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Such a shame these new products always get released on 1st April. Makes it harder to take these improvements seriously......

I was impressed at the extra CPC insulation making it able to withstand a nail through it. Saves fooling around on April 1st looking for a low L-E IR reading

It's good to see old traditions convincingly continued. I was half expecting the Scottish variation to be a tartan CPC 😉

Almost fell for it.. I was even thinking in my head how they’d have to make the accessory CPC terminals bigger to allow for the bigger sized CPC conductors 🤣

Absolutely superb - I’m no sparkie so I was with it up until you guys were sticking staples through cables! Totally well done guys!!!

You BUGGERS!! You had me! All the way up to the end. Only when Gordon repeated 1st April 2024 and MI coming in, in scotland.. Plop.. the penny dropped. I'm so disappointed in you two 🤣🤣🤣 Enjoy the rest of your weekend, you have earned it.

Wow they catched up to normal european standards 😂

New cable with insulated earth wire? To good to be true! 😂

I love my cable stapler, wouldn’t leave home without it. Find it particulacy useful in diagonal and curved chases where I sometimes can’t bend the capping to fit

OMG. Can’t believe I fell for this!!!! Just heard myself taking to someone about the new T&E regs coming in next April. It was only then I realised.

Good to see you playing catch up, over the pond. Been using this for ages in Ireland 🍀

Had me fooled for a while - that lsf cable is a pain to strip compared to the standard t&E plus I was thinking about all the new calculations etc - it’s only when you mentioned the date it comes into affect I worked it out - well done (also calling it an earth rather than a cpc was a give away!)

Bought time you guys got into the 90C insulation standard. Our cables have been technically 90C rated for years. Though our standards still reference 60/65/70 for legacy reasons.

Had me going for a minute!! I was preparing to go out to my distributors & ordering some for my upcoming rewire ... Then of course - Todays date hit me, plus your reference to when this standard is replacing all others 😂😂😂

Word on the street is that in the next revision the cpc will be double the size of the Line and Neutral conductors. That means in circuits where no cpc is needed you can parallel the Line and Neutral cores to get a 3mmsq out of a 1.5mmsq cable.

in all honesty if they really did do this they could at least make the cable round

As they said, we are already using these cables in Ireland & they are no joke 😅

Damn it you got me till the end I was nearly quitting again 😂

You’ve got to be taking the MICC, not many domestic installers will be able to make off the pot ends 😂❤

I met someone yesterday who was telling everyone in the workshop about the new T&E cable coming in next year. I didn't believe it til i saw this video. I knew Gary would have all the latest news on it. Cheers Gaz 😉

Good! Now time to switch to our swedish junktion boxes (do not know where else they are used). And the way we pull cables in the wall.

I cant believe I swallowed that for a minute or two...good work lads...i think that is 2 years in a row you got me ...

You had me right until nearly the end. Very good 👏🏼

Wow . good. we are factory producing the cable. thanks for your video New British Standard for Electric Cables. XPLE insulatedand LSZH sheathed.

I have this cable from some one house over 15 years ago and earth it’s fully insulated i was amazed to see that

Hi Guys, I started to watch this video and after about 30 seconds I thought, " Its about time they started using the proper cable we have all been using in Ireland since 2017" and about 10 seconds later I realized this is a wind up. Nice one....but we have loads of that cable over here if ya need some

Damn it - you got me. Totally forgot it was april 1st until they brought it up at the end of the video! Judging by the comments - alot of people also forgot the date!

It's nice to see they increased the temperature rating, but I'd still do my best to keep temperatures touch friendly if I worked over there.

Quality work! Especially the cable routing 🤣🤣🤣

Completely agree with scotland, MI everywhere 😛

It feels like every April there's a new cable standard released that you get unique access to. 😂

Finally! So surprised UK haven't adopted this standard.

Always interesting to see other countries wiring standards.

For years UK electricians have been telling me how safer the UK standard is compared to the Dutch one, well for once I can say, welcome to our world!

We've had this here in Australia forever,welcome to the modern era.!!

Brilliantly done. Was in process of signing in to WhatsApp my daughter and son-in-law with the link as they are in the process of doing lots of work on their new-to-them 19th century southeast London terraced house. Then realised the date. Thing is, as others have commented, it makes a lot of sense. As a DiYer, I used conduit between almost all my boxes and only regret not doing it when I first started on our house gut and re-build and I listened to electrician friends. I did use smoke-fire resistant 3CE for my mains powered and linked smoke alarms. I always check the work of professional registered sparkies who have always been sloppy with big diameter sleeving, loose (not doubled over) terminations, and otherwise incompetent

I'm having my house rewired soon so I will now wait for this cable to be used as I won't be having it done again. Thanks for the information. I will ask the electrician to use this new cable.

