Great to see these kinds of videos back on the channel. Giving the basics of what's happening and breaking down the technical stuff is great for viewers who aren't electricians, like myself and many others
Hey Reuben, kitchen sinks required supplementary bonding under the 15th edition, which that DB looks like it's from. These days, the use of rcd's negates the need for supplementary bonding 👌
Trunking okay? As long as it doesn’t get covered in pain in horrible ways and if it’s applied in a neat manner it’s definitely not ideal but compared to the cost of chasing out a wall I would say it’s preferable in some cases.
I fit meters and it’s happened once where no consumer unit, just a bunch of old switches from when the house was built, full lead carcass etc safe to say I didn’t do the job
I don't have a consumer unit. Don't like fuses - the things were always tripping right when I was in the middle of a film or something so me and my pal bill spent the weekend ripping out big brothers "consumer unit" and hardwired all the circuits to the incoming feed on a strip of connector blocks. Don't miss a moment of telly now as no fuses to trip! pro tip.
1980's property. The old 8 way Wylex fusebox with 2 free slots is located in the outside meter cupboard which is a no no these days. To free up space in order to fit a smart meter the fusebox needs to be relocated and replaced by a modern consumer unit with rcbo's. Unfortunately the Wago relocation box is bigger than the existing fusebox so pointless from the point of view of freeing up space. Maybe a smaller enclosure with standard DIN rail terminal blocks instead of the the Wago ?
These kind of videos are great back to basics videos, entertaining but informative. It might seem like repetition but every job is unique as is the banter that goes with it. Great direction of travel!
Very nice boys.............lots of learning. Just wondering what are the regs, if any in regards to using the mini trunking you so expertly showed here. What are the advantages/disadvantages of using trunking?
A question and possible idea for a video for ya is, have you worked on a metal framed house? if so, what are the hazards, regulation considerations etc? We have quite a few metal framed dwellings oop north so any input is welcome!
As a DIYer with a background in computer electronics, I would love to know the route to take so I can effectively be on a approved person scheme as a domestic installer, so I can sign off my own work such as house rewire or replacing my CU. I want to do the 18th Ed, Part P, testing PAT courses and be in a position so not need to go through building control, does such a route exist with the few of us DIYers with too much free time and money to throw at courses but not interesting in being a Tradie or running a business?
Don't think you can - would also like to go down similar route just out of interest, but think you need two years of experience for Part P - don't see how you can legitimately get that without working in the industry.
That’s not the best route because you have to do that and pay a competent person scheme quite a bit of money this is gonna cost probably in total the same amount as hiring someone you might as well just notify building control. You’re going to do it before you do it, which is an option.
The tails clamp are a gimmick and provide very little tails support. Pick a brand that has twin terminal main switches, far better solution when trying to eliminate tails disturbance and a safer connection to boot.
So if I wanted to upgrade the unit and add one extra device, the next contractor has to disconnect every circuit in the board to drop the busbar out, fit the new device and then remake every other connection? Surely that presents a safety issue with loose connections possible. The Wylex and Crabtree units, you only remove the one device or blank and fit the new device. The rest of the connections stay intact.
It’s important to know that anyone who is competent in this should be okay with doing this to the correct rating of tightness dropping out a bus bar is not particularly hard and the power should be turned off anyway to work in the board so it just enforces that that happens
Most of the case parts of the houses installation may need upgrading or it may not. This is not a get a quote on the Internet thing as some companies make it seem it could be a few few hundred it could be a few thousand it really depends on the scale of work that needs doing.
Because if you strike it with something like a back of a hammer that hammer is going to become earth as the earth wire has less protection around it before it becomes live
Don’t remind me, walk past the bakelite front of my wooden consumer unit in my hall every day, with the old Wylex fuse replacement breakers. My flat is a mess of botches, it’ll never take an RCD and a full rewire is so far out of my skill set as a controls spark.
John and several office staff. Lee is still there. He is the only qualified sparks working for Artisan while Jordan is away showing us his clips of shocking electrics around Asia
Hope you had permission to cut the seals on the electric meter and that you sealed with your unique identity seal.....ex meter fixer.....the meter operator should have been consulted and offered the opportunity to fit the isolator as that's the reason why it fitted so that electricians Don't touch the exit tails and the seals, which are traceable.
