They probably have a parts van that goes around and drops in parts to them, that way they have a central store and unskilled (cheap) people driving a van around. I used to repair photocopiers and printers in London, we used to just get the tube to sites and what we needed was driven to us.
@@easternmenace You can get an electrician on site quickly to diagnose the fault and find out what is needed. Is it a blown circuit breaker or a short? What parts are actually needed for this job rather than having to carry on the van. Plus it allows you to say response in X minutes. A percentage of calls can be quick fixes or temporary fixes, till out of business permanent fixes It's like say it's a shop and all power goes out to the tills, you are losing so much per minute that time is major factor. Even say swapping the circuit breaker from the back offices to get the tills up till you close, is good and for that you might just need a couple of screwdrivers (and multimeter). By then the van has had time to drop off the parts and any other bits you need. On a scooter you can cut through traffic and easily find somewhere (pavement?) to park, heck at a pinch you can drag the scooter into the loading bay/shop!
I can tell from the way you work and speak that you definitely do carry out all the relevant tests, no need to go through them all on camera. The guy that unsubbed can do one.
Hello Tom. I don't know if you saw my previous comment on your contactor but just for advise - Put a blank between the two contactors. Because of the load your are pulling, Heat dissipation has no were to go but into the next contactor and can potentially cause a fire risk. Hope this helps.
I had a Suzuki Burgman 125cc and that with a box on the back would probably be good for doing basic jobs, for starters you can put two full face helmets in the under-seat storage (which even had a light!) so a decent amount of space there. You might have to do a few trips for a lot of jobs though!
Thanks for the video Tom. Glad to here "Dave" is still alive! I see your point about showing all the tests but as a learner, seeing someone like you doing it for real and commenting on the results would be a great help.
@@jurassicsparks5220 I'm doing an NVQ in performing engineering operations, it's a course that leads onto an apprenticeship. And I'm not planning on going into electrical engineering
Thank you for talking about mental health. Using your platform to make positive change is really the way to connect with the people that need it most. Cruelty thrives in numbers, hidden in the shadows and taking advantage those who may be helpless. We need strong encouragement with the assertion that there are far more good people in this world, willing to stick together and overcome the cowards who seek to eat us up from within. I moved from install to manufacturing, really enjoy the complexities of industrial power. Peace out dude.
they do have that in ireland and the earth is the same size as the live on all sizes i think. The 2.5mm twin and earth drum looked a lot bigger than the ones over here.
Have you seen the little giant ladder? Screwfix sell them , very clever, and safer than telescopic ones. The one I've got is only 1.3 mtrs when closed, opens up in to a big step ladder, stair ladder, or an extension ladder that goes up to 4.2 mtrs.
Little tip for the earth Sleeving, if its the one that comes in the clear bag, make a tiny little hole in the middle of the bundle/bag and cut the little tie wraps holding the bundle together. Grab the end of the Sleeving and it just pulls straight out the bag everytime
I changed a CU last night 1 mile from my home in York and I took everything I needed on my bicycle - no traffic or parking issues - customer could not provide parking or tickets. Bicycle has a front box and panniers
If your sleeving comes from your wholesaler tied together in a polythene bag there is a solution to your spider woes! Make a hole big enough in the bag to put your hand through to cut the tie gliding the coil together. Then find the end of the sleeving and it should pull out from the coil nice and freely! The bag is largely still intact and keeps the coil contained. Sorted! Alternatively find a wholesaler who sells the sleeving on a drum!😀
great video again but are you able to raise the shutter speed on the camera and maybe up the ISO to help with the flickering from the sync speed with the lighting around you.
Hi Thomaz, I am from Brazil, I am an electrician like you I happen to every problem of low quality material so I buy a screwdriver as a kinpex or wiha it is impossible to find, in LONDON it has everything from GERMANY, if I had a job in LONDON electricity would be a big hug tomorrow.
The argument of not expecting the general public to pre-plan journeys in electric cars is absolutely spot on. It's one of the reasons why some manufacturers of electric cars have a navigation system that does it for you on the go!
