Electric Patio Heater Wiring and Installation 

Ok BOOMer. I'm sorry Mehdi love your videos and advices, I couldn't help it. Cheers from another engineer colleague!

Not

Ok boomer

Could you do a RU-vid video on a fpv rc car lol

I love ur videos I hope my hero sees this! :)

He doesn't use it though

I'm scared to watch this video now

His main line is capable of holding 100 amps but our main line is able to hold only 20-30 amps lol

In Brazil, of course. If ground is not well connected, to avoid electrical shocks you "jump" while opening or closing the water register.

My shower is 8500 watt! And they are not the biggest available

Big fan sir!

Seems like you are a new viewer well you should get used to it in no time.

@@basantatamang2249 lol

Which one lol

Same

I know 😂😂😂

*peak

@@mofsffs Calla gringo, Ñ.

You can do the same with sparklers xd

I live in Ohio, I thought water catching on fire was normal. I stand corrected.

🤣

*The entire planet earth destroyed* The breaker : Just... A little bit... More. Hang on.

:upvote:

@@mini2flyerau unfortunately redditor, this isn’t Reddit

@@wassapM8 I know

LOL!

I did that once on my 240V panel, cant recommend.

Funny but not true at all. You can touch anything you want as long as you only touch one at a time.

@@mds1986ms Go ahead and touch ~ while you stand on a grounded floor.

Well if youre barefoot like s jackass then yeah youre gunna get s tickle.

he is a qualified electrical engineer

the dude's a goddamned genius .. love his vids

@@SuperKirkb but I beat he didn't learn how safely light a showrhead on fire by overloading it. 👏

This man is a gatekeeper :)

OMG “I love it” 😂 hope you remember that from his video from 6 years ago about making a taser

hey

unsettling but expected

"That's the joke" insert Simpsons gif here.

You should of watched his other videos they do a even better job at keeping you unconcerned

New to the channel?

you dont understand the intelligence of this man.

@@edmund8954 I mean, they're beyond our understandings.

Watch the mehditation vid

Damn, I was thinking the exact same thing.

It's okay because electric heaters are 100% efficient. No efficiency loss inbound!

_He_ is great

It’s a slow trip breaker type with a normal max load of 30, intended for starting compressor motors or hvac applications which draw up over 90amps during startup for a second. Regular user 20amp circuits use a faster trip breaker to keep the safety break down closer to 20, add to that how most people are clueless as to how much power is being used on any given circuit until the breaker says it’s maxed. Pop! (Which just means too many devices on that circuit)...plug things into a different circuit that’s not off when the breaker pops.

@SaturnX I've been under an exploding transformer, it's fucking scary.

AFCIs are touchy, but I'm ok with that inconvenience lol

Just get a 30A breaker for a 20A system. Problem solved.

It’s probably because half of the house is on one breaker lol

My microwave clock always says 00:00. I have other clocks.

Just flip the breaker again at midnight.

@@SoLaR27 Nikola Tesla is proud of you

People use the Microwave Clock in the age of multiple Cellphones?

My girl has a nerve about clocks that arnt in close sync, every time the power goes out I have to do the ritualistic dance setting the oven, microwave, and coffee maker to perfect (sub 2 second) sync. She thinks I'm the boyfriend of the year, but really I jjust like pressing buttons.... Yes, we are weird, and a blast at parties.

Taps the fuse panel like it's a microphone haha

Obvs😂😂😂

Like slightly tapping it would make it any less dangerous if it was live! XD

Yeah in theory it’s fine, if you get shocked for 1 second you have a high chance to be fine. Unless your muscles contract around the wire then you can’t let go of the live wire and you’re f*cked and crispy

That's actually a fairly accurate representation of how your average electrician works, including the "not turning the breaker off" part. They get very desensitized to randomly getting zapped, often to the point of recklessness. (Source: studied to be one, couldn't take the anxiety ;) Still sometimes tap potentially live parts, but not before checking with tester/meter first. Got zapped by a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER once, never again.)

Hahaha same

i was expecting something to do boom but got freaked out like sht anyways

By this point I'm used to things exploding whenever he turns anything on.

