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Why is it that we seem to find dodgy DIY at every job we come across lately? Join John, Luke and Reuben for this eventful fault find adventure where John grabs a big pipe, Luke gets stuck in a small cupboard and Reuben gets defeated by a fridge. Comment below the worst DIY you've ever discovered!
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@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

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@mrp7555 10 месяцев назад

You ain’t born in 1986. Fraud

@imark7777777 10 месяцев назад

6:00 I can tell you right now that is a light dusting for the American market. The US does not require any space for the lighting fixture to House the cabling as the light is supposed to be mounted to the back box in the wall or ceiling. US code requires all electrical junctions to be accessible either behind fixtures receptacles or a blank plate. So lighting manufacturers have never had to leave room for the wires as they're supposed to be in a cavity behind the fixture. I don't know if this is a you should have specialized lighting for the UK market or if the UK should change his code to require no hidden junctions and everything in boxes. Granted there are still some ceiling fans and light fixtures they have left absolutely no thought and there's still be there enough room to get it connected and attached.

@Silky_boi 10 месяцев назад

I’m a bit more of a fan of these style videos then the newer solar jobs. Idk if it’s because these remind me of all the good ol classic Artisan videos.

@ovidiuroman1979 10 месяцев назад

ME TO

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

A lot of people do like solar videos but we have planned quite a few non solar videos in the future that you will like!

@Archireux 10 месяцев назад

@@artisanelectrics Dont listen to these people, keep up with solar videos

@kobirelf97 10 месяцев назад

@@ArchireuxI agree the solar videos are really interesting if these people don't like it they can go somewhere else

@ForTheBirbs 10 месяцев назад

Another awesome video chaps! One suggestion is to use double wall glue lined heatshrink tubing. Not expensive and works great as it has a typical 4:1 shrink ratio and the glue seals around the cables. Cheers

@wazza33racer 10 месяцев назад

The difference between a diy bodge, and a tradie bodge.....is that the tradies are better at hiding it.

@Silky_boi 10 месяцев назад

Hahahahaha very very true 😅 and a homeowner will own up to it as well

@michaels8336 10 месяцев назад

This…. I’ve seen a good few ‘professional’ bodges.

@ToddSandercock 10 месяцев назад

This was most probably an electrician sadly.

@bradbttl 10 месяцев назад

Should give off the same light😂😂😂, a 5ft t8 tube gives off 5200 lm, that little led thing only gives off 840, I'd be asking for my money back if that got fitted in my garage

@maidbloke 10 месяцев назад

Agreed. Plus the LED fitting looks like one where you have to replace the whole unit when the bulb dies - horrible.

@nickgilbert1264 10 месяцев назад

I bought a house which had been owned by an electrician as the sole previous owner and you wouldn't believe how awful some of the modifications were. The worst was fitting the wrong type/brand of MCB for a new 10kw electric shower - it was physically incompatible with the live busbar and therefore had minimal contact area with it. My plastic consumer unit caught fire and thankfully the smoke alarms did their job.

@ehsnils 9 месяцев назад

He probably used "leftovers" from his job to equip his house.

@leewot 10 месяцев назад

Where the new garage breaker box is installed- having the double socket directly up against it means there’s a lot of ‘wall-wart’ power supplies that will not be able to fit .. ideally it needs to be a faceplate width lower

@ChrisHopkinsBass 10 месяцев назад

Skipwood is the finest wood known to man don't you know? :D That reminds me of a bloke who lived a few doors down from us. He couldn't avoid a skip. We drove past a skip a mile or two down the road, saw an old single glazed pot glass bay window in there and we said "**** will be in there later". A few hours later he went off on a bike ride. He came back with the whole thing tied to his back! He was also well known for his dodgy DIY. He took down load bearing internal walls. When he died, the family had to sell the house at a rock bottom price because it was an absolute death trap!

@TheFlow2006 10 месяцев назад

it really is interesting to see how different it is done from country to country, here in germany you normaly (todays) go with the cable from the breaker either to an distribution box inside the room on the wall (or better flush with the wall) and distribute from there or and i believe that is more common nowadays to the box in which the first switch of the room sits and distribute from there to the lights, sockets and so on. I would never have guessed to look at the light outlet for the main cable of the room since here they com straight from the switch even like back in the 50´s it was done this way only thing changed since then are the wire colours.