Could you expand on the switching for showers etc through contactors. Seems like a great idea just can’t get my head round it from the short description. Cheers
Preferably run a 6V signal as a twin between the switch in the bathroom and the CU. CU contains a contactor on the dedicated shower circuit and an isolated 6V transformer for the signals. 6V because that's the safe voltage for people with a wet chest in a tight space. Some bathroom sizes would allow the exposed stuff to be 12V or more, check the regs. Remember that a signal wire in the same duct as 240V needs to be isolated to the higher voltage anyway, so using the usual cable or flex is the easy solution.
The idea about having a electric shower controlled via a contactor seems like a good one but I've found very few customers that want a ceiling pull cord switch of any kind.
"I didn't see you test, so I assume that means you didn't test" Did you see him put that screw in, or are you going to assume it just magically appeared there?
Wagos on sockets, yesssssssssss. When you get to my age, get the shakes and can’t locate a slot in a terminal screw, the only option is to retire. Draw it up and get yourself down to the patents office.
LK branded sockets from Schneider have used push button clamps for decades. But only two holes per terminal and not for BS plugs. So installers often stuff Wagos in the box behind them if 3 wires are needed. Before that, stuffing 3 or 4 wires in one screw clamp was common.
I didn't even realise you could get sleeving loose like that. Literally every wholesaler in my area just has it on what is basically small cable reels, you can also get a 3 in 1 reel that has like 50m of green&yellow and 25m of brown and blue
We are never going to get people to plan for half an hour before they take a modest journey. You are so right. But, such planning could be integrated into the satnav system with some simple programming - and it could highlight the optional charge points which will be required. Even then, many of these charging points are either in use when you get there, out of order, or charge at such a slow rate has to be practically useless!
Poses s good question Tom. A standard decent Combi drill has hammer action on it which most of us hardly use. First day on site is has got me out of trouble because I tend to trickle my big tools in over a few days on a new site on the tube. Having said all that it would be a bit limited what the Scooter guys could theoretically do. What if a pair of steps is needed ect.
I was literally about to pick up my phone and type a comment asking about where Dave had gone when Tom mentioned that he's moved on. Quite sad to hear that, seemed like a good lad. Best of luck to him.
Could use use one of those spools like you put extension cords on for your sleeving? I don't know what brands there are in the UK but here in the US you can get them at any home improvement store.
Vat changes on the 20 October this year Thomas, main contractors will not pay the VAT on an invoice, and instead it will be a reverse vat charge, aswell as 20CIS deductions, nightmare
You are totally right about the charging network for cars being broken in this country right now. I have clients that have had no end of issues trying to charge while travelling. Also, what the hell were you doing with that ratchet strap? If that is a bulk standard ratchet strap then that is not how you use them :(
@@shifty277 For sure, but the jobs this dude does and where they've done, even with a 'sprinkling ' of cash jobs the threshold is still and easy target to hit.
That's what I was wondering; London prices, 2 vans, employing 2 people and working long hours... How on earth do you stay under? (For those not familiar the VAT threshold is based on the amount of money your business takes in, NOT profit)
PA your personal assistant, as apposed to ADMIN the poor person that has to clean up your administrative error and general dogs body / tea maker etc PA would sort the shit out before it hit the fan, hence the pay grade
Oh you on about the handy squad with the yellow scooters 😂. Yeah it does make you wonder how they do fuseboards or full rewires. They probably turn up on 6 scooters as you said and all carry a bit.
Even if electric charging stations are all around the city, you still have to wait more than an hour while vehicle is charging. Petrol cars get filled with gas at 3 mins.
So I take it the contactor is on its own MCB, but what about the circuit for the contactor trigger switch? It should be a) isolated via the MCB for the cooker/shower circuit but b) protected by its own 6a MCB as its 1mm cable. Can you confirm please.
This may be a stupid question, but. . . if you're not VAT registered and you send an estimate to a potential client, do you put 'carried out for the sum of £xxx.xx Plus VAT', or is the 'plus VAT' bit only something you should do if you're VAT registered? Really need to sign up to a proper business course 😐
Your so right about electric vehicles Tom , great idea but we need 2 extra days a week to wait while they charge up , can't go out for a trip or a long run for the weekend , incase there isn't a charging station nearby , very poor infrastructure, some big money to be made there fitting them as long as it's not in a flood plane area lol
I don't understand what the problem is with being VAT registered. I went self employed in 2007 for the first time and was VAT registered from day one. It's a no brainer.
