Shocking Fuseboards! Electrical Nightmares Exposed 🚨⚡️

[@TheRossz]

This video was a big respect to your customers. Now you showed them what, why and how your are doing when they hire you. BTW it was a basic education for customers and DIY people. Just keep on, my favourite wireman. ;)

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks greatly appreciate this comment

[@gadgetman36]

I enjoyed the style of the video. It's good to have a longer video. You did a good job of explaining what you were doing. I'm looking forward to the next part.

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Mike_5]

A smart meter that actually works that's something to celebrate Adam

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Majority don’t in my area ahah

[@Mike_5]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical Yes sadly they are not very smart in a lot of areas Buddy

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@Mike_5 Did you see the BBC news article about the north/south divide? the ones north of a certain line have to use a different system, so even if the village/town has excellent 3,4,5G, the meter may not get a signal. Some metering companies have been breaking this rule to actually get the meters to work. There's a lot of hate for them, but mainly due to them NOT working as intended. Anything that can be done to get them working if the customer wants it, should be done, imo

[@Mike_5]

@@TheChipmunk2008 British Gas have currently suspended Smart Meter installs

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@Mike_5 surprised, they usually use them to force pensioners to pre-payment

[@chrishuddlestone9262]

I like the format Adam - like you say it’s an interesting situation and worth the time. Not every job will give that opportunity. Keep at it!

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Absolutely , thanks for dropping a comment

[@Ibrahim-vt2tz]

great explanation adam brillant keep it up mate

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@g.williamswilliams8442]

Great video demonstrating your excellent knowledge. Well done Adam

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@smithurst18]

Nicely done mate

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks 👍

[@MarkRoper-py3oc]

great vidio Adam love the work with the tester. more of that megga mate its really interesting. GOOD ONE

[@TradifyHQ]

Great to see Tradify benefits your business!

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Most definitely great software

[@daviddawson9099]

Good work

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks

[@TheChipmunk2008]

yes i think it's been great to watch Adam learn, and become an expert in his own right, fair play to the man. Too few people in the country these days are prepared to put in the graft to get qualified, competent, and professional

[@effervescence5664]

600mm on the gas bond mate, either from the meter or inside the property - before the first branch. Current location is alright but it would be nicer to see it inside the meter cab so it's got some protection against corrosion. Good comprehensive video though.

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks saved me getting a book out 👌🏻 Thanks for great feedback on video

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Never understood that requirement... surely it should be where the extraneous conductive part enters the property, IE on the incoming side of the gas. There have been multiple cases of house fires caused by an open PEN causing multiple houses worth of N current going thru the flexible gas pipe to the regulator... I tend to bond BOTH sides of the meter (with a continuous cable)

[@ForTheBirbs]

Such a well done longform video Ad! Any thoughts on setting up channel membership options? Cheers

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks Jim hope you are well , I will eventually get round to it

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical Also think about the 'buy me a coffee' option, sometimes people don't wanna subscribe to an ongoing thing but wanna say thanks for a video that helped them (or entertained them)

[@ForTheBirbs]

​@AdamDunlopElectrical thanks for asking. Some good days, some not so, but as good as can be. The wild cockatoo collective keep me busy on YT. Cheers

[@imark7777777]

that was some fairly good and tasty waffling, it overview catching things like the zones etc.

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Ahah glad you enjoyed me waffling 🤣

[@imark7777777]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical although it would have tasted a little bit better with some good maple syrup.

[@samuel2j213]

FYI , NIC and NAPIT both say you shouldn’t put 10 years on a board change certificate , should be max 5 years , should only be 10 years for a fresh install / rewire , just something to think about mate 👍

[@samuel2j213]

Also on the meggers when on continuity if you press the arrow button that you use to cycle through results it will turn the sound off and on as and when you want it

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Okay 👌🏻

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Yes I knew this about the turning off sound on megger however I do like it but not when filming

[@TheChipmunk2008]

While you are correct, if the install is only a decade old but say it's a split load and you're replacing with an RCBO board, i'd bend that 'advice' (subject to checking every accessory, we know what new builds are like!)

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Re: White henley blocks, just because it's what they had on the van would be my guess. Had a nightmare on an old henley block the other day, trying to get a 19 strand flexi tail into the ancient block. Ended up pulling the main cutout and replacing it with those lewden ones :)

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

It’s bizarre somones been there recently in past 5 years and put new meter etc but not installed an iso 🙈

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical They've stopped fitting them due to cost .... if the customer requests it they will usually

[@haldo691]

£280 FOR AN Isolator

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Adam, re: aerial points.. some smart tv's need the aerial just for inital setup to determine ITV and BBC regions. (stares at phillips). So we always run a co-ax along with the data to the tv point

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Fair does I didn’t know that

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical Yeah colleague's house we future proofed but forgot to pull a co-ax, but had 5x cat6's to the tv position,. turns out you CAN feed UHF down a cat 6... the loss is a bit high but it got the job done. Used one wire of one pair as the signal, and the other 7 as the shield

[@gadgetman36]

I don't believe it for a second. I've been using various smart TVs since 2008 with no aerial or satellite feed. You can skip the channel scan, or let it complete and it will find no channels. It doesn't stop you from setting up the TV.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@gadgetman36 Ok so your lack of experiencing this trumps my hitting it 2x... good job

[@alhughes9698]

@@TheChipmunk2008 I too have not experienced it, so I am with gadgetman36.