@jostouw4366 10 месяцев назад

Ring circuits are the norm in the UK where spurs go to the switches from the fixture.

@xxwookey 9 месяцев назад

The standard approach in the UK since at least the 1950s is to distribute power round to each lamp ceiling rose, daisy-chain style, then there is one cable down to the light switch. Up to at least 1965 there was no earth/CPC used in the lighting circuit (not sure when this changed). That's one of the main issues in this house. And also it's been converted from the original central ceiling rose to 4 downlighters, and to lamps which don't have the terminals for a neat job, like the original ceiling rose would have, so you end up with 4 bits of chocolate block (live, neutral, CPC, switched live).

@JimBurr101 10 месяцев назад

Im sorry if anyone disagrees but the kitchen lights need to be rewired with a CPC to all accesories. My reason is the next owner/tenenat or whoever can put it back to a none class 2 fixtures and fittings and we are back to square 1. i wouldnt even give it as an option to the client.

@sunshine3187 10 месяцев назад

I agree mate 👍

@lewis94uk 10 месяцев назад

Class two is a better option than leaving it, you can put stickers by the CU then it’s up to the next owner to get an electrician to change any fittings

@neilbridgeman7768 10 месяцев назад

You cannot legislate for the unknown future use of an installation.

@andyreed7795 10 месяцев назад

It’s all about making the install safe for the user, your talking about an ideal world senario, ideally yes I agree, but unfortunately we don’t live in that ideal world

@johnwaby4321 10 месяцев назад

We all come across this JB .it is a bit of a delemer .but at the end of the day it has to be right .and like you said they could be changed to class one at a later date

@2Sorts 10 месяцев назад

Today (7th August 2023) I took down 26 old spotlights and replaced them with nice new LED ones. I managed to get every single one down without damaging or pulling down any bits of the ceiling 😂. I found multiple CPCs just cut off or not connected at all. Everything rectified, CPC present to the circuit ends and all lights working and look lovely 👍

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Congrats 👏

@strummer6642 10 месяцев назад

Great back to basics on the job video, entertaining and informative. Good presenting skills all round!

@trevorstevenson4038 10 месяцев назад

I love the fault finding DIY bodge jobs, the withheld rage at discovering the trash that has been slapped together haha

@samstainer2288 10 месяцев назад

This week i was doing an event and took power for my equipment and both me and my worker got a little electric shock while setting up. I investigated as to why and realised that the place we got power doesn’t have earth connected. I then searched for a connection with earth and all was fine.

@Buflonob 8 месяцев назад

"i've had a little cry..." - John...cracked me right up

@metproltd 10 месяцев назад

Great video guys. Brilliant to see a job from all angles.

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a ton!

@cosmintomozei7696 10 месяцев назад

Congratulations for the professionalism and for the good work. I like Hilti as well. Best regards from Romania!

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!

@michael.a.covington 2 месяца назад

11:21 Nice use of a hot air gun on the heat-shrink. Handy hint from America: Carry a few sticks of hot-melt glue and use them with the hot-air gun if you need to glue something (e.g., repairing woodwork). Much easier than a hot-glue gun.

@atkt62 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant video gentlemen really enjoyed watching. I agree, rewire those lights as not up to any sensible standard. You cannot anticipate how others might change fittings in the future. Safety first in this case

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it and agreed safety is priority

@stevejagger8602 10 месяцев назад

I faced a similar situation in a kitchen in an old Welsh cottage, originally wired in the 60's or 70's.. Fortunately the ceiling wasn't boarded over. It had to be rewired because the customer wanted class 1 light fittings. I think you need to do the same, and rewire to the centre distribution point, and the switch line.

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!

@evanguarr9678 10 месяцев назад

I adore the Top Gear-esque intro, John! Cheers lads.

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

John appreciated this comment 😀

@justme5384 10 месяцев назад

@ 6:23 that's why we use ceiling boxes that has space and we screw the light fixing bracket to the box and plenty of room for cables. Schneider JR08 or KR00 if you can access from above or if only from below then Schneider RJE 06, RKE 06 or ABB AUS15.2

@kentmasic 10 месяцев назад

IS that new board with the new tails Luke is doing okay to have copper showing?