I use the megger 1731 and when using the plug adaptor I insert them right angle up which avoids them getting prematurely worn when the tester is on a work top etc.
If you buy them in that heat shunked plastic bags then just poke a hole in the middle and push the center piece of sleeving through the hole and use it like a string dispenser
Using a contractor for showers is common practice in EIRE as flat twin & cpc has all the conductors the same size and all cores insulated throughout their length, so can you imagine terminating 10.mm in a switch ? ☘️🇮🇪☘️
With EV's I think the closest manufacturer to having a good system is Tesla where you but your destination in and the charge points are part of your route. But the UK isn't ready for EVs doing long journey at the moment. Chargers at services are always breaking down. If you live in a city and do mainly city driving, great vehicles as your charging them at your home each night not worrying if your vehicle is going to die.
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"You don't see me spending 30 minutes arguing with a f***ing traffic warden" - no, but can we get that in a future video?! 😁
"come on ya melon farmer" what a great insult of an inanimate object 😂😂😂
Sam Conboy mental image of a depressed isolator with it’s giant yellow nose
If the spiders were as big as a small child, would they fit through that window if there was a fire?
Sounds like a GCSE exam question
Fire exits dont apply to spiders.. they are welcome to stay and join the house burning
I was under the impression one sets a house fire to rid said house of said spiders.
@@fade13567 tried it mate. Works a treat!
thank you, I was just about to write this.
They probably have a parts van that goes around and drops in parts to them, that way they have a central store and unskilled (cheap) people driving a van around. I used to repair photocopiers and printers in London, we used to just get the tube to sites and what we needed was driven to us.
That’s exactly what they do!
What's the point of that? Genuine question
@@easternmenace cheaper fleet. 10scooters and 1 or 2 vans vs 10 vans.
@@easternmenace You can have many more electricians than you have vans because you don't have vans parked up all day.
@@easternmenace You can get an electrician on site quickly to diagnose the fault and find out what is needed. Is it a blown circuit breaker or a short? What parts are actually needed for this job rather than having to carry on the van. Plus it allows you to say response in X minutes. A percentage of calls can be quick fixes or temporary fixes, till out of business permanent fixes
It's like say it's a shop and all power goes out to the tills, you are losing so much per minute that time is major factor. Even say swapping the circuit breaker from the back offices to get the tills up till you close, is good and for that you might just need a couple of screwdrivers (and multimeter). By then the van has had time to drop off the parts and any other bits you need.
On a scooter you can cut through traffic and easily find somewhere (pavement?) to park, heck at a pinch you can drag the scooter into the loading bay/shop!
I can tell from the way you work and speak that you definitely do carry out all the relevant tests, no need to go through them all on camera. The guy that unsubbed can do one.
The 'unsubbed' comment read like blatant sarcasm to me. It was a bit odd hering Thomas' reaction to it, and yours too I guess.
Yeh just a sad twat saying things that you’d expect a sad twat to say 🙄 Enjoy the videos Thomas, keep them up mate!
Hello Tom. I don't know if you saw my previous comment on your contactor but just for advise - Put a blank between the two contactors. Because of the load your are pulling, Heat dissipation has no were to go but into the next contactor and can potentially cause a fire risk. Hope this helps.
Difference between a PA and admin, about 20K lol
i can see those guys on mopeds jousting with a few lengths of galv conduit, you are not just any old tax collector, you are an unpaid tax collector.
I had a Suzuki Burgman 125cc and that with a box on the back would probably be good for doing basic jobs, for starters you can put two full face helmets in the under-seat storage (which even had a light!) so a decent amount of space there.
You might have to do a few trips for a lot of jobs though!
Love watching your videos. Neat installations and hilarious dry sense of humor. Keep up the good work
I'm a plumber with a long hose that gets tangled - just like your earth sleeving. Oooh Matron!!!!
Thanks for the video Tom. Glad to here "Dave" is still alive! I see your point about showing all the tests but as a learner, seeing someone like you doing it for real and commenting on the results would be a great help.
Years ago as a phone engineer we used motorbikes with paniers, one for tools, one for common parts. Everything else was delivered by van
I'm 17 and at collage doing an NVQ in engineering before I watched your channel my impression was that electritions just change sockets and lights.