Obviously people will be saddened by the sacking of John, such a gentle soul, amazing teacher on camera. That sort of things happened, being honest. Big companies go bankrupt, Jordan you have created a community, next time be straight and upfront, like your second video addressing the matter. Fans,people' will get hurt, cruise into the healing process. Keep shining ✨️. Good luck to John
@@gregcressey1791 Think he was made redundant rather than sacked, there is a video from New Year's Day on the subject so there is no smoke and mirrors. My own opinion is we are past the peak and either the bottom is slowly dropping out of the EV and Solar market, or it's become saturated.
I know you cannot fight the regs but does anyone find it curious that a consumer unit must be a metal closure but the extender box (Wiska/Wago) is plastic - surely from a common sense perspective it should be a metal enclosure too?
Cannot understand how he can charge 100ph per person when they arnt qualified plus the 2 that were qualified were corey lee and john and john is gone corey is gone so that madness yet a customer is paying top wack sorry not acceptable and it showsmwhat sort of buisness its running i hope hes honest with the customer and they are aware especially when insurance companys say quaified competent person which these lads arnt qualified
In NZ they would at least need a training licence to carry out the work - even then there needs to be a fully qualified spark to inspect the work BEFORE its made live otherwise they could be prosecuted
Question about the wago box, considering is basically a consumer unit in its own way, should the box be metal as well if someone know I would love too know.
The thought is no...... The fire risk comes (mainly) from switching components rather than joining components. No switching happens in the Wago box, therefore not necessary.
14way box is overkill, workboots and drilling on unprotected carpets, trunking on polished table, unqualified personnel, is this client being charged the usual extortionate rates for Artisans "elite electricians".
No way may be worse if people were considering certain things like adding solar or adding electric vehicle charging or electric heaters or adding circuits in the future as this type of thing being added results in multiple consumer units
you throw away breakers. Stupid question. You don't resell them, you never buy used breakers, don't play around with this. This is so obvious that it was never even stated in BS7671, it's like asking if you should put your tongue on live wires.
Actually buying used is definitely okay because there are many sellers that will use the proper test equipment to check the breakers. They’re okay in cases where it’s a board but the breakers have simply been discontinued and the newer ones are slightly different. It is definitely worth it if it’s compliant, which is not available.
3.25mtr wall, 3mtr trunking........ Cut off half inch to fit........ Rofl. This is why new builds are so naff. Dual scale tape measures should be banned.
Including property protection is primary as well as protecting people because of your house is burning down but you’re alive in your bedroom you’re not going to stay alive
What you need to realise is you can still charge full price not being qualified if it’s inspected and signed off appropriately the fact it is quite simply a customer should be paying for the quality of work not for the level of your qualifications
I cant wait to retrain and get out of electrical trade, isnt worth it at all, they expect more and more, ever evolving but the pay nowhere near enough.
@UKsystems that's pretty ridiculous but there's two different sides, self employed and employee. The employee, if good should be on a lot if they need sparkies so much.
When i watch you tube sparkies ...and they look at consumer units or inside cupboards...Its always a comment/ whine. about the previous guys ...So are you tube sparks the only ones doing it right ?
7M30 Concrete Ceilings are usually in metal conduit and the conduit is used for the CPC and with the light fitting in the living room you can get a hanging loop box top to hang the lamp fitting more! securely
It’s to do with the fact that switch gear should be in a metal enclosure. It’s because an protective device failing is more likely if it’s for instance breaking a higher perspective fault current then it’s rated for which should never be the case but something like that would be a very dramatic failure.
That cupboard makes it difficult to access the work area and isn't a storage cupboard with electrics a potential fire hazard having both ignition and flammable material together? Personally, I would remove the shelf during works and replace afterwards.
Still amazes how small those consumer units are in the UK. Over here in Belgium wiring an entire house and I'm using one for 72 modules that's gonna be nearly full. Every circuit breaker needs to be 2 pole, max 8 sockets/lights per circuit, nearly everything behind a 30ma differential, max 8 circuit breakers per differential. And nearly all stuff like washing machine, dryer, heating, ventilation, needs their own dedicated circuit.