Have been using this in Eire for two years, 2nd fix takes five times longer. I might move to Scotland I used to love doing MICC. Haha

Looks very similar to Australia's TPS, our earths have been pre-sleeved/insulated for a while now (decades). Only difference is our active/neutral is red/black which makes it fun when we come across European light fixtures/machines etc.

Lol, next year you should say we are returning to the old days with single insulated cable’s being surface mounted with wooden blocks and wooden/Bakelite accessories and wooden rewritable fuse carriers

I got an idea the other day, imagine a round hole in the wall when installing sockets or switches. Imagine how easy and fast it would be to drill a ROUND hole, OMG.

might move to Scotland just so i can work on MI cable installations every day of the week :)

Had me there. Though since many countries have such a cable in their standards already, it's hardly out there.

I love how it builds up to be more ridiculous by the minute. I thought it was real at first! .. Being from the Netherlands might help, where we already have the luxury of same-diameter sleeved earth 😉

So you’ve finally caught up to Australia. We’ve been using those since the 90’s

Very good guys, very good!

Scottish sparkies gonna be hard as nails after wrestling that all day.

Gary and Gordon my I’ve dusted down my old faithful pot wrench , can you remind me how to use it again , well done lads another year eh 👍👍

Under the current building regs you have to use low smoke cable in buildings the public can use. So that must include communal areas in flats etc

Lol, it’s regulation in the Netherlands for as long as I know. So much easier. Even when it’s April fools 😊

Okay, got me but might happen in future? Low smoke good. White colour fine Another question: does the outer react / degrade when in contact with expanded polystyrene?

Nicely presented Entertainment for 1st of April :-)

Thank you for your videos as a electrician I learn alot. Please lets us electrician know how we can get involved with eFIXX

This has got to be the all time best April Fool video ever. I guess Doncaster cables had a few calls to order this new cable lol. Then the excitement of the new rules within the industry and electricians. Fantastic. Interesting to note how other countries have different wiring . 😂

Insulated earth cable in 10mm2/16mm2/25mm2 has been in Australia for many years. Been interesting seen different standards in UK, Australia/NZ , USA.

I thought that the protective conductor was one of its functions was to protect the cable if it was damaged. if the cpc is sleeved than it can not protect the cable.

Wow caught up to Australian Standards, Next thing they won,t let you use type AC RCD protection on subcircuits.

It's a shame that it's not going to be manufactured. Would be a benefit with pre insulated cpc . Also the 25mm twin for sub mains would be good. As usual if it sounds like a good idea and makes common sense it won't make it into the wiring regs book of madness.

Ireland already uses LSF cable standard in new domestic its so much fun

Wow . Very interesting, I do like the sleeves CPC however a bit disappointed aswell. I’ve always liked the design of the expensed CPC to almost guarantee disconnection via L-E or N-E . Moving to LSF for all installations is excellent. I’ve been saying for a while that I beleive this would happen, and the new 25.0mm T and E is superb. So many installations poorly done due to either lack of knowledge or cost savings so now hopefully 🤞 the issues we have seen time and time again with supply cables in domestic will be gone. Bravo 👏🏻

I always thought it would be a good idea to phase out PVC cabling for fixed wiring as LSZH cables don’t propagate a fire in the same way as they don’t carbonise in the same way when arcing occurs. They also represent a much more cost effective solution to improve safety over AFDDs based on AFDDs current costs. Good video though and just the right amount of plausibility to keep the joke going 😂

I presume this will add another 100% to the cost. Just what we need!

Thank god for the earth insulation. About time!

Very good guys 😉

I think more problems covering earth conductors. If a nail only hits one conductor then it could carry current. The CPC was a good way to cause a trip if you went through a cable.

Brilliantly done once again! Most of that will be in place within a decade LOL

Haha i laughed out loud when you stapled the cable 🤣

Is there any particular reason why electrical and plumbing installations, for domestic, do not have to produce wire and pipe diagrams. If there were these diagrams it would be easier to plan for additional installations? I would be very interested to here your comments.

I'm from Czech republic but Im currently working here in UK as sparky and we mostly using in dwellings CYKY cables which looks like same as NYY cables. For sockets circuits we using CYKY-J (NYY-J) 3x2.5mm² with OCPD B16A in radial.(We don't use a ring as here in UK). For lighting circuts we using CYKY-J (NYY-J) 3x1.5mm² with OCPD B6A or B10A (depends on load). For intermidiately switchers or 2gang 1 way switches we using CYKY-O (NYY-O). Both circuits sockets and lights must be protected by 30mA RCD type A but most old dwellings are protected by type AC. Maximum permited sockets in one radial circuit is 10 sockets. We also using same imstallation method as here in UK except method 100 , 101, 102, 103 in block flat because they're build from concreate. In houses we using 3phase main incomming, so for example If do you need 3f sockets for circular saw etc. In Czech republic is not allowed to use main fuse or service head inside dwelling (flat or house). Main incomming is mostly etiher CYKY cables or SWA depends where and how is cable installed, so we don't use single core cables like here in UK. If someone anyhow make a changes without permissiom to a main distribution board or bypass meter and any electrician will find out, he can remove it and straight contact DNO and they'll pay him for a job what he was invited not like here in the UK. If you want to provide a Inspection and testing you must have as a minimum 4 years experiences otherwise you not allowed to provide it.(issue EIC etc.).(check decree 50/1978 and their phragraphs). We also use same prescribed zones for cables installation and zones in bathroom. In my opinion there is not that much differences between UK and Czech standarts.

