The Manchester house part 4/4 | Second fixing & testing. (53) 

Hey.....it's 99% f*cking about and the rest is just using screwdrivers 🤣

Good tip 👌 I will try to remember that one 👍.

Cheers Mr D, bit quite at the moment on the channel but new stuff is coming and hopefully will be filmed? Have you had a look around? There's lots of other quality electrical RU-vid channels!

Cheers Gary. I was hoping to get some more footage of the testing side here but other trades and my limited time on site prevented it. There's plenty of testing content on RU-vid from other channels and sparks and even a couple from myself. Thanks for watching 👀 🙂.

Trust me there was some shouting going on off camera 🤬🤣

@@JBE Haha professional editing 👌🏻🤣 Is it even a real days graft as a spark if you’re not cramped in a tiny space cursing the world and his dog 😂

@@JayTheSparky usually chuntering to yourself "what the f**k am I doing this for?" we like a challenge.. Sometimes 😏

@@muzikman2008 Ha ha exactly this!

I'm an old cable whisperer from way back 😂. Yes the other trades did let the side down a little.

Morning Andy 🖐🙂

@@JBE Good morning. Such a nice shock to see a new video 👍🏻

It really was a mix up in communication and it's not the first time it's happened to me. Sparks are sometimes the last to know anything and rarely get consulted about changes.

You're right, the screws and superior engineering skills I possess will be far better than the out the box fodder 🙂

That doesn't make sense; if the R1+R2 stays the same, the Zs (Zdb+R1+R2) would be the same too, as this video demonstrates. On a radial, R1+R2 (and thus Zs) would increase the further you go from the board, but this video was talking about testing a ring. Regardless of how far down the ring you are, you should have the same readings, because you'll always have 2 parallel paths, and as one of them gets longer, the other one will get commensurately shorter. The only exception to this is when testing spurs off of the ring, again as this video demonstrates (at 19:34).

@@aaronmdjones It makes perfect sense and happens out in the field also. Please watch the videos in the link that explains why your Zs readings will vary at different points in the circuit and not just at a spur. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F0RkVUYfNEI.html

@@aaronmdjones Sort of yes, sort of no. If you're doing the cross connections then the loop resistance will be the same everywhere. Once it's back to "normal", the easiest way of thinking about it is the two extremes of 1) a socket right at the board and 2) a socket miles away from the board both on the ring. The close socket has a very short cable back to the board and a very long cable back to the board. The earth loop of the very short loop will be effectively zero, and the long loop will have negligible impact on the system but serve to reduce it slightly from effectively zero. The far socket has two medium length cables back to the board (the very long one from before, cut in half). If they really are equal, then the earth loop will be half the impedance of one leg. Any other sockets on the ring are somewhere between those extremes. That's one of the reasons why you want the heavy current consumers towards the middle of the ring, otherwise you could end up overloading one leg (if it's 2.5mm cable).

You're right Bill, most do just un-clip and I have done it a million times. I forget about this job now bit possibly they were not the clip type and I had to unscrew the doors off.

Hey there king 🤴 😎. If the hob came on a plug then it's usually designed so it can't be all on at the same time? If all your appliances are on the same circuit then it's not wrong as long as it's been installed correctly? Is it a radial circuit? How big is the MCB? 16, 20 or 32 amp.

@@JBE cheers for reply mate 👍 the kitchen/lounge is on a ring final 32amp mcb .I’m just puzzled that an oven can be plugged into that circuit as I always though an oven went on (the oven circuit 45amp) it’s own. The wife has just checked under cupboard and the fridge freezer is actually plugged into that 😂🤷‍♂️ the oven looking at it is 0.75 flex with the added plug but definitely on the kitchen/lounge ring,we’ve had hob oven microwave kettle job lot on at same time and no trip

@@kingofthetrowel1725 Yeah fixed appliances like an electric free standing oven had their own dedicated circuit, as they pulled a lot of amps when on full Sunday dinner duties. Other appliances don't pull as much individually but can still have an affect on the circuit or MCB when all plugged in and running at the same time. Christmas day for example.

I know, I let the whole team down with this action. I'm only glad there's no union involvement. It's a flashback to a previous video I'd done at the same property, at first fix stage. I actually had a great time at this place and was glad to see it finished, disbite dreaded the C-19 turning up in 2020.

@@JBE yeah, I heard about that vaguely, I was at sea during most of it though. Anyway, great to see your videos, more messing around and bloopers needed to catch up with Dave and Nige.

@g7eit There's only one David and Nigel in this universe.

@@JBE thank feckless for that, I don’t think the universe could handle any more lol

Haha you and Enya! 🖐🤣

@@JBE serious note, top work mate. Loving the longer vids as well as the shorts. Have a great Sunday! 👊🏾

Couldn’t believe he didn’t know that.

I was actually scrolling to see if someone picked up on that. I have struggled before with a door on and when I finished the job realised they unclipped 🙈 I think we all been there. 🙂 but now we know

I honesty can't remember with this kitchen guys, I know it was quite a budget kitchen and I've been taking kitchen doors off for 20+ years so I'm always happy to see the clips that let you remove the door without using a screwdriver or (impact driver) 🤔. I'm sure if I have a jump back into the editing process I'll see a clear close up image of the hinges!? But to be honest that wasn't the biggest problem I had with the sodding base unit 😟.

@@JBE don't worry I still can't work out some hinges myself they're not all the same from what iv seen. Good job though 👍

@@ARElectrics It could be worse...If I was a plumber trying to get under the sink, the door would be thrown into the garden and definitely require new hinges 🤣🔨💥. Hey wheres your videos been of late? Too busy? 🤑😉

Yeah they come with warnings now DO NOT FIT PLUG 🧐🔌

@@JBE Really. I thought plugs were the way they were going. I saw a new build with just a double socket behind the oven. One for oven and gas ign.

@@AndyK.1 Some manufacturers insist on a fused connection unit so it's hard wired. A plug top has too many moving parts I guess 🤷.

I don't know I guess it's just a fashion for these times. I love an old style 1980s Green bathroom suite myself 😂😉🛀

I don't know what I was doing? Next time I'll just kick it in half and blame someone else 🤫😂👍