Apologies for the assumption but with that Logic, Are you really training to be an engineer?
*College
*Electrician
Good luck with the NVQ
@@jurassicsparks5220 I'm doing an NVQ in performing engineering operations, it's a course that leads onto an apprenticeship. And I'm not planning on going into electrical engineering
Thank you for talking about mental health. Using your platform to make positive change is really the way to connect with the people that need it most. Cruelty thrives in numbers, hidden in the shadows and taking advantage those who may be helpless. We need strong encouragement with the assertion that there are far more good people in this world, willing to stick together and overcome the cowards who seek to eat us up from within.
I moved from install to manufacturing, really enjoy the complexities of industrial power.
Peace out dude.
having a camera man has definitely improved your content, keep it up tom.
The best solution with earh sleaving is to get rid of it.. and make a cable with all cores sleeved 🤣
they do have that in ireland and the earth is the same size as the live on all sizes i think. The 2.5mm twin and earth drum looked a lot bigger than the ones over here.
Kasp Net like the Irish T&E
@@acelectricalsecurity shut up with your common sense. We don't tolerate that sort of thing in this trade.
Get with the programme Engerland
Have you seen the little giant ladder? Screwfix sell them , very clever, and safer than telescopic ones. The one I've got is only 1.3 mtrs when closed, opens up in to a big step ladder, stair ladder, or an extension ladder that goes up to 4.2 mtrs.
Tom “there are 1 or 2 people saying” Nagy
I love it😁
Hey I tuned in to watch a vlog about motorcycles! What’s with the electrician crap? 😀
Little tip for the earth Sleeving, if its the one that comes in the clear bag, make a tiny little hole in the middle of the bundle/bag and cut the little tie wraps holding the bundle together. Grab the end of the Sleeving and it just pulls straight out the bag everytime
"Welcome family" is a new one 😂😂
I put my sleeving on used 3D printer spools. They're one injection-moulded part, so don't come apart like card-based ones.
Lol, I 3d print spools, for L,N,E sleeving as I don't need my plumbing bag any heavier.
Don't you need to VAT register after the first job of the morning on the 1st April at London prices?😄
Dont be silly, you'd probably make it to the end of the first week :P
I changed a CU last night 1 mile from my home in York and I took everything I needed on my bicycle - no traffic or parking issues - customer could not provide parking or tickets. Bicycle has a front box and panniers
Hi there I’m glad you have wished Dave well you and him will both do well best wishes 👍
If your sleeving comes from your wholesaler tied together in a polythene bag there is a solution to your spider woes!
Make a hole big enough in the bag to put your hand through to cut the tie gliding the coil together. Then find the end of the sleeving and it should pull out from the coil nice and freely!
The bag is largely still intact and keeps the coil contained. Sorted!
Alternatively find a wholesaler who sells the sleeving on a drum!😀
I get my sleeving on a drum, similar to singles.
You're the bolshiest electrician I know, but amusing, and also one who speaks a lot of common sense.
great video again but are you able to raise the shutter speed on the camera and maybe up the ISO to help with the flickering from the sync speed with the lighting around you.
Remember that the VAT people are your big smiley friends ...
Big toothy kinda smile.
Contactors on showers ?? Garlic bread it's the future Tom another great vid bud as usual
Hi Thomaz, I am from Brazil, I am an electrician like you I happen to every problem of low quality material so I buy a screwdriver as a kinpex or wiha it is impossible to find, in LONDON it has everything from GERMANY, if I had a job in LONDON electricity would be a big hug tomorrow.
The argument of not expecting the general public to pre-plan journeys in electric cars is absolutely spot on. It's one of the reasons why some manufacturers of electric cars have a navigation system that does it for you on the go!
Could you expand on the switching for showers etc through contactors. Seems like a great idea just can’t get my head round it from the short description. Cheers
Preferably run a 6V signal as a twin between the switch in the bathroom and the CU. CU contains a contactor on the dedicated shower circuit and an isolated 6V transformer for the signals. 6V because that's the safe voltage for people with a wet chest in a tight space. Some bathroom sizes would allow the exposed stuff to be 12V or more, check the regs. Remember that a signal wire in the same duct as 240V needs to be isolated to the higher voltage anyway, so using the usual cable or flex is the easy solution.