We definitely will install more circuits on a new property in this case when it’s retro fitting it’s slightly different. We do have 30 mA RCD protection fitted. There are some cases where it isn’t needed but it’s generally put on everything. We don’t have strict limits on sockets per circuit and things like that or lights, but we have calculations available to calculate whether it’s a suitable amount due to the low back can be put on many of the RCDO we can get our definitely double pole now
I was working for a company and part of my job was fitting earth bonding, some difficult ones ,starting in the back kitchen under the cupboards up the wall in trunking under the floorboards down a wall in trunking then underground downstairs floorboards and then to the consumer unit near the front door. It was a old house so the walls where high and large rooms too. Another job going under the floorboards in a hatch with not much room to turn around
No, it’s really the point where the consumer can isolate circuits. Turn them back on or reset them. If they trip out the name makes it clear what the person using the electricity in the house can generally do.
Big risk showing a video of how to change a fuseboard when the guy isnt qualified yet? Jordan has totally lost touch with reality. The on site team at Artisan are Lee, Luke and Reuben? Where is the Leadership coming from?
It's bollox way the Part P schemes are implemented. 1 QS in the office signing off (probably unseen) work of dozens of part qualified trainees and labourers, for the same registration fee as a one man band. Every single spark should be registered, or none at all otherwise it's not a level playing field. Glad I'm retired now.
@@DICEGEORGE That and the meter with one big trip switch, that's it. We're meant to be having it fitted sometime in the spring while getting a full inspection of the house (EICR basically)
With so many available ' ways ' and blanks perfect opportunity to spread out the circuits... especially the higher load ones ... recent talk of excessive heat ... with rcbo,s. not dissipating head . thats where blanks could come in
Apart from this becomes a pain because if you want to add something such as 210 amp circuits for outside lights, you may need to shift all the breakers around so that they’re in the recommended placement because of being correctly ordered due to rating or something like adding sheds in both on a 32 amp of minemay need re-shuffling and if the labelling has been done with like a label maker or something people are just gonna scribble over it and it will look scrappy
Hi keep it up you are doing a great job and having fun making some brilliant videos superstar Ali Walsall west midlands england junction 10 m6 Walsall churckery
Great to see these kinds of videos back on the channel. Giving the basics of what's happening and breaking down the technical stuff is great for viewers who aren't electricians, like myself and many others
Hey Reuben, kitchen sinks required supplementary bonding under the 15th edition, which that DB looks like it's from. These days, the use of rcd's negates the need for supplementary bonding 👌
This video feels a lot more authentic. Love it
Rueben, I like the laser trick with the drill bit. Will try that
Great video. I like to glue the grommet strip in the board
Try conduit solvent cement
Hate trunking, it soon looks untidy, i know its easier, but it looks naff and gets covered in paint. Nice neatly wired consumer unit!
Trunking okay? As long as it doesn’t get covered in pain in horrible ways and if it’s applied in a neat manner it’s definitely not ideal but compared to the cost of chasing out a wall I would say it’s preferable in some cases.
I've taken out wood fuse boxes in the past. They were lethal, fuses on line and neutral.
I fit meters and it’s happened once where no consumer unit, just a bunch of old switches from when the house was built, full lead carcass etc safe to say I didn’t do the job
I don't have a consumer unit. Don't like fuses - the things were always tripping right when I was in the middle of a film or something so me and my pal bill spent the weekend ripping out big brothers "consumer unit" and hardwired all the circuits to the incoming feed on a strip of connector blocks. Don't miss a moment of telly now as no fuses to trip! pro tip.
Nice work guys as always 😎👍
Thanks ✌
I had an old wylex fuseboard up until May last year! Now I have a consumer unit. It's a lot better.
1980's property. The old 8 way Wylex fusebox with 2 free slots is located in the outside meter cupboard which is a no no these days.
To free up space in order to fit a smart meter the fusebox needs to be relocated and replaced by a modern consumer unit with rcbo's.
Unfortunately the Wago relocation box is bigger than the existing fusebox so pointless from the point of view of freeing up space.