I saw fairies at the bottom of the garden the other day. One was electrocuted when it stepped on a bare earth wire connected remotely to Electroboom.

You know it would be nice if the cable had the brown or the blue colour dotted on the side it’s on. Would make some installs easier.

I live in a large house in Scotland that's mostly wired in micc....there was I thinking that I could use T&E for new stuff - guess I won't be retiring the joistripper after all 😂

We are using same type of cables since 1960ish . Fully isolated earth and same surface area on every conductor:)

Skipped to the bit about Scotland and MI cable and honestly believed you for a while!!🤣

Excellent new standard 01-04-23😊

wonder if this practice will hit N. America... I like the idea of a insulated ground wire for the residential sector.... romex has always had a bare ground....

it was the adiabatic equation that did it for me .Try and work that one out

they finally insulated the earth? Here in Belgium it's been like that forever and for good reason... Well done lads

You naughty pair, you skipped over the the unicorn branded installation metallic fire clips with built in sprinklers 👍

Glad you got the message 😂

Ok you had me going right until the end you tinkers! 😆😆👍❤️

These changes (particularly insulating earth) looks very similar to what Australia has had for a very long time!

I was nearly falling for this, but just kept thinking of why the cpc doesn’t have sleeving, and thought, if bigger surface area and being insulated really improved safety, it would of been changed at least a decade ago.

It wouldn’t happen to be April 1st would it 🤔😂😂

I was hoping to see an announcement of wire-free electricity distribution today - get rid of those pesky cables completely and make it all wireless. Everything else is wireless these days...

Could you recommend what the best tool to cut Kopex length ways is? Can’t find any info on this? We use good old grinder because Stanley knife is just too slow but wondered if there is anything better. Cheers

I've often wondered how the industry could justify the earth conductor being one size smaller than the phase and neutral when surely the earth needs to have as low a resistance as possible. So it's about time the situation was put right, it's long overdue. And they had hard wiring cables in Belgium with fully insulated earth conductors of the same cross sectional area way back in 1995, I know as I went on a day trip over there and the coach took us to Oostende and there was a DIY shed there so I got a bit curious about their underfloor cables so I went in and had a look and they had hard cables there but they weren't flat like ours here in the UK, they were round like flex. And they had some with three brown conductors and a green/yellow, very odd, I suppose it was for wiring two way switches but it's a bit awkward when the lives are all the same colour, you'd have to treat it like it was copper sheathed mineral insulated cable like the stuff used in public buildings.

Dam was waiting to buy every drum of the old T&e really cheap and use it for years... like I did when the old colours changed before 😜

In belgium we have round cables with live neutral and earth all insulated since a few years we may only instal green cables cables who are insulated green because the old gray ones made toxic smoke when on fire but the insilation is way harder to strip of it is a real pain to strip in opposite to the old one same with pvc pipe the new ones are red coated inside because the old also made toxic smoke when on fire We are on a different level but i is way more fun working with the cables u still use

Watched all the way through and was about to share this video.. then checked the comments and realised the date 😜😂

You mentioned this is coming in to England and Wales, but Scotland will have its own. What about Northern Ireland, who are they going to follow? Also with slightly different standards in the UK in general, how will that affect cross boarder building firms and keeping inventory. Do they now have to keep different standards for each country.

Gosh..spent years with Pyro . I thought of relocating to Scotland . 😢

I've been trying to get hold of the 0.75mm² cable you advertised on 1st April last year. Can you let me know where its stocked? 😅

If the 25mm T&E cable is brought in what sized CPC will it have & will the CPC be sleeved already? Doesn’t meter tails longer than 3 metres & installed through fabric of the building need RCD protection? If so shouldn’t it have 100mA RCD protection?

Almost had me there till you mentioned 25mm cable. The irony is though that Ireland have a twin and cpc that DOES have the cpc sheathed. It just weighs more and cost more. About time we did adopt this if it was really true.

Meanwhile, Australia has been using insulated, multistrand earths for decades. The only thing which got some crusties over-excited was the change from a thick spongey sheath to a thinner, tougher one. "Look, they've made the wires thinner, what garbage.", etc.

Knowledge is power

Finally. It was weird. On the mainland we have used the 'new' standard for ages now.

You’d be a real fool not to be trying to order this today