The 1 Hour Consumer Unit Replacement 

Watch a more in depth Consumer Unit Replacement I did here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DrBoGjUk5Zs.html

I have watched several of your videos, and you do amazing work. The 'Consumer Unit' concept is interesting and i see there is a huge difference between circuit protection in the UK and the US. One big difference is you could never have the service wires not protected in a conduit (or some jurisdictions allow a type of cable called Service Entrance (SE) cable) to protect the individual conductors. Another is the loads in the US are much higher. For houses built since the 1980's, or houses that have been upgraded since then, most common service in a single family house is a 240 volt 150 or 200 amp single phase service 3 wire service, where the two wires that have 240 volts across them only have 120 volts to ground due to the transformer having a center tap that is solidly grounded and bonded from the transformer to the breaker panel through the neutral conductor. Lighting, TVs, electronics, washing machines and small cord connected appliances are connected between the neutral and one of the lines and operate with 120 volts, but all large loads use 240 volt circuits. Also, there is a solid connection between the neutral at the house and the neutral at the transformer to clear a fault, and the neutral is not fused or protected by a circuit breaker. Ground fault protection is increasingly being installed at the individual circuits such as in kitchens, laundry areas, damp or wet areas, outdoor circuits, garages, basements, etc., and the latest code requires GFCI protection on 240 volt circuits for dryers, ranges or ovens located within 6 feet of a sink, and an EV receptacle in a garage even requires up to a 50 amp GFCI breaker to be installed in the breaker panel. Last big difference I note is there are no 'ring' circuits in the US. Thus in the US there are many more individual radial circuits for lighting and receptacles. And since the lighting and receptacles are 120 volt circuits, the branch circuit wiring is much thicker, 14 and 12 AWG (2.5 and 4 mm). The typical single family middle class house often has the following 240 volt devices: Air conditioner 25 to 40 amp breaker Electric heat, 9600 watts 60 amp breaker (this is backup heat for heat pump or main source of heat in houses located in areas like Florida where it does not get very cold) Electric water heater 4500 watts 30 amp breaker (some houses use natural gas) Range 40 or 50 amp breaker (some have separate cook top and oven, and some use natural gas for cook top with separate electric oven) Electric dryer 30 amp breaker (very few have natural gas dryer) The above are pretty much standard, but other 240 volt circuits include A 50 to 60 amp breaker these days for EV charging is becoming common in some areas. Hot Tub 40 to 60 amp 2nd air conditioner and electric heat A typical breaker panel will contain from 30 to 40 individual circuits. Larger houses may have a sub panel and some larger houses have 400 amp service, usually feeding two 200 amp breaker panels.

Beautiful job

I always give myself half a day to change the DB like that one, including testing and doing the certs, electrical work should not be rushed. People that do offers like that are undermining the electrical industry. How can you compete with that. They can not be using fully qualified sparks.

Currently doing my first year apprenticeship , all videos are top notch and making it easier to learn

Why ask another tradesman to match a silly quote for a job though?............Most likely because the silly quote doesn't really exist 👍

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6:48 “All good” - sounds like Ollie from Drain Addict 😀

Hi Jordan Nice try but never going to do it in an hour, it takes longer than that just to do the EICR. Besides if the landlord could get it for £120 why did he go with you then, I get that all the time and I just do EICR I give them my price then thay tell me they can get it for Xamount so I tell the to go with iit then sometimes they come back to me other times I never hear from them again. Some you win some you dont.

What cable clips did you use for the meter tails? I can't find ones that look like that online anywhere.

It would have been interesting for the landlord to get it done then get yourself to inspect it and see what they have done and if they cut any corners

The pictorial stickers on the RCBOs for circuits 2 and 3 were the wrong way around.

Cracking job Jordan, there is just no way somebody can do a decent job of a board swap in that amount of time!

How much would a 6 way RCBO cost with certification? Also, is BG (Screwfix / Toolstation) brands inferior to Hager? Please elaborate. Thanks 😊

Have you got the number of the guy doing it for £120.00? I don't care one hour 20 hours😂😂

To be honest if any sparks couldn't fit a single row consumer unit in an hour he she might as well look for a new job.

I’d be interested in seeing what tools you use for sealing the main fuse. Maybe one for @tools4sparks?

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You need to include plumbing in your repertoire😂nice job. I would avoid trying to give yourself too many time constrained jobs. You will either have to stick to a script which can be thrown off when you start testing and discover an issue. Moreover you will be working like a zombie without thinking and the potential for mistakes goes up. Not what I would call a safe installation. Stick to your quality working methods and always keep thinking and checking things as you go along. That way you give your best.

