@@haldo691 be a less boring teacher though. Guaranteed pupils would soak up the info with a good down to earth individual throwing in the odd swear word 👌
@@haldo691 my lecturer now for my 2391 course he's got a mouth on him and insults you quite often but it a funny way not an abusive way, being down to earth and teaching like that makes it much more easy to absorb his knowledge.
The new camera is sure good, great res and super quality pic! Nice work on the Lighting even got a back light in too! Great content as ever. Full respect
Great video as always. Totally agree about RCBO's. Spent lot's of time investigating faults with dual RCD boards. Many people do not understand that there are different types of RCD too. Hope to see more of your outside commercial work. All the best from Bill
I agree that dual rcd aren’t the best but in a court of law you would show them page 36 - 37 of the on site guide which completely contradicts the 2 x regs you said and approves the use of dual rcd boards.
Often RCD protection is not needed on EV charging circuits if there is RCD protection (usually 6mA) built into the unit itself. A type AC RCD won't trip because the DC current will actually freeze the RCD in place - that's how a no-trip Zs test works. Great video Tom, keep them coming 👍
This is one of your best videos IMO (as a trainee electrician)! Please create more videos like this and you’ll be getting 👍🏽 on a regular basis from me and others I’m sure 😁
As an old retired plumber I have no understanding what you are talking about BUT I really enjoy watching. Thanks for the excellent enjoyable and entertaining content. Good luck with everything you are doing.
Good explanation. A single RCD board lead me to have to remotely get an electrician into our house while on holiday after damp and a nicked wire in the garage caused everything to trip out. She suggested and RCBO board to avoid the problem in future and I was happy to pay.
Great video, I personally avoid fitting dual rcd boards for same reasons you mentioned in video (present faults) no rcd prior. After explaining benefits to the client of type A rcbo's boards (future profing/safety) 95% of my clients go ahead with RCBO boards. Fusebox Type 2 SPD loaded whith RCBO's is my standard setup currently.
Totally agree with you Tom. Been fitting Hager Type A RCBO boards for the last 2 years. Won't quote or fit a split load RCD board anymore as I don't think they're fit for purpose. As you say, if the client wants a split load board then I don't want that client
I bought a 7 way Fusebox board for my shed and Rcbos. Way overboard for what I need but it was cheap and I know whatever I put in the shed/workshop will be protected. I think it was only £120 for the lot.
Many thanks for that, instructive and enjoyable. This gives me more confidence to discuss what I really want the electrician who will be swapping out my old (fuse-wire cartridge) fusebox with a consumer unit, to supply and fix. Although our house is not a large one, I feel happier with RCBO's-makes sense to me.
I only ever fit RCBO boards and with Type A rcd not AC and always chuck in the SPD as well. I simply wont fit type AC or a split-load boards unless there is a very specific requirement.
Your spot-on with your RCD comment. I had two fuse boards fitted when the property was rewired back in 1981. When the eldest came along in 1986 I fitted one RCD to supply these consumer unit's (quite expensive at the time). The problem I had being nearly every time the supply switched off and on in quick succession due to a fault in the area, the trip would go off as well and have to be reset. Finaly changed the set-up to one consumer unit last year with RCBO's. It's been tested a few times by external influences and everything still remains on.
Fantastic explanation Tom, really appreciate you and your teams effort that go into these videos. Even though I got my qualifications from college, I've found that content like this is worth its weight in gold. In years to come I can see you in more of a teachers role but if you fancy teaching sooner I'd love to pop down the unit with biscuits 😉 All the best....Postie Jay thats met you a few times 🤣
2:30 In Belgium you have to have 300mA Type A RCD at begin of the board . And then a second RCD30mA ( after 300ma ) for wet rooms ( bathroom/shower etc ) You can have multipe 300mA on the man tails ( not so common in consumer units ) I do like RCBO's like in UK .. over here they are crazy expensive double pole RCBO . big advantage is only de circuits that i leaking trips .. i usually put 1 300mA main RCD and then several 30mA RCD's with 5-6 RCB's on .. but yes if the leakage is bigger then 300mA the main trips ..
