16 Amp Connectors Wired 

2:25 Professional electrician here: There's a reason for the earth connector to be "higher": If you rip off the cable accidentially the earth wire will unplug at last. So please! do NOT shorten it! Let the cables AT LEAST at the same length! 3:26 Precrimp: Yes, you have to! It's for maximum surface contact. Use only professional crimping tools. Else, in the case of a fire caused by it the insurance wouldn't pay you a penny!

That's it Julian, I'm calling big Clive.

The earth connection is raised up for a reason. The wires get cut the same length, and the earth get an extra bend/loop.

Ferrules are way to big for the wire. They are supposed to be a tightish fit so when crimped they pack all the stands tightly together. Ferrules are meant to fit the wires not the fitting they are going in. This leaves a poor connection that could fail prematurely.

Fail: "Looks like the earth one will need to be cut a bit shorter.". The earth one (more correctly called PE) should be sized such that if the cable is yanked out from the plug the PE one will be the last one to still have contact. That does actually work quite well with these big connectors where there's plenty of space or as in your case where the PE wire is raised. For other connector you may need to leave PE one or two cm longer. The ferrules must be crimped before tightetning the screws with a proper crimping tool - a pair of pliers is going to do a bad job. And sorry, no soldering. Oh and the ferrule is looking pretty large. It should be just large enough to fit easily on the wire, no larger. I think in your previous video you said the conductors were 2.6 mm². Yours look like they're about 4 mm² - but there's no standard known to me which uses red for a ferrule of that size - or anything close to it. So that's a bit weird but no problem, the ferrule colour isn't important, just a useful hint at the wire cross section. At 230V and 16A the current is large enough that this needs done properly. Because you don't want to meet the fire brigade. At least not in your own home ;-)

1) Never cut the PE shorter, see the other comment. 2) Yes, the ferrul should be crimped before going into the plug. This one is way to thick though, Looks to be for 4mm² wire, yours looks more like 2.5mm². There should be pretty much no play with the right size. 3) Solder is a nogo in screwterminals, actually illegal here, since it gives over time and the pressure of the screw with be gone. That can result in a bad connection -> heat -> melted solder -> short -> fire. Unlikely but still not a good idea.

Yes the ferrules are required on stranded wire if all the terminal has is a screw. This is so the wires don’t slip out from under the screw. If the screw is pushing a plate down then the plate will grab all the wires and the ferrule is not needed. Also size the ferrule to be tight on the wires. It doesn’t need to fill the socket.

I was going to say something, but EVERYBODY beat me to it. :)

The usual suspects sell a ferrule crimper that works reasonably well along with a whole box of ferrules for very little money. I've done some shoddy stuff myself, but for mains I wouldn't want to risk a bad connection like this. When you snip a properly crimped ferrule in half you'll see that the copper strands are fused together basically in a solid mass, looks really cool.

Need to use a proper set of Ferrule Crimpers they compress all the wires together over a longer length typically making a square section. Also, wires should just stick out of the end of the ferrule a tiny bit this is useful for checking visually you have crimped on the wires and also reduces the chance of it pulling out as the ends splay out a little. Insulation colour is coded for the wire size and if all the wires are the same gauge then all the crimps should be the same size and colour. you should use the smallest size that slides over the wire. The screw should not be used to crimp the ferrule it should already be crimped under the area the screw makes contact.

As others have said the earth wire always needs to be the longest so if the wires get pulled out the earth is always the last connection to get pulled out.

Maybe someone can link him a video on how to do this properly

Normally, I like your videos just not on this occasion. You've made a few mistakes, I'm just telling you as I'm a qualified electrician (no hate)

I like to use side cutters to strip thick insulation like that. Score around the depth you wish to cut (as you did), but you don't have to cut all the way to the wire jackets. Then, take a pair of side cutters and start trimming from the bare wire end to the score mark you made. Once you get to the score mark, you might be able to just tear off the excess, or more easily see where it needs trimming.

KA-BOOM Julian pull's the trigger and off they go ! marvellous work old bean...Bravo !

Never, ever, ever, ever use solder for power connections. Just my two cents. :)

oh my goodness - hehe. Looking good there Julian!

