My old man was a sparky, and one of my jobs as a kid, was to drill an extra hole, next to the cable hole, for any mice that might be making the journey across the ceiling. Well before cordless drills, all done with a brace and bit, or an auger.
@kieranmccarthy60727 күн бұрын
Running an electrical business is horrible. Especially a one man band. Pure stress
@chrisardern45947 күн бұрын
Empty house rewire easy peasy.
@simbamuseka40287 күн бұрын
House bashing !!!
@S-Theo12 күн бұрын
1:28 you didn't have to take that wall coating off . Now you should put some silicone around the box to prevent the wall to absorb the water. And did you you drill a drain hole in back box ?
@S-Theo12 күн бұрын
3:10 stand on something and use your body weight as a force
@S-Theo12 күн бұрын
All these places we had to live in are disgusting. Some black (God knows what they are made of) blocks, low ceilings, rectangular rooms etc. And then people think why they get sick and so on.
@S-Theo12 күн бұрын
3:37 whats that ? the copper wires or pipes ?
@John_Faultless22 күн бұрын
The old boys that taught me called it a "Spider box" and had all the connections there and only one cable at switch/light. A nightmare when you need to wire new smokes off the lights 😅
@jimbotheelectrician381922 күн бұрын
@@John_Faultless ahhh I can imagine that’s a nightmare. Hope your good mate 👍🏻
@mikethemask152523 күн бұрын
That height is only for new build
@robbysmet767623 күн бұрын
Really? Changing the colors of the wires? Highly illegal in Europe.
@shunkan2g23 күн бұрын
VDE says ground is yellow green, live is brown, neutral blue
@MrCameron884124 күн бұрын
Good tool, good song, good work
@alvina6924 күн бұрын
It’s called a pancake box, it’s how a lot of lighting circuit were wired, we have somewhat modern day equivalents today whereby a Wagobox is fitted in the loft, a fed goes in and all the switch line cables and light fitting cables spider out of the box.
@Parkingpolice99925 күн бұрын
Ck 210 or 160mm???
@AndrewStrydomBRP25 күн бұрын
I usually leave a bit of the original insulation colour visible to make it easier for the next guy to figure out the recolour scheme if any changes are made.
@ln860525 күн бұрын
They do!
@nicoduck26 күн бұрын
Why dont they make the cables with the right colour from the factory?
@chrismorgan293926 күн бұрын
Cable is 3 phase colour scheme, brown, grey , black being used on a single phase systems brown, blue and earth
@AndrewStrydomBRP25 күн бұрын
They do, but it's less common as the majority of SWA is used for three phase in commercial/industrial.
@johnsouthcombe418529 күн бұрын
Top man. Keep posting
@jimbotheelectrician381929 күн бұрын
@@johnsouthcombe4185 cheers john
@seanforder882429 күн бұрын
It’s why we’re like gods to plumbers! Fking toilet repairmen!!!
@gussy8529 күн бұрын
If you’re going to mount the consumer unit on unistrut why not go rear entry with 1 hole 🤷♂️
@Sparks1Plumbers0Ай бұрын
M8, that box. Have a word with them two old geezers at efixx. They probably remember installing them 'back in the day' (?) 😂
@user-DANWALKER1066Ай бұрын
Was going to say about knee pads - your better off to have them on all the time otherwise your seriously fuck your knees up! Nice work Welsh Lad 😅
@metrotechguru5863Ай бұрын
More content, please.
@cuezedАй бұрын
Mate, use the hole saw dust catcher. Will prevent all the dust falling on you
@saw6386Ай бұрын
May i start by saying i love your videos, and I was wondering if you could give me some advice. My son is 19 and starts his second year of college. Have you any tips on getting an apprenticeship as he is struggling thanks.
@jimbotheelectrician3819Ай бұрын
Appreciate the comment😀. I would suggest the basics like him calling local companies asking if he can hand a CV in. He has to do this not you. Secondly could always offer himself to a company for a couple of days for free labour so he can prove himself to them that he’s a hard worker and wants to learn. Thirdly the hardest but probably the best going to each company and show his face and having a chat with the companies there and then
@saw6386Ай бұрын
@jimbotheelectrician3819 thanks bud, keep up the good work my friend.