It's weird that I knew this but didn't know this at the same time... in Australia we don't really see this problem, as only much older places are slapped onto a single rcd. In newer installations to be compliant we must have a 'maximum' of 3 circuits to an rcd and it must be split between lighting and power per rcd. So at a minimum in a new installation, your hws, ac, oven and hot plate ect. are on their own rcbo, but then you would have a couple rcds with power. power, light. (purely because of the price). I'm definitely going to remember this video if I'm ever fault finding in an older place! Thankyou for the video Tom!
I completely agree with your sentiments; protect/isolate each circuit. But if power is lost, a property will be dark regardless of the fuse board contents. Would you be a proponent of battery backup emergency lighting?, it may save Betty in a power outage.
I think at least 1 in every 4 downlights should be required to be emergency back up. I don't know what the lux or count level is in commercial but emergency lighting is legally required in commercial and public so why not res?
Great argument Tom, but you have to work within the customers budget. I. like you; think RCBO's are the best. In fact the Wylex combined RCBO/Arc Fault Protection Devices are probably better again and combine that with a Surge Protection Unit and you've got the best money can buy. If i was having a board change and money was no object, i would go for the best money could buy.
As he makes the point, £50 is not enough of a price difference when your talking about this level of safety. As for the wylex AFDDs. Yes they're safer, if you know what their limitations are. As for their price? £160 EACH So you've a 10 way board that's now gona cost you the guts of £2k instead of £200 One of their main limitations? Your gona have to split all your rings and use them as radials now instead, meaning on a house with 10ways with 3 being rings you now need a 14way board and 3 more AFDDs putting your cost well over 2k
I am amazed that UK has not regulated the AC type out. NZ has been type A for a very long time now and a max of 3 MCB downstream per RCD. I would prefer RCBO as it also has less space as we have to fit double pole version.
ah NZ also double pole MCB's ? Type AC is in Belgium already 10-20 years not allowed in new builts . But no limitation of the amount of MCB's after the RCD ..
I just stopped installing them all together on my rewires, but don't have any call backs on previous installs I done before. I guess it's all about how you install it. One job luckily I installed a RCBO board because an USB socket next to kettle was tripping kitchen sockets and it's only caused the kitchen sockets to trip.
Great Video, in South Africa we don't have such devices as RCBO's we only have RCD but here it is called an Earth leakage device I have never even seen Dual RCD boards here if something causes nuisance tripping it is just put just after the main switch without earth leakage protection.
Another advantage with RCBO's is with lightning strike, there's a really small chance of it tripping unlike RCD's who are much more sensitive. In Norway we stopped installing RCD's for 10-12 years ago except for Type B RCD which is mandatory to install with EV's (regulated in 2014) Only when we install a wallcharger with DC filter (Easee Home charger) there's no need for type B RCD
I think there is a (slightly backwards) reason to occasionally use RCDs. That is where you've got a circuit that might trip an RCD but you wouldn't notice quickly and it would cause issues if off for a long period. In a similar vein to running the smoke alarms from a lighting circuit because you might turn the alarms off but you wouldn't want to lose the lights. Say you have a sewage processor on its own RCBO, it trips, you don't notice for a week, you've got a week's worth of poo that hasn't been dealt with. Or you've got a garage with freezer. Put that on a radial fed from an RCBO, it trips, no one notices for a few days, melted freezer. If those had also tripped the internet then you might have saved a bunch of smelly stuff. Short of having DBs that have some sort of alarm when a circuit trips, it can occasionally be advantageous to not keep a circuit to itself. Power or phase loss or alarms are a thing, however you have to get over the aversion to fitting non standard things on a DIN rail (which is standard practice in a lot of areas).
