EMERGENCY Job Means One Thing (Earth Rods) - Electricians Life Uk 

That was interesting, not boring at all 👍

Never used the adaptor, but may well pick one up!

Big up urself Jack, loving the content keep it up brother 🤙🤙

Hi jack , just a bit of advice mate , A lot of sparks make the same mistake with outside earth rods, The outside earth rod needs a bigger and better sealed box cover to stop corrosion at terminals, this is where most faults happen , the original box and new one fitted are to small with poor seals, keep your chin up regarding work it has been slow start but it is starting to pick up 😃😃👍👍

Good video first time watching 👌🏽

Best reading I've had is 9 ohms on a single 4-ft rod.... Admittedly that was at a marina so the ground was saturated in water

Brilliant, Jack. No need to apologize for a shorter vid. Sorry to hear that business is down. Hang in there mate and things will come back up again (soon, I hope).

8:14 quick question here, but it looks silver under there, are those solid copper rods or copper clad steel rods? Might just be the camera angle here. Here in the USA we are required for a minimum of two 8' rods that have to be 6' apart. You can get by with one if reading is less than 25 ohms, but most just put two in. Also the wire can not be cut between rods and has to be continuous. We also use #6 (16mm2) but solid, typically bare and not stranded to prevent corrosion between the strands on the copper wire over time. There are some guys around that like stranded because its easier to run. We also use UFER grounds on newer construction that is bonded to the rebar in the foundation and creates a grounding plane under the entire house in addition to the rods, and potentially any copper water lines, however with many new homes plumbed in PEX and their water meters to the house using POLY, there is nothing to ground to there. Keep up the good work man! 🤠👍

I'm curious what the UK requirements are? In the US are code dictates that you can use one earthride but it needs to be tested and if you do 2 it's automatically accepted. Either way the ground wire needs to be continuous from the panel ( < we'll go that to simplify things) down to the electrode and through the other rod with no break. Is it is it common to use more than one ground rod or uncommon? If I were in that situation and getting such a bad ground I probably would've doubled up the old one if it was still reasonably good.

Mate I love you but the more you keep showing folk how to do electrics the less they need an electrician……

Would you not have considered a second rod to get it down even more

I have the Linian SDS+ driver attachment too, plus the one use drill bit screw on that goes on the end of the rod if it's rocky, brilliant kit and as you say makes it easier.👍👍👍

Should have contacted the DNO pal the service could be PME now and saved you a chew on good job though

Hi jack, thanks for the video,is there anything has to aware of before you decide to drill the earth rod into that soil? Or how do you decide a point to be where you put the earth rod in?

Makita was cutting it? Bring out the Bosch!!

Very helpful video. How far do you normally step out TT rod from building to avoid foundations? Thanks again. New subscriber.

We’re just up the road in Coventry mate and it’s the quietest I’ve ever been since I set up in 2019. Hoping as the end of tax year approaches work picks up again 🤞🏼

I would personally put the earth cable in flexi conduit then a wiska box on the outside wall, just to protect the cable

Hey Jack! Are you open to collab?

Why do you need a rod? is this TT or tncs with additional Earthing???

Really interesting for a sparkie like myself who hasn’t done lots with earth rods, not common. Loved the bit to drill the rods in

What great video really enjoyed that? That sds drillbit does look handy. Cheers Jack keep up the good work

take the camera round to the roofing site and show all the sparkies what real hard work looks like 😁

Keep it up bud. Chin up and keep cracking on. Honest hard working trades always come up trumps and you’re deffo one of those. Keep plugging away and letting your hard work and personality shine though. Oh and….’RUN THE TIIIING’ 😄

BIG up lennels gran. I hope she’s having a wonderful Tuesday morn, as I hope you are Jack and Scotty. I know I am ☝️❤️

Nice shorter one Jack. Stick a few more rods in to reach Oz 😂 Big up yourself

You could’ve paralleled up with the old rod to get an even lower reading 👍

I was going to say if you dont have an sds tool Ive seen sockets used on a hammer drill in videos before now. Nice tidy job, keep a positive and well earthed outlook 👍

TLC and Screwfix sell a bolt that has the same thread as the earth rod. You put the earth rod - earth rod connector on and screw in the bolt. I bought an inch? socket from a car boot sale and an SDS to socket adapter from eBay to do what your Linian one does. I didn’t know it existed. That’s why your vids are educational! Noice 😊

Enjoy the quite time mate , makes up for when it's crazy busy, good interesting video mate 🤙

Would defo use the larger earth inspection pits if using outside, i did one on friday but managed to get it under the hall in a void and luckily got 21.5ohm it was to supliment a TNS that was a bit high, Thing i need to get one of these sds adaptors so i can stop using a hammer

Hey Jack, thanks for another video. So sorry to hear your work has been down, but hopefully the quotes come through ok. Earth rods are the normal thing here in Aus as we use the Multiple Earth Neutral (MEN) system. I gather this is called PME in the UK. The neutral and earth blocks in the consumer unit are strapped together. It is typical here for the supply authority meter etc to be in the same cabinet as the fuseboard. The neutral lines are also earthed at supply and transmission poles. I know I've simplified the description, but...

