Aesop's fable of the ass and safe isolation

[@Dime_Bar]

Can you explain why them meters are better than a multimeter? As they do exactly the same thing.

[@ollieb9875]

The multi in multi meter is a problem, for it could be set to measure the wrong thing.

[@dsesuk]

There are three differences between a multimeter and a voltage tester. 1: A multimeter requires batteries whereas a voltage indicator will continue to show the presence of voltage even if it does take batteries for other functions and even if those batteries are dead (some voltage indicators such as the Martindale and Drummond don't have batteries at all. 2: A multimeter could be set incorrectly and give a false reading of there being no voltage because it hasn't been dialled in to the voltage setting or scale correctly. Even where there are switches or settings on voltage indicators, they will always show voltage when put onto a live source. 3: Good voltage indicators will warn of a voltage present even if just one probe is connected which is useful where a neutral or earth may be missing. My TIS845 gives an audible and visual warning with just one probe on line whereas most multimeters will indicate nothing until both probes have a potential difference between them. That said, I do keep a CA757 multimeter on my hip and I use that as my go-to day to day because it has many functions and I like to think I know how to drive it. Nonetheless, when my NIC inspection comes around, I go back to my TIS845 because using a multimeter in front of my assessor would result in his use of the red pen and a failure of my assessment.

[@203MPH]

​@dsesuk it get the Benning Duspol Analog. No batteries required. At my former employer we had several incidents with idiot service technicians that put the batteries is backwards.... The tester doesn't work at all and if you don't follow procedures you touch some life stuff....... Same as using the multimeter but push the HOLD function before taking a measurement. Fudging idiots...

[@salibaba]

Why does this with vibes of “The animals of Farthing Wood” seem to be an advert for all manner of safe isolation equipment in the style of a CeX advert? It does seem to give some harsh life lessons for the kiddies though. 😅

[@dsesuk]

@@salibaba Crikey, that takes me back. Wasn't there a sneaky snake always trying to eat the mice??

[@AndrewBrownEngTechTMIET]

Well done David, this deserves an Oscar for this epic story.

[@dsesuk]

Well, maybe just an Emmy for the art and music. Or a BAFTA.

[@user-ou7ni6su6h]

Your Daughter's got talent. Indeed, you both do. I'm sure this type of format would go down a storm at colleges.

[@dsesuk]

I would hope colleges can get the message across without my nonsense, but thank you for the compliments!

[@stephenwilshaw3052]

Bit of work went into this Dave, loved it. It's up there with Holmes and Twatson and the phantom earth shocks.

[@dsesuk]

Most of the work was me shouting at my artist about why it wasn't finished yet. This was supposed to go out last year!

[@daveaedion]

You have continued your fine tradition of hilarious. Seriously, just slow down, be safe and come home each night free of burns, molten metal in your eyes, broken stuff and your heart still beating. I am old enough to have been taught in school by a master who tested for voltage with his fingers, but we all chose to use our testers instead. Thank you for every one of your videos and bless Nigel, Linda and certainly your wife for their part

[@dsesuk]

No job's worth losing your life over. Anyone regularly receiving a belt isn't doing it right, yet I hear it all the time from others who seem to think it's the norm.

[@adriandale3213]

Genius dear chap - loved the graphics!

[@dsesuk]

It took longer to make this than it takes Pixar to knock out another Toy Story sequel.

[@andyca15]

I think that donkey did the new build installations on my estate.

[@dsesuk]

It's more donkey's and ravens than lions out there these days. Short-cutting the job and shitting on others is the norm.

[@colinritchie1510]

Thanks

[@dsesuk]

No, I insist, thank you!

[@rlfvacslakenheath]

Going a bit high brow with fables. i like it. puts a new spin on safe isolation which is usally the same old dribble from pretty boys pushing some plastic rubbish.

[@dsesuk]

I'm trying to keep the riff-raff away from the channel Ryan.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@dsesuk Too late, they're already here 😋

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

I expected the lion and the raven never assumed they knew what they were doing, but did it by the book. letting the Ass get it keeping U and Me safe. I've always found that the more electrical safety books I stand on allows me to rise to a higher potential. 🙂

[@dsesuk]

Lawks-a-lawdy. Don't make me ban you from the channel son...

[@Swwils]

An apprentice asked, “Why does electricity harm me?” The master replied, “Electricity does not harm; it simply flows. When you forget to listen, it reveals your neglect. It neither punishes nor forgives-it only shows the truth of your awareness.”

[@sergiofernandez3725]

Quality storytelling Davo. I thought the Ass was going to be thrown into a hole by Jupiter thus making an Ass in Hole

[@dsesuk]

There are probably a few ass-hole japes I failed to capitalise on Sergio.

[@carlrobson5745]

Brilliant work David brillaiant art work and a timely rieminder to check all is dead. The next shock could be the last and the only box you'll take home is made of wood.

[@dsesuk]

Wise words Carl.

[@carlrobson5745]

Fucked that comment up should be your next shock could be your last 10 pints in I should really proof read . Anyway you all know that assuming is the mother of all being swept up by the mortician takes a few mins to check stay safe 🙏

[@YUshakov]

Unexpected, but wonderful! :))))

[@dsesuk]

Cheers Yury

[@misstakenot9582]

Nevermore!

[@davidquirk8097]

I love it. Much better than my "we do it this way because this is the way it's got to be done. Now rev up and f**k off!"

[@dsesuk]

People ask me how many shocks I get (like it's a matter of course) and the answer is "none". If I'm not sure, I'm not touching it!