I think there is room for improvement in alarms or even wifi/bluetooth communication of a tripped RCBO. As Tom mentioned in the video, putting too many circuits on one rcd can lead to excessive dc currents preventing an AC RCD from tripping due to an AC fault.
@@jdaley197931 I have built systems to send me alerts when power fails to things, including battery backups so they can tell me when the power to them fails. But like you say it's unusual. Most of the time at home it's obvious, but not always.
It's people like you Tom that get me into shit. I absolutely LOVE your content and the stuff I learn from it scares the absolute crap out of qualified people that I ask to quote for stuff! I had a plumber run a mile because of the knowledge I've gained from Pete Booth aka pb plumber today! It's hilarious how people react when you do research and know a reasonable amount about what your talking about. They genuinely think your a qualified trade or regulator inspector testing them or taking the piss out of them. I love these videos mate, your a legend!
@@thomasnagy I take something from most of them, even if it is just the enjoyment of watching you work or shopping for groceries. I do get bored of seeing lots of EICR videos but because your on the tools less these days and cut boring crap like that out of some videos I watch every video to the end.
That is why in the Netherlands the regs state that there should me a maximum of 4 circuits behind a RCD in order to prevent nuicance tripping. It is common here to see boards with multiple rcd's. Also the regs recommend that you should divide your circuits in such a way that there is always some light in the vicinity when a circuit or rcd trips.
interesting take on the subject, I went down the RCBO route a few years ago for the house and garage consumer units, deliberately splitting off the kitchen and utility on independent circuits as much as I didn't want to come home to a defrosted freezer for example. The incremental cost on a full house rewire isn't that much in the scheme of things, and definitely worth the investment for a happy wife
Only arguement i have is id rather have rcd protection then wired fuses.not that ive fitted a rcd board in about two years.i do work for one wickes guy and they give set prices for board changes
Totally agree with your comments on the unsuitability of dual RCD on properties I’ve refused to install them for the last 15 years, if you spend the time go explain in plain English the difference between dual RCD and RCBO’s most people accept the idea of the RCBO boards and pay the extra for them. The big issue of dual RCD boards is then the previous electrician has install the upstairs and downstairs lighting circuits on the old Wylex board with rewireable fuses and has shared a neutral you can’t split the circuits on either of the RCD’s at least with RCBO’s you can keep them on one breaker because all the ring final circuits will be on separate RCBO’s meaning there’s always a lamp that can be used to illuminate their way downstairs
@7:30 on the matter of safety on the staircase should the lights go out. Same scenario in the event of a power cut. A solution is to fit self contained emergency lighting in the stair well ..... instant ON should the lighting circuit fail.
Its all about price. Even council housing CU upgrades still only want Dual RCD board to comply with 18th Edition. They dont even want SPD installed despite it being mandatory nowadays.
I worked with a spark so know a few things. I qiuks pull stuff up with my houseing lady and cheap shoddy work with something. What could kill some 1 she looked at me like I was a mug and knew sod all she was a witch she disnt stay long after I made her look a fool
You’d make a great teacher Tom!
Not sure about that the swearing would be an issue lol
@@haldo691 be a less boring teacher though. Guaranteed pupils would soak up the info with a good down to earth individual throwing in the odd swear word 👌
@@haldo691 Guess you have never done a College Course then?
@@haldo691 my lecturer now for my 2391 course he's got a mouth on him and insults you quite often but it a funny way not an abusive way, being down to earth and teaching like that makes it much more easy to absorb his knowledge.
Please, do NOT let him teach.
The new camera is sure good, great res and super quality pic!
Nice work on the Lighting even got a back light in too!
Great content as ever. Full respect
Just me or is the camera wobbling up and down though ?
Loving the constant uploads Tom, keep it up!
RIP Betty Crocker
Spot on 👍
Very good Tom indeed! Love how you got the LED running lights on the van in the background too👌🏻
Thank you for explaining Thomas !👍
Glad it was helpful!