[@anthonybragg]

Getting busy Adam looking forward to the forthcoming content. No Maryland Cookies? or the cheeky Mc Ds

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks , Ikr Need some snacks next video

[@metrotechguru5863]

Adam, excellent video. I really liked all the different camera angles you used. My only criticism would be the video was a little long. Good on you for wanting to provide context to your work, but an hour is probably a little longer than most people want to sit for on KZbin. Keep up the good work, mate.

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks for the reply and glad you like the better quality I understand that it’s too long I need to learn to eat more chocolate rather than talking and filming 🤣

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I need to make time for the longer videos, but a mixture works

[@gadgetman36]

I didn't think it was too long so there! Maybe you should stick to shorts!

[@metrotechguru5863]

@@gadgetman36 Maybe you should stick to your parent's basement.

[@johnmcfadden7418]

In regard of the zones can you not put a blanking plate on the sockets as this would still tell clients that there is cable around?

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Yes you can do this however not many customers like blanks as they don’t look appealing furture video will show what I did

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical we've done that on occasion, but to be honest people would prefer a socket if it's necessary

[@haldo691]

OBL outside bulkhead light?

[@SparkcatcherFox]

It's DBL I think, double socket

[@stephenchege6621]

This type of video shows real stuff lke it

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks 🙏

[@ColinDH12345]

Looking forward to seeing your videos. Just one request. Can you do a video where you don't criticise what's there or who did the work. For example, the white Henley. Just say I think I'll change that for a blue one as that will be more identifiable. That's all!. No need to criticise the previous person. So tired of it in videos where hardly any electrician has ever made a mistake and always talking about a mess, before the craze of doing over-neat DP's came along. Just a request. Good job on this one.

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks for comment

[@tonywatson1412]

Not keen on modern sparks poo pooing , just about everything that was done in the past.. seems to be a habit these days. Some care was taken with this install before. And subsequent additions and alterations. .BTW. 30amp. wire/ 7 / 029 . ?

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Thanks for commenting

[@T-Wrex1864]

Adam did you get a haircut purely for the video... 🙄 That fades on point buddy.

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Ahah I wish just continently had haircut day before

[@AGRElectrics]

RIDGID DUCTING!!

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

True good shout

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Crying out for mft100

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Adam, some of those early halogen lights didn't even come with glass from new. Were meant to be mounted above 3m (or rather, 10ft)

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Everyday is school day didn’t know that

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical Oh absolutely, been a spark since 1989, and i've learned a thing or two from you, nick, even Jordan (but don't tell him that). The day you stop learning, is a wasted day

[@davidainsworth]

I am a spark and still fit aerial points as i do a room

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Intresting most I ever get asked for is cat5/6 and hdmi cables

[@davidainsworth]

yeah i would do those aswell

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@davidainsworth media converters are a godsend, you can send cat6 down old redundant co-ax with a (sadly quite spendy) device... have used it once or twice when an old vermin media cable is present and the route is... difficult, or impossible

[@makhan4908]

We do rewire 3 bed terrace £1995 all in, certified

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Cool how many lads ?

[@willrenyolnds]

hi bo

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

👌🏻

[@willrenyolnds]

@@AdamDunlopElectrical follow me watch u since day 1

[@DDICyber]

there is nothing wrong with a plastic fuse board only the copper is not isolated in the nederlands we all use plastic fuse boxes and the main wires need to be in a pvc pipe so you cannot rip them out or touch them all in the uk i see there are no pipes on it to the fuse board what is verry danger also in the nedelands we use doubble fuse breakers to cut of the live and the neutral

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Interesting, we use double pole isolation also however meter / electric supply companies don’t fit them standard on maintenance jobs they just pull fuse which is fine for them but leaves us 🤷‍♂️

[@Chris-hy6jy]

"fine for the next 30 years". Not if the regs people have anything to do with it. They'll bring out some new reg in 5 years making all your work obsolete 🤣😉

[@AdamDunlopElectrical]

Ahah facts

[@Chris-hy6jy]

@AdamDunlopElectrical lol. Probably decide that metal CUs can cause shorts so bring back plastic ones 🤦‍♂️

[@haldo691]

Asbestos boards soon fire retardant and insulated😅

[@Chris-hy6jy]

@@haldo691 with CO2 extinguisher system built in. And that system will need annual safety checks of course.