer service quality. It fills me with great pride again to know somehwere out there are blokes that care just as much as me, and I can sleep better every night knowing that, props to all of you and keep up the excellent Artisan work !
7:40 on my screen - but you are quite right, not a good influence, video should be taken down and there should be regs to have such bus-bars insulated, too many would be electricians with clever certificates out there !
I was looking at where he had his hand at 13:06 compared to where he was looking, then seeing it live n being switched off (as such!) ten seconds later,
Talcum powder is an excellent dry lubricant to ease the pulling of cables through conduit, or for pulling twin and earth cable within or through an existing run of similar cables.
We didn’t use mechanical hand drill for drilling masonry, with out percussion it would take ages. Sized Rawl chisels tapped with a hammer while turning by hand were remarkably quick. When working without access to mains electricity rawl chisels we’re the way to go. Only good for an inch or so deep to take rawl plugs though.
One step up was a piece of black gas pipe with a couple of teeth cut into one end. An old-timer plumber taught me that trick when we had to drill a 450 mm brick wall for two 18 mm pipes and didn't have a large enough SDS bit, worked surprisingly quickly with a proper lump hammer. Exactly the same technique, just 3/4" or 1" holes all the way through a thick wall if necessary.
Bradley You know it. It makes me laugh when I see these guys showing a young trainee how to use old tools and don't even know what are for themselves and the trainee will only use battery tools anyway. Also 3 blokes to put a power point in and that guy chatting and not working who is paying him. Come on mate it's work not a fashion show.
Yes Rawlplug jumper , what about the buckle clips every 6 - 9 ins for twin and earth without mechanical hammer , i use to rewire schools like this , i have arm muscles like mr universe
Ha ha. Wooden plugs... remember the cold chisels and wood plugs. My first metal case Black & Decker electric drill couldn't make a mark on London sewer bricks in my parents' house.
Well, I can state that here in Italy almost *NOBODY* does safety checks, testing and installation like those. I never saw an electrician here doing something like that. NEVER! It's amazing. Thank you :)
BUT at least we use pvc corrugated tubes so that we don’t make the mess they do abroad😂… Unless you live in Pisa where due the high demand of housing (because of students), it’s full of houses with 1960s wirings… I was shocked when I found out those buildings with modern 16A RCBO’s at the top and 6A (yes, six amps) 1950s sockets (the ones using the round box), powered by 1mm2 (or thinner) cables. The estate agents don’t give a shit and call them “code compliant and efficient”.
It always makes me smile when you insist on having the fuse board neat, when the wire can follow the most random path to the sockets or lights. Electrons really don’t care, do they? I always prefer a bit of slack rather than cut the wire as short as you can in the interest of neatness. This is pandering to your OCD only. And I could still see exposed copper. :)
Idk how it is in the UK but in the US, people see it as a sign of a prideful electrician. So it’s more of a statement/signature then a functionality. I agree, add slack. But also, makes trouble shooting easier for the next guy.
Copper should be a bit exposed so you know there's no insulation in the clamp doing a visual inspection... but never so much you can touch it with your finger.
When installing a consumer unit, should you leave enough length to allow for future adjustment or board upgrade / replacement? This is what I do, but at the same time keep everything dressed tidy.
Well done Jordan for sorting that fuse board out, it was messing with my OCD too. Great job, great team, well done all. Jordan is a fantastic boss, you are lucky lads. 👍👍👍
Suggestion for getting 'round the step. Drill two 45deg(ish) holes across the corners and thread the cable through them and across the front. Saves having to make a sharp bend to get 'round the corners?
Still have to trust the step is sound construction. I'd have gone straight through till they reminded me of steps that break away with very little drilling.
Thanks for the shout out that was a great fun video. I’ve started installing Hypervolts because of your videos so was great to see another! More importantly why did HP change their name? 😂
I am no electrician, and in no way pretend to know how to wire up a modern, (or an old) main distribution/fuse board. When you took off the cover, the wires alarmed me. Some appeared to have been nipped against the cover, the mess was obvious. You sorted it out in short order, leaving something that was a pleasure to see, and will inspire confidence in any qualified trades person who looks in the future.