Great video as always. Totally agree about RCBO's. Spent lot's of time investigating faults with dual RCD boards. Many people do not understand that there are different types of RCD too. Hope to see more of your outside commercial work. All the best from Bill
Thanks for the clarification.
Much appreciated for your efforts in this video and shedding light on.
Keep teaching tom your good 👍
I agree that dual rcd aren’t the best but in a court of law you would show them page 36 - 37 of the on site guide which completely contradicts the 2 x regs you said and approves the use of dual rcd boards.
You and dave savoury are awesome sparks. So informative. Cleared up a few things in my struggles 🙌
That opening shot with the black bucket truck and LED running lights behind you in the bright orange jacket looked so cool!!!
I’m glad someone noticed ;)
@@thomasnagy couldn't help it, looks the job!
@@thomasnagy Fantastic video, absolutely agree with RCBO argument, recommend it every time, worth every penny of the extra cash
Excellent video.....
The willy on the notice board lol
Good spot! Fair old todger it is too
Often RCD protection is not needed on EV charging circuits if there is RCD protection (usually 6mA) built into the unit itself. A type AC RCD won't trip because the DC current will actually freeze the RCD in place - that's how a no-trip Zs test works.
Great video Tom, keep them coming 👍
This is one of your best videos IMO (as a trainee electrician)! Please create more videos like this and you’ll be getting 👍🏽 on a regular basis from me and others I’m sure 😁
More of this type of content please
These videos are very educational.
As an old retired plumber I have no understanding what you are talking about BUT I really enjoy watching. Thanks for the excellent enjoyable and entertaining content. Good luck with everything you are doing.
Thanks pal, I really appreciate it!
Did you ever install hot water systems?
Tom. Couldn’t have a better teacher than you matey 👍🏻
Love the rant. I feel this
Great video
Grate video Tom! But what with the hidden drawing in the upper right corner of the drawing.
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Great explanation and reasoning 👍👍
What is below the smiley top right?
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I love your rants !!!!!
Thanks Tom, excellent explanation
Good explanation. A single RCD board lead me to have to remotely get an electrician into our house while on holiday after damp and a nicked wire in the garage caused everything to trip out. She suggested and RCBO board to avoid the problem in future and I was happy to pay.
Great video, I personally avoid fitting dual rcd boards for same reasons you mentioned in video (present faults) no rcd prior. After explaining benefits to the client of type A rcbo's boards (future profing/safety) 95% of my clients go ahead with RCBO boards. Fusebox Type 2 SPD loaded whith RCBO's is my standard setup currently.
Older kettles? How do modern kettles differ?
Well done 👍
Technical Tom👍
Nice one mate new subscriber 👌👌
Fantastic Mr Nagy 👍👍. Need to to keep up with your videos 😁😁
I’ve Hit the usual 👍
Much appreciated
@@thomasnagy : Got to book some time off today, as it’s a Monday and you be dropping another video 😁
Great video, not a sparky but bloody love stuff like this
Totally agree with you Tom. Been fitting Hager Type A RCBO boards for the last 2 years. Won't quote or fit a split load RCD board anymore as I don't think they're fit for purpose. As you say, if the client wants a split load board then I don't want that client
I am surprised that dual RCD boards are still being sold with AC RCD's
I'm suprised they didn't ban instalation of AC RCD's like in Germany.
I bought a 7 way Fusebox board for my shed and Rcbos. Way overboard for what I need but it was cheap and I know whatever I put in the shed/workshop will be protected.
I think it was only £120 for the lot.
Another great video has always Thomas 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Have to say that was a brilliant explanation. Keep throwing this sort of video into the mix, and it will help so many people. Thanks.
So with an RCBO, how do you know if it tripped due to overcurrent or due to leakage? With a split rcd board you can tell which it is.
this has been a good video to explain what is a RCBO, make easy ... may be you can come out with a video series "Thomas Nagy Explain"..😀
Many thanks for that, instructive and enjoyable. This gives me more confidence to discuss what I really want the electrician who will be swapping out my old (fuse-wire cartridge) fusebox with a consumer unit, to supply and fix.
