THAT WAS A SHOCK ! Testing and inspecting electrical circuits. 

4 mins in and 3 adds no thanx

Some RCD trips on Zs can be sorted by reversing the live and earth test probes. The result is still fine. It’s something to do with where the test occurs on the sine wave. This piece of advice was given to me by Megger technical support.

For loose connections on ringmains - tap socket fronts with screwdriver handle. Re-test on meter if there's loads of sockets. Works best on megger because continuity auto adjusts. 👍

Great thorough job Chris. It also highlights what other people should do but don't (workshop socket polarity)

“I think it was earthing that black and decker bench” 😂 😂

Thank you for not messing around with the plumbing 😊

Awesome work mate, no corners cut. 👊

I love how high and mighty and amused some electricians are about DIY man's efforts , a lot of them pull off a decent job tbh , some dont but hey ho to me its not that hilarious its just ye whatever ill put it right and charge them 😉

N-E swap should pop a functioning RCD in theory anyway: was the joke I was going to make until your other issue appeared. I love my 107, it's not a proper test but a vaguely indicative loop test can save a lot of time - and they're not expensive either, everybody should have one in their home IMHO.

Mr. Blunders DIY (Destroy It Yourself) has kept us sparks busy over the years. He's made us a few Bob! The good old B and Q light, lol! He says, "it just goes bang when I turn the light on"! I wish I had a pound for every time I'd heard that one! Great videos mate, thanks for the posts!

Keep up the good work. Nice to see someone use a tool to its full potential.

Your a Legend Chris

Excellent work 👍

Take care Chris & Greeting from New Zealand

Another great video mr c , just watched mr big clive to see what you and mr naggy sent him. He always reminds me of the mad dock 😂

When I was in the trade (many years ago), jbs were still used a lot. I never found a loose connection in properly installed jbs: when the terminals were tightened properly, they would give out a "squeaky noise", the same as tails do when the terminals in a connection unit ("Henly block") are tightened. I really dislike solid 2.5 sq. mm. conductors in 2.5 T&E cable: I used to find quite a few loose connections on socket outlets. The old 7/029 sq. in. cable which 2.5 replaced when metrication took place was far superior - we used to twist the conductors together: the terminal screws gave much better grip than is possible with solid cores. The better sparks used 3/029 for lighting, which equates to 1.5 sq. mm. The old cables with stranded conductors were more flexible as well, which made installation easier.

Great Videos

Subscribed! New to your channel, was great seeing you go through and finding systems not meeting current standards

great inside out the trade , very knowledgeable, Im learning the trade and Im using kewtech as well, it will be great to guides US thrue the machine settings as well as from the type of testing.

Great video thanks for sharing one very small point at 16.43 you mention the bathroom down lights need to be a minimum of ip44 in zone 2, it should be ipx4 as a minimum or ipx5 if water jets (shower head) are present in either zone 1 or 2.

Nice job and video

Unilite ❤️❤️❤️🌱 looks like it has a really nice tint and beam pattern 😀😀 is it the high CRI one? Can you show more of it?

I had a belt of a rising earth from a loose earth wire, a few months ago. The shed had a faulty neutral and I inadvertently become a pathway back.

Have to remember the old saying "never trust an electrician with no eyebrows"

Hey Chris , hope you’re well. What test method did you use to get the earth rod resistance reading?

Brilliant work and thanks for the content stay safe and take care

Guten Morgen, that was perfect german :-) Greetings from Hannover, Germany!

Kewtech electrical test meters kt63 64 or 65, are really really good, been using em for +10 years, industrial test meters metrawatt, IR meter flir, general multimeters fluke, dead testing test meters megger, soldering equipment antex,

That was a good one, Chris. Calls for some 'Shh - No Moaning' merch?

Terbaikkk..👍👍👍

Again. Top spark and busy but still invites us in. No criticism just admiration. Ps for the moaners, in my other line of work, when criticised by those who deemed themselves better, I used to say, show us your tax return... good people get hired. Well done Mr C.