@shuhel02 10 месяцев назад

Sensor light in garage should have a control switch installed to allow manual override function over the sensor.

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the information 👍

@danf6491 10 месяцев назад

I agree

@jgharston 10 месяцев назад

This is why, for years now, on lighting circuits I *never* use a ceiling rose (or a light switch) as a junction box. It's extra work and extra expense, but EVERY user-accessible outlet I install with solely a *single* cable so it is completely unambigious to DIY Dan what he's looking at. Too many "I joined all the reds together, and it went BANG!".

@2Sorts 10 месяцев назад

‘Roy it in’ seems to be the new buzz phrase at Artisan!

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Probably be around for a while now even behind the scenes lol

@craigchamberlain 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, and my guess is that "Roy" is a dodgy electrician and not a DIY'er. ;-)

@andyreed7795 10 месяцев назад

A temp fix you could take a cpc off the kitchen extractor fan and take it to the joint on the down lights, something you allowed to as the earths are all common in the fuse board, just make a note on the EIC

@marymadigan9707 10 месяцев назад

Yeah Roy,s it in 🔥🔥😂

@roydowling2542 10 месяцев назад

I swear it wasn't me

@serenity1378 8 месяцев назад

"Why are people like this?" Can't speak for more upmarket customers, but as someone in a flat that skirts by on barely being fit for purpose (no hot water for over a month after moving in, 3 separate leaks, an upstairs neighbour whose flat is owned by the same people who had a leak directly into my light fitting, a toilet that wasn't bolted down, on, and on, and on) with a lot of cut corners owned and operated by a private company on behalf of a (formerly) conservative local council: I can't afford a private sparky, The company refuses to send their sparkies out unless it's an emergency, and then SENDS PLUMBERS INSTEAD (?!?!?! I had no light in my bedroom for two months after the water-incursion event because they kept not sending anyone out, sending plumbers out instead, eventually I just did it myself so I could *see!*), The flat is from an old building convert with years of bodged wiring and far too few sockets for a modern living. So I make do. Shocked myself once, but that's because I was lazy and didn't flip the breaker when I was reassembling a light. You'd absolutely *hate* the additions I've made - but you'd hate the "officially certified" work just as much. If I could I'd have someone like you and yours come in and do it all right from the ground up but I doubt I even have the legal rights to, even if I could afford it on a fixed income. It's easy to say a life is worth any cost and to always do things perfectly to code when you're not the one paying. I need stuff done and no one will do it for me, so I do it to the standard of my granddad. He stopped working decades ago and he loved bodging things because most of his time working was in the RAF or in a hospital - where it's more important that you keep things working without being able to turn them off than get it perfect - in the 60s, 70s, 80s, etc when the standards were very different too.

@ianmiller3182 10 месяцев назад

A quickwire connector can be useful when you're short of cable length, as long as you can get the strippers in.

@klapouchy1000 5 месяцев назад

Clamp wagos are not undented to connect copper and aluminium cables, you shoud use wagos from other line (clampless) and the wago aluplus. Aluminium tin cable you connected will oxidize over time and can cause hazard

@danf6491 10 месяцев назад

Think the fuseboard would have benefitted from a piece of trunking horizontal to hide wires coming in from the left and vertical to hide wires coming from above . Only aesthetics but for the sake over a couple of quid it would have looked much better. Nice video , back to the old style. And i thought to run a single earth core would have been cheaper than replacing all the lights and faceplates . Obviously i dont know whats above or joist direction . 👍

@swampy1584 10 месяцев назад

This is why I always get a pro electrician in. It's a dark art that I will never understand 😊

@Trezker 10 месяцев назад

Any day you have a fit of giggles is a good day.

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

That must be everyday 😁

@johnnybravo9087 10 месяцев назад

I wouldn’t assume DIY…plenty of cowboy sparks around.

@TheOmegaRiddler 10 месяцев назад

pretty much DIY electrics with marketing.

@samstainer2288 10 месяцев назад

Rewire it. As there is a risk of Someone putting light fittings which need earth.

