How NOT to wire an oven, Exotic life of an Electrician 

😂 Jordan the Stripper! 😘

Don't get in the habit of carrying ovens on your own Nick. Take it from someone who has back issues, your older self will thank you for it. All my tools have their own names it's the future!

That would be a very good video where Adam is your boss for a day 😂😂 Quality video as usual 💯👍

Ebay for the tapes boyo

New cooker circuits today run in 10mm T&E, cooker comes out of packaging with 3 core 1.5mm flex on. 😳🤔🙄

"2.5kW oven so it will pull 6 - 6.5 Amps"... more like 10, no?

So great to see Adam getting on in life, getting a car and also seeing his nature of getting stuck in. You've done a great job Nick. Such a shame I'm almost twice his age, I'd date him in a heartbeat otherwise! 😄👍

you need to keep a stock of Permaplug HDPT13 or Duraplug PF133s on the van for 2.5mm. Theres actual room to terminate 2.5mm really easily. I have made off too many 13-16A jumps in my life...

on the subject of kitchen re works, would a 1.5mm flex be ok to power a microwave ? the electrician didnt want to cut the plug and void the warranty, its powered by a 2.5 mm cable and on a double pole switch

Enjoying your content, also the use of BUNDY10 at Expert Electrical new RCBO panel waiting for me to swap over in the house now when I can be bothered. Cheers

I was hoping if you can talk about what you look for when you picked Adam for his apprenticeship as I’m am doing an electrical installation course I was thinking about apprenticeships

TIP: With stranded, rather than cut the cable where you want it leave 20mm and strip where you want it leaving the insulation on the bit you're gunna cut off, then twist the insulation with fingers or pliers (depends on Gorilla grip) then cut it. That way the stands will be tightly twisted and not splay when you're inserting.

Cracking stuff as always. Couldn't stop laughing as Adam watched you struggle with the ovens 🤣.

I went out to a cooker about a couple of months ago for a housing association tenant to reconnect it after another electrician had disconnected it due to a fault which had apparently been fixed and just needed reconnecting.Oh and Cat litter trays on the worktops! I decided to check the cable already connected at the cooker itself and found no insulation from arcing on the out going manufacturers live terminals and the plastic separating the terminals had broken away so the wires were very nearly touching together so I condemned the cooker and told the tenants and the housing association it was dangerous, then a couple of days later the same job came through to reconnect the same cooker!

2.4KW resistive load is how many amps Nick? :D :D :D

A video of Adam being the Boss for the day, a literal swap between the two of you would honestly be brilliant 😄 especially as Nick did the apprentice job of getting the cooker up the stair in this video lol! Already halfway there

You'll find that in the manufactures instructions say that a HR flex is to be used anyway to connect the oven or the hob. We had been splitting the oven and the hob to 2 separate connections, single socket and a cooker outlet. But our NICEIC assessor once asked us why? And he explained that the oven is a fixed appliance and will not pull more than it needs so a dual cooker outlet can be used on a single plate. I'm not a fan of it and still prefer a single socket and a seperate outlet. Just passing on the information I was given regarding connection of cookers which may be of use, it may just help you on an awkward job.

Just catching up some videos. Did you say a 2.6kW oven would take 6-6.5 Amps? 2600W/220V is about 12A. Great video though, keep it up.👍

Proper way to do it ,replace single ko box for split ko box ,so you can have your outlet for hob and loop other side for single skt,for oven,so the hob and oven will be isolated together.

What where them snips u was using on that 6mm they look like good ones

Those oven connector blocks are always terrible. Can never open them, black on black legend, flimsy. Why not just have a screw to undo to open it??? I always run the oven to max temp to remove oil.

Thanks, Nick! I've been waiting for a 'how not to' video. I can now go and not wire my oven not like this... 👊🏻

My strippers are called, Cinnamon, Krystal and Cherie. I like strippers, they cost me a fortune.

Definitely get Adam to run a job from start to Finnish 👍

Kept forgetting what an Impact driver was called back in the day, so started calling it the 'Durka Durkastan' :)

There's a lot of puffing and grunting going on Nick!

One of the wire terminals burned off the light bulb wire (someone didn't turn off the breaker after i told them to!) I have a 16 gauge terminal, but it looks like the light wire actually has a 22 gauge. The terminal fits but the wire doesn't look as snug. Also the terminals look like a different color, not sure if the old terminal color due to oxidation. Does the new terminal have to be a special type, or are any terminals okay?

Have a look at the Milwaukee croppers they are good for tails and heavier cables

2.4Kw. Nick is your maths off a little. 2400/230= 10.43A on my calculator. When you said 6A was this after diversity?