Maybe a smaller enclosure with standard DIN rail terminal blocks instead of the the Wago ?
At that point, you need to open up the wall and relocate the wire
Excellent Video... Learnt so much from the video...especially from LUKE
These kind of videos are great back to basics videos, entertaining but informative. It might seem like repetition but every job is unique as is the banter that goes with it. Great direction of travel!
Glue and reactive spray for the grommet strip works beaut!👍🏻
for the grommet strip use mitre glue works a treat
Very nice boys.............lots of learning.
Just wondering what are the regs, if any in regards to using the mini trunking you so expertly showed here.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of using trunking?
easier and quicker so cheaper but ugly ?
A question and possible idea for a video for ya is, have you worked on a metal framed house? if so, what are the hazards, regulation considerations etc?
We have quite a few metal framed dwellings oop north so any input is welcome!
As a DIYer with a background in computer electronics, I would love to know the route to take so I can effectively be on a approved person scheme as a domestic installer, so I can sign off my own work such as house rewire or replacing my CU. I want to do the 18th Ed, Part P, testing PAT courses and be in a position so not need to go through building control, does such a route exist with the few of us DIYers with too much free time and money to throw at courses but not interesting in being a Tradie or running a business?
i did a week course at worcester hub to be a domestic installer but not allowed to sign off or test for EICRs legally, methinks (i may be wrong)
R u delusional. U need to have gcses and nvq level 3 first mush. Stick to doing DIY.
Don't think you can - would also like to go down similar route just out of interest, but think you need two years of experience for Part P - don't see how you can legitimately get that without working in the industry.
That’s not the best route because you have to do that and pay a competent person scheme quite a bit of money this is gonna cost probably in total the same amount as hiring someone you might as well just notify building control. You’re going to do it before you do it, which is an option.
More like this please
Luke if Fusebox supply a tails clamp for extra safety / security should you use it? or was it impossible due to you bending tails for rear entry?
They are supplied to be within certain regs in certain circumstances. Don't have to use them
The tails clamp are a gimmick and provide very little tails support. Pick a brand that has twin terminal main switches, far better solution when trying to eliminate tails disturbance and a safer connection to boot.
@@mikenewman9372 they definitely do provide quite a bit of support
So if I wanted to upgrade the unit and add one extra device, the next contractor has to disconnect every circuit in the board to drop the busbar out, fit the new device and then remake every other connection? Surely that presents a safety issue with loose connections possible. The Wylex and Crabtree units, you only remove the one device or blank and fit the new device. The rest of the connections stay intact.
It’s important to know that anyone who is competent in this should be okay with doing this to the correct rating of tightness dropping out a bus bar is not particularly hard and the power should be turned off anyway to work in the board so it just enforces that that happens
not slating the young lads but there really should be a qualified electrician with them on this kind of job....
holding the camera ?
I highly doubt it lol
@@DICEGEORGE
They are definitely procedures for this in a company, but it can just involve someone checking in on them but they just didn’t film it
What sort of cost is involved in a consumer unit replacement?
Most of the case parts of the houses installation may need upgrading or it may not. This is not a get a quote on the Internet thing as some companies make it seem it could be a few few hundred it could be a few thousand it really depends on the scale of work that needs doing.
Why doesn't the UK have the earth wire already insulated in the cable? Sleeving the earth wires is such an afterthought...
You can get cable with insulated CPC it’s called EarthSure
Because if you strike it with something like a back of a hammer that hammer is going to become earth as the earth wire has less protection around it before it becomes live
Red, white and Blue three core. That predates red, yellow and blue. AFAICT, it was last installed in the 60s.
Is it OK to shorten the tail from the RCBO's? I was told not to do it?
Yes. You were probably told not to do it because they're stranded cables, so should crimp on another ferrule if shortening.
Yes its fine in most cases but check manufacturers instructions first to be safe
14 way man come on lads Jesus 😂
The thing that probably puts people off this job is the odd joker quoting £35k for a rewire on a 2 bed bungalow.
Don’t remind me, walk past the bakelite front of my wooden consumer unit in my hall every day, with the old Wylex fuse replacement breakers.
