Please, less politics. I come here for an escape from that rubbish.

Hahahahah one of the best channels ive subscribed to

25:10 you gave Nigel hawthorn a run for his money there. So I can’t slot 1 afdd into a flexi bus bar system. Humm, I could stick it on the end and bend/adjust bar as a test I guess. Humm, they don’t work on rings do they. Maybe I’ll give it a miss

Jaibabaki❤

They seem to have marketed these devices with minimal field testing . There are too many variables in their detection process. Love to see what they are detecting

Was there a Hager Stand ?😷😷😷😷

Hi David. I love the humour! The entire video is both hilarious and educational. Poor Nick Bundy though LOL Thanks so much for the great laugh and satisfying distraction from Black Friday! All the best from Chicago over in the US (in case there's a Chicago somewhere else). 🤨

Hi Sparky McZapface. Have you got any boring vids where you’re using your Robin 1630 in anger, or at very least feebly? I bought one of these a couple of years ago simply to test earth rods on radio masts, purely for the reason that it looks better than the wee boxes the other riggers use. And it says ‘Advanced’ on the bag, so due to that and because I wear glasses, I’m now the survey guy. I’ve now got to test some spinny motors and other interstellar things like cables. Instructions have been read, but think watching you using it would add the sense of excitement. Best regards Roger the Rigger

So what you're saying is always check all the holes?

21:06 please do

But seriously - be fair - nothing made by man is ever 100% reliable. This may have been just a "meh - one of those things" one-off failure.

Probably ultra-thin copper coated aluminium wire too. For added mirth, check the plug fuse is actually even in circuit, and crack it open to see if it has any sand in it.

Working hard? or hardly working?🤔😆

Usually use BG Flatplate with no problems , CED Converter sockets is the problem lately …

The quality of some stuff is at an all time low sadly.

BG, would entertain it, even if it was the last thing on the shelf.

I bought BG sockets years ago to do my whole house and was not impressed. I'm thinking they were actually fake as the quality is that bad. The light switches didn't even work and had to go back

Used it to print random labels to replace those stuck by the IT guys on the server.

Are those sockets UL Listed? If they are they should be reported so they cam get delisted / investigated.

Crabtree have now changed their sockets and FCUs Ive noticed and what was once a good product is now shite. I have also heard of problems with new MK sockets.

Now that is interesting, yesterday I did a kitchen second fix, customer supplied brushed steel BG sockets, Second fixed it all and turned it on .... Bang.... Course I question maybe I trapped a cable, unscrewed them all as it was only 4 sockets,tested the cable etc. Turned out to be the bludy socket itself.

Are you pulling my balls?

Open neutral....problem with the switch? Surely that is a single pole switch that disconnects the live?

BG - "Bleedin' garbage".

Is that supposed to be made to the British standard?😢

Standards in the electrical industry have been slipping for years, the proverbial race to the bottom.

Barely Goes, I guess that's what BG stands for?

What wiring accessories are actually worth buying now? Crabtree? Click? I fitted a load of Hager and not only were the switch rockers not the same shade of white as the faceplates to begin with, after a year they were even worse looking. MK terminal screws are made of pot metal.

BG are terrible kit. Will never buy that brand

This is an issue with manufacturing as I have found that quite a few sockets are not as good as they used to be. I am getting more in favour of MK sockets but the landlord I work with uses lap sockets and accessories which I would hand it to him they are better than anything I expected however he does listen to me on consumer units now because he use to install BG split load boards and I refuse to touch them because the lids never fit correctly.

Linda has genuine comic timing - she is brilliant.

I had a couple of failures recently with this socket, one with melted plastic parts inside the switch and another wihere one contact got bent back inside the earth socket.

BG = Bloody Gash

I’m sorry everyone, but anything BG is total shite. This goes also to the efixx bummer bois😩

Quoting failure rates by manufacturers is probably only half the story as a lot fails just go in the bin, dont make back for warranty claim. Flood lights are awful personally i use time gaurd pro and install a lot on industrial estates with photo cell control pretty reliable over several years.

Free trip to the hospital included with every BG product. 😎

Thats good to know

David never turns down the chance to test both sockets

No matter what products you buy high end or not quality 💩 of things

Shite

My introduction to BG accessories was through a client whose kitchen sockets (same finish as in your video) were losing the neutral on one side, one after the other. BG did send replacements on receipt of failed items or a video or something though. With those, the boards that mostly seem to be poorly fitted by careless people and the luceco floodlights, I generally swerve that company's wares these days. I assume they make the LAP clone accessories too. Scolmore accessories aren't perfect but feel like a more grown-up choice so that's what I fit unless needing to match existing

I nearly lost a finger tip to a BG socket recently when switching it on it went with a bang, a tear down revealed that the switch pushes the live dangerously close to the neutral. interestingly Bryne electrical had exact same this week and I’m sure we can’t be the only ones

I had this before, i plugged the plug in and out like 5 times and got fixed. But yeah always test both sides only some sparks will look at you funny

BG is a crap brand. Don't buy any of their products. Their quality control is shocking as I've discovered with brand new accessories out of the packet. Mine was BG 804 Triple Pole Fan Isolator Pullcord Switch.

What a socket!

Looking forward to the tear-down

Good little testers those Fluke ones. I've got the US version as well.

I think anything with British written on it might be cursed... British Rail, British Leyland, British National Party...

Have your subs gone down?

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