As a DIY-er i found that on ALL drilling jobs it's more handy to have the vacuum next to the drill because the dust goes everywhere you don't want it....
That trick with the glove and running your fingers down the wire to straighten it up is similar to my trick I use when terminating network cable. I use the outer sheath of the cable between my fingers to straighten out the spirals after untwisting the pairs and it makes them so much easier to work with after that.
Ever considered using 20/25mm hole punch to provide cleaner edges for your glands? 3mm pilot, open to 10mm then spanner to wind the punch through. less flying swarf, and a totally clean edge. Used these for many years, and not expensive.
Great video as always. I would be careful about moving your hands around the base of the unit in the vicinity of what looks like an exposed live busbar though.
Wow, that board looked SOOO much better after! (pissed myself at Ruben's "which was before and which was after" comment!!) Nice with the torque screwdriver too.
You were speaking of too much copper showing on the terminations of the consumer unit. Many times in industrial applications they actually want a little bit of copper showing so that they know you aren’t landed on the insulation.
Same in Sweden, but it's a thin line to toe here: you want enough copper to be visible to make sure you haven't crammed insulation into the screw clamp, but never so much you no longer are IP2x, i.e. you can get a test probe on it but not a finger.
The problem is that it always falls back on the company that worked on the Fuse Box last. From that point of view, you did everything right. I see boxes like this almost every day here in Germany. This is what happens when everything has to be done extremely quickly and cheaply. Real proper work unfortunately takes a bit longer and costs a bit more. Although not by much, as you show in the video.
Box-ology is overrated. The very first thing to go when troubleshooting is needed is probably the zip tie looming wires together so an amp reading can be taken. It won't be replaced.
He has worked too much with Cory to give that rating of your board. Cory’s board are decent 😂😂Your team are a inspiration to the electrical industry. If people strive to your standards it will make it much better industry.
Thought everybody used that 4mm earth sleeving, I hate it and use the small stuff but never seem to find anybody else using it. (though to be fair don’t do much domestic) Looks so much neater. Can’t believe you re-did the whole board
That wasn't done in "the hour" and neither was ev install Can easily see that(edit,edit,edit) by just watching the time it took them to run the cable round the back of that post!
Nice video guys, a comment about the extra work you did in the consumers unit not dangerous but just sloppy workmanship. Now recently retired I used to get involved in jobs which went to court because of electrical fires and worth noting to ALL , electricians in particular in this case. If you come across a dangerous electrical installation problem , which you may even inform the customer about but do nothing about ie you do not disconnect etc, as the last professional with the knowledge to recognise the danger and something happens you could be left liable and face prosecution. So good work in tidying up the sloppy work and put that wheely Stanley drill back where it deserves.
Talc serves 2 very good uses. *Help prevent chaffing. *If you get PU glue on your hands, shake talc on them, it prevents the stickiness (which helps keep hands clean.
I was just about to point out the busbar. Ive seen the same thing myself recently on a fusebox board. Its quite obvious to me, don't know how people make that mistake.
I'm not even an electrician (albeit I know what a bus bar is) and I thought it also looked wrong. I felt proud of myself spotting such a (simple) mistake :D
Going on about poor workmanship from previous electrician but Cable ran at ground level and holes drilled low level where water could soak into brick work then just cover cable to a bit of gravel and then leaves bonding clamp in main incomer and doesn’t inform dno about it , works on live board drilling and poking fingers inside board 😬
The black clips are for physical clamping on the top hat DIN rail, not the copper busbar. That’s held in by the terminal screws, no doubt, secured to the correct torque as per the manufacturer.
it is so nice to watch your videos. Your attention to quality and details is great. I worked in the UK for two years (mainly doing network stuff) and it was terrible to see how low the quality standards were for anything behind the scenes (and not visible to management).
Don’t get the obsession is with tight wiring inside db. What ever happened to leaving some slack in there for potential future alterations. Is it terminated, sized, insulated correctly etc if so no issue. Not just you guys the internet is full of look how pretty the inside of my db is
Watching the video there has to be slack hidden behind the breakers seeing how he wired it in the end. I do agree in the whole overly neat thing though. As long as its mechanically and electrically sound there isn't a problem. However I don't think there's anything wrong with taking some pride in your work and with electrics making things less confusing is inherently safer so it kinda makes sense so people don't mess up circuit IDs etc. I work for a DNO so my work isn't domestic but that's my take.
