RETURN TO THE WORST REWIRE!

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9 ай бұрын

Today I am returning to the WORST rewire job I have ever seen to try and put things right.
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@Nick_Carlos 3 ай бұрын

I respect the show of real life jobs the amount of time i spend sorting out other peoples shit in lofts ect is probably 50% of my work.

@Vanders456 25 күн бұрын

I am not a spark but even I swore when I saw that consumer unit.

@sotaelectrical 25 күн бұрын

Terrible wasn’t it

@toolboxtalking 9 ай бұрын

It’s satisfying making a job neat and safe sometimes 😊

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍

@donaldduncan6017 9 ай бұрын

These Dogs drop their load and walk away leaving the Caring persons to clean up the MESS. GOD BLESS YOU!!

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@shankurrim5540 9 ай бұрын

Gosh. I don’t think you realise that it’s ’these Dogs’ are the ones who make us look good and allow us to work and earn money. It’s the accidents that happen due to poor wiring that makes people part with their money easier. And give a higher rate of pay.

@shankurrim5540 9 ай бұрын

He ain’t doing charity he’s earning a livelihood. That’s his job. He chooses if he want to undertake the job or not.

@moodyga40 9 ай бұрын

Shocking job electrifying video

@moodyga40 9 ай бұрын

It's amazing that the house has not burnt down

@Tom-zt7ml 9 ай бұрын

You’re tips are very helpful appreciate the video👍🏼

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Appreciate you watching 👍👍

@roberthenderson83 9 ай бұрын

Massive improvement on what was there !! Thank you for sharing

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@adejupe8308 9 ай бұрын

Top job mate, you went above and beyond there. The charlatans that were there before should hang their heads in shame, but I do suspect more of that was DIY than the customer may have let on! You're a conscientious spark and that's what makes the difference. Stop putting yourself down by the way, you're one of the good guys 👍👍

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, appreciate your comments 👍👍👍

@spartacus2239 9 ай бұрын

All credit to you mate . A lot of sparks would have swerved trying to polish that turd of an install, but you didn’t. Much respect 😀

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, I enjoy that kinda work really 👍✌️

@KevinSmith-ph6jv 4 ай бұрын

Very thorough remedial works 👏

@sotaelectrical 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@andysinclair2951 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant tidy safe work

@sotaelectrical 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@joanofarc708 9 ай бұрын

God bless your patience mate

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you ✌️

@some-idea 5 ай бұрын

Well done for looking after your customers. Subscribed. I can’t believe the previous installer charged pensioners for a rewire and left it like that…

@sotaelectrical 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, appreciate the subscribe!! 👍👍

@keithgourlay9017 9 ай бұрын

Amazing difference Great attitude

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@fireykev 9 ай бұрын

Nice job. Well done

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@liamfc61 7 ай бұрын

Top job pal 👌🏻 Making the best out of bad situation.

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thank you mate 👍👍

@Brijoolz 9 ай бұрын

Made a big difference. Now safe. That’s the main thing. Good work.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@batmanpaul1 3 ай бұрын

Great video, shows what we come across in the real world, keep up the great videos and tool reviews 👍🏼

@sotaelectrical 3 ай бұрын

Thank you mate 👍👍

@user-uh7dl9qi9r 9 ай бұрын

Done a great job mate loving the videos

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you mate 👍👍

@Alex-xs6ht 9 ай бұрын

Nice one, great job!