Although our house is not a large one, I feel happier with RCBO's-makes sense to me.
I've tickled your like button. I will be going for a STI test tomorrow :)
I only ever fit RCBO boards and with Type A rcd not AC and always chuck in the SPD as well. I simply wont fit type AC or a split-load boards unless there is a very specific requirement.
17:10 Should you do EICR before a Fusboard install
If my RCBO trips how do i know if its earth leakage or overload?
Spot on 👌👌
Tom! Anymore info on the mech you teased about a few videos ago!?
Your spot-on with your RCD comment. I had two fuse boards fitted when the property was rewired back in 1981. When the eldest came along in 1986 I fitted one RCD to supply these consumer unit's (quite expensive at the time). The problem I had being nearly every time the supply switched off and on in quick succession due to a fault in the area, the trip would go off as well and have to be reset. Finaly changed the set-up to one consumer unit last year with RCBO's. It's been tested a few times by external influences and everything still remains on.
Totally agree.
here i am still using those old school bottle glass fuses in my house and it works fine.
Well at least you've got an "overcurrent" protection device!
Fantastic explanation Tom, really appreciate you and your teams effort that go into these videos.
Even though I got my qualifications from college, I've found that content like this is worth its weight in gold.
In years to come I can see you in more of a teachers role but if you fancy teaching sooner I'd love to pop down the unit with biscuits 😉
All the best....Postie Jay thats met you a few times 🤣
Here here
2:30 In Belgium you have to have 300mA Type A RCD at begin of the board . And then a second RCD30mA ( after 300ma ) for wet rooms ( bathroom/shower etc ) You can have multipe 300mA on the man tails ( not so common in consumer units ) I do like RCBO's like in UK .. over here they are crazy expensive double pole RCBO . big advantage is only de circuits that i leaking trips .. i usually put 1 300mA main RCD and then several 30mA RCD's with 5-6 RCB's on .. but yes if the leakage is bigger then 300mA the main trips ..
I’m learning more from you than my college teacher and on my last year in college (level 3) :/. Always open to an apprenticeship 😁👍
Could not agree more!
It's weird that I knew this but didn't know this at the same time...
in Australia we don't really see this problem, as only much older places are slapped onto a single rcd.
In newer installations to be compliant we must have a 'maximum' of 3 circuits to an rcd and it must be split between lighting and power per rcd.
So at a minimum in a new installation, your hws, ac, oven and hot plate ect. are on their own rcbo, but then you would have a couple rcds with power. power, light. (purely because of the price).
I'm definitely going to remember this video if I'm ever fault finding in an older place!
Thankyou for the video Tom!
Silly thing is 1 RCD and 3 mcbs the cost at that point it's not far off just buying 3 RCBOs
Interesting video, well done.
3 bed town house built 2013 - can confirm dual RCD board. Something else to add to my list!
i fully concur with what your saying abour dual rcd boards against rcbo RCBO boards for me every day.
I completely agree with your sentiments; protect/isolate each circuit. But if power is lost, a property will be dark regardless of the fuse board contents. Would you be a proponent of battery backup emergency lighting?, it may save Betty in a power outage.
I think at least 1 in every 4 downlights should be required to be emergency back up. I don't know what the lux or count level is in commercial but emergency lighting is legally required in commercial and public so why not res?
I tickled you to say thanks......👍
Great argument Tom, but you have to work within the customers budget. I. like you; think RCBO's are the best. In fact the Wylex combined RCBO/Arc Fault Protection Devices are probably better again and combine that with a Surge Protection Unit and you've got the best money can buy. If i was having a board change and money was no object, i would go for the best money could buy.
Why would you not, I mean you want to protect yourself, your home and your possessions right? Surely! 🤷♂️👏
At best it's £50-60 vs split box (splitting hairs over £60 when the installation of everything's going to be like £500 or more anyway to do the work)
As he makes the point, £50 is not enough of a price difference when your talking about this level of safety.
