I can imagine the " Have you had an accident " lawyers , licking their lips , as people start falling over these trip hazards .

The biggest Issue I have with this isn't anything to do with trailing cables etc etc (or anything you did with the install) but rather something far more fundamental especially when it comes to EV charging generally. In the UK you do not have the right to park on the road outside your house (with a few exceptions such as designated disabled bays). Even in those areas with permit parking the permit doesn't always say you can park in a specific spot rather it covers an area where you can park.

Time to get my roller skates on, where there’s blame, there’s a claim. 👍

The problem with this sort of solution is that it gives some people the feeling of entitlement to the public road outside their houses.

Amazing video as usual. As an commercial apprentice you're brilliant at explaining things that i wont never come across while I'm learning and find it very helpful👍

I spent 22yrs as a telecoms engineer & hated installations on 99% in & on the property we surface laid out cables/wiring, what you did on this task was bloody brilliant 👍 I bet you come across many a fit that appears to have been done by Jonny aged 3!!! I bet a few of those pavement cable covers will be stolen over time

Fantastic video again. And in depth. I actually make notes and refer back to them. One of the best in depth installer videos on youtube i think. Have a great Sunday. Sav 👍

This is my first view of your channel and immediately you look like a very good sparky. Thoughtful, efficient, tidy, knowledgeable and safe. Your client should be pleased with that job. Brilliant. Great video.

First claim I have heard of was a £3900 one for tripping over a cable across the path

Love you videos man, all the camera angles you set up must take an age. The extra effort you put in is first class 👌🏻

I have this with nearby neighbours and they think it's their dedication parking space, better than watching tele when someone parks there

My council is fitting cable slots into the pavement for people, nice easy solution.

Running a live electrical cable across a public footpath is opening yourself to a whole world of trouble. Problem without a home charger an EV costs a fortune at commercial charging points and I suppose this owner had enough of the costs. As we say customer is always right! 😂 Great video.

Firstly as a gas engineer my butt was clenching when I saw the run, but you installed it perfectly. I would say you are going to see people converting their gardens to driveways...you need to team up with a builder 😂

I can already picture people putting cones outside their house as to reserve the space and a few rows coming out of it!

This was facinating, thanks for being so informative.

It’s a joke isn’t it. Go EV without any sensible infrastructure in place. Cables along pavements etc is just opening up the world of claims.

Great video. It's obvious that you care about your customers. I'm lucky to have a driveway myself, but it's good to know that those who don't can still charge from home.

I’m unlikely to ever need to know this information from a self installation perspective but I do like to know a little about a lot so it assists me understanding things should I ever need it done by someone else. Very educational video and what you think is easy certainly is not.

The push tool and small gel connectors you used on the ct clamp connections are used all the time by the Openreach (BT) engineers,another great video

Quality video and great install 👌🏻. The problem is the obvious thing every electrician worth their salt has been banging on about for almost 10 years now, the infrastructure is not in place for mass ev. I'm having a charge point installed at my house in two weeks, but I wouldn't even consider it if I lived in a terraced property with no driveway. Again though great video 👍🏻

Loving that trip hazard of a cable and its 'ramp' ..... how can anyone think that's acceptable ?

Great job. Now you hope your neighbours are willing to let you park there as it’s a nightmare parking lot

Another great upload, perfect on a Sunday morning with a cup of tea. Where is your work van.

Would make sense for the council to install a channel into the paths from fence to gutter say 50mm deep x 50mm wide covered with a checker plate hinged lid. Have the owner apply for an install and a 1 off payment maybe ? Or add an annual "charger channel access" fee to their rates. So yes, there might be one channer per house eventually. Would be easy install if the channel was one piece galv channel with a flange that they could anchor to the cement. All they'd need to do is channelout 50 wide x 50 deep and sink it in between the cut out, anchor it at each and and Bobs your uncle.