My flat is a mess of botches, it’ll never take an RCD and a full rewire is so far out of my skill set as a controls spark.
Moving the meter? Next you’ll tell me you pulled the fuse yourself?
Who got sacked?
I think it John & Lee.
John and several office staff. Lee is still there. He is the only qualified sparks working for Artisan while Jordan is away showing us his clips of shocking electrics around Asia
Hope you had permission to cut the seals on the electric meter and that you sealed with your unique identity seal.....ex meter fixer.....the meter operator should have been consulted and offered the opportunity to fit the isolator as that's the reason why it fitted so that electricians Don't touch the exit tails and the seals, which are traceable.
@@roydowling2542 is this a fact?
@@LeighWinspear unfortunately yes it is.
Obviously people will be saddened by the sacking of John, such a gentle soul, amazing teacher on camera. That sort of things happened, being honest. Big companies go bankrupt, Jordan you have created a community, next time be straight and upfront, like your second video addressing the matter. Fans,people' will get hurt, cruise into the healing process. Keep shining ✨️. Good luck to John
Why was john sacked ?
Gross competence 🤣@@gregcressey1791
we do not need to know what happened
@@gregcressey1791 Think he was made redundant rather than sacked, there is a video from New Year's Day on the subject so there is no smoke and mirrors. My own opinion is we are past the peak and either the bottom is slowly dropping out of the EV and Solar market, or it's become saturated.
Does Lee and John still work there?
Lee does, John doesn’t (made redundant)
I know you cannot fight the regs but does anyone find it curious that a consumer unit must be a metal closure but the extender box (Wiska/Wago) is plastic - surely from a common sense perspective it should be a metal enclosure too?
far less to go wrong and its all protected by the rcds in new consumer unit ?
Regulations often have little to do with common sense.
Common sense would tell you that a protective device is more likely to go wrong because it has mechanical moving parts
My fuse box is one of the old style ones that you can replace the fuse wire yourself lol
Nah just stick a screw in em 😁
Time for an upgrade!
You think those are old fuse boxes? You should see mine.
If it’s one so old it fuses both live and neutral. You probably should have a replacement done immediately.
Tidy job
Rubin.. Dont put the trunking or similar on the customers polished furniture... Cring
It is not easy to keep distances correct. It is a miracle if one uses imperial units.
why?
Why not just cut the wooden shelving out below the existing board to gain access to the
Sometimes shelves can not be easily removed.
Cannot understand how he can charge 100ph per person when they arnt qualified plus the 2 that were qualified were corey lee and john and john is gone corey is gone so that madness yet a customer is paying top wack sorry not acceptable and it showsmwhat sort of buisness its running i hope hes honest with the customer and they are aware especially when insurance companys say quaified competent person which these lads arnt qualified
In NZ they would at least need a training licence to carry out the work - even then there needs to be a fully qualified spark to inspect the work BEFORE its made live otherwise they could be prosecuted
I don't follow Artisan, but seriously? No one there is qualified? Wow.
I believe that a qualified person definitely fill out the certificate though and the amount per hour is based on how the job is completed
I spot a double flexi on that gas meter 😂😅 maybe they should get a gas service too 😂
Question about the wago box, considering is basically a consumer unit in its own way, should the box be metal as well if someone know I would love too know.
Exactly what I was thinking?
It's a junction box technically not a consumer unit.
The thought is no...... The fire risk comes (mainly) from switching components rather than joining components. No switching happens in the Wago box, therefore not necessary.
I think it's classified as a no maintenance junction box
I wish my missus had that title
Using his smart phone as a torch. WTF.
14way box is overkill, workboots and drilling on unprotected carpets, trunking on polished table, unqualified personnel, is this client being charged the usual extortionate rates for Artisans "elite electricians".
No way may be worse if people were considering certain things like adding solar or adding electric vehicle charging or electric heaters or adding circuits in the future as this type of thing being added results in multiple consumer units
you throw away breakers. Stupid question. You don't resell them, you never buy used breakers, don't play around with this. This is so obvious that it was never even stated in BS7671, it's like asking if you should put your tongue on live wires.
