YouTube electricians

[co00okie]

OK, I'm still as green as a baby's nappy with all of this. I decided to change career and took a part-time night course (More on this later if your interested.) I'm no where near as good as someone who has done a full apprenticeship. Took my 17th edition and ran with it. Admittedly to the wrong industry (gates and security/access control etc.) BUT I have found my way back to house bashing and nothing prepared me for this....

After watching numerous electricians on YouTube I find myself trawling the regs to see what they call shocking! Or shody workmanship to see if its against the regs and find them quite minor to what I've landed myself in.

First House - fault find upstairs sockets not working
Easy right, straight to the consumer unit. Burnt out busbar on mcb. Loose connection. Whilst there though, Tennant complained about 2 downstairs lights, when turning them on at the switch lights pop and trip on cu. Belled out every cable and rewired what looked like 18 different electricians who had come and patched and patched and patched work. Changed light fittings and all seems OK.

This one screwed me.... No idea not a clue. Sent to fit x3 smoke alarms (X2 smokes and a heat alarm in the kitchen to be exact.) wireless so should be a walk in the park. No! So I fit smokes and turn the power back on. Lights work fine, but smokes are not illuminating the led to show power... On all 3. I used existing cabling on hallway and landing smokes. And wired to permenant live on kitchen light fitting for heat alarm. I'm stumped because I'm testing power at smokes and it's there. Tested continuity across live and neutral and bing there's a short somewhere. My issue is why hasn't the rcd tripped? I mean wtf?

So my question is why isn't this classed as "shocking" or "shoddy" to the YouTube electricians. I know I shouldn't be trying to learn this stuff on YouTube but, why is a loose switch face the worst thing these guys have seen when the ---- I've come across in the passed 2 days really worry me?

P.s. Sorry if your a vlogger. Its not really aimed at you. Just shitty landlords that probably do there own eicrs.

 

[nicebutdim]

And the crying shame and joke is, he may not be able to replace a poxy CU is somebody's house.
That is the laughable situation.

Well his work is certainly specialised, but that's part of the attraction. I also like the fact that he gets on with it and doesn't need to continually point out how great he is or promote stuff that nobody needs.

 

[7029 dave]

Well his work is certainly specialised, but that's part of the attraction. I also like the fact that he gets on with it and doesn't need to continually point out how great he is or promote stuff that nobody needs.

Handling that size cable on his own is amazing, picked up some great tips with the mech aids.

 

[westward10]

You get companies that solely specialise in pulling large cables and making them off, he clearly is a skilled individual with plenty of thought going into the process because errors with cables of that size are not easy to correct.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I spent some time on site from time to time with a company who did big cable installs.
Loved it and it was a really good, I remember being about 18 or 19 and being handed a set of these for the very first time to cut the cores...

RS PRO Ratchet Cable Cutters | RS

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[nicebutdim]

I spent some time on site from time to time with a company who did big cable installs.
Loved it and it was a really good, I remember being about 18 or 19 and being handed a set of these for the very first time to cut the cores...

RS PRO Ratchet Cable Cutters | RS

uk.rs-online.com

I have a cheap set of ratchet cutters, which are reasonably decent (not suitable for steel), but noticed in one of his videos the use of an exhaust cutter for armour.

 

[7029 dave]

Done a big SWA when was an apprentice two of us the spark used an hydraulic crimper for the lugs.
The cable was as heavy as F

 

[nicebutdim]

Done a big SWA when was an apprentice two of us the spark used an hydraulic crimper for the lugs.
The cable was as heavy as F

We do some fairly big cables from time to time, but my part involves pulling in and swinging on them. Not sure anyone is going to chance leaving the apprentice to terminate eye-wateringly expensive cables

 

[James]

That stuff he is working with is about 30kg per meter if i remember right.
I was impressed with his work and his planning and his patience.

I don’t think I would ask him to arm wrestle if I met him!!

 

[westward10]

I spent some time on site from time to time with a company who did big cable installs.
Loved it and it was a really good, I remember being about 18 or 19 and being handed a set of these for the very first time to cut the cores...

RS PRO Ratchet Cable Cutters | RS

uk.rs-online.com

Proper jointers use their teeth.

 

[Dustydazzler]

That stuff he is working with is about 30kg per meter if i remember right.
I was impressed with his work and his planning and his patience.

I don’t think I would ask him to arm wrestle if I met him!!

Some of the cable I helped pull in were literally 4 or 5 man teams to get the cable laid out then up on the tray

 

[Dustydazzler]

I remember one the sites we did was where they counted and stored cash. We had to sign stuff to say we wouldn't reveal the location to anyone etc etc

There were people with big carts on trollies wheeling big bags full of cash about to be sorted , and counted / wrapped etc

Think something like £5,000,000 in notes passed through the site every day

 

[7029 dave]

That stuff he is working with is about 30kg per meter if i remember right.
I was impressed with his work and his planning and his patience.

I don’t think I would ask him to arm wrestle if I met him!!

Hate to think how much that cable is per meter.

 

[Petej999]

And the crying shame and joke is, he may not be able to replace a poxy CU is somebody's house.
That is the laughable situation.

Same as Delroy the spark

 

[Dustydazzler]

And the crying shame and joke is, he may not be able to replace a poxy CU is somebody's house.
That is the laughable situation.

He can , he just couldn't notify the job to BC

Part Pee is all backwards as it penalises the hard working electrician, the onus should actually be on the homeowner to notify the council and pay the relevant fee (not the spark)

 

[Lister1987]

Not sure why Youtube algorithms don't promote this channel, but well worth watching. No drama, no pretence of celebrity, no free stuff to promote and nothing to sell - just a guy doing some interesting work.

I do like his stuff, watch ìt regularly, mostly with beard envy. "Jointech Cabling" as tht company name "Horse cock handlers" wouldn't drive up tht same amount of business. Some of the tips are belters; using swa armouring as tie-wraps; I wouldn't have thought or that!