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@daviddawson9099 2 ай бұрын

well done good to see it a lot tidier

@sotaelectrical 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@esp_explorer 4 ай бұрын

You made a huge improvement to that mess, well done. Subscribed 👍

@sotaelectrical 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@Davidhughes9467 9 ай бұрын

Great effort looks very good great work ethic mate.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@robertbowden3599 9 ай бұрын

Adam - great work and video (as usual!). Your work in the loft is transformational. I love your advice to younger people that futures are self determined, not by exam results. I'd further add that everyone needs to accept personal responsibility for their lives and be the master of their own destiny. You're a great example - being both a specialist tradesman and businessman, and now additionally, a philosopher! Keep up the great work 👍

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Hi Bob!! Sorry I thought I had replied to your message, my bad! Thanks for your comments as always, your completely right, my exam results were terrible but it doesn’t mean opportunities end there! Hope your well my friend 👍👍

@iainkay3630 6 ай бұрын

The bend on your SWA to the EV charger is very nice. Immediately noticed that :)

@sotaelectrical 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@user-ej8tt6lr2k 23 күн бұрын

Proper sparky, good work.

@sotaelectrical 23 күн бұрын

Thank you 👍

@brianwood5220 3 ай бұрын

Great video and all remedial work done to the highest standard possible, with budget constraints. I would be happy to sign that off. No problem, thanks for sharing.

@sotaelectrical 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

@angelofranklin1 7 ай бұрын

What a mess, fair play to you for taking it on.

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@timbarry3455 12 күн бұрын

Excellent 👍

@sotaelectrical 12 күн бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@pikricky 9 ай бұрын

Amazing job,what a difference,especially in the loft,that cpc used as a switch live made me think of my pal cutting through that cable he didn't know was live,like you said,how do these cowboy workers sleep at night,great video and there is nothing wrong with the CU it's looking good,I look forward to your next upload

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

I thought of you and your comment when I saw that cpc! Thank you very much, appreciate your comments as always 👍

@SME_Ste 9 ай бұрын

Those cable spoolers are great

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Agreed!!

@alvina69 6 ай бұрын

Top job 👍

@sotaelectrical 6 ай бұрын

Thank you mate

@sheargillsparkie9588 9 ай бұрын

I’m laid up at the minute with M.F! Obviously wifey finds it hilarious! Just watched your vid in the attic. Most impressive fella. That’s what I’m going to be showing my lads who could do with a lesson or two with tidying. 👍🏽

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you sir!! 👍✌️

@Ragnar8504 8 ай бұрын

Definitely a massive improvement! The only thing that would worry me is that piece of very crooked bus bar on the non-RCD section by the main switch, doesn't look like the RCBO (third from the main switch) is properly connected. Guess the MCB next to it isn't compatible with this board.

@labelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Great video pal. Good to see a normal everyday spark 😊

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you mate 👍

@labelectrical 9 ай бұрын

@@sotaelectrical really enjoyed your stuff, I plan to watch a your stuff and you have a new subscriber. It's refreshing to no just watch 30 minutes of advertising only....

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

@@labelectrical that’s really nice to hear, thank you for subscribing really do appreciate that, I just want to make content that people can relate too, I’m nothing fancy, just a regular spark having a go.

@iainblount2097 5 ай бұрын

Well done. That was a well deserved beer!

@sotaelectrical 5 ай бұрын

Thank you👍👍

@nearlyjuly7990 9 ай бұрын

Nice bloke, great job and great video. Subscribed

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 👍👍

@jonanders76 9 ай бұрын

Wow, really good stuff. Cant believe you got all of that done on your own in 2 days. Bet you were knackered. Got to say we come across similar things regularly, especially hidden in loft spaces. Although not after a re-wire. I hate having to move all the insulation and stored boxes in a loft. No matter where you put stuff its always in the way. Not sure Id be worried about premature collapse of cables in a loft, but fair play why not. Impressive work fella, bet your client was over the moon

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It was a good solid couple of days of work for sure!! Yeah I just wanted to demonstrate the staple gun really as it’s so quick to use, appreciate you watching, hope you have a good evening my friend 👍👍

@sergiofernandez3725 7 ай бұрын

Good job

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@train4905 9 ай бұрын

Awsome job sir😊

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you sir 👍👍

@alancooper7018 9 ай бұрын

Great job, I hope the client was well happy because he should have been!