I was a subcontractor on an industrial new build a while ago, doing the the mains boards, i had a bollocking for making them too tidy, " it's not a F****** beauty contest " I was told.
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The consumer unit bus-bar appears to be live while the cover has been removed and a hole is drilled through the steel containment directly above live parts. In the event of swarf flashing over the bus-bar, any accident investigation would likely reference Electricity at Work Regulation 14 Regulation 14 Work on or near live conductors No person shall be engaged in any work activity on or so near any live conductor (other than one suitably covered with insulating material so as to prevent danger) that danger may arise unless - (a) it is unreasonable in all the circumstances for it to be dead; and (b) it is reasonable in all the circumstances for him to be at work on or near it while it is live; and (c) suitable precautions (including where necessary the provision of suitable protective equipment) are taken to prevent injury.
In my opinion, if you're not allowed to wear shorts then you should have to wear long sleeved shirts. Not allowing staff to wear shorts is a stupid rule.
My NICEIC man goes absolutely nuts if the cover come off the consumer unit without it being isolated. Especially with a bare bus bar!! Great vid as always team.
The talcom powder is used to remove moisture from your hands on a warm day as sweaty hands and tools make dangerous combination. Even more so when working with electrics. Am I right?
Whyyyy... Do we always rest our hands sooo casually next to the live buzz bars... Yes about twice before you safely isolated 😂😂😂 don't worry.. guilty as well 😅
Talcs for cable pulling, also Jordan just be careful with meter boards, personally I would say that board could of been possible asbestos. With in your RAMS you probably would touch the meter board, but obviously moving cleats is a spur of the moment situation, may be worth re assessing the risks. Top work as always though 👍
Some questions for you - why did you remove the bus-bar cover for all the time of the install instead of only once the power was off? Did you know the hand drill is for woodworking not brick, they did make a hammer action version, blue if I remember right, looked nothing like the one you have there.
Superb. As other coments have mentioned. Liked the explanation of the job at the end with why it was important to check and Reuben is now giving good banter!
@@artisanelectrics is that black gland in the board on an SWA? The feed to the charger I mean? You are leaving the steel wire outer unearthed. Aussie spark here. I'm over in .uk now...still learning and just wondering as I have thought about doing that myself.
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Good and interesting video but can we stop throwing OCD around. OCD isn't just liking things to be neat. OCD is not being able to get out of bed with anxiety. OCD is self harming to cope with overwhelming control and OCD is crippling.
Hello Artisan...recently discovered your channel and now subscribed...thanks for showing pictures of the hand drill..reminded me of my grandad and dad...God bless their souls..surprising the difference between 2ml and 4ml sleeving makes... I now live in Thailand..hmm the least said about electrics and installation..
You guys have a great team! And you're right about tidying that consumer unit! I'm not a sparky (even though I went to school for it) but my OCD was tingling on that one!
Powder is good for helping put gloves on. With powder on the skin, the hands slip easier into the gloves! Especially useful with thin rubber/latex gloves when doing dishes!
"OCD OCD by the beautiful Sea" Artisan heads to the coast for an EV Charging install ' Jordan and John ,Reuban and Max put themselves on a one hour time constraint.. 12.000 calories later topped up with coffee/tea,bacon sanies '99's beer .burgers and fries and install complete. The Guys head home tired but happy. Note : John uses Baby powder to prevent attic insulation from irritating skin on arms, Note ; Still cant get over the copper bussing . Why not just have the teeth exposed that the breakers are screwed to, Why not have the shank protected. Its alot of exposed like conducter in the consumer unit.. Hope you did not forget the beach ball and the kite. Great editing Max. Reuben knows what he knows. Consumer Unit looks Great. When you touch it its yours might as well own it.
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Wondering why the lower "comb" busbar is not insulated ? As for right wheel in cars, neutral and line are inverted compared to the other side of the Channel ;)
Great video guys! Very informative! One question, do you not need to use a Type B RCBO for EV charging so that AC, Pulsing DC and Smooth DC >6ma are accounted for?