I agree, but not "Medhi" ^^

“Water in the fire. Why?” -Korone

@@iceypino1086 ah yes, a fellow shrimp

He's certified electrician so he can... ;)

Thank God , he just touched , not licked ...

he touched it with 1 finger so even if it was live it wouldnt do much harm

At this point 120 volts is nothing more than an mosquito bite for Electro...

@@thecheekibreeki3197 Haha what?

Funny, interesting AND educational. Was fun watching him in my electronics class and training.

And he also Mehditates 😱

I agree😂

I can easily tell if a wire is live or not, by touching it. Do I miss something?

Is it live? *fucking dies*

lick it would be much better

Gibt es diese Art von Kabel bei uns?

Won't you agree this kind of work is actually illegal to do without proper license in some (European) countries?

@@mussalo Of course I can speak only for Germany. Much of the work he does, can legally be done here in Germany by any person, like routing the wires, installing the switch and heater. NOT allowed is to open the distribution box (fuse panel), install breakers, connect the wires and switch the whole installation on. Installations in Germany have to be approved by a licensed specialist, and they are the only ones who are allowed to place an electrical installation into service. So you could theoretically do almost any installation and just leave the wires hanging nearby the distribution box. Then call an electrician who would install new breakers, and connecting the wires. BUT: Since licensed electricians have to give warranty to the installation, most of them wouldn't approve installations made by customers themselves.

@@Helli__ Sadly, many of the installations I've seen from "professional" electricians in recent years are worse than what I (a hobbyist) build when I have to do it quick and dirty. The German word for that is: Pfusch.

@@CyberlightFG Habe ich ehrlich gesagt hier noch nie gesehen. Hier würde man eben eine Mantelleitung im Installationsrohr verlegen. Was dem dort am nächsten kommt sind Metallschutzschläuche wie sie in bestimmten z.B. sog. vandalensicheren Installationen verwendet werden. In die muss man halt noch die passende Leitung einziehen.

The thing is, Mehdi is actually a professional so it's not just some random guy doing a "DIY", he just acts like a dumbass for comedy but he's extremely knowledgeable.

this is just entertainment for me. Not much of education🤷🏻‍♂

Underrated comment 😂

I just got 50A run through my headphones!

i was waiting the whole video for mehdi to shock himself

😂😂 I was worried...

Shall there ever be a video where he doesn't hurt himself

Don't jinx it!

Ik

@@ElectroBOOM oh shit

@@RowynOfficial oh no

How the fuck is this 4 days ago

"What the hell"

@@novincio8909 *vigorously blows on burning plastic*

The breaker : gimme a sec

Ditto

Same xD

Same

Nah, electroboom: measure 30 times, then forget what you measured, and cut the wrong thing

I mean, he could have checked it safely first and then showed touching it once he already knew it was safe.

Not to careful but more than usual

@Attlas Raws You can survive electricity, but you can't survive an angry wife!

I just gave you your first dislike because of what you said

@@ashers_workshop bruh

@Brady Prince you don't understand how circuit breakers work. if he had made a dead short it would have popped instantly. the purpose of circuit breakers is to prevent the wires from melting, not to break the second the rated current is passed. if it was, you'd never be able to turn on a vacuum cleaner since the inrush of inductive loads is several times the circuit rating.

@@SuperAWaC Thanks! I wondered why there was this huge delay.

@@SuperAWaC I have that problem with my chop saw, it kills the breaker the moment I turn it on. Solution: I put a long extention cable betwen the saw and the socket. Cable resistance limits the inrush current and stops the breaker from tripping.

@@andreasu.3546 Make sure the extension cord is rated for that current and always use it completely unwound.A wound up extension cord will overheat.You could also make a soft starter circuit,like passing the current through a 6 Ohm resistor until your chop saw turns on then bypassing the resistor.

@@mernok2001 Your're right, reeled cable can get very hot. Back in apprentice days, they showed us a safety video where the inner section of the cable on the reel had actually molten. Big fun when you want to unwind it later and potentially get to touch the, now exposed, conductors. However, that cable I use for my saw is not on a reel, it's just a long cable, normally used with an electric lawn mower. That aside, heat probably wouldn't be a big problem in my case, even with a reeled cable. I'm so slow with my amateur woodworking (measure twice, cut once etc.), that saw gets a duty cycle of 10% maybe, and it never runs for more than a few seconds at a time...