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@paulellam6926 2 ай бұрын

OMG, my question, is how on earth are the people responsible for that volts nest and amateur wiring even qualified? Do they even know what regulations are? How could anyone install in such a manner that they even think it is ok that way? How could they even sleep at night? So glad you are the one who guided the client so sensitively, and I can imagine tactfully about the situation, and then sorted that mess out for them. Feel sorry for the client that they got done over by lets face it a cowboy, a lazy trades person or just a incompetent buffoon. However you got them sorted, and thats the main thing. I,m a trainee spark, albeit not a youngster, and have learnt a lot from how you handled and rectified this scenario. Subscribed, and will share with fellow training sparks!

@sotaelectrical 2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir! Appreciate you commenting and subscribing you legend 👊

@ianbird6997 9 ай бұрын

Mate great job considering what you had to work with and the main thing is it’s safe 👍 That old board 😲 I am not an electrician but that’s shocking.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, done the best I could 👍👍

@richardfarr1966 9 ай бұрын

Great work. Should be proud

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Chequr_Prostate 9 ай бұрын

The work looks like a DIY job. My solar guys put a DC warning label every metre along the run of the solar cable in the loft.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

I agree,

@G8TIC 20 күн бұрын

Shouldn't there be a 'Safety Earth - Do NOT Remove' lable on that 8-way MET?

@balensydney 2 ай бұрын

Hey, Aussie Spark here, who ever has done the certification cant they be called back to fix the issue… Great work and very entertaining, keep it up Ps: your weather sucks😅

@sotaelectrical 2 ай бұрын

There was no cert issued unfortunately, ahh I know mate the weather here is dreadful al the time!! I envy your glorious weather

@tommypayne1980 Ай бұрын

Good job on that tidy up of the wiring. Better that it was anyway.

@sotaelectrical Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@cgo225 25 күн бұрын

Bless you mate for your professionalism, self-respect and compassion for others..... as for the cowboys who left it all in that state, you should be ashamed of yourselves 👍

@sotaelectrical 24 күн бұрын

Thank you sir 👍👍

@001Neal100 24 күн бұрын

Probably "have a go Harry" previous home owner.

@frankgault7845 9 ай бұрын

That loft looks like nearly every loft I've been in. Great safe job to be honest.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@chaosin73 9 ай бұрын

Do you links to the equipment ? Cable tracker in particular

@user-dj6ph7ho3c 26 күн бұрын

Your brave leaving your meggar out in the open.

@pinmast0r 9 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a reaction video of the person who did that watching your video tidying it up and making it safe. Mind, I think there was, as you say, a fair bit of "how hard can it be?" going on there :)

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Lol well if they do see it hopefully they learn something from it, thanks for watching, I know it was a longer one! Il try and keep them shorter in the future 👍

@pinmast0r 9 ай бұрын

@@sotaelectrical I personally liked the longer vid, minute criticism of some repeats but I know it's a massive nightmare to take all that footage and get it 100%. I like your attitude to tools and products, until they prove themselves they shouldn't be promoted - paid or otherwise. I know why people do it but it just promotes fan-boi views of stuff - not based on how good (or not!) a think is. Keep it up.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

@@pinmast0r thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate peoples comments because I genuinely want to make videos on what people enjoy, so thanks again 👍

@JackdiyGarden 9 ай бұрын

Saying you want to see them watch it suggests they aren't blind 😂

@JackdiyGarden 9 ай бұрын

Tell you what, with those armeg holesaw and also the starret & mk ones with the spring, when drilling plastic, if you drill it fairly slow rather than full wack then the plastic doesn't melt and get stuck and the spring works as it meant to

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip! Il try this tomorrow 👍👍

@thedon7536 9 ай бұрын

Great job in sorting out the rats nests. If you ever use a smooth drill bit and it keeps going loose as it always used to happen to me until I seen a locking mechanism. Tighten it as normal with your hand then click chuck back until it locks. Don’t know why manufacturers don’t tell you this trick 😂