@MrFranKane 10 месяцев назад

Very informative. Love the matt Luke, most of the time I'm not on my knee pads in weird positions, kudos... Why the hell is Rubin throwing gang signs at the end, he'd get owned by playschool kids in a fight lol. Be very careful what you do Rubin

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

He has got the message 😂

@n3ilvincent870 10 месяцев назад

Like a bunch of bloody kids

@martinhansen6802 10 месяцев назад

Good little project!

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

I think so too!

@sirjmcthegreat5958 10 месяцев назад

Can I ask why the fuses go slanted either over time or from the start. Our box has and noticed this box has them too. Thanks 🙏👍

@Chris_In_Texas 10 месяцев назад

I am so glad that modern day electric codes here in the USA don't allow panels (CU) to be put in locations like that. Here you also need permits to do what you guys are doing by switching out the panels, which then everything has to be brought up to modern day standards as well. In that case the panel would have to be located into an accessible location if switched out. The costs can be very expensive because of what might be needed to the older electrical system in the house to bring it up to current codes. Great job guys! 👍🤠

@kobirelf97 10 месяцев назад

What you have to remember a lot of are British houses are a lot older than your houses so lot of the old houses over here can only have the consumer unit in annoying places new builds have them in the better places just remember this Americans electricity standards are all over the the place

@SeizureGman 9 месяцев назад

I agree though it's harder for the UK as quite a chunk of houses are easily over 100 years old the house I live in was made in 1905 and we have houses in the UK that have been around longer than the US has

@jonathanbuzzard1376 9 месяцев назад

@@SeizureGman About 15% of houses in England and 20% in Wales (don't have a handy figure for Scotland) were built before 1900. Easy for Americans in their glorified sheds to forget.

@wizard3z868 10 месяцев назад

Seeing as you opened up the cieling i wld rewire but im in the states.

@Davidhughes9467 10 месяцев назад

Nic eic would ask if you can touch the down lighters and something extraneous at the same time, if not then you could leave them it’s basically a health and safety assessment.

@ryanjones7921 10 месяцев назад

A 45 mm holesaw, fresh connections with a trailing cable,, compliant , connected, sorted

@grahamek86 10 месяцев назад

As much as it's a pain and costly to rewire, if you change the fittings and switchgear to class II, there's nothing stopping the owner from removing and fitting class I stuff later on. If this is DIY, chances are they'd fit the CPC if available. If not, they'd probably leave it without caring too much.

@ringroller46 10 месяцев назад

Did someone forget to put the ceiling rose screw cap on before they wired it in?? ( Rueben)😂

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

😂😂

@TonyRule 10 месяцев назад

18:33 Two flat cables through a single circular cable gland. That enclosure now has no IP rating. 21:13 Could have at least run the cables down below the glands immediately before they rise back up to them. Now any water can track all the way to the gland rather than gather and drip off at a low spot.

@calvinhale9913 10 месяцев назад

RCBO feeds RCD in garage .. 😮

@imranagha6914 9 месяцев назад

😮

@andysnowden4605 10 месяцев назад

Garage radial socket using a 32a on a 'temporary' basis? The whole point of this remedial work was to remove non-compliances - not add to them. Also doubt very much that the garage light will be any use. The garage door won't set off the PIR, unless the garage door is hot! It's not a microwave sensor. Clear fault finding, learned a few new phrases. I sympathise with the understairs fusebox change - I know being there is a killer from experience.

@MartinE63 10 месяцев назад

At 21:18. Left hand position, no blank?

@jdickson242 10 месяцев назад

Can someone explain how those touch voltages are occuring? Where is the voltage coming from?

@mpmatt3469 10 месяцев назад

At this stage you have identified that the CPC is missing because it was not previously required. You could use nylon screws etc to avoid the need to update the circuit, but what happens if someone comes along later and replaces the screws with metal ones. This could be anyone, not a bodger and certainly not an electrician but a home owner. Clearly the circuit needs to be brought up to current standards which were introduced to improve safety.