Another highly interesting and educational video Adam - for installers and customers alike, I think. I love your solution orientated approach and ability to find products to suit different/difficult situations. 👍

Pleasure to watch your videos. Quality install as per normal.

As someone with no driveway, this video has given me some hope that I might be able to charge an electric car when we replace our current vehicle, thanks for covering this so well.

Absolutely brilliant, hats off to you mate.

So basically the council will approve running cable across pavement but will through you under the bus if someone trips over it.

I do get some random suggestions but I quite like to get some insight in to different things so…. even tho I have absolutely zero intention in ever owning an ev vehicle I still found this interesting to watch your worth was super professional and well done 👍. Kudos for going in to those cramped spaces under these old houses that’s a nono for me, lol I also found it utterly hilarious hearing that Portsmouth have deactivated all on street chargers hahahaha, really well thought out video and agree with everything your said.

Great explanation. It was intresting to watch. Congratulation!

What happens if somebody decides to park their vehicle outside a house with a charger installed . If the home owner has not had the kirb dropped by the council he has no legal right to the space outside the house and cannot ask the other vehicle to move while he charges his vehicle .Yet another cause for arguments .

I went with the new model Indra looks good and has a loads of safety features main reason for going with Indra, PS I’d always go wired Ethernet and the integration with energy providers API is good. Mine came with the dongle but I’m trying to phase a lot of wifi out of my tech it’s just too unreliable mines wired. PS a word of note to anyone always try and get a charger that works with your energy provider instead of the cars API as a lot of Ford EV owners are finding out 😢 with Octopus 🐙

Great install buddy, I always run through the cable run in my mind on the way to a job, and even though a crawl space under the boards is not the most glamorous, god do i get excited when I see one...makes life 100 times easier. JBE is right on point below...sooner or later the streets in the uk are going be getting dug up to lay bigger cables.... Western power i believe are already making 3 phase the norm on new installs...SSE need to get with the times....or streets will soon start blowing substation fuses 😂

what great job mate awesome video👊👊

They should have dropped the curb and parked in the front garden. Off street parking would have added value to the property and guaranteed a parking spot near their charger.

It would be great to do an update, focusing on the satisfaction of the customer being able to charge his car outside his house.

Top marks for efforts.

Great video mate, always a neat & tidy install. Didn’t realise I work in the same area as you, I’m based down eastern road as a sparks. We fit EV chargers as well but never done one without a driveway. I still don’t know how they allow for trailing leads along the pavement…

Yes,and here we have it ladies and gentlemen, this is what you are paying for,trademan who knows what he is doing,look at the equipment and tools you need to complete a professional job! No drive no problem, See it can be done Well done, not trying to hide anything, instead films everything. Show some love smash the like button!

the biggest problem i have is the belief that a home owner owns the street outside the property. if some one parks in the spot they have no legal redress. this will cause problems or with the councils use this as a way to charge for parking on a public street to ensure the parking spots for property owners.

Amazing video as always

Great installation Adam. Well routed and hidden out of view with the cables. Good to see a sparky fit what the customer needs, not what makes him more money. Keep up the content and have a fantastic 2024. All Ra best Fae Bonnie Scotland ( north of Carlisle)

This is MADNESS. Now ramp this up, everyone has a EV, grid goes down, chargers turned off, the utter chaos that will result. Stick with a mix of fuel, EV’s have a place but are not the entire solution. At least if this EV self ignites it will not burn the house down and will only take a dozen cars out. Nice work fella…..👍👍. Fellow Sparks Here.

Great installation and video. Totally not allowed in my area here in Australia though. The Council have been sending letters to all residents telling us that on street charging like this with leads across footpaths or looped through trees is strictly prohibited - I'm guessing it's happening but I haven't seen any. The letter also mentioned that cable ramps of any description are also strictly forbidden due to safety concerns and insurance reasons. It pretty much excludes anyone without a driveway owning an EV because we don't have any public charging points in town either - Oh, I don't live miles from anywhere but in a town of 35,000 that's just 1/2 hour from Melbourne CBD. I can't see how EV's can work on mass because of these sort of issues.