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you and thanks for the tip!! 👍👍✌️

@JustConkeh 9 ай бұрын

I honestly think for a business to do that kind of extreme shocking working (no pun intended😅)that must of been some kind of vengeance going on because that looks deliberate. There is absolutely no way sparks would do something like that and and walk away thinking it’s acceptable or safe. I know sparks out do some bad work but this something else. You can’t polish a turd and did everything you can fair play for taking the job on and somehow making it acceptable. Good job mate 👍 (that random MET fixed to joists like that with a random earth coming off had me stitches tho 😂)

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Hi Mate, thanks for your comments, yeah there was definitely DIY involved also, and the random MET 🤣🤣 thanks for watching 👍👍✌️

@MrRfc1872 9 ай бұрын

What a difference mate, you’ve made a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Need more sparks like you 👍🏻

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you sir 👍👍

@MrRfc1872 9 ай бұрын

Credit where it’s due mate, it would have been easy to walk away from that but fair play. The amount of “electrical work” I come across at times would put you off the game

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

@@MrRfc1872 yeah I come across loads of bad stuff, but I love it really, always will

@rhysbray8390 2 ай бұрын

What a guy

@Ben-gm9lo 9 ай бұрын

What a lovely video, what a lovely bloke you are. I wish you were my sparky! I am not an electrician, so excuse the ignorance, but that looks like a plastic consumer unit, maybe 16th edition? If so, why the fire sealant? Mine is a 16th edition and there is no sealant at all, should I retrofit it (although ideally I should have an 18th edition metal CU, I know)?

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Hi Ben, thank you for your kind words!! Much appreciated!! So that was actually a metal consumer unit and recently installed as it had surge protection in it. My advise to you would be to sometime in the future upgrade your consumer unit to a metal one, it really does make all the difference in the event of a fire, big thank you for watching my video 👍👍

@Ben-gm9lo 9 ай бұрын

Wow, quick reply. Thanks so much for clearing that up. The inset lip around the edge of the metal consumer unit made it look like a plastic moulding, my bad. I am going through all your previous videos and thumbing up each one, loving the attitude towards your work and the honest approach. Professionals of your calibre give the sparky trade a good name.@@sotaelectrical

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

@@Ben-gm9lo thank you so much, really appreciate you doing that, top man 👍👍

@tommochelsea72 9 ай бұрын

Much better job. I wouldn’t have used fire rated clips above a plaster board ceiling as there’s no need. I’ve got the ‘newer’ version of that Milwaukee drill after having that one-it’s really decent. Only thing is rather than a toggle like every other drill for forward and reverse they’ve put a button on the top,so if you have the drill tight to the wall and need to put in reverse when gets stuck you can’t get to the button!!! 😂😂

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, I used the fire rated clips just because it was so much quicker with the stapler rather than banging each one in by hand. Ahhh I thought I had the newest one!! That button sounds a pain though!! 😂😂

@Resetlifeshorts 3 ай бұрын

Haha it’s getting to 3pm time to leave :)

@davidclarke2513 9 ай бұрын

As a industrial sparks of 50 years recently retired even though I only did house wiring as an apprentice I would say my main comment would be not to listen to so called sparks on social media as far as I can see you have done the best that is possible putting a cowboys work right,although it wasn't in the price because the customer could not afford it I was taught as an apprentice that its good electrical practice to cut connections down to a bare minimum,so in the Industrial world I would have been told to rewire rather than install a junction box but I understand in the domestic game that's not always done,but overran a good job

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

@bunnylove273 9 ай бұрын

Hey bud l am no spark but that job was a mess, and you made a silk purse out of a pigs ear lol well done

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@WombleUK Ай бұрын

That Milwaukee stapler should have bump fire & sequential fire. Sounds like you got it on bump fire from your description of firing through the cable. I'm not familiar with the cable stapler but got the 18ga Milwaukee na gun & pressing & holding the power button switches between bump & sequential fire. You might have sussed it by now as this Vid is 8 months old, but if not hopefully helps.