DBs are too small, I have in the past connected all the wire Ito the DB then layered them in. It doesn’t look good but it’s ideal for easing them out for disconnection
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As an owner of many powered drills, both battery and mains, I have to say that those Stanley hand drills are an awesome bit of kit. I’m 51 years old and I grew up with one exactly the same model as that available to me. It’s still a treasured possession. If you’re doing precision work on something like aluminium or plastic, and hand holding, you can’t get anything more accurate. You can go really slowly and adjust as you go, and easily position a neat and clean hole within 1/10th of a mm of where you want it. Great for small pilot holes prior to power drilling as well when you need that accuracy.
I'm a hobbyist woodworker and have a couple of those exact drills, still used regularly for all the reasons you mentioned. I also have a traditional bit and brace type drill,the bits are worn badly now but there is a pleasure in using it.
Hi all the way from Australia, just wanted to say I've been a long long time watched and pretty much first time commenter. I'm a certified electrician and I feel like I always see only the worst with past dodgy installs/electrical work and sometimes it makes me lose faith in my trade and I often wonder what's the point. But seeing you guys always post such great videos and showcasing your professional workmanship and expert knowledge and also your customer service quality. It fills me with great pride again to know somehwere out there are blokes that care just as much as me, and I can sleep better every night knowing that, props to all of you and keep up the excellent Artisan work !
Where is the board isolated from 8:00? You had your finger right next to the exposed busbar, there was no isolator and the cut out fuse was still in?
7:40 on my screen - but you are quite right, not a good influence, video should be
taken down and there should be regs to have such bus-bars insulated, too many
would be electricians with clever certificates out there !
He’s gonna hurt himself one day as he’s getting complacent all in the name of making these vids..
I was looking at where he had his hand at 13:06 compared to where he was looking, then seeing it live n being switched off (as such!) ten seconds later,
Talcum powder is an excellent dry lubricant to ease the pulling of cables through conduit, or for pulling twin and earth cable within or through an existing run of similar cables.
Or for making putting on your Class 0 gloves easier.
Or for fixing your sweaty arse on a hot day
Love that old Stanley hand drill. Remember catching my finger in the unguarded cogs - something you only do once! 🤣
We didn’t use mechanical hand drill for drilling masonry, with out percussion it would take ages. Sized Rawl chisels tapped with a hammer while turning by hand were remarkably quick. When working without access to mains electricity rawl chisels we’re the way to go. Only good for an inch or so deep to take rawl plugs though.
One step up was a piece of black gas pipe with a couple of teeth cut into one end. An old-timer plumber taught me that trick when we had to drill a 450 mm brick wall for two 18 mm pipes and didn't have a large enough SDS bit, worked surprisingly quickly with a proper lump hammer. Exactly the same technique, just 3/4" or 1" holes all the way through a thick wall if necessary.
Bradley You know it. It makes me laugh when I see these guys showing a young trainee how to use old tools and don't even know what are for themselves and the trainee will only use battery tools anyway. Also 3 blokes to put a power point in and that guy chatting and not working who is paying him. Come on mate it's work not a fashion show.
Yes Rawlplug jumper , what about the buckle clips every 6 - 9 ins for twin and earth without mechanical hammer , i use to rewire schools like this , i have arm muscles like mr universe
Rawl chisels. The oldtimers collegues spoke of those, when i was complaining about the 7.2 volt nicad makitas 20 years ago.
Ha ha. Wooden plugs... remember the cold chisels and wood plugs. My first metal case Black & Decker electric drill couldn't make a mark on London sewer bricks in my parents' house.
Well, I can state that here in Italy almost *NOBODY* does safety checks, testing and installation like those. I never saw an electrician here doing something like that. NEVER! It's amazing. Thank you :)
BUT at least we use pvc corrugated tubes so that we don’t make the mess they do abroad😂…
Unless you live in Pisa where due the high demand of housing (because of students), it’s full of houses with 1960s wirings… I was shocked when I found out those buildings with modern 16A RCBO’s at the top and 6A (yes, six amps) 1950s sockets (the ones using the round box), powered by 1mm2 (or thinner) cables. The estate agents don’t give a shit and call them “code compliant and efficient”.
you should come to norway, thats even more strict
If you don't check and something happens you can end up in court because your the last man in
You should come to Indonesia and compare 😂
No sparks, no trips = passed inspection!