One that is easily overlooked is an immersion heater without a safety cutout with a plastic header tank. It wasn't easy to see if the immersion had a safety cutout in the video. Be safe peeps, I have read of a horrific case resulting from this that still brings tears to my eyes from years ago.

On 2 of your issues found: plastic consumer unit - if this is existing before new regulation, it can stay? No surge protection - this is optional as long as you ask customer? Thanks

Me: JEES..! CJR: "No Moaning!" Me: *Stuffs mouth with surigal mask and keeps mumbling angrily*

Hi Chris, possibly a silly question, but did you have the ATT on when testing the Zs? If not the RCD would trip.

That laugh when you opened the pullcord 😂

Its cool)))))

My immersion has no cable clamp provision and I had to bodge something with a cable tie! Also I replaced the cable with Toolstation rubber cable and after a few years it turned to squishy plasticene (and the heater is only used very occasionally as a backup), beware cheap "rubber" cable!

Bathroom lights 🤣

This is just so wrong - I haven't seen your socks for ages, there's no sarcasm or jokes. You're still my favourite plumber though, we even looked at one of you videos at college the other night and that was for level 2 electrical! On a serious note, thanks for all the content. 😉 Mark.

14:35 So what was with the "light" show? First time I've seen one when you're doing a test sequence...

Love watching these videos with my son. He's gonna know how to do it right

Just curious what software do you use on your tablet for filling out the db's and certification mate as it looked good an straightforward, keep up the good work boys👌🏻

Yes agree to many

Guten Morgen from a german electrican. :) :) :)

my brand new house in Ireland had one socket in a bedroom which had L-N reversed, guess which sparky I'll never use again.

Guten Morgen aswell

Thanks

1 quick whats the best option on external 10 mm earth cable Can i clip it directly on the brick wall ?

Don’t bother with calibration just get the Cal Card and keep a record yearly of each test only send for calibration if your results go west.

What app do you use for testing on the iPad please Chris?

Hi Chris What software are you using on your phone? Looks like ICertifi but I have had a nightmare using that. Moved from Trimble on a laptop and looking for something on my phone or iPad. Started using Electraform on laptop tethered to my computer phone but connection times out and I can lose a few results if I’m not careful. I’ve ordered a sim for the iPad as electraform can be a bit cumbersome on a phone screen. Perhaps I need an off line version as signal can be a bit pony sometimes too.

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What software do us to do certificate?

8:49 whats holding the roof up !

Hi sir . Sorry that good people as your self are still having to deal with dangerous and shoddy workmanship. I thought when the N I C , And other governing body’s became mandatory . We would see a decline in such work. Boy did I get that one wrong. If anything the cowboys are on the increase. But I also find it reassuring that their are still good professionals , as your self maintaining high quality and standards . So well done and credit to you . Just as a point of interest , we as a company would every week meet at the office and verify our test equipment , via a known source . Even when the equipment had been calibrated, it was as amazing how different the reading were between testers. 🤣 Best wishes and kind regards Mike in the U.K. 👍

Chris. As it's the old red/black stuff, is there any chance some or all of the ring is 2.5mm T&E with 1mm CPC? Would explain a higher R2.

Chris your getting quite the joker .. Lamps , bulbs , daffodils 🌼 whatever 😂 I did chuckle 🤭

Zones 1 and 2 only extend to 225 cm from the floor IIRC (might be from the bottom of the bath/shower). Are those lights actually in the zone? Unless the ceiling is very low I'd expect they aren't.

fusebox make a four way RCBO board that would replace that muck nicely.

Hi Chris, thinking about using icertifi- how do you log building control notifications? I am with NAPIT so guessing I would still need to log into my web page to create them. Cheers

Dirty contacts =dirty sparks? lol

@0:55 "Made in West Germany" -that's an old RCD! :D

Hello great video just one question why is it when you have s higher cpc value than calculated it's fi

Why do you need to bond the water if it’s poly pipe with an outside tap? Still no Earth potential being introduced by it?

Ive Been struggling with my AM2 recently. Only have the testing and inspection part left to do. Unfortunately my company does not do much testing at all. Is there anything you could recommend to keep in mind or look at to get past this final hurdle??