It's OCD, I do the same thing, of course after checking that I'm not grounded somewhere!

😂

😂😂

I normally use my tongue, it's faster and I can better use both my hands to hold my screwdriver and crowbar! :-)

see it this way, if a new video comes out, you know he survived long enough to edit and upload it.

@@scribblescrabble3185 but what if he doesn't survive it

@@kingofnuclearfallout39 his family will edit it

A square is a rectangle.

@@belg4mit but rectangle isn't square

@@belg4mit While yes, you are correct. A square is indeed a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square. When classifying a rectangle, it includes a square. But when classifying squares, it does not include rectangles.

@@GarrettHoward22 but if a square is a rectangle how can you tangle a rec without first squaring properly to the rectangle before rectifying it with a full bridge rectifier?

@@bovice1766 Yes.

What Satan showers with.

Lol this needs to be the top comment.

Hey you. Go finish that giant bandsaw

They also have to accept the inrush current being pulled from a motor. Looking it up, it can be 20x the amps on initial half cycle (very short) and then 4 to 8 x for the first few seconds until the motor is happily running. The resistive loads he was using, in his test, and for the final application should never go over their running current that is listed, and always just pull the same currents any time they are on.

exactly. they are there to protect from drawing for extended periods of time loads that are higher than the rated draw of the normal household. like in germany we have 16 amp breakers and 230 volt grids. that means an outlet or better one surcuit (where really every outlet should be on it's own circuit which sadly isn't always the case) will give you a max wattage of 3680 watts per outlet or surcuit if multiple outlets would happen to be on the same. but that is really short peak draws. the standard cables used shouldn't really have permanent draw of 3500+ watts to not heat up inside the wall and cause a fire. happens a lot since idiots try to daisy chain socket strips while plugging tons of shit that draws a lot. even happened in my uncles stepmothers house. she rented out the upper floor and some genious installed the kitchen himself. one day it did't work anymore. luckily it didn't cause a fire however he apparently thought it was a good idea to have literally all kitchen electronics including fridge, dish washer, washing machine etc. on one bloody outlet while daisy chaining multiple cheap crap socket strips between the cupboards and the wall cause he was to incompetent to wire up more outlets and to cheap to call a professional to do it. didn't fry the wiring but the socket strips themselves. he found a smoldering mess of rubber and plastic with some copper wires behind it when it stopped working. i mean i'm no electrician but i understand regulations, safety and the matter enough to install a lamp and understand what is going on. that's why i'm comfortable installing a lamp or something myself but i wouldn't touch an oven for example. some of them draw 5000 watts+ and that is far beyond the usual electronics. i mean i also understand how it is done to an extend but i wouldn't touch it myself but get a professional electrician. even more cause they install those all the time and if they need to run new wires and connect them they will do it clean and not the mess i'd produce. but also am i not responsible this way. hell even if i fuck up installing a lamp and someone gets shocked i'd be responsible. luckily 230 volts 16 amps won't kill you. i shocked myself before (praise the fi-god) and it zaps you real good. a healthy person will be okay but someone with a heart condition or something like that might really die. now ovens are not always but sometimes above the specs of our normal wiring and breakers so sometimes run on 2 breakers to have more amps available. that's a whole nother story of zapping. i once helped a buddy move and his uncle insisted on we don't need an electrician to install the oven. well we needed one. that retard managed to zap himself and fly 5 meters through the entire kitchen. and this guy in fact had a heart condition, bypass and a pacemaker. luckily he was fine but he gave us quite a shock aswell. we thought he just died for a moment. always the wildest stories when noobs tinker with electronics lol.

An engineer should know about trip curves for fuses/CBs. Mehdi makes me wonder sometimes.

@@robj4078 I think Mehdi does this on purpose, just to get peoples attention. He clearly knows how to do this stuff, his job looks at least as good as any professional, besides missing the measure twice, cut/drill once rule.

Nah it was squidward who invented underwater campfire

I read as Amerterastu and got confused when I saw spongebob

Same,spongebob might've stole itachi's right mangekyou sharingan

@@Truck-kun_01 What the f*ck did you just bring upon this cursed land

@@mikeratixxd7397 spongebob might've killed patrick to obtain his mangekyou sharingan

I understand.