It always makes me smile when you insist on having the fuse board neat, when the wire can follow the most random path to the sockets or lights. Electrons really don’t care, do they? I always prefer a bit of slack rather than cut the wire as short as you can in the interest of neatness. This is pandering to your OCD only. And I could still see exposed copper. :)
Also extra cost to "fix" it lol
Idk how it is in the UK but in the US, people see it as a sign of a prideful electrician. So it’s more of a statement/signature then a functionality. I agree, add slack. But also, makes trouble shooting easier for the next guy.
Copper should be a bit exposed so you know there's no insulation in the clamp doing a visual inspection... but never so much you can touch it with your finger.
Make it neat, with a service loop and better doing neat work as it's pride in your work
Having watched this again. I would have sued you for interfering with my board when it wasn’t in your remit, as you actually admitted.
When installing a consumer unit, should you leave enough length to allow for future adjustment or board upgrade / replacement?
This is what I do, but at the same time keep everything dressed tidy.
I've used talc for pulling cables through conduit, works well and less messy than the old fairy liquid
that's the reason he has it, he knows the old tricks.
Cheaper and less messy than Yellow 77 as well.
Yep was gonna say the same thing. Same reason they put french chalk in flex so it's easier to pull the sheath off
In some areas of hospitals here in the US, it is the only wire pulling lubricant allowed to be used
Do you spray it on the cable before pulling? Or try force it as far down into the conduit as possible before doing your run?
Well done Jordan for sorting that fuse board out, it was messing with my OCD too.
Great job, great team, well done all. Jordan is a fantastic boss, you are lucky lads. 👍👍👍
Suggestion for getting 'round the step. Drill two 45deg(ish) holes across the corners and thread the cable through them and across the front. Saves having to make a sharp bend to get 'round the corners?
Still have to trust the step is sound construction. I'd have gone straight through till they reminded me of steps that break away with very little drilling.
@@cuebj I'd have looked to go straight through too. Glad you mentioned this though
Hope you guys are ready for Thursday it’s going to be emotional 😭 #endofanera
If its Cory leaving then we riot!
Stop trolling us
Nobody ever used those hand drills for mortar. But I did use them in 1960s and 1970s in wood
Thanks for the shout out that was a great fun video. I’ve started installing Hypervolts because of your videos so was great to see another!
More importantly why did HP change their name? 😂
HM for the Jubilee?
I am no electrician, and in no way pretend to know how to wire up a modern, (or an old) main distribution/fuse board. When you took off the cover, the wires alarmed me. Some appeared to have been nipped against the cover, the mess was obvious. You sorted it out in short order, leaving something that was a pleasure to see, and will inspire confidence in any qualified trades person who looks in the future.
As a DIY-er i found that on ALL drilling jobs it's more handy to have the vacuum next to the drill because the dust goes everywhere you don't want it....
If you put some insulation tape around the holesaw it won't fly through the metal casing.
Stops damaging anything behind the metal casing.
While the board is live too 😮
That trick with the glove and running your fingers down the wire to straighten it up is similar to my trick I use when terminating network cable. I use the outer sheath of the cable between my fingers to straighten out the spirals after untwisting the pairs and it makes them so much easier to work with after that.
Ever considered using 20/25mm hole punch to provide cleaner edges for your glands? 3mm pilot, open to 10mm then spanner to wind the punch through. less flying swarf, and a totally clean edge. Used these for many years, and not expensive.
All that metal swarf from the hole saw inside the enclosure is not a great idea. Thats what hole punches were designed to eliminate.
or use a magnet to clean the metal filings awy
Magnet in cling film, (or similar) makes it easy to clean the magnet.
But I still find punches are cleaner.
Minute Metal swarf inside consumer unit. Where in the regs about this?
@@johncorbett1130 simply best practice for any trade - keep it clean and clear….