I have absolutely no idea about anything you spoke of....But its real dam interesting!

adam great video...great electrician..

I always wondered how you would charge if you had no driveway, but this has confirmed what I wanted. We are buying a house and every house we have seen, has a driveway as we are planning to get a hybrid car in a few months time. But have a driveway will just make it easy to charge. While it might not be a problem now but could be if every house decides to do this... Wires on the pavement is just asking to be sued.

thats all very well if you can park directly out side your house some times you have to park sometimes treets away ,

Nice job mate 👍

Just PERFECT 👍

I wonder how long that charger will last . Maybe 2 years. My mate is on his 3rd one in less than 4 years . My charger for my ICE car is over 60 years old . It doesn’t need apps no electronics inside. and it works great

Yes, you do need to take note of the colour pairs in data cable. Blues are for old PSTN/POTS and used for Positve side of PoE.

Thanks for making the video. I understand that you’re trying to make the best of a difficult situation and help the client out but this is just not a long-term solution is it. we can’t have these all over the country spanning the pavements it’s just an accident waiting to happen. I remember working on the job back in the 90s where we had a secure gen set up in the street. We tried everything. We tried building a gantry up and over the pavement to support the cable. We tried similar solution to yours, using the ground level cable protectors. We even tried lifting slabs and running the cable temporarily underneath the pavement within hours of every installation, the council were there shaking their heads, it’s amazing how the rules and regulations evolve, depending on how desperate they are.

Audio way better! Portsmouth must be a fan of the channel….big dollars incomingggggg

My issue with this, ignoring all arguements about cables crossing pavements, is simply this. I live in a terraced house with no driveway. A lot of people park in our street and i get to park outside my house maybe once or twice a week if im lucky. Most of the time Id never get to charge my car because i cant get close enough for the cable to reach.

Blue and Blue white are the first pair (Pair 1) on colour coding schemes for network cabling.

I need one of those rubber cable covers. I’ll keep a look out.

Hey, on the holes at the end of the cover you could have fixings for the cable, ones such as found on the top of a washing liquid bottle.

Interesting, so you will soon need a licence to charge your car... Have they let slip the future EV tax?

You cannot do that Town Police Clauses Act 1827 it us an offence to obstruct the highway a footpath/pavement is part of the said highway love to see the civil litigation when someone trips and gets injured it will be down to the company that installed it.

Whilst not interested in EVs/ chargers, always interested in watching tradesmen’s skills and tips. Subscribed 👍

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Just wait until a pushchair goes over it and lifts it slightly.. or someone kicks it.

with the jel crimps for the ct, better to use the parallel (water pump) pliers set to a narrow gap which gives a near parallel squeeze rather than taper from ordinary pliers, minor point but it more reflects the proper tool used by telecoms guys.

Another great video. Get a grip Pompey council !!!

Also, they make specialist pliers for the crimps you used on the CT. Scotchlock Pliers.

And they pretend that we are ready for EV’s 😂😂😂😂😂

How long before the copper thieves snip it off?

Good that cooked bell transformer went!

The Charge Arm is also a good idea for places like this

the people DON'T need to charge their vehicles, the people need brains! if a vehicle needs hours to refuel and you don;t have your own storage space for the vehicle and/or the fuel, then don't buy such vehicle.

You just know someone is going to get in the car and drive off without unplugging it first ...

Perhaps the councils could offer discounted pricing for dropping the curbs to encourage people to turn their front gardens into driveways.

You are doing your job in accordance with current regs, good on you for getting the jobs. However, when the councils start receiving claims for people tripping over numerous cables covered or not they will stop installations like this and charge permits for existing ones. We are not ready for the ev concept with no adequate systems in place.

As electric cars become common hopefully councils would consider making something like a drainage channel in the pavements to run cables without any bump.