Thanks for the heads-up

Are we talking before the hearing notification or after the notification

@@ultradestroyer420 After.

@@fbi6949 R.I.P.

Wow❤️👍

Like a real man.

As long as he doesn’t grip it and/or touches ground in same time, it’s not dangerous. There will be reactions though.

@@matperry18 Hes standing on the floor though.

@@whatever7338 he usually wears rubber shoes when he’s working on electricity

thats not fine when you are dealing with city power even your theory is right. You never know what you never know, thats how accident happen

As leis da eletricidade não se aplicam aqui

You mean laughs in Portuguese?

@@georgemoraleswork profile picture checks out. incorrect autocorrect

British houses as well are wired for this

Sim eu sei

Holy crap, you're right! That went completely over my head.

You're probably right. My first thought was an Arc Welder, but that makes more sense.

Not if his house burns down first. The number of code violations in this video is shocking.

@@GGGenom What codes were violated? I'm legit curious as it does not seem bad to me.

would also explain the allergy to using gas for heat too.

How did you watch four days ago

@@fatguy4994 Patreon maybe?

@@scavoflusigne oh right I didn't think that

me 2

😂

yes lol

Never good to see someone messing around in a panel then seconds later ask what a one hole strap is called. Luckily no explosions in this video.

As a guy who was seriously bitten by 3 phase 240v everyone of his videos makes me bight my nails

@@soundspark leaves a cut nail under 30 circuit uug

I think he may have installed a bad breaker lol

He's not touching anything that's grounded, from what I can tell. Even if it were hot he wouldn't have gotten shocked. Old time electricians will often check if a circuit is hot by grounding their thumb and touching the live wire with a finger tip. Some have killed their nerve endings and have to lick their fingers to tell.

@@xtremegamer4696 He's standing on ground, thus closing the circuit by touching anything live. The high resistance would've lowered the amps quite a bit so there is no way it could've burned or harm him in any thermal way. So if he only touches the nail for a blink of a second he would've been fine because the heart wouldn't been exposed too long to the alternating current. Still would've felt the shock though :D Hurts like a sucker.

it's cananda, 110 v... not britain where it's 240 v

@@xtremegamer4696 Actually not killed nerves,just have thick dry skin which is a good insulator even for 400V.

@@ProckerDark Canasa is 120V bruh not 110

Idiots! It is a potato heater!

Imagine a parallel universe where Mehdi is severely colorblind and when he puts on different colored sheathing for the ground and live wires and then touches the wrong one...

@@theories665 How is your comment 22 minutes ago while his is 17? Wtf

@@animeshpanda2960 Um, for me my comment is 46 minutes ago and his is 58 minutes ago. Maybe your clock settings or time zone are different?

At least he was wearing shoes?

@@gooseman2376I've heard that if the voltage and amps are high enough, like the powerlines in our neighborhoods, even sneakers won't help too much.

I don't believe that the US (and Canada) follow that standard, at least for residential systems. I've never been able to find any residential breakers with those ratings in the US. Like most things, we obstinately march to our own tune--and take Canada along for the ride.

@Dark Dreamz I invite you to Germany. Suburb house service usually is 3 phase with line to line 400V and line to neutral 230V. I've been doing that for years, but a 50A SLS 3phasse 230/400v distribution board still instills respect. Guess that's why I'm still alive. Nevermind the unfused service provider side of things. Thanks for NH fuse disconnect gloves and arc flash gear in general.

@@marikann9073 I always like reading about how other countries use electricity. Thanks for that info!

@Dark Dreamz We are actually starting to see some three phase in some residential dwellings now though (ev charging and solar pv setups mainly)

@Dark Dreamz Big industries use 690V phase-phase andf 400V phase-neutral.

That was hilarious, I figured it would take a little while before it gets to that point lol.

It's almost a dead short.

The timing was very comedic 😂

I mean the heater has around 90% efficiency

And that's how you get global warming

Ever heard of springs?

same

Totally, after watching him turn on fire stuff without breaking sweat, hi making the house on fire or exploding something was feasible to me. I mean, heck, he almost electrocuted himself once! This part really scared me

Cmon, we all knew it was coming, haha!! Just not exactly when. 😆😂😂😂

Despite what it looks like on video, the dude knows his shit.