The idea about having a electric shower controlled via a contactor seems like a good one but I've found very few customers that want a ceiling pull cord switch of any kind.
So much for the old saying "electricity and water don't mix".....
Love your Videos Tom , so now you have cleared up the where’s Dave thread , next one will be where’s Laura haha 😂
Jay Dee ... where is Laura , and who is Penny, was there a changing of the guard 🤔
Absolutely love the rants. It makes my day.
Bloody hell...I feel like I’ve just had a right bollocking!
The man himself always doing great work
The led light fittings you replaced I had the same issue I had replace 12 out of 30,these fittings have a 3 year warranty.
"I didn't see you test, so I assume that means you didn't test"
Did you see him put that screw in, or are you going to assume it just magically appeared there?
exactly, right?!
Wagos on sockets, yesssssssssss. When you get to my age, get the shakes and can’t locate a slot in a terminal screw, the only option is to retire. Draw it up and get yourself down to the patents office.
LK branded sockets from Schneider have used push button clamps for decades. But only two holes per terminal and not for BS plugs. So installers often stuff Wagos in the box behind them if 3 wires are needed. Before that, stuffing 3 or 4 wires in one screw clamp was common.
I didn't even realise you could get sleeving loose like that. Literally every wholesaler in my area just has it on what is basically small cable reels, you can also get a 3 in 1 reel that has like 50m of green&yellow and 25m of brown and blue
Best sparky channel on UA-cam
We are never going to get people to plan for half an hour before they take a modest journey. You are so right. But, such planning could be integrated into the satnav system with some simple programming - and it could highlight the optional charge points which will be required. Even then, many of these charging points are either in use when you get there, out of order, or charge at such a slow rate has to be practically useless!
Poses s good question Tom. A standard decent Combi drill has hammer action on it which most of us hardly use. First day on site is has got me out of trouble because I tend to trickle my big tools in over a few days on a new site on the tube. Having said all that it would be a bit limited what the Scooter guys could theoretically do. What if a pair of steps is needed ect.
Tom, so true about the mental health.
I was literally about to pick up my phone and type a comment asking about where Dave had gone when Tom mentioned that he's moved on. Quite sad to hear that, seemed like a good lad. Best of luck to him.
Could use use one of those spools like you put extension cords on for your sleeving? I don't know what brands there are in the UK but here in the US you can get them at any home improvement store.
Why not mount the isolator on the vertical brick wall? So much more accessible and means you're not struggling. Strange one that!
They still pushing this fire window escape tragedy 😂😂😂😂
Could you do a new van tour with all of the tools in it ?
Every time i watch the video's there is always something that makes the laugh.
Mr Nagy the man of sense ! Wise views my good sir
When your clipping a 2.5 to a beam in a garage and the daddy spider pops out... i feel your fear Thomas
the mummy spiders are worse.
Vat changes on the 20 October this year Thomas, main contractors will not pay the VAT on an invoice, and instead it will be a reverse vat charge, aswell as 20CIS deductions, nightmare
Im a plumber and always do a spider check. Especially in the meter cupboards and under the floors. 😂
Andy Roddis sunken outdoor gas meter boxes 😵
You are totally right about the charging network for cars being broken in this country right now. I have clients that have had no end of issues trying to charge while travelling.
Also, what the hell were you doing with that ratchet strap? If that is a bulk standard ratchet strap then that is not how you use them :(
Mate if that building was on fire I’d crawl through a person never mind a whole damn window
I’m a 4th year apprentice electrician and love your videos find them really educational and entertaining , f*#k the negative comments 🙂
old/empty 3d printer filament spools work quite well for the earth sleeving
Thomas nagy True businessman look forward to each video as you're speaking the truth.
Love the contactor idea on cooker circuits, could work well with a smoke detector to shut the circuit off.
How the hell have you managed to swerve the VAT threshold for so long?
Sprinkling in some cash in hand on domestic jobs... Waheyyyy we have all done it.
@@shifty277 For sure, but the jobs this dude does and where they've done, even with a 'sprinkling ' of cash jobs the threshold is still and easy target to hit.
Ryan Speak for yourself young man!