I want to learn more

Gutten Morgen Chris, off hand do you remember what video where you showed how long it really takes to do an EICR? I've been wanting to show this to my customers but can't find it, cheers

Thought you was on a treadmill 11:50

So what's wrong with the RCD? Isn't it supposed to trip like that?

Surge protection? Why?

I am an electrician in Canada and we don't do that kind of testing. You go through the testing pretty fast and I need to pick up on the lingo, but could you send out a link that explains the tests you are doing step by step and why they are being done. Simpler the better. I have done some Zs , earth loop impedance testing before but I forget a lot of it. Great videos!

Would the water still need bonding if it was plastic pipe but had an outside tap. Not sure what difference the tap makes?

Chris nice one again. Ok same repeat every week- can we have the Rawl plug rods link don’t know where to get them.....

How do you find your kewtech tester? In time for a new one for me

Also why does a plastic water supply have to be bonded just because there is an outside tap piped in copper?

If we start to write comments in german below this Video... Moin this is another word for "Hello" her were I live in Ostfriesland Aurich Germany :) By the way nice Video :) And greetings from Aurich Germany....

I've hit that fucking subscribe button! But I've hit that thing before! c'mon RU-vid, know that I've subscribed.

Conditioning reports generally take me all day.

Loads of things wired the wrong way round... maybe the person who did it was cross eyed...🤪🤪

What's the problem with a plastic CU? Assuming this was installed a few years ago it doesn't need to comply with 3rd amendment. Also very minor things like no two colour sticker - costs 10p and takes 10 seconds to put one on - quicker to fix than to mention on the report!

You said to measure the insulation resistance at 250v but it should be done at twice the working voltage, so 500v DC was applicable. Not a criticism, just a gentle reminder to all them there folks out there. :-)

my biggest mistake when i was younger...not choosing the path of an electrician when i still lived with my mom

@3.08 Seeing the clamp is put onto the outer part of the rather dirty nut on the earth rod, isn't that likely to increase the earth impedance reading?

The immersion heater did not have a police stat ?

Was it too much effort not to dust the tops of the sockets ?

That is the worst!⚡️🔥😱

What code ratings for all that? No SPD? What rating? Don’t the lights needs to say they are suitable for the zone rather than an IP rating?

What software are you using on your i pad mate

kewtechs do trip some rcds ftr ...

You sure it wasn’t a 1.0mm earth ?

*waits for the "first!" brigade to show up

What’s happening I’ve seen the socks for ages

Non fire resistant CU isn’t a fail is it? Only if installed to 18 th ...

Why IP44 lights? Such a small difference in cost means fit ELV IP65. I'm not a spark I'm a grad electrical and electronic engineer - I won't have ANY mains bulbs anywhere in or near a bathroom of mine! Ideally, even the 12v supply should be outside the bathroom in my book.

Sorry sir I failed the moaning test. o.o And also I was totally oblivious when I had wired in the basement lighting that had tube lights that we converted to LED tube lightening then now switching that tube lighting to flat panel LED. And why I missed it for so long but there was absolutely no ground wire in the box the idiots had cut the ground off and thought since it was a screw in light bulb that used to be in the original box that they only needed the live and neutral. And had no ground wire on the box at all. So what I did temporary is I put a wire from the old original "transformer box" to a screw on the outside which in theory the metal casing is suppose to be grounded. I did that hopefully grounded now hack temporary for now eventually my folks will remodel the basement and get new wiring in but in the mean time I hope my ground job worked. o.o And I do not know about US electrical things here I was just trying to get it safe or hope it is any ways. xD I still have two more LED panels to put up I can do a quick video and some photos of it and show the wiring situation. Oh yeah and it is the old cloth wiring too and the black and white are dangerously close to the same color from the age so basically have that fun part to look forward to in getting the new light panels up.

@15:46 is the reason why i charge extra if the homeowner worked on it before i get there

What difference does a outside tap make

Colour of that pull cord.. 💩 17:23

What’s that app called