There are dual outlet cooker connection plates on the market. You could take both hob and oven cables to one of those. As for 2.5 flex, BS1363 intended the maximum cable size to be fitted to a plug should be 1.5.

Take a break you need one a week won’t do your business any harm spend the time with your loved ones and come back refreshed. Just tell everyone you will not be picking up the phone.

A 13amp oven could go on the 32 A (6mm ) supply . It’s a fixed load that is unlikely to overload . As long as you can meet fault protection then there’s no problem.

Alot has changed since I was an apprentice..... Used to love going to work and being on edge all day for £30 a week

Just seen this one , Nick that's nothing How about a dual fuel range with a 1.5mm supply and a10mm gas supply topped of with oh the cables not long enough lets choc block it and plaster it direct into the wall ⛔

Good to see the cooker being pulled out for eicr, prime example for this case. Also I would note reg 433.3 and 433.1. 204 including appendix 15 inregards to the remediation.

Do you have the exact model number to hand for those step cut snips ? Seems there are a few similar so would be good to get the same.

"We'll call the strippers Jordan." Does @ArtisanelectricsUk know about this?

Great vid again, absolutely shite wiring to old cooker, also has you say ,cooker manufactures never seem to fit a robust connection on the back of them .

We name our servers at work. We got Dave (the first to the fourth), Naruto, Rupert and Harry!

Nice work guys, i often used to come across booth Hob and Oven wired together in a shocking way. I always sorted it though. I couldn't just walk away from it.

Tenants and smoke alarms...

My Ladder is Malcolm, my drill is grrrr and my sds is callled beastie. Glad I’m not the only one

Good video as normal.Be careful when connecting a load bigger than 2kw onto a socket.

A spirit level. A gary, gary neville the spirit level lol

"Recommended date of next inspection: NEEDS REMEIAL WORKS". Remedial*

You could have changed the single socket to a (switched) fused spur for the oven.

I had a face on like I smelt something bad watching that one.

What is your opinion on new builds if you have worked on then I mean? What I find a lot of the time is the kitchen has a double stacked integrated single oven and microwave on top. When there is a fault and we need to come out and repair either of the machines the wiring is so tight that the machine is impossible to remove without disconnecting the wire from the fused spur itself? I know it entirely depends on where the wiring is supposed to be fitted but would you add some more slack to the original cable so the machines are easier to access?

Even I know that the "Hob" and the Oven are suppose to be on seperate circuits. but, thats here in N. America... so I don't know what you electrical codes will allow in the UK.... both appliances are normally on Individual 20 Amp circuits....

Don't you have colour coding for ferrules? As far as I got it right you were using 2,5mm² cable for the oven and you used grey ferrules on the ends. I know grey colour for 0,75mm² and 4mm². 2,5mm² should be blue.

Sod buying the genuine brother tapes. Get on amazon, 3 for £10 👌🏼 if you get the right ones you can’t even tell which is the fake 👍🏼

To be fair, could just use 1.5 flex for a 2.3 kw oven only going to pull 10 amp. 1.5mm tri rated flex will cover 15/16 amp inductive never mind resistive.

Insulated ring terminals could fit tidy on that terminal block.......that's still only half the problem..

KNIPEX do a set of crimp pliers and they are bad-ass, much better than the poxy, Chindonesian ratchet crimpers.

Screw terminals are meant for a ring crimp.

Seen 10 of your vids end to end. You are a star and are gonna go far. Excellent for a learner and you do brilliant detail in parts and then drop off some detail completely. May be they are covered. Have to watch again but forgive me if i fire off this comment now as written it and you tube do not let you save and edit comments. My fault for being long winded!. Even a flash image would suffice of something mentioned. Get the apprentice to move something in editing as you cannot do it all. I think you try though ! Oven lift up stairs. I am 52 so 4 hands or no hands if i can help it. On this one for example. Image finished plug connection on end of cooker flex ? What flex ? Heard 2.5 but need more detail please of flex preferences and why not cable. Socket for cooker. What was the oven plug socket with isolator originally used for? If the socket with isolation was not available what would you have done ? What was happening at the board with the 6mm cable. Correct breaker ? What labelling was done at board after for hob ? Would 6mm have been selected for this hob if not already in place ? Should there have been an isolator for the CCU you found and used for the hob ? Minor works certificate issued ?

First Comment!! - Thanks for the great and enducational videos Nick, keep up the brilliant work

If you are going to re-terminate a cooker plate because the installation was a mess, at least do a neat textbook job! That was a bit of a dogs dinner at the cable clamp. No better than what was there. Cut the 6mm cable sheath nice and square and make sure it projects just above the the top of the clamp. Tsk. Tsk.