That's what I was wondering; London prices, 2 vans, employing 2 people and working long hours... How on earth do you stay under? (For those not familiar the VAT threshold is based on the amount of money your business takes in, NOT profit)
85,000 I think 🤔
Your doing a cracking and very educational keep up the good and keep safe
The flue sitting like an Evo exhaust
Dave's fucked off AGAIN!
Have a look at Norwesco safety isolators, they are a third of the size, 3-phase and last decades outdoors in Finland, and are made in Sweden.
Hello Thomas nagy I've recently subscribed to your channel I wanted to ask you do you install smoke alarms if you do what type do you install
I just haul off a day or 2's worth of sleeving and keep it in the bag. The reel or coil remains on the vehicle
PA your personal assistant, as apposed to ADMIN the poor person that has to clean up your administrative error and general dogs body / tea maker etc
PA would sort the shit out before it hit the fan,
hence the pay grade
Oh you on about the handy squad with the yellow scooters 😂. Yeah it does make you wonder how they do fuseboards or full rewires. They probably turn up on 6 scooters as you said and all carry a bit.
In Ireland We now have all our cables are ready sheated and our Earth is the same size as all the other conductors
VAT registration - it means you save 20% on everything electrical you buy for your home ! :-)
Even if electric charging stations are all around the city, you still have to wait more than an hour while vehicle is charging. Petrol cars get filled with gas at 3 mins.
We use contactors in the railway loads so we can use 110v DC to turn on 898v DC
The best way to avoid problems with earth sleeving is to abandon Twin and CPC and use NYM-J.
So I take it the contactor is on its own MCB, but what about the circuit for the contactor trigger switch? It should be a) isolated via the MCB for the cooker/shower circuit but b) protected by its own 6a MCB as its 1mm cable. Can you confirm please.
My sleeving drums never come apart?
(MAYDAY ELECTRICAL) Great video Thomas i felt the same before i registered for VAT
This may be a stupid question, but. . . if you're not VAT registered and you send an estimate to a potential client, do you put 'carried out for the sum of £xxx.xx Plus VAT', or is the 'plus VAT' bit only something you should do if you're VAT registered?
Really need to sign up to a proper business course 😐
Ha Ha the dreaded Vodka and Tonic! keep the accountant in business lol
Your so right about electric vehicles Tom , great idea but we need 2 extra days a week to wait while they charge up , can't go out for a trip or a long run for the weekend , incase there isn't a charging station nearby , very poor infrastructure, some big money to be made there fitting them as long as it's not in a flood plane area lol
Hi Thomas keep up the good work mate just one suggestion instead of having 2 boards why not install a double bank fuse board
Gutted Dave's gone, thought you 2 had great friendship. Will there be more motorbike videos together?
I really like the bits where you chat away about random stuff for some reason lol
This kid is doing a good job playing Mister Reality Check!
I don't understand what the problem is with being VAT registered. I went self employed in 2007 for the first time and was VAT registered from day one. It's a no brainer.
I use the megger 1731 and when using the plug adaptor I insert them right angle up which avoids them getting prematurely worn when the tester is on a work top etc.
In Ireland our cable comes with the earth sleeved surprised you dont use that yourself. Maybe I'll send you a few rolls 😀👍
David Minnock
same here in Australia,all cores are Sleeved
If you buy them in that heat shunked plastic bags then just poke a hole in the middle and push the center piece of sleeving through the hole and use it like a string dispenser
Dave hasn't gone, he's just out getting spare parts.
That isolator is absolute huge. Is that standard in the UK ?
Miss my ‘16 NV200, not electric but a great reliable van with a great layout
When you slid under that concrete I thought you were looking for the glamour in the job.
Great vlog Thomas cheers
Using a contractor for showers is common practice in EIRE as flat twin & cpc has all the conductors the same size and all cores insulated throughout their length, so can you imagine terminating 10.mm in a switch ? ☘️🇮🇪☘️
With EV's I think the closest manufacturer to having a good system is Tesla where you but your destination in and the charge points are part of your route. But the UK isn't ready for EVs doing long journey at the moment. Chargers at services are always breaking down. If you live in a city and do mainly city driving, great vehicles as your charging them at your home each night not worrying if your vehicle is going to die.
Why don't you use an empty cable drum for the sleaving