Actually buying used is definitely okay because there are many sellers that will use the proper test equipment to check the breakers. They’re okay in cases where it’s a board but the breakers have simply been discontinued and the newer ones are slightly different. It is definitely worth it if it’s compliant, which is not available.
3.25mtr wall, 3mtr trunking........ Cut off half inch to fit........ Rofl.
This is why new builds are so naff. Dual scale tape measures should be banned.
Come on, fuse board including MCBs and RCDs is intended to protect Human heath and lives, and property protection is a secondary function
Including property protection is primary as well as protecting people because of your house is burning down but you’re alive in your bedroom you’re not going to stay alive
No qualified electrician on a board change?
Can guarantee you the customer is being charged full whack for it despite no qualified sparks there.
@roydowling2542 doesn't matter how much they're being charged how can they guarantee quality and competency of the installer
What you need to realise is you can still charge full price not being qualified if it’s inspected and signed off appropriately the fact it is quite simply a customer should be paying for the quality of work not for the level of your qualifications
@UKsystems without a qualified electrician on site the works should not be taking place especially on a DB
I cant wait to retrain and get out of electrical trade, isnt worth it at all, they expect more and more, ever evolving but the pay nowhere near enough.
Then explain why someone wanted at the lowest price £5000 to replace 15 sockets
@UKsystems that's pretty ridiculous but there's two different sides, self employed and employee. The employee, if good should be on a lot if they need sparkies so much.
So many factual errors.
If you're not too busy in yer mam's basement, educate us all.
Only a prick starts with an insult...@@BerkeleyTowers
@@toms7431 Nothing "factual" to say then? Thought so...... back to yer keyboard.
Do you actually have anything valid to contribute? @@BerkeleyTowers
@@BerkeleyTowers I hope you see the irony in your "back to yer keyboard" statement. You are clearly used to using yours to act the big man.
Even before I have watched this video, my prognosis is that the most skilled electricians were let go (rookie mistake).
Nice tip with the electrical tape over the grommet strip
Why doesn’t somebody make self adhesive grommet strip?
Dustsheets and get that trunking off the clients table!!!!
Most of the time they are fine as you placing a piece of trunking on their table and would rather that for the job to happen quicker
Good job I missed videos of this kind ❤❤❤
Thumbnail should be @ 10:46 - hammering a screw 🤣
Good job. Reuben’s gone feet & inches now I notice.
Moving meters? Since when are they our property
Grow up
@@lewis94ukbut it’s a 2-10k fine touching them
Maybe ok’d by the DNO. Stranger things have happened….
All they did was straighten a bit! ? Those tails looked rather long!!!
A lot of mature and companies actually allowing electrician to move them upon certain permissions being there
When i watch you tube sparkies ...and they look at consumer units or inside cupboards...Its always a comment/ whine. about the previous guys ...So are you tube sparks the only ones doing it right ?
Is Reuben fully qualified and completed his apprenticeship now ? Perhaps I have missed any updates on his apprenticeship journey?
No he's not. At the moment the only qualified spark's working for Artisan at the moment is Lee.
@@roydowling2542 Why Lee is working for Artisan when he could earn so much more going it alone I do not know . But hey we are all different
@@roydowling2542 did John leave or get made redundant?
@@roydowling2542 Surely Luke's qualified though?
@georgetaylor853 john was made redundant
7M30 Concrete Ceilings are usually in metal conduit and the conduit is used for the CPC and with the light fitting in the living room you can get a hanging loop box top to hang the lamp fitting more! securely
is luke qualified now? haven't seen him in a while
Look at the Old regulations used to have the Earth the sinks metal window frames in bathrooms and rads
Metal conduit was the method of earthing
!6th edition i think , the earthing regs were a nightmare lol
@@neilmartin1111 And entirely without any justification.
Surely the relocation junction box should be metal if your changing the CU for a metal type 🤷🏼♂️
It’s to do with the fact that switch gear should be in a metal enclosure. It’s because an protective device failing is more likely if it’s for instance breaking a higher perspective fault current then it’s rated for which should never be the case but something like that would be a very dramatic failure.
Wago the wago’s
That cupboard makes it difficult to access the work area and isn't a storage cupboard with electrics a potential fire hazard having both ignition and flammable material together? Personally, I would remove the shelf during works and replace afterwards.
