These 2 had me in absolute stitches ....

[Dustydazzler]

(I also absolutely love the little Delroy voice overs , brillian)

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[westward10]

Is he taking the p*ss, "Doctor Electrician" his level probably isn't much above the person that fitted that consumer unit.

 

[nicebutdim]

Is he taking the p*ss, "Doctor Electrician" his level probably isn't much above the person that fitted that consumer unit.

I'd recommend watching a few minutes...

 

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I loved the van chat.

Absolutely relate to the issues He raises in regard to customers and leaving a property in a dangerous Condition.

 

[nicebutdim]

I loved the van chat.

Absolutely relate to the issues He raises in regard to customers and leaving a property in a dangerous Condition.

The installation was appalling, but I wasn't impressed that he initially failed to understand the busbar configuration, along with a few other comments. They might well be decent enough sparks, but I'd question their wisdom in filming themselves.

 

[Spoon]

Well that was interesting... Cracking job done by the customer.

 

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The installation was appalling, but I wasn't impressed that he initially failed to understand the busbar configuration, along with a few other comments. They might well be decent enough sparks, but I'd question their wisdom in filming themselves.

Agree with that.

From the angle of the camera I could tell it was one (two combined) buz bar running all the way along under the Mcb’s and rcd.

I would initially be tempted to to strip the board back and sort it out to enable a better condition report to be carried out, but I think the decision the guys made not to, was correct. It leaves the last person altering the installation liable.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Presumably the house is a rental otherwise why would they have been instructed to do an EICR.

The people living there have clearly made dozens of dodged alterations to the wiring over the years, surely that breaches the tenancy arrangement?

If that house was a second hand car it would fail it’s MOT and not be allowed on the road, but a house with diabolical unsafe wiring can still be lived in...the mind boggles

 

[southsea1201]

The van conclusion is correct...the only solution rewire and new board.....They did well to not correct anything that could have laid rewsponsibility at their door.. Landlord got to spend some money

 

[Dustydazzler]

When conducting such an EICR the WORST thing you could do is start touching things. It should only be a visual inspection and some rudementary tests like ZS at some random sockets.
At the same time you could be compiling a rough estimate for a complete Re-wire and give that to the landlord along with the EICR

 

[nicebutdim]

Presumably the house is a rental otherwise why would they have been instructed to do an EICR.

The people living there have clearly made dozens of dodged alterations to the wiring over the years, surely that breaches the tenancy arrangement?

If that house was a second hand car it would fail it’s MOT and not be allowed on the road, but a house with diabolical unsafe wiring can still be lived in...the mind boggles

It appears that the house is lived in by the guy's mother and it's fairly apparent that the guy bodged most of the installation himself. As well as directing the pair of sparks to every hidden junction box, he knew that an unenclosed RCD was located behind the bath panel. That and the fact that there was a load of cable and junction boxes in the garage.

I find it hard to believe that anyone could think they were doing something constructive, in wiring the house in such a manner, but clearly that was the thinking at time of installation.

On the EICR front, it would appear as though the video's title is misleading. Early on the client implied that the sparks were there to simply change the CU, but they explained to him that they needed to conduct some basic check before touching the rats nest of wiring dressed into the existing CU. Toward the end (when issuing a fairly ineffective warning about this installation), 'Dr Electric' advised the client that the place needed rewiring and to have a full inspection undertaken - as such, I can not understand why they titled the video as an EICR.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Waste of time carrying out an EICR on that DIY disaster house, I would be in and out of there in 10 minutes.
Full Re-Wire required end of story.
2 options : everything chased in or surface mounted in conduit

 

[UNG]

That video is not a good advert for the Doctor Electric business
You have 2 plug in testers giving different indications yet no effort is made to verify which one is faulty or why they are giving different indications.
No mention of the busbar bypassing the RCD and insisting that he couldn't safely isolate that CU to do a Ze test really demonstrates the level he isn't at for doing EICR's
If that is the worst he has seen then he hasn't been around long, I've seen much worse than that