@matthewbevan7964Ай бұрын
It's an octopus box mate.
@jimbotheelectrician3819Ай бұрын
@@matthewbevan7964 thanks Matt 👍🏻
@rondo122Ай бұрын
love your content and your energy mate! keep up the good work and post a lot of vids for us!
@jimbotheelectrician3819Ай бұрын
@@rondo122 appreciate it🤟🏼
@radiokeithАй бұрын
I found one of those boxes in my (1957, Cwmbran) house. Mine hadn't been touched since the house was built. The terminals inside were really tight and fixed with some thread-locking varnish. Mine said "The Octopus" on it's lid and also carried a label bearing the 1957 installation date. Since Cwmbran is a post-war "new-town" there must be thousands of them here. The house only had about four mains sockets from new. This made for very neat wiring between The Octopus and the quaint wooden fuse box. That neatness is now gone with three ring finals and several radials post rewire. Thanks for the vids, Jimbo.
@jimbotheelectrician3819Ай бұрын
@@radiokeith thanks for the comment. As it has it this was next to Cwmbran 😀
@keithlyons5396Ай бұрын
Keep it coming young man
@thesilverfox135Ай бұрын
Good to see you back Jimbo. You’ve got a real natural presentation style.
@jimbotheelectrician3819Ай бұрын
@@thesilverfox135 thanks for the nice words 😀
@mikeedwards7173Ай бұрын
Good to see your content on You Tube again, hope to see more. That Super Rod cable dispenser seems really handy.
@jimbotheelectrician3819Ай бұрын
@@mikeedwards7173 thank you. Really is
@abdulseaforth6930Ай бұрын
I use CK 3 pliers w/ bending anvil which I utilise for single wire termination. I do not do price work- I am a sole trader.
@yellowsnow3429Ай бұрын
Couple of clout nails.
@kevspark88Ай бұрын
So… 1. Don’t panic 2. Panic 3. Blag the assessor
@paoemantega8793Ай бұрын
Use the divide and conquer technique - that way you don't have to open every socket. ..
@travoltasbiplane1551Ай бұрын
When you double the conductors you need to squash them together so they sit under the screw properly. Otherwise probably making a worse connection.
@Ste2023Ай бұрын
Looks good.
@TheEulerIDАй бұрын
There should be a special place in hell for those that embed electrical cables directly in plaster. A bit of oval conduit costs next to nothing compared to having to replace cable which is embedded in plaster.
@hiyes5221Ай бұрын
Banjo?
@hiyes5221Ай бұрын
Banjo?
@nickydeacon5566Ай бұрын
Uppa valleys 😎🔧🫡
@Danny-204Ай бұрын
Just get the Milwaukee version of this, you know it will go on for years, also trying getting new battery’s for this in 3/4 years time,
@AndrewStrydomBRPАй бұрын
Was pretty sure the regs on socket heights and switches only apply to new builds?
@Th-wf3lmАй бұрын
1 way is for a sparks 1 way is for a diy who shouldn’t be touching it
@googleyoutubeaccountАй бұрын
That’s a beauty bit of kit and 20v is no joke! My milwaukee m18 (18v) drill powers through anything I throw at it, got chainsaws attachments and everything…
@josh985tvАй бұрын
Are the staples fire rated? What size of T&E does it go up to?
@jimbotheelectrician3819Ай бұрын
@@josh985tv yes and i believe 6mm mate👍🏻
@hackwoodelectricalАй бұрын
Used oval tube on a job a couple of years ago… plasterer moaned like buggery.
@matthewtucker1178Ай бұрын
Great video . She’ll be moving to London . To work for Nagy .. ( he’ll want all the gossip from wales !! )
@Doovde69Ай бұрын
Seems obvious, but cant you chase out the channels for the horizontal cables runs to 22mm and then chase the backboxes out to (whatever depth for those is needed), does that seem reasonable and within regs?
@5P3AMАй бұрын
Why on earth use one pole breakers? Why a neutral bar and not individual neutrals with two pole breakers? Is this done in larger industrial panels aswell? Nice arc if you somehow disconnect that main neutral...