@Matt-td9wx 10 месяцев назад

The fuse must of fell out to fit the isolator 👀

@gd2329j 10 месяцев назад

Yes the kitchen lights need a rewired but it’s up to the customer . The only thing you can do is borrow a ground & RCD the circuit . Note In the 1960‘s most lighting circuits had no cpc . Most had some fittings we now call class 1 . Err clothes iron , battery charger , toaster & radios 😳

@xxwookey 9 месяцев назад

Yeah mine is 1962 - no cpcs in the lighting circuits and some nice metal lamps either side of the fireplace fitted at some point. Even I (an expedition potholer with a high risk tolerance) thought that was pretty dodgy. The loft has all been updated but there is still some 60s wiring left in places which really is due for the chop.

@johnfitzpatrick2469 10 месяцев назад

G,day from Sydney Australia. Did you have the supply company "pull the fuse" to the property, for replacement of the DB Distribution board. * If access to ceiling space run new CPC (earth/ground) to CPC busbar? 🐝💨

@jonathanbuzzard1376 9 месяцев назад

Quite a few meters have a built-in isolator. On mine, you need to use a screwdriver to operate it and I don't think it's rated for a live load so throw the isolator on the consumer unit first. However it lets you work on the consumer unit including a swap out without needing to involve the DNO.

@simonjones7785 10 месяцев назад

the number of lights i have been too where diy dave has not understood how to lnk out lights on a modern set up

@matthewjohnson3408 10 месяцев назад

Do you guys never use the WAGO push in connectors instead of the lever versions? Much smaller and would of been much easier to fit behind that light fitting base

@flange0r 10 месяцев назад

Wago 224-112, made for it

@mickcawley4797 10 месяцев назад

The point you make, about 7 mins in, about light fitting design is a great point. I used to fill with dread when I heard the words 'ceiling fan' or 'IKEA'.

@jgharston 10 месяцев назад

Especially all these "modern" ones with no mechanical support, so while you're trying to wire it up the only mechanical support is the electrical fittings themselves! I had a ten-kilo chandelier(sp?) that I had to get my "apprentice" to hold up with two brooms while I wired it up and eventually got the cover on.

@sshaw37 10 месяцев назад

Much prefer this sort of thing to the bling solar install!

@BiohazardX9 10 месяцев назад

I'm curious, whats that orange thing in the new box? (I'm not an electrician, I just like learning)

@GiannisPrimbo 10 месяцев назад

Endoscope camera suggestions?

@rtreborg8472 10 месяцев назад

The trader will charge an absorbent fee and claim this is because he is a professional yet frequently will not provide a professional job. Thus the DIY'er has no option but to try and do it themselves. When they see the state of a distribution board done by a 'professional' this provides them with a 'poor' example of a professional job!.

@jameskey1538 10 месяцев назад

Was the garage a rcd board off a rcbo from main board 😥🤣🤣.

@toolboxtalking 10 месяцев назад

Let them know its need a rewire and maybe put 1 x temporary class 2 fitting up and not all 8

@fluphybunny930 9 месяцев назад

I HATE modern ceiling light fittings. Our is a pain to fit the wires under.

@jukesr 5 месяцев назад

i would just pull through a new twin and earth surly this is cheaper and quicker. seems a bit backwards replacing/down grading all the light fixtures and switch.

@TheOmegaRiddler 10 месяцев назад

About that cable trick, would that work with the cable to a pair of headphones that keep getting tangled?

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Probably not due to different materials but your more than welcome to try

@davideyres955 10 месяцев назад

Way to deal with that is to hold up the end of the cable and dangle the headphone so it spins round. It Will then remove the twist from the cable.

@TheRealCrAzYShOTTAHD 10 месяцев назад

Don’t really get the hype behind the Fusebox boards. Just the little things like needing an Mcb just for the surge device

@thedodger1387 10 месяцев назад

I'd be very worried about the 50 v on the cpc

@archangelsean 10 месяцев назад

Guessing this was NOT a cheap job, well into the 4 figures, seems like an insane amount of work

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Can not say figures but it was definitely hard work for the lads

@Simondofficial 10 месяцев назад

Hi. SafeStyle eyewear is certified to AS/NZS 1337.1 standard which is an Australian standard. I tried to search the web to see if that translates into I think european EN166 standard but I cannot find anything to prove that the SafeStyle glasses will be certified as safety glasses for use in the UK. I bought a pair but don't know if I will be able to use them. Does anyone have a pair and knows more than me?