Hydrogen is the way forward

You can also get flat rectangle cable which would need even less of a bump - has been used in under floor speaker cable for years - there is sure to be a suitably rated type for the voltage and current

Thank you for this informative video. I have just come up with a new product for resolving the issues outlined in this video, and MANY of the comments attached. I'll be on dragons den soon with this bad boy. :)

This isn't aimed at you in anyway, I know you're just trying to earn a living and working within the guidelines provided. But for the council to approve this sort of solution is ridiculous, as someone who is ambulant disabled, | would 100% consider that a trip hazard. Interesting the council are basically passing all liability onto the EV owners, it will be equally interesting to see future legal cases and reactions of cable owners when someone enviably trips and ends up injured. Normal home insurance won't cover injury liability, particularly on a public highway/footpath, whilst I anticipate home insurance to increase do to EVs, since car insurance already has. I'm also surprised given most charging will be done in the evening, dark outside of summer months, that there isn't a requirement for the cable/cover to be lit in someway, even if the height of the cover is "minimal", it's not flat and remains a hazard. Councils are a joke, happy to push the nonsense of the EV / Net Zero agenda, but want nothing to do with the infrastructure or the safety of it, almost like they know the agenda is BS.

I'm just gonna park outside their house on purpose now.

I can't see Wolverhampton Council ever agreeing to this unfortunately. This is a game changer though! If only councils are open open to this idea

Great video !!

Just don't buy an ev. 👍

Really great explanation. Love to watch your work you seem to have that common sense that is often lacking now. I wonder about the insurance side though. I really doubt insurance companies have their act together and would cover any accidents due to the cable crossing the pavement. The government ought to ensure that it is covered by house hold insurance and produced guidance on how it should be done. Shame the government do not have the same forethought and common sense you show. Your just doing your best, That note from the council sounds like a lawyers work trying to restrict liability rather than help with a problem.

Awesome video, shows what people are up against. I saw something the other day some councils are allowing the residents to install a Chanel in the pavement, personally I think it’s a great idea.

Great install! What I would say though is you should be capping your drilled holes with some silicone to avoid future damp issues.

Awesome video. 👏 for crawling under the floor. I've done that to run a telephone extension. Dirty jobs that have to be done. Knowing how much of a perfectionist you are, did you clip the cable under the floor too? Could you have cut the CT cable down instead of bunching it or would that have invalidated a warranty? Have a great week. 😊

You should link the cable cover in future videos and affiliate yourself with them. Just a thought 💭 Brilliant work 🤙🏼

Very good job.

A great installation video that proves how important it is to employ a qualified electrician to do the work. Out of interest, how do you ensure that say, whilst you are out at work, some other unauthorised EV owner isn't illegally pirating your electricity supply to charge their own vehicle ? Is there a master switch somewhere in the hall that can isolate the supply when you are not needing to charge your EV or does the charger box need an authorisation code from say, your mobile to energise the charging cable/wand or whatever it is called?

The issue also lies with simultaneous contact across different supply earthing systems. This can’t be avoided when using the customers supply. Lamp post charging would have been the safest option

Nice job

Would it be a good idea to advise your homeowner insurance carrier that you are putting a potential trip hazard across the public pavement outside your home? Also, presumably there is a risk of a damaged cable causing electric shock, the damage could be caused by vandalism, the liability remains the responsibility of the property/vehicle owner.

Just curios but how much would an installation like that cost inc bits and labour ? Thank you

This seems a good compromise. You would have to be very picky to see any issues. Thanks, interesting video.

Great video. I find something strangely satisfying watching the clever cable fishing that sparks do. What is the reason for the second hole on the charger?

Is it possible to connect without using Wi-Fi WPS? Assuming no hardwire Ethernet connection installed.

I’m severely sight impaired, I think I will be able to get over that no problem even on the one vehicle I am allowed to ride - the kick scooter 👍