I recently discovered that the flashing mode on a torch is useful when trying to establish if a hole you have access to (eg down a wall or in a floor void) comes out where you think it does - a static torch can be indistinguishable from ambient light but a flasing light is a doddle to spot

always makes me smile the way you describe things .

My older Polypropylene toolbox split sideways in about 1995... as you say nothing would glue it, but... (not suitable for yours as the hole is on the base!) I actually drilled a series of holes along side the crack and used nylon tyraps to 'stitch' it together as a temporary repair, then used hotmelt glue and an old soldering iron to waterproof it. It's now 20 yrs later and that toolbox is still with me :)

everyone has a TV aerial plug in their tool box....we do too :)

This toolbox kept me guessing the whole way through! Tray 1 - shallow and clean Tray 2 - full of all gubbins and all sorts (suspects John's a secret plumber) Under box - mostly empty I can't complain All three parts of mine are full of rubbish and I have to jump up and down on it to close it most days! =)

John, that was reassuring to see you have a bunch of old familiar tools, which would look like junk to some, and many of us would have replaced by now. My old Tradesman did some excellent work with what looked like a pile of cheap junk. His was stuff mainly pinched from others and the rest looked like shrapnel from WW2.

Great video John, thanks! Look forward to the next one.

i am not a electrician but i will do minor jobs around the house like replace light fittings etc. but i hate putting up lights some of them put my blood pressure up sky high. you get no room to put wires into the block then like you say you need 3 hands fix it on to the plate. but if you have not lost the plot and launched it off a wall they look good when they are up. might be just as well i am not a electrician lol

I find the rubber tape, which you briefly mentioned , very useful. It self bonds and is indispensable for a number of splicing, weather-proofing and re-inforcing applications . In my case, the one I use is rated for up to 600V - TEMFLEX 2155.

If I've taken anything away from JWs toolbox and tools, its that they're filthy. I love JW. To me he's 33% electrician/tutor, 33% Blackadder and 33% Basil Faulty. Absolute legend of a man. Thanks JW for education and the laughs over the years

Hi JW, I really love you content it's very interesting and educational. Your tool box is very tidy and organised. Did you tidy it up fore the Video? Or are you just very organised?

Very amusing J W. Good entertainment thanks lol

You could try plastic welding the crack in the toolbox with a cheap / crappy old soldering iron.

Nice to see a actual tool box -handbag-video, just waiting for clives version now, julian has done 2 maybe great scott will do a German version got to love the way that guy says Iron .

Love that little square, 7:20, very useful, might try and get one myself

Snap exept mine has one catch missing!

No snips in there John? I couldn't manage without a pair of Knipex snips!

That's the standard issue British Gas toolbox , except they add some black and yellow tape after an old lady tripped over one and died.

Can't beat the Stanley 99E for tolerating all kinds of abuse :)

Note that BS EN 751-3 PTFE tape for gas isn’t just “thicker than” BS 7768 WRAS approved tape for water.

why do you have wire for sealing meters?

That's surprisingly minimalist, not even a pair of diagonal cutters. Also, no hammer, what do you do when swearing is not enough ;-)

'one of several toolboxes' aye.

The old combination pliers is made by Knipex, the insulation is rated up to 1000 V and it's tested on every produced tool if the insulation is ok. This is the standard for tools that are used by electricians, this is a regulation by the german VDE and Knipex is a german manufacturer. It should have the VDE-sign on a grip. www.knipex.com/index.php?id=161&L=1

no good no good, no steel brush or hair brush. LOL.....

Did you pinch that toolbox from an old British Gas engineer, looks suspiciously like one ;) they were excellent toolboxes.

You need a Festool sys tool box, and a cxs driver

John, what exactly is your profession?

Jw in da house...

No peanut butter sandwiches in there John, what's going on...

Thanks for your videos. I find them very informative even though i don't have much interest in electrics. A suggestion for a clip is to cover electric blanket safety? Quite topical for this time of year as they come into use and sadly accidents increase due to faults. Perhaps you can set one on fire in a controlled environment?

How about a look into solar ( pv ) power as I have a 4kw system installed and have produced 5.3Mw, electricians seem to be living in the "dark ages", love the videos.

Great video John. Self amalgamating rubber tape, one of the most unknown, and underrated bit of useful gear the Electrical industry has never heard off. I first started to use it in the late 1970s, whilst I I was working as an electrician in the electric Neon sign industry, after I saw it demonstrated by a wholesaler in Belfast, whereby they showed that when it was used, it was completely resistant to water ingress. Very useful in outside areas, in connection boxes.

16 disslikes. wtf are people just roaming around disliking vids?

Why don't you want us to see what's in your handbag?

Possible do you should gone back to a real live, make your wife a son - so he can helps you to clean the toolbox monatly. As I was young boy my toolbox looks so bad too. Now, over 30 years older I use more as one toolbox. One for electric, normal things and computer network/telephone, one only for satellite, cable and antenna TV/Radio stuff, one only for bike repair and one for normal repair and telephone stuff. So I can put out some things from one box to put it handy to other place and leave it there - and have copy of them at home.

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