NOOOIIICCEEEE! Big up yourself Jack! Now I know why earth rods have threads at each end, as you eloquently explained it's so you can join them together. Never thought of that. 🙂

It’s been a while, so my limited knowledge might be a bit rusty… … would a TN-C-S earth have worked in this case (and so dispense with the earthing rods all together?)

Great job, nice to see people using dedicated tools etc. If I had to criticise the obvious would be the so called earth box, I'd just the weather proof ground box and like the other guy said put some form of conduit with a bend dug in to prevent water egress into said earthbox. That being said I understand on an emergency you have to deal with what you have. My second point would be that pointless crimping tool, while ideal for doing car audio crimps it doesn't give enough crushing power to those solid lugs, SWA do a reasonably priced kit with every lug and hole size you'll need as we only now use metal clad consumer units its worth having, the kit comes with a crimp tool that looks like a set of bolt croppers and has 10x the force of those little crimps. In essence you'll get a far better reading on your Ze if it has a more solid connection. But still great video 👍🏼

New sub mate. Nothing wrong with a short video at all! I'm a sole trader and, like you, have my quiet times and busy times but you just have to muddle through and it all seems to work out in the end. Hope work picks up for you soon!

Quality vids like this Pal will grow your business for sure

Don't know what type of soil you have down there? Maybe the acid in the soil had eaten through the copper and down to the steel,making it rusty under ground. stopping a reading

Big up JRC! BIG up yourself! Great video, Jack.

THESE NUTS!!😂😂 - Yes, you had to. Legend, great vid. I had to hit the subscribe button.👍👍

Solid video, learned a few things👌

Just had a scary experience where the box on the utility pole energised the lead on my supply cable which energised my earth rod, water pipes and all metal in my home! Got electric shock! Box replaced and my cable to boundary. Box was one hundred years old!

8 FEET! 😮 I worked with a spark on a site that ManWeb insisted on the spark installing a 1m earth rod. The location they wanted it was inside the building. After 2 hours of hammering away with a lump hammer, the rod had only gone in 13 inches. Must have hit the foundations and not gone any further.

Nice Video Jack that Linian tool is a must thx

I have only been required to install only a handful of earth rods over the years as not as common in my area. if only the that sd adapter was around then it would have made the job so much easier especially in clay ground.

The second test is still somewhat incorrect. You have not proved the cable ohm are within spec

Up the boys! Keep watching and keep learning every episode no matter no long it is, big up ya self ❤

Sydney is mostly clay, pushing an earthrod in by hand here is unthinkanble 😂I have an SDSMax rod driver bit 💪

BG gas engineer's have a socket and see that just gives a range, below 1 above 1 but the white goods engineers have a Megger MF1720 and enough knowledge to make an assessment of the eli based in the earthing arrangement.

We use the conductive compound that we use when fitting large cable lugs to help with wet corrosion on the rod connector .🤔

Another great video Jack 🙌🏻

british gas have their own electricians. 👍

Mr Bundy wants his Bosch SDS back to put back with his collection ( Got Given), hope the work picks up m8,enjoy the vlogs.

Good work jack 👍 how you finding the scruffs?

Hey Jack one of your fans here. I have a question in regards to an earth rod installation. But how do you check for underground water mains pipes or other electrical mains cables etc before installing a rod?

Lets remember we dont need 16mm Main earth on TT system! Saw company C2 6mm main earth to Rod!

Great content l what camera you using ..

Thanks Jack, interesting bit of fault finding.

British gas have a plug tester. They did it in my sisters house

More expensive, but the Condudisc may be an option in some locations, especially industrial.

Nice mate, glad to see it’s not just my makita batteries thay go flat quick lol

Good video, hate spashing rods down, drainage, mains water pipes aswell.

good job, as far as i know if ze much higher then that,hou may not achieve maximum permited zs on some circuits even if it's Rcd protected

Interesting vid thanks!

7:00 why didn't you just chuck the sds into reverse to take the adapter off 😂

no connection jb on the rod ?

Exellent job sir

That was interesting great content.,

I believe British Gas engineers are issued with the Socket and See PDL234 plus part P loop testing kit

You would never ever get an earth rod into the sub soil here. It’s crushed volcanic rock, due to the last ice age. In fact it’s not a subject that ever comes up here. Main earth is to incoming water supply.

You definitely mean a lot of money

How do I go about getting a JRC Beanie

Great vid mate thanks 👍🏻

Big up the channel 👍👍👍😁

Big up jrc yeah

Great video good to see something on TT rods 👍

what do you do if you bang first rod in then go for second and half way down you hit stone or something?

Big up

Great content as usual, thought you might have left the polythene sleave on the rods to stop corrosion 😂

Nothing boring about it Jack,it's good to get different content in video's,variety is the spice of life as they say

What I didn't see from the start was using a fly lead was to check çomtinuity of the earth cable end to end!

Nice job with the new rod install 👍👍. Old rods do deteriorate over time, the copper coating disappears just leaving a steel surface that rusts, unless you go for the luxury of a 100% copper rod. We have had complete substations loose their earth reference before now. Hope you get back to winning quotes soon buddy.

Big up yourself 🤟