Another excellent video, does make me giggle when they it’s done in 1 hour cannot be tested properly if at all! There are some people who rewire a house in a day complete, testing and plastered 🥴 I bet that’s a quality install

And you have good access. £120 my arse. What’s the matter with these dimwits.

Just wondering why no 100amp electricity meter isolating switch fitted as you pulled the incoming fuse anyway. I always fit one

The icons for Extension sockets and Lighting Extension (RCBO's 2 & 3) are reversed.

Where's live isolation switch 🤔 😊

The fellow in the video sounds effeminate!

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Surely the new board and fittings will cost you at least £100 with vat ?

How much would a 6 way RCBO cost with certification? Also, is BG (Screwfix / Toolstation) brands inferior to Hager? Please elaborate. Thanks 😊

I can’t believe you didn’t know how many hours this would take before you started? How do u price up a job ? What would u quote a customer.

What is your thoughts on this just seen an advert for a NICEIC company not a self employed working from say they charge a fixed rate for Eicr for a 10 way consumer unit £139 Inc vat and are based in London but cover all over . What do people here charge for a 3 bed house 10 way unit and what part of the country as the north will be cheaper than London

Personally always use a wiska gland for the tails.

Bet the 120 quid cu change came without certification. Local chap to us charged 400 quid for a good quality DB upgrade 4 years ago and was with us for most of the day. Good value in my view.

I always thought the metering company would need to seal the metering equipment back up afterwards. I wasn’t even aware it was possible to buy a meter sealing kit? Do you need to register a sealing tool with a reference number on the seals?

I have done that size in an hour but with it being tested before by other staff that do testing all the time but never £120 cheapest was £380 + vat Inc parts like wispa tail gland

One hour is impossible. Only the PAT test is an hour. No need for double isolation from the meter? Looks good!

Interested to see your meter sealer tool and where you got it from , nice video 👍

Does that need replacing tho, complies when it was install few years ago. C3 on EICR.

Really maybe should do a video exercising your case with the landord to stop being so tight this is what brings our trade down come on sparks we need to stick together to get the prices to where they need to be opposed to bare minimum 🥺

5:42 Can you explain the reseal of the Service supply Cut Out and what type of sealing kit do you use?

Those thick brown and blue that comes out the kWh-meter .. are they alowed to be installed like that? I believe here in the Netherlands it is not allowed.

Bloody hell - you should have got the supply authority to change the cable head and metering equipment as well 😃

Jordan? Is doing consumer units are very hard ?

How do you switch the mains electricity off before disconnecting the old consumer unit??

I didn’t realise Sparks were aloud to permitted to seal the meter and cutout? Does it depend on which area you are in?

Hi can I ask how much should I pay for installing consumer unit?

Issue a satisfactory EICR ?is that after a completion certificate for the board?

Thanks for the video. What was the date of the next EICR? Do you have to use SPD or can it be just rcd with metal cladding? Thanks

So it looks like these 1hr guys, just throw the consumer unit at the wall.

Great video once again Jordan, that was an impossible challenge how the "One Hour Electrician" could carry that work out in an hour God only knows bet it was stuck to the wall with Fixall adhesive, I would love to see the test certificate for his work too bet non of the certificate results matched the actual results in the property. Can I ask you two things, firstly how do you go on for resealing the meter and cut out, do the keyboard warriors not criticise you for filming it (we all have to cut the seal on them to carry out our work) but people seem to pretend to be whiter than white and don't do the seal cutting, second question has Hager not followed every one else on the band wagon that an SPD has to be installed via an RCBO or MCB I got criticised the other week for not installing one on an SPD

I thought 18th states if board does not have rcd then rcbo have to be used?

6:50 "issue a satisfactory EICR". Surely now you have completed work, you should be issuing a domestic electrical installation certificate for said works?

Honestly very puzzled that someone could do a CU change in an hour for 120 quid. The wiring would be a complete mess and I don’t even know how they’d be able to afford any RCDs, as RCBOs are clearly out of question. Bizarre.

£120 board change that’s a joke really got to love these people I think you did well to get it done in the time you did it in to be honest. Was that with testing

2 hours I would of done that in 30mins flat.

neat board connections, shame the meter tails look untidy

Seriously though, I've said this on other platforms, there are so called 'electricians' amoungst us that are charging themselves out at 15 quid an hour. Cheap 55 quid board and 4 hours, testing if done is extra.