As for the wylex AFDDs. Yes they're safer, if you know what their limitations are. As for their price? £160 EACH
So you've a 10 way board that's now gona cost you the guts of £2k instead of £200
One of their main limitations? Your gona have to split all your rings and use them as radials now instead, meaning on a house with 10ways with 3 being rings you now need a 14way board and 3 more AFDDs putting your cost well over 2k
@16:05 LOL not in Australia mate, rcbo's are more costly than diamonds :)
Great updates on board's
I am amazed that UK has not regulated the AC type out. NZ has been type A for a very long time now and a max of 3 MCB downstream per RCD.
I would prefer RCBO as it also has less space as we have to fit double pole version.
ah NZ also double pole MCB's ? Type AC is in Belgium already 10-20 years not allowed in new builts . But no limitation of the amount of MCB's after the RCD ..
I just stopped installing them all together on my rewires, but don't have any call backs on previous installs I done before. I guess it's all about how you install it. One job luckily I installed a RCBO board because an USB socket next to kettle was tripping kitchen sockets and it's only caused the kitchen sockets to trip.
Totally agree Tom, I wouldn't fit anything else than RCBO.
In Australia every circuit has it own 30ma RCBO. Easy as to install and easy fault finds
the guy i work with does a bit of both he puts lights on rcbos and then puts the rest split across two rcd
Very educational, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video 😎
Great video as usual, good lesson, but who is the artist up on the right hand corner of the board,
Keep up the good work 👍
wobbly cam.
Great video Tom learnt a lot from it and I think ur right about rcbo is the way especially now that prices for them have come down a lot for them 👍👍
Great Video, in South Africa we don't have such devices as RCBO's we only have RCD but here it is called an Earth leakage device I have never even seen Dual RCD boards here if something causes nuisance tripping it is just put just after the main switch without earth leakage protection.
Thank You Tom for explaining all that very informative.
No worries!
F for Frequency? I've just looked up type F and they're for inverters such as VFDs, according to an ABB datasheet up to 1kHz.
Hello Thomas , great item to adress , if you can go into it a bit deaper with diffences fo RCD , RCBO and AFDD's when to use or not to .
In the Netherlands the maximum allowed number of circuits per single phase RCD is 4.
Best sparky content on UA-cam ⚡💪
Nicely explained. My 30 year old safety switches will be replaced with RCBO after Xmas.
Smiley face got a small winky lol 😂
The knob on the board was a classic!
I fully agree with you on this it segregation of circuits !
Another advantage with RCBO's is with lightning strike, there's a really small chance of it tripping unlike RCD's who are much more sensitive. In Norway we stopped installing RCD's for 10-12 years ago except for Type B RCD which is mandatory to install with EV's (regulated in 2014) Only when we install a wallcharger with DC filter (Easee Home charger) there's no need for type B RCD
Great work, great content and couldn't agree with you more Tom. If fitting new protection then why not do it right first time?
I think there is a (slightly backwards) reason to occasionally use RCDs. That is where you've got a circuit that might trip an RCD but you wouldn't notice quickly and it would cause issues if off for a long period.
In a similar vein to running the smoke alarms from a lighting circuit because you might turn the alarms off but you wouldn't want to lose the lights.
Say you have a sewage processor on its own RCBO, it trips, you don't notice for a week, you've got a week's worth of poo that hasn't been dealt with.
Or you've got a garage with freezer. Put that on a radial fed from an RCBO, it trips, no one notices for a few days, melted freezer.
If those had also tripped the internet then you might have saved a bunch of smelly stuff. Short of having DBs that have some sort of alarm when a circuit trips, it can occasionally be advantageous to not keep a circuit to itself.
Power or phase loss or alarms are a thing, however you have to get over the aversion to fitting non standard things on a DIN rail (which is standard practice in a lot of areas).