Doesn’t really need a reg to state it
Great video as always. I would be careful about moving your hands around the base of the unit in the vicinity of what looks like an exposed live busbar though.
Might be something to do with making a video and chatting while installing, not really the best way of concentrating on the job!
Wow, that board looked SOOO much better after! (pissed myself at Ruben's "which was before and which was after" comment!!) Nice with the torque screwdriver too.
You were speaking of too much copper showing on the terminations of the consumer unit. Many times in industrial applications they actually want a little bit of copper showing so that they know you aren’t landed on the insulation.
Same in Sweden, but it's a thin line to toe here: you want enough copper to be visible to make sure you haven't crammed insulation into the screw clamp, but never so much you no longer are IP2x, i.e. you can get a test probe on it but not a finger.
I wonder if the person who wired up that box was trying to speedrun the job as well to get some ice cream.
His ice cream was melting already while he was doing it.
Baby powder stops the chaffing under those Super Mario Boxers! If you know you know lol. Jordan. Your attention to detail is sublime! Well done guys!
Oh thank you!
I think the consumer unit would have been throw in as fast as possible because that’s all most employers want.
The problem is that it always falls back on the company that worked on the Fuse Box last. From that point of view, you did everything right.
I see boxes like this almost every day here in Germany. This is what happens when everything has to be done extremely quickly and cheaply. Real proper work unfortunately takes a bit longer and costs a bit more. Although not by much, as you show in the video.
Box-ology is overrated. The very first thing to go when troubleshooting is needed is probably the zip tie looming wires together so an amp reading can be taken. It won't be replaced.
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He has worked too much with Cory to give that rating of your board. Cory’s board are decent 😂😂Your team are a inspiration to the electrical industry. If people strive to your standards it will make it much better industry.
Did you retest all the circuits after re terminating?
Thought everybody used that 4mm earth sleeving, I hate it and use the small stuff but never seem to find anybody else using it. (though to be fair don’t do much domestic) Looks so much neater. Can’t believe you re-did the whole board
That wasn't done in "the hour" and neither was ev install
Can easily see that(edit,edit,edit) by just watching the time it took them to run the cable round the back of that post!
Nice video guys,
a comment about the extra work you did in the consumers unit not dangerous but just sloppy workmanship. Now recently retired I used to get involved in jobs which went to court because of electrical fires and worth noting to ALL , electricians in particular in this case.
If you come across a dangerous electrical installation problem , which you may even inform the customer about but do nothing about ie you do not disconnect etc, as the last professional with the knowledge to recognise the danger and something happens you could be left liable and face prosecution. So good work in tidying up the sloppy work and put that wheely Stanley drill back where it deserves.
Talc serves 2 very good uses.
*Help prevent chaffing.
*If you get PU glue on your hands, shake talc on them, it prevents the stickiness (which helps keep hands clean.
I was just about to point out the busbar. Ive seen the same thing myself recently on a fusebox board. Its quite obvious to me, don't know how people make that mistake.
I'm not even an electrician (albeit I know what a bus bar is) and I thought it also looked wrong. I felt proud of myself spotting such a (simple) mistake :D
This customer is absolutely diamond for making those bacon sandwiches, what a way to look after you!!
Going on about poor workmanship from previous electrician but Cable ran at ground level and holes drilled low level where water could soak into brick work then just cover cable to a bit of gravel and then leaves bonding clamp in main incomer and doesn’t inform dno about it , works on live board drilling and poking fingers inside board 😬
The black clips are for physical clamping on the top hat DIN rail, not the copper busbar. That’s held in by the terminal screws, no doubt, secured to the correct torque as per the manufacturer.
Good ol' Canvey! Certainly distinctive!
it is so nice to watch your videos. Your attention to quality and details is great. I worked in the UK for two years (mainly doing network stuff) and it was terrible to see how low the quality standards were for anything behind the scenes (and not visible to management).