Please remake the cable, without shortening the protective earth/grounding wire.

Electrician training is the chief cause of pedantry in the greater English speaking world.

Please get a ferrule crimper.

On top of all the complaints about you using the ferrules wrong in oh-so-many ways, also... Stop using a posi screwdriver in a phillips screw!

The socket needs to be facing downwards to repel water or you'll defeat it's IP rating

Pre-crimp: Yes, you have to if you want maximum surface contact.....crimping always applies maximum surface contact, hence less heating at contact points...!!!

FWIW on the cable where the ground needed to be pushed between line and neutral it woud have worked like this if you had started with the other end of the cable. A 3 conductor cable cannot have out of sequence conductors...

Oh the horror! RSVP Julian's house after the imminent electrical fire! 🤣 Seriously though, this would be extremely illegal here in Australia. As we all know, everything is much more dangerous here, so if I were to try this, it would almost certainly burn my place to the ground. Of course, not before the SWAT raid for illegally wiring my own electrics.

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My regular wall outlet is 15 amps. What niche does this fill?

I have always liked that style of receptacle but here in the US the only place that uses them is Mc Donalds on their kitchen equipment. I wouldn't mind using them on my shop equipment especially since they are dirt cheap compared to the stuff we use here in the US. Shoe lace ferrules are also not used here in the US either. They are only showing up because you can buy them on ebay and amazon from China sellers.

For a guy thats being doing electronics for I do not know how long (ie a long time) How is it you can't wire a plug!! *Mind blown :-D

Not ideal, but I'm sure it will do the job. I doubt you will ever be pulling anything close to 16A. If it does catch on fire, be sure to do a live stream! ;)

I’ve never wired a 16mm plug but I can tell there’s a lot done wrong here

Huge 16A? It’s the smallest of the family, try a 125A for huge!

Wow lots of thumb downs! Just watching now... this should be good! ;-) 215 up and 68 down. Can't wait to see what Julian did wrong!

That crimping....

How are those massive connectors only 16A rated? It is that confusingly the name of them? ferrules are a good idea so you don't not screw up the strands. Yes they should be crimped. And don't use solder because it makes the wire brittle (tin lead inbrittlement). Proper crimping tools aren't expensive.

Really a whole video with you just putting ends on a cable... lol

If you used a shorter flex you would get less Volt drop HA HA!!!!!

Great video. Thanks for sharing this project with us.

For those of you making light of potentially problematic mains electrical connections, maybe you should watch this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sSoU03s3nzE.html where the cause was an electrical fault… (although that was likely a faulty mains adapter or similar).

this whole video screams "DO NOT FOLLOW"

Wow… how NOT to do this. Hope nobody uses this video as instructions/advice.

So if I unplug the lead end and put my tongue 👅 across the pins ………..

Omfg. Is this supposed to be an instructional video?. You‘re doing about everything wrong. Ok. At least you didn‘t end up soldering the ferrules. I give you that. But it was a close call I suppose.

Nice.

16Amps is very kinky and you could possibly smell a burning smell

Julian your work looks proper. Nice neat connection. Electronics hobby is fun.

Some good info in these comments

Lidl too short that earth wire, Aldl cut so much off. Sorry just had to get them in ;-)

Job Well Done !!!

I wonder how many dislikes and comments you would get. If you wired L to E, N to L and N to L? lol

It’s ok everyone, he crimped it in the end. Stop sending hate!

Do you really need to tell your job before giving advice?

As a professional carpenter A professional concrete cutter A professional demolition company owner A professional machine operator An electronic enthousiast An audiophile A professional gamer And an RC lover I can tell you just connect the fckn wires because I've been doing it for years and running high loads without any accidents 😂 just screw em make sure you put in a wire that handles the load of your socket and stop listening to those so called professional electricians "now I've created a sh*t storm! INCOMINGGGG"

You don't have a clue about how to strip flex or wire Ceeform plugs. Stick to low voltage stuff.

Sorry, but it's too long and boring.

makes me laugh all these knowledgeable people thinking they know more than Julian who has years of electrical/electronic experience. He knows what he is doing folks, maybe look at his bio before making your 'helpful suggestions'