It's nice to be the first craft in on a new construction or a remodel, but any rework / troubleshooting later on can be a challenge. Especially if your access points are boxed in. LoL Your a good craftsman.....

Is the flexi tails code 6181Y or 6381Y? I struggle to find any wholesalers that sell the 6181Y (19 strand - felxi), as far as I know the 6381Y shouldn't be used as tails but I haven't looked into this much

And that was a easy board try doing one in a cupboard no room cables coming from every direction got to put new wooden board up cos its coming away from wall new talls full test 120 bullshit got asked by letting agent other day can i beat 50 pound for a eicr cos they got someone for that price they try it on

If you want to hit 1h, you should have a look at the Wago TopJob S terminal blocks. That would be an interesting video, as you hardly see electricians outside Germany, Austria, Switzerland using these super useful time savers...

I call it "totem pole effect"....If you aim high you may occasionally fall short, aim low you'll never reach the top !

I could do that in an hour with a duel rcd board but no way I'd charge 120 pound next board change I do I'll do a vid

Another cracking and interesting video. Glad to see you use quality products, and are not lowering your standards,

How much would this cost?Thanks

Where did u buy this type of safety label

2hrs but you still got to test come on get real

Little tip All round band on the meter tails and earth would look nicer over cleats 👍 good job tho mate

I’m sorry but if there are people offering these totally unrealistic quotes then the bodies of Napit and the Niceic should be informed and they should be looking into the quality of work, enough dues are paid to them to look out for the trades they profess to represent. We know the standard of work you are going to get at that rate and 9/10 they are not going to be as easy as this install. We also know the type of Landlord that are going to be all over this like a cheap overcoat.

Like the work! Just a little question. Removing the distributers cut out is only permissible by them, or the meter company. I see you did this yourself. Whats your thinking on this, and your feelings about doing this.

What's the cost for this job?

So how long did it take then ? Obviously longer than an hour

What method did you use/ do you normally use to enter the tails into the board?

I think this video is very dangerous as it doesn't show the electrical supply from the supplier being turned off. I'm not a qualified electrician but I do know that unless the main fuse on the suppliers gear isn't removed then those tails Jordan was waving about would have been live and deadly

Tidy install!😎👌

Could change the CU in a hour, but thats it. Everything else is extras HAHA

At my previous employer speed was the game, like you said if you set ambitious goals you’ve got something to strive for. I listen to the radio every day and they have certain segments at the same time every day, and I always set goals based on that. Nice board as always!!

Circuits 2 &3 the pictorial and label seem to be reversed.Cheers, Gordon

No fire proofing foam in the hole behind the board??

What extent of a test do you do when you do a board change

Love your labelling!

Can you or another spark tuber show the hole once you have sealed it? want to see if its a messy as when i do it :D

Next time add a clock on the timelapse 😉

Great video Steve!

Cannot thank you enough. In trade for 40yrs+ was up against this all the time. This really destroyed me half the guy's i worked with thought it was clever to see who was the quickest irrespective of standard of work .How dense were they not to know it was a race to the bottom.Now nearly retired and glad to get out for health reasons too. Sad to say apart from yourself Artisan who has @ least principles and pride it was the younger sparks who were over competitive and trying to prove themselves @ the expense of ruining the trade.

I'm interested to know is the fire sealant foam actually a requirement or not. Hear different opinions.

1 hour cu change for 120 quid😂 what do they do if they get a fault once they live up

No way can it be done to a decent standard in 1 hour , you will spend an hour just testing it

Are ways 2 and 3 labelled the wrong way around? Pictograms and wire diameters don't look consistent with the Brother label :-/

Did You cut the distribution fuse seals?

Good job👍👍 Just out of curiosity how tall are u😂😂

Brilliant job again. Really liked (:

tbh, im kinda glad you didnt do this in an hour! anyone who does is a rubbish sparky! end product was well better than a rush job that could kill someone! 😊

youre allowed to pull the mains fuses? i was hoping to have mine changed, i didn't know they could do that.

2500?

Shouldn't there be a breaker (mcb) to protect the Surge protection device ?

Great job, very neat

Thanks

£5 per hr😂😂😂

Anyone know why there wasn’t a DB with RCD protection installed? Was there a reason?

Could have made it easier to have the electric e-screwdriver Wiha Speede II. PS: i have not watched the video yet