Love the fact that you completely re did the fuse box………………it was such a mess !
must be raking it in having ur lads believe its a challenge to do it as quick as possible LMAO
Don’t get the obsession is with tight wiring inside db. What ever happened to leaving some slack in there for potential future alterations. Is it terminated, sized, insulated correctly etc if so no issue. Not just you guys the internet is full of look how pretty the inside of my db is
I always shove the slack behind the breakers where you can't see it, can still do a tidy job
Watching the video there has to be slack hidden behind the breakers seeing how he wired it in the end. I do agree in the whole overly neat thing though. As long as its mechanically and electrically sound there isn't a problem. However I don't think there's anything wrong with taking some pride in your work and with electrics making things less confusing is inherently safer so it kinda makes sense so people don't mess up circuit IDs etc. I work for a DNO so my work isn't domestic but that's my take.
I was a subcontractor on an industrial new build a while ago, doing the the mains boards, i had a bollocking for making them too tidy, " it's not a F****** beauty contest " I was told.
HP Sauce and Salad Cream are set to undergo a royal makeover to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The two sauces, which are high on the list of Britain’s favourite condiments, will be available in limited-edition bottles labelled “HM Sauce” and “Heinz Salad Queen” in honour of the monarch’s 70th year
The consumer unit bus-bar appears to be live while the cover has been removed and a hole is drilled through the steel containment directly above live parts.
In the event of swarf flashing over the bus-bar, any accident investigation would likely reference Electricity at Work Regulation 14
Regulation 14 Work on or near live conductors
No person shall be engaged in any work activity on or so near any live conductor (other than one suitably covered with insulating material so as to prevent danger) that danger may arise unless -
(a) it is unreasonable in all the circumstances for it to be dead; and
(b) it is reasonable in all the circumstances for him to be at work on or near
it while it is live; and
(c) suitable precautions (including where necessary the provision of suitable
protective equipment) are taken to prevent injury.
Really liked the Torque Screwdriver use.
love the way you have your fingers next to a live busbar
Talc for stopping fibreglass fibres from loft insulation getting into your pores. Works a treat 👌
Top notch to do the re-fit of the board cables as well 👏👏😎
HP Sauce and Heinz Salad Cream are both to be temporarily re-named this year, to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee
Did you test and confirm everything after pulling the board apart? Also you are now liable for the whole electical install in the house
In my opinion, if you're not allowed to wear shorts then you should have to wear long sleeved shirts. Not allowing staff to wear shorts is a stupid rule.
A Raspberry Pi inside the EVSE? Well... that's certainly not overkill!
My NICEIC man goes absolutely nuts if the cover come off the consumer unit without it being isolated. Especially with a bare bus bar!! Great vid as always team.
That exposed busbar with the power turned on...
Welcome to The Rock (Canvey Island).
Glad you made it out safely.
Just found this channel, I can't believe I have seen sparks clean up after themselves!! Good job guys.
The talcom powder is used to remove moisture from your hands on a warm day as sweaty hands and tools make dangerous combination.
Even more so when working with electrics.
Am I right?
Can I ask why you chose the compression gland over a armoured swa gland with bonding ring?
Love the tidy up in the fuse box 👌🏼
Whyyyy... Do we always rest our hands sooo casually next to the live buzz bars... Yes about twice before you safely isolated 😂😂😂 don't worry.. guilty as well 😅
another good video 👍that consumer unit must of been a Friday job for someone 😂, shame about the ice creams melting
Hp used to stand for Houses of Parliament now it is His majesty
Talcs for cable pulling, also Jordan just be careful with meter boards, personally I would say that board could of been possible asbestos. With in your RAMS you probably would touch the meter board, but obviously moving cleats is a spur of the moment situation, may be worth re assessing the risks. Top work as always though 👍
You can see it's chipboard, there's a big chunk taken out of the top
Some questions for you - why did you remove the bus-bar cover for all the time of the install instead of only once the power was off? Did you know the hand drill is for woodworking not brick, they did make a hammer action version, blue if I remember right, looked nothing like the one you have there.
Unfortunate for Reuben at 23:26… over his right shoulder ;)
Eagle eyes LOL
Raw plug tool was used million years ago :) also use a 1m long 25mm sds through the step, 10mm first :)
SWA, round the step, through the step?….. nah, go round the top of the door frame and blame the plasterer…😂
Reuban the bosses work is always a 10/10 🤣🤣
Superb. As other coments have mentioned. Liked the explanation of the job at the end with why it was important to check and Reuben is now giving good banter!