@sotaelectrical Ай бұрын

Hi mate thank you, yeah I got it sussed but appreciate your comments 👍👍

@Martin-oo4kn 9 ай бұрын

I didn't catch how much you charged?

@danbrown5452 9 ай бұрын

where are your knee sleeves from mate? been after a pair but cant seem to find any like that

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Hi mate, I got these on Amazon - brand is Bodyprox protective knee pads, I have a few pairs, they are brilliant and great knee support also if you have wonky knees like me 🤣

@johnmansell5097 22 күн бұрын

My daughter called me out to her council house as the RCD kept tripping. The consumer box was in similar condition and I found a light circuit fed from a ring main. The busbar was not secured on a ring main breaker causing arcing which tripped the RCD, my question is should I sort the consumer box out or contact the council….

@sotaelectrical 22 күн бұрын

Make it safe and contact the council definitely

@memememe2674 4 ай бұрын

I wonder how much of thus was done by a "sparky" or this owner and/or prior?

@angelofranklin1 Ай бұрын

10/10 to you, shame you cant name and shame the original installers. A good name would have been bodgit and scarper ltd

@sotaelectrical Ай бұрын

Thank you sir

@imark7777777 9 ай бұрын

Budgetary constraints makes things difficult hello just straightening up and removing what's not connected is a major improvement. If everybody took time to a little bit here and a little bit there it probably wouldn't of gotten that bad.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍

@imark7777777 3 күн бұрын

Oh shucks hello should've been although.

@mikethemask1525 9 ай бұрын

Its alot better than it was. The staple gun i just think its worthnit as the cable isnt tight and wont hold stright like when its clipped but thats just me OCD. The fireseal of the board isnt needed at all. The socket outside cant you just put some conduit down so that way no swa needed.But overall good work.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

I agree the staple gun is not as neat as clipping but time was against me. Yep absolutely can do that with the socket, thanks for your comments!!

@rjkelectrical6086 9 ай бұрын

Yeah I don’t like the staple gun, it doesn’t get the cables tight enough and there is sag in the cable! But nice job, polishing a turd is hard but you gave it a good crack 👌

@tonywatson1412 9 ай бұрын

Careful with the camera sudden movement....or before long it'll end up like artisan electrics . .waving about and out of focus.... excess movement...then slowed down.....and then theres the music 🎵🎵🎵..agh

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Hi Tony, all points noted, appreciate the feedback, just a spark with a go pro but il be more careful in the future

@TFSELECTRICAL 5 ай бұрын

burn down start again

@micktierney6646 4 ай бұрын

The plumbing doesn’t look a lot better than the electrics.

@quagmirewasere 9 ай бұрын

I'd only he bothered about it being safe tbh not pretty but I get why you do it all nice

@merlin5476 9 ай бұрын

That work looks like it had been done by the homeowners.

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

It wasnt done by the current owners, they are pensioners, I honestly don’t know who done it but it was done before my clients moved in

@IAAITKEN 2 ай бұрын

That’s not even DIY, looks like a kids playgroup has wired it.

@andy3232 9 ай бұрын

Didn't think you were supposed to crimp anything other than multi strand?

@nolanbrownwig5703 9 ай бұрын

Moanalot ...........

@leeprice386 6 ай бұрын

hard days work in a loft most of the day .great work

@sotaelectrical 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@richierich8334 9 ай бұрын

Can't believe you're in Fareham. Being a Pompey lad and all

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

Nice mate!! Say hello if you ever see me about!! 👍👍

@tomorichard 9 ай бұрын

Premature collapse above a ceiling??

@sotaelectrical 9 ай бұрын

I’m really just showing the nail gun and that it can be used for that purpose buddy, take it with a pinch of salt