I am a gas engineer tr aining in electrics as my bsck has gone. I got a real good understanding on electrics other then consumer unit as never got invovled with this before. Great explanation its actually very simple to j the way you explained ust looks daunting
Very informative, great video. It won't stop DIYers, general builders touching electrics, its just 3 wires, they can watch several videos and do rewires. How I see - it will bring more work for competent electricians deal with consequences. 3 things forgot to mention: 1. Bonding. 2. Electrical installation certificate. 3. Fuse box or adding new circuit to fuse box it is part P notifiable work and home owner can be fined thousands of pounds for illegal building work if is not compliant.
Fantastic explanation. Slow, organised and concise. I tried another real life wiring video which left me completely confused. This video is not only well thought out, but quite pleasant to watch even if you had no interest in wiring one yourself.
Question, My electric shower is not working , so looking at the MCB box I can see the neutral wire is not connected to neutral busbar . Is this the reason why the shower unit isn't working? Please help
the idea to remove all the wires and show the cu being wired from scratch is masterful imo, nothing short of genius, u are a brilliant teacher, so few are !
Yeah, I thought that too, especially with Virus and that. Here's to hoping he`s in good health and just busy - an Update would be good. Sending Prayers his way
Your videos are absolutely spot on for explaining everything so simply!! I had some knowledge on how to wire basic circuits but now i actually understand how it all works! Thank you for making the time to do these videos!
Very informative, I am a heating engineer but my aim is also to become a qualified part p electrician so always hungry for knowledge. Keep up the good work mate.
It’s been 7 months since you last posted a video. I hope your ok and would be great have you back posting new videos as your explanations are fantastic and you other so much value to us DIYers.
This video is very informative and will get you all the basics knowledge that you need to know, especially for people who coming into the electrical industry and if anything, I do this this deserves a like and and share
I can't find a definite answer. But could I run a small Consumer shed unit from a socket from my house. Some are saying Yes but the socket has to be a non protected socket so just a basic socket....is that correct?
Doesn't matter if I connect 2 RCDs with Main switch with two cables, sepretely? It can be done as shown on your video, connecting Main switch to one of RCDs a then another cable from that RCD to socend RCD ?
Pity the video fails to mention that Part P regulations in UK actually forbids a non qualified electrician from changing a consumer unit unless the work as been registered with the local authority building control. Also fails to mention that you are not supposed to pull the head fuse yourself to isolate the meter to make any connections and you are not suppose to break any seals on any meters. And if you need to watch this video to understand the principles of a split load board then you shouldn't actually be doing the work.
Can you please guide me. That ,pole mains switch isolator with enclosure are always on or off? The red button n blue button? My kid turned both off, i am confused if both were on or off?
Very nice way of teaching i now understand who this works but was not completly sure when you was teaching how to plug them in the above units from the circits, also can you do a video if we have to wire a electric heater/radiator who to connect to new braker and which wire to use and how to calculate them etc?
NOT TOTALLY DEMONSTRATIVE,EVEN THOUGH I'VE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS BUT SIMPLER AND EASIER TO FOLLOW THAN MOST NOT THE FULL PACKAGE YET AND NOT ABSOLUTELY STEP BY STEP CLARITY,A BIT CLUTTERED IN PARTS AND TOO MUCH IN THE DIAGRAM AT ONCE BUT IT'S ALL ON THE RIGHT LINES AND AT LEAST IT'S SLOW AND STEADY,NOT SHOWN AT BREAKNECK SPEED LIKE SO MANY!
Thanks for the video. So that consumer unit has only one ring circuit. Is it more common to have 2 ring circuits though - one for ground floor sockets & another for first floor sockets?
On my rcbo trip switch it says *live in* at the bottom of the switch and *live out* at the top. This has me confused as the diagram has the live in wire going into the top and live out of the switch at the bottom. Can anyone help please?
Incredible video, great explanation! I do like how you said that the wiring in the consumer unit should be kept tidier than that yet the one in our flat is messier than the diagram :') you've got to love council hired contractors.
How do you safely connect the mains live from the meter to the consumer unit..surely itd be dangerous to connect the live with it being energised with 230v?
its not dangerous if you touch the live conductors because of the earth being 10v so if you touch the L and N with your fingers you wont get a shock due to eddy currents
Good learning resource for my apprentice. I feel the gas and water bonding connections should have been shown also. Plus safe isolation before opening the consumer unit / distribution board ? Thanks
@How2D2 hello i have to questions for you I've been meaning to ask. I have a boat running a 12v system 1) would it be ok to use 250v 32mm glass cartridge fuses on a 12v circuit 2) I have a bilge pump and a float switch. On the float switch it says 12v 20amp max and on the bilge pump it says 3.5amp draw. I was wondering what amp fuse do i use in the bilge pump control panel. Thanks