Amazing how many cookers Aree wired up wrong. Alot of single oven on 32amp mcbs. Found alot on eicrs even new builds same with showers 10.5kw showers on 6mms

No wonder Nick has a bad back now. And his helper just watched him struggle !!!

Another great video 💯

Mega dangerous good job these young guys are on it

Can you just use 4mm cable as it on a 32 thought 6mm used when homes used 30 and then had rewireable fuses but I'm no elec just like watching your videos

"Hermione's Handbag" LOL

Max 1.5mm into a plug top

Maybe you need some downtime. Take a week off. A proper week off. No work phone or paperwork. Somebody once said that the trouble with the edge is you don't know where it is til you've gone over it. Rest will do you good 👍

Hermione's handbag 😭

Its all part of being human fella don't worry about your feeling and the way they come across fella, i dedicate 1 day a year where i switch phone off and disappear for a walk or drive to clear my help it help keep back the demonds.

Keep them coming 👌

A Permaplug 13A can fit a 2.5mm2 H07RN-F cable.

Always name my tools. I have an awesome short cross head screw driver called Mr Stubby. When I say to the Mrs, can you get me Mr Stubby she knows exactly what I mean. That thing never lets me down regardless of size of screw head. I'm surprised I'm not single 🤣

TURN ON CLOSED CAPTIONS!

What's that on your top Adam?

Another great vid guys, my mrs is Lithuanian.. hello is Labas haha .. look forward to your next vid... byyeeeeeeeeeee Adam and I

We must install a 15A or 20A socket. The oven and cooker comes with the appropriate connector and 1.2M of FR cable. Socket is recessed into the wall, or placed into a cupboard nearby. Aren't allowed to cut the plug etc... Even 3 phase induction hobs have to terminate to a socket.

I would have named the strippers Crystal or Trixie.

Great video! Can anyone recommend any other videos about wiring kitchen appliances like oven ect..

Hello Nick just keep an eye out for some single oven installs, I had a single oven to install from Howdens it was a 2.3Kw single fan oven the manufacturer states it must Not be fitted with plug top and has to be installed using a fused connection unit even though it only draws a maximum 10 amp

Where is te captioning/subtitling on this video? Missing a lot now.

Great video. Can you tell me the code of your Knipex snips. Cuts that 6mm2 like butter.

nothing wrong with using yellow Brother tape I use 24mm yellow it all the time, I find it much clearer for the clients

Great video! Have you tried looking for the cheaper tapes on Ebay.I'm sure Chris @ CJR uses them.

Minor point, but it's bad practice to put a plug onto a cable before the appliance/remote end is connected - all to easy to get distracted or someone else come along and plug it in by mistake & then you have a live end floating around...

I got a Stanley hammer called Bruce who I keep refering to as she

Best thing you could do is employ a PA,working on site and doing admin will burn you out sooner rather than later mate

3 pack of 24mm brother tape on amazon next day is £15

Click sell I dual cooker outlet plate which is pretty good

Great video Nick Why is it 6 mm to the oven but the Oven manufacturer uses what looks like 2 mm to the elements inside seems strange, they should use 6 mm Why ?

I invested in that Perciva crimp set a few weeks back and have used it on every job since. £20 well spent. :) Cheers dude. Good job guys.

Nice one boys, becoming a right double act now lol, Dave & Nigel better watch out

I strip cookers down and replace parts and recondition them Screwfix do well out of me in tools and parts lol

You can get those tapes off eBay for about 3 or 4 quid each. They come from china though 😐 which isn't good. hopefully they'll start making them somewhere else so the ccp can go bankrupt when the world gets back to normal anywhoo, tapes, much cheapness, ebay. . . you can see if bundy10 works at the checkout 🙄

What makes a good apprentice is having a good boss and a good teacher

Wylex board can get the tool to remove blanks to fit, in a box of 5 from SFix

Considering the cost of some of these ovens, I find it laughable that that the enclosure where you have to terminate into is undersized. Why don't they double the size of where you connect considering it would cost pennies. Also(whilst I'm on my high horse), it annoys me when ovens come pre flexed with only a short length of cable. Should be 2m in my eyes. Rant over

That CPC was shorter than the line conductors at the cooker end. I like to keep mine longer in case of some kitchen fitter “yanks” the cooker out 😋

Big pry bar: Big jimmy Small pry bar: Wee jimmy Hammer: Timmy Screwdriver: Scrooge

nick you should watch for Adam I think is after your job😁

Call my level Gary... Gary Neville level innit! 🤣

Little doobrie thinkle 😜👍