@TheEulerID 10 месяцев назад

I suspect that that 80V is induced, so the current will be tiny.

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Still not a nice thing to touch it 😅

@TheEulerID 10 месяцев назад

@@artisanelectrics You probably wouldn't notice, although you can get a "tingle" from some induced voltages. The real danger is if the line ever touched the metal box of facia plate. Then you would jump...

@michaels8336 10 месяцев назад

Was just wondering where the potential comes from….

@denmcf89 10 месяцев назад

Can someone elaborate on pls on how the 80 v comes about

@TheEulerID 10 месяцев назад

@@denmcf89 It's going to be some sort of capacitive coupling. Broadly speaking, any time you have two conductive areas close to one another, then it creates a capacitor. As the electric field changes in one conductor it will induce a change in the other conductor. It's very important in electronics. For example, capacitors are often used to allow alternating currents to pass whilst blocking direct currents (and there are many other uses too). So what is probably happening here is that the AC voltage in the socket and wiring is inducing a change in the metal front of the socket and the metal backing box. As those are effectively insulated and not connected to ground, then it's possible to measure that voltage. However, it's a very inefficient sort of coupling, so the AC current that appears to leak across will be very low indeed. The reason the meter picks is up is that it will have a very high input impedance meaning that the tiny AC current is enough to allow a voltage to be registered. Most likely you would never feel anything. The real danger is not from that 80V, as if you touch the front plate, it will essentially disappear as the human body has a much lower resistance than that meter. Where the real problem arises is if there's a fault behind the socket whereby the line conductor touches the back box, then it won't trip the breaker, as there's no route to earth. However, it will make the metal plate, and the fixing screws full live voltage. Then you can get a shock, although if an RCD is fitted it ought to trip and prevent a fatal one, although nothing is guaranteed.

@gadgetman36 10 месяцев назад

Is it acceptable to use a combustible plastic isolator in a cupboard under the stairs which is an escape route? You can use a compact metal isolator with a lid or a fused Bakelite isolator instead which are non-combustible.

@danf6491 10 месяцев назад

The wec isolator is rated as fireproof I believe so doesn't need to be metal.

@sfsldk6890 10 месяцев назад

Where do you stop, should the meter be in a metal enclosure? Can’t cover every little thing

@joepollard8755 9 месяцев назад

Nothing like a 'blacktive' conductor to keep you on your toes

@CP_SplitTheDefense 10 месяцев назад

It's crazy that light fixtures don't require any type of electrical box or octagon in the UK 🤯

@CP_SplitTheDefense 10 месяцев назад

And terminal blocks 😭

@pjoi6526 10 месяцев назад

I love watching these videos but I'm still so confused because of the many differences I see with how things are done across the pond in the Netherlands where I live. Metal fuse boxes, ring circuits, extremely high amp breakers (16A is about the max here, main breaker is usually 3x25A) and the huge amount of stuff connected to one breaker to name a few. I mainly love how you guys earth all your stuff from lights to switches to sockets. Here earthing sockets is the only real rule. Rest is up to you and mostly not done (but also everything is plastic instead of metal). On the other hand with our radial wiring most rooms have their own breaker in the main switch with just a few lights or sockets. Anything over 1500 watts has their own line and breaker. Fault finding is so easy that way. Keep up the great work!

@paulf3353 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, it is quite lagging in comparison to continental europe

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the insight, well appreciated 😀

@Frog-ko6uu 10 месяцев назад

That’s fairly similar to how we do it in the US, we ground pretty much everything, usually use plastic boxes, and 15A or 20A 120v radial circuits are the most common. New homes usually have 200A split-phase 240v (theoretical maximum capacity of 48KW), and heavy appliances such as dryers, stoves, water heaters, central air conditioners, etc have dedicated 240v circuits.

@GothGuy885 10 месяцев назад

@@Frog-ko6uu as a fellow American, I was surprised to see the ceiling lamps had cables joined by Wago connectors, just jammed up into a hole in the ceiling. and no junction boxes. I guess that might be to code there, but not too familiar with their electrical codes in England/ UK. I need to do some research and add that to my repartee of foreign electrical system knowledge.