Nothing should really be a point of ignition as the way the regulations are designed is the consumer unit should contain anything?
Still amazes how small those consumer units are in the UK. Over here in Belgium wiring an entire house and I'm using one for 72 modules that's gonna be nearly full. Every circuit breaker needs to be 2 pole, max 8 sockets/lights per circuit, nearly everything behind a 30ma differential, max 8 circuit breakers per differential. And nearly all stuff like washing machine, dryer, heating, ventilation, needs their own dedicated circuit.
We definitely will install more circuits on a new property in this case when it’s retro fitting it’s slightly different. We do have 30 mA RCD protection fitted. There are some cases where it isn’t needed but it’s generally put on everything. We don’t have strict limits on sockets per circuit and things like that or lights, but we have calculations available to calculate whether it’s a suitable amount due to the low back can be put on many of the RCDO we can get our definitely double pole now
You should see my parents consumer unit.
It still is the one with the individual rewireable fuses 😵
The wireable fuses are not the problem. It’s the lack of other things such as RCD protection.
Love the thumbnails and filming quality. Keep up the good work
no protection for busbar plastic cover or similar , ,, forbidden in Europe to use this busbar..min 19:19
Most of the time there are definitely covers installed, but I’m filming it. People often take the covers off to show you.
04:19 - 04:42 Suggestion to your editor/Team. Maybe blur out anything that could compromise your customers privacy Like what I point out here.
I was working for a company and part of my job was fitting earth bonding, some difficult ones ,starting in the back kitchen under the cupboards up the wall in trunking under the floorboards down a wall in trunking then underground downstairs floorboards and then to the consumer unit near the front door. It was a old house so the walls where high and large rooms too. Another job going under the floorboards in a hatch with not much room to turn around
DC nuisance tripping? Elaborate
As an energy trader , have no idea why I watch these trades man videos. Despite working as an electrician when I was a teen with a relative.
Why did you not use single cables from JB to dist brd save time stripping TE
Glue the grommet strip. Tape just looks tacky
Safety socks!? Lol
Did you say you don't need the outer sheaths coming into the board ?
Should that trunking not be screwed to the wall, no?
What was he testing the continuity between?
"Consumer Unit" ... sounds like a name invented by a committee of bespectacled, tie-wearing clerks.
No, it’s really the point where the consumer can isolate circuits. Turn them back on or reset them. If they trip out the name makes it clear what the person using the electricity in the house can generally do.
Luke mate did you happen to work at STN some time ago? :D
I did indeed 👍🏼
Good job. Btw. How old is the guy in yellow?
Reuben - hes been with artisan 3 years now so probally around 19/20
Big risk showing a video of how to change a fuseboard when the guy isnt qualified yet?
Jordan has totally lost touch with reality.
The on site team at Artisan are Lee, Luke and Reuben?
Where is the Leadership coming from?
who is holding the camera ?
@@DICEGEORGEthe camera man who we have seen many times and know isn't a qualified electrician.
It's bollox way the Part P schemes are implemented. 1 QS in the office signing off (probably unseen) work of dozens of part qualified trainees and labourers, for the same registration fee as a one man band. Every single spark should be registered, or none at all otherwise it's not a level playing field. Glad I'm retired now.
I literally don't have a consumer unit in my house.
same.
what??? just one big company fuse ? @@Gobbbbb
@@DICEGEORGE That and the meter with one big trip switch, that's it. We're meant to be having it fitted sometime in the spring while getting a full inspection of the house (EICR basically)
You’re coming to have some things somewhere
With so many available ' ways ' and blanks perfect opportunity to spread out the circuits... especially the higher load ones ... recent talk of excessive heat ... with rcbo,s. not dissipating head . thats where blanks could come in
Apart from this becomes a pain because if you want to add something such as 210 amp circuits for outside lights, you may need to shift all the breakers around so that they’re in the recommended placement because of being correctly ordered due to rating or something like adding sheds in both on a 32 amp of minemay need re-shuffling and if the labelling has been done with like a label maker or something people are just gonna scribble over it and it will look scrappy
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