My pet hate: modules that don’t make it obvious if the bus isn’t properly entered.
Maintaining the Structural Integrity of the property is probably more important than speed ...
awesome video and great Hypervolt install ,Jordan , John and Reuben
Thanks 👍
They did make hand crank drills w/ impact for concrete/brick :)
That was good to see how all of you work together keep it up I cannot wait for the next video 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
@@artisanelectrics is that black gland in the board on an SWA? The feed to the charger I mean?
You are leaving the steel wire outer unearthed. Aussie spark here. I'm over in .uk now...still learning and just wondering as I have thought about doing that myself.
All hail the condiments, as HP Sauce and Salad Cream are set to undergo a royal makeover to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The two sauces, which are high on the list of Britain’s favourite condiments, will be available in limited-edition bottles labelled “HM
HM brown sauce is just a rebranded HP brown sauce especially for the Queens Jubilee, same sauce recipe.
Good and interesting video but can we stop throwing OCD around. OCD isn't just liking things to be neat. OCD is not being able to get out of bed with anxiety. OCD is self harming to cope with overwhelming control and OCD is crippling.
The baby powder is for putting on cables when pull though conduits stops it burning a hole though the insulation
Fabulous job guys loving your channel 😎👏🇮🇪
Hello Artisan...recently discovered your channel and now subscribed...thanks for showing pictures of the hand drill..reminded me of my grandad and dad...God bless their souls..surprising the difference between 2ml and 4ml sleeving makes...
I now live in Thailand..hmm the least said about electrics and installation..
Awesome job on cleaning up the panel. You really don't see people doing this sort of stuff these days.
Could be something to do with being recorded and promoting the company!!
Can't come to Canvey and not have an ice cream, great video as always
You guys have a great team! And you're right about tidying that consumer unit! I'm not a sparky (even though I went to school for it) but my OCD was tingling on that one!
Used to be called HP sauce when it was houses of parliament but now im afraid these days its houses of muppets.
That Stanley Hand-Drill. I was given one of those 63 years ago for my 13th birthday, and I still have it, but have not used it for quite a long time.
love how your OCD kicks in true tradesman well done
Why is it always a big deal about the inside of the consumer unit?
Powder is good for helping put gloves on. With powder on the skin, the hands slip easier into the gloves! Especially useful with thin rubber/latex gloves when doing dishes!
"OCD OCD by the beautiful Sea"
Artisan heads to the coast for an EV Charging install '
Jordan and John ,Reuban and Max put themselves on a one hour time constraint..
12.000 calories later topped up with coffee/tea,bacon sanies '99's beer .burgers and fries and install complete. The Guys head home tired but happy.
Note : John uses Baby powder to prevent attic insulation from irritating skin on arms,
Note ; Still cant get over the copper bussing . Why not just have the teeth exposed that the breakers are screwed to, Why not have the shank protected. Its alot of exposed like conducter in the consumer unit..
Hope you did not forget the beach ball and the kite.
Great editing Max. Reuben knows what he knows. Consumer Unit looks Great. When you touch it its yours might as well own it.
2.42 that British general double socket shows it all from the quality of care to install that tat
Just out of curiosity, is there any difference between a 32A plug in charger and a 32amp fixed install, beside quality of life inporvement?
Bacon rolls they are bacon rolls 🤣🤣 You forgot to mention the tea?
To mark the queen's platinum jubilee Heinz have rebranded two of the nation's favourites HM Sauce and Salad Queen.
How does a job end up looking like that? A: You put an unsupervised apprentice on the task. Dodgy Bros strike again.
Wondering why the lower "comb" busbar is not insulated ?
As for right wheel in cars, neutral and line are inverted compared to the other side of the Channel ;)
Go around the bottom of the steps. Can cover it up with a bit of the loose gravel at the bottom
can you install consumer unit off the wall this much without compromising IP rating?
Great video guys! Very informative! One question, do you not need to use a Type B RCBO for EV charging so that AC, Pulsing DC and Smooth DC >6ma are accounted for?
DBs are too small, I have in the past connected all the wire Ito the DB then layered them in. It doesn’t look good but it’s ideal for easing them out for disconnection