I think there is room for improvement in alarms or even wifi/bluetooth communication of a tripped RCBO. As Tom mentioned in the video, putting too many circuits on one rcd can lead to excessive dc currents preventing an AC RCD from tripping due to an AC fault.
@@jdaley197931 I have built systems to send me alerts when power fails to things, including battery backups so they can tell me when the power to them fails. But like you say it's unusual.
Most of the time at home it's obvious, but not always.
It's people like you Tom that get me into shit.
I absolutely LOVE your content and the stuff I learn from it scares the absolute crap out of qualified people that I ask to quote for stuff!
I had a plumber run a mile because of the knowledge I've gained from Pete Booth aka pb plumber today!
It's hilarious how people react when you do research and know a reasonable amount about what your talking about. They genuinely think your a qualified trade or regulator inspector testing them or taking the piss out of them.
I love these videos mate, your a legend!
Cheers pal! I'm glad you could take something away from this video!
@@thomasnagy I take something from most of them, even if it is just the enjoyment of watching you work or shopping for groceries.
I do get bored of seeing lots of EICR videos but because your on the tools less these days and cut boring crap like that out of some videos I watch every video to the end.
@@stuartcraigon2003 I am glad the videos are enjoyable to the end! Thank you for the support :)
That is why in the Netherlands the regs state that there should me a maximum of 4 circuits behind a RCD in order to prevent nuicance tripping. It is common here to see boards with multiple rcd's. Also the regs recommend that you should divide your circuits in such a way that there is always some light in the vicinity when a circuit or rcd trips.
Great video 👏. All my boards in the last 3 years bar one or two have been rcbo boards and all type A rcd 👍
Nice 👍
interesting take on the subject, I went down the RCBO route a few years ago for the house and garage consumer units, deliberately splitting off the kitchen and utility on independent circuits as much as I didn't want to come home to a defrosted freezer for example. The incremental cost on a full house rewire isn't that much in the scheme of things, and definitely worth the investment for a happy wife
That was brilliant! Cheers, Onion.
Glad you enjoyed it
Only arguement i have is id rather have rcd protection then wired fuses.not that ive fitted a rcd board in about two years.i do work for one wickes guy and they give set prices for board changes
Excellent video dude. Great points well made. I like the fusebox boards they are a decent budget board.
Agreed! We have a few of them in stock. We've been pleased with them so far!
Love this channel !! Aren’t they used for same thing ?? And why are boards in such bad place in the house and the meter as well ???
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Totally agree with your comments on the unsuitability of dual RCD on properties I’ve refused to install them for the last 15 years, if you spend the time go explain in plain English the difference between dual RCD and RCBO’s most people accept the idea of the RCBO boards and pay the extra for them.
The big issue of dual RCD boards is then the previous electrician has install the upstairs and downstairs lighting circuits on the old Wylex board with rewireable fuses and has shared a neutral you can’t split the circuits on either of the RCD’s at least with RCBO’s you can keep them on one breaker because all the ring final circuits will be on separate RCBO’s meaning there’s always a lamp that can be used to illuminate their way downstairs
Thank you, I have learnt a lot from this upload, brilliant 😀
@7:30 on the matter of safety on the staircase should the lights go out. Same scenario in the event of a power cut. A solution is to fit self contained emergency lighting in the stair well ..... instant ON should the lighting circuit fail.
Its all about price. Even council housing CU upgrades still only want Dual RCD board to comply with 18th Edition. They dont even want SPD installed despite it being mandatory nowadays.
I worked with a spark so know a few things. I qiuks pull stuff up with my houseing lady and cheap shoddy work with something. What could kill some 1 she looked at me like I was a mug and knew sod all she was a witch she disnt stay long after I made her look a fool
Surge is not mandatory
This is where we must learn from Grenfell. The same high standard must apply in every property and we must never accept 2nd rate.
@@Mainly_Electrical absolutely.....good practice only at the moment
Any ideas as to where you can get the mini /compact Crabtree Starbreaker RCBOs at a sensible price? They are about 3 times the figure you mentioned 😕