@PeterChapman-rg6gr 10 месяцев назад

@@paulf3353 The only thin they do better than the UK is they wire everything in "Radial" so if there is ever a fault (broken wire) it is easy to detect and fix. A broken wire on a ring only becomes apparent when the ret of the cable melts. That said unlike the UK there is no dedicated appliance overcurrent protection like the various smaller fuses fitted to our 13A plugs and in many cases no protection against reversal of 2 pin plugs.

@andrew_koala2974 10 месяцев назад

06:52 --- That wiring there is absolutely horrible I can only imagine it was a home-brew job --- Near enough IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

@2Sorts 10 месяцев назад

Who, or what, is Roy? Is the expression in honour of some or other Oaf? 😂

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

Secret it is 🫣

@thdreefie 10 месяцев назад

Does the UK actually allow all those open joints in the attic space? In the US, your terminations must all be in a junction box.

@callumroberts6549 10 месяцев назад

Americans don’t have the right to comment on any other country’s electrics😂

@cuebj 10 месяцев назад

Interesting. As a DiYer, I use Wagos in a Wago junction box with just a 1½mm² flexible cable to the light fitting. I don't use the ceiling rose for anything more than the feed to the light. I've seen far too many registered professional electrician bodge jobs

@thdreefie 10 месяцев назад

@@callumroberts6549…okay, just wondering 🙂. This seems like it would not be protected against fire.

@jgharston 10 месяцев назад

I did my UK C&G 30 years ago and I agree, I'm very sure I was taught that any connection must be in an enclosure - which is why I recoil in terror at American "toothpaste cap" joints. :)

@TeamFoxhoundUK 10 месяцев назад

Why do the breakers always lean?

@alvina69 10 месяцев назад

It’s usually happens when they’re over tightened. I do them up hand tight then clamp them all in place and tighten to torque, keeps them straight everytime.

@TheRossz 10 месяцев назад

Hey Reuben! 👋❤

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

He says hello 👋

@Deraco1 10 месяцев назад

Since I'm from the US, obviously standards are different between the two countries. Is it normal for you guys (I guess with new construction) to put in a ceiling electrical box for hanging electrical objects? Now I think of it, that ceiling is all lath and plaster so putting in a box to help with cable management isn't feasible

@brendanfisher2528 10 месяцев назад

Ruban looks like a bloke now and not the young kid he was when he started! Might even sprout hia first facial hair soon lol.. always a hard worker is ruban!

@artisanelectrics 10 месяцев назад

He is such an amazing worker and we are super proud 🥲

@TheOmegaRiddler 10 месяцев назад

He sounds like one now. He sounded posh when he was just a Shetland Rueben. He's using terms like mankey. I bet if he were to spend some time in Scotland, he'd be calling things minging or boggin.

@jostouw4366 9 месяцев назад

One of those day's you wish your legs unclipped 😂

@tomgosy 2 месяца назад

I'd say we need more John but it's a bit late for that

@kelvingomersall7460 6 месяцев назад

Anyone else thought that Michael from Vsauce had taken up sparky-ing?

@cowboyfrankspersonalvideos8869 10 месяцев назад

Harry Potters closet gets an upgrade. 😀

@djordjelukovac8041 10 месяцев назад

Those wago clamps are not for solid core wires.

@davidyates748 10 месяцев назад

Not sure which ones you've seen but the ones I buy are solely for solid core cable and explicitly not for stranded cable.

@n3ilvincent870 8 месяцев назад

Why do sparks put fuse boards in really stupid places where children can access it

@michealplater9007 10 месяцев назад

It must be a DIY thing; you can never have too much tape on connections.

@kobirelf97 10 месяцев назад

Even when I do DIY electrics I do it to regulations and make sure it's safe but then again I do have a brain unlike most diyers 😂

@raymondgarafano8604 9 месяцев назад

O.k. so all neutrals go together, earth's too, but not to neutrals. lamp's neutral to neutral and hot to neutral of switched leg, comes back as HOT to lamp's Hot. No idea why they can't have a bigger consumer's panel?

@ryanjones7921 10 месяцев назад

I think that’s what wago jbs were made for ?