[@davidquirk8097]

@@dsesuk too right! I was, for a short time, a High Voltage card holder at Bombardier Transportation (now Alstom) in Derby. I was authorised to connect and energise 25kV and 750 vDC systems to trains in the test areas. Nothing to technical, just using the already installed switching gear and cables. When asked by newbies how they could test if the system was live my answer was always the same: "it's always live unless I say otherwise. We had some great safety rules at Litchurch Lane, but we needed them. Trains have 25kV, 750VDC, 110VDC, 240VAC, as well as Serial data, ethernet and wireless all in the same, conductive Aluminum shell. Some of the vehicle testing was fun, carrying out an insulation resistance check between carriages by pulling alternate carriages up onto rubber mats to isolate them from the steel rails. Same old Megger test kit though.

[@thecomputertech]

Oscarworthy performance with that Dave !

[@dsesuk]

Well, a Blue Peter badge maybe...

[@johnwaby4321]

Very true 👍👍👍

[@dsesuk]

Ol' Jupiter - knows his shit.

[@peterkinch6857]

Bravo

[@dsesuk]

Too kind

[@reecehorner3736]

Good mushrooms them

[@dsesuk]

Aye. I probably wasn't supposed to poke them up my arse though...

[@alunroberts1439]

May God be with you

[@dsesuk]

Crikey, that sounds like I'm going into battle!

[@remog38]

Lovely art thanks

[@dsesuk]

Daughter #2 says Thank you.

[@greatrixbrad]

Ass-olation vs isolation

[@dsesuk]

Damn. I missed a trick there.

[@greatrixbrad]

@@dsesuk I feel a bit guilty about that one. You carried the ball all the way to the goal line. ‘Twas but a mere tap in for me.

[@dsesuk]

@@greatrixbrad I'll have to hire you as my top pun-writer Brad - you keep pulling 'em out of the bag! To be honest, the title is often the last part of the process just before I click render & upload, so little thinking goes into it.

[@dsesuk]

Cheers for the pint - I should be paying you though!

[@colinritchie1510]

Absolutely fekn brilliant David! An important reminder, cleverly staged...I bet you really wanted Nigel to take the Lion's place! On a serious note, I have become extremely cautious about proving dead recently...you can guess why...the only time I relied upon my non-contact pen was a reminder that it's just not enough! OK, better to have that extra wee test, but had I used my 2 pole tester and proving unit I wouldn't have had to relace my needle-nosed pliers! Great graphics, David...a lot of work for you, but a salutary lesson for all. Thank you!

[@dsesuk]

Cheers Col. And yes, that first time you might skip it might be your last!

[@NivagSwerdna]

RIP David. I assume this is posthumously posted video due to you putting your parts somewhere you shouldn't have.

[@dsesuk]

Always keep your appendages covered up. Working on electrics while naked isn't a good idea I've found.

[@Randyhenderson868]

Post more content. You are hilarious.

[@dsesuk]

Those full-stops make that sentence look like it's supposed to read soberly and sarcastically. Can you confirm if my filter is calibrated correctly? I'm on the gin and not sure if my filter's working properly!

[@Randyhenderson868]

@@dsesuk I click on your videos as soon as I see them pop up because you really are a funny guy who post great content. Been a subscriber for a long time and love the content. I am also a sparky that owns his own business in Arizona and enjoy watching from across the pond

[@dsesuk]

@@Randyhenderson868 Ah, my filter is out of kilter! Well I thank you for tuning in. I wish I was in Arizona - the weather's permanently cack here.

[@Randyhenderson868]

@@dsesuk yesterday it was 118 where I live in Florence Arizona. Also 60% humidity.

[@dsesuk]

@@Randyhenderson868 Ouch. Okay, maybe you can keep that. It looks good on TV though.

[@Richardincancale]

Superb drawing and script - only thing missing was your dulcet tones (and swearing)! The ending was funny!! 💩. Your daughter’s design skills again?

[@dsesuk]

Daughter #2 did indeed do the artwork. As for my missing vocalisation, well that was me, albeit run through a filter in my editing software (called 'Eric' - I shit you not), to add some gravitas. I wanted James Earl Jones, but Eric had to do.

[@Richardincancale]

@@dsesuk Eric was magic!

[@orphanpixels]

Is this a sub tweet/vid? Dig?

[@dsesuk]

A dig? Not at safe isolation. Merely an enforcement of the message in a more unorthodox manner.

[@orphanpixels]

@@dsesuk N worres! YT threw a video my way where an electrician was rummaging around a live consumer unit and wonddered if this was a subtle response.

[@dsesuk]

@@orphanpixels Ah, no, I missed that. I've been away the past week. This one was supposed to go out last September but my in-house artist missed the deadline, so it's been sat around for a year.

[@Dog-whisperer7494]

Wow my comment from earlier has been deleted or hidden why does youtube do this. ?

[@dsesuk]

There's nothing sitting in "held for review Sean" - sometimes comments land there even though it's all supposed to be open on this channel. I do find, even with my own replies, sometimes YT picks up on a keyword it cannot tolerate (and no, it's not always the obvious suspects).

[@fargogemini694]

What was it when the I E T started talking bollox?

[@dsesuk]

I think they started talking bollocks sometime after 2006...

[@Rollin-Rant]

Well that was different, nice one David 👍

[@dsesuk]

Same message, different style.

[@Dog-whisperer7494]

David the video was brilliant. If that doesn’t get the message across nothing will. I have always said safe isolation is one of if not the most important part of our job , there’s no reason not to do it, we have to choices do or you could end up dead .

[@dsesuk]

Quite right Sean. If you're not doing safe isolation right, you're not doing the job right.

[@supersparks9466]

Short of content?

[@dsesuk]

Desperate mate. If you've got any ideas, I'm on the bones of my arse here...

[@supersparks9466]

@@dsesuk 🤣

[@generaldisarray]

Look Dave, licking my fingers and grabbing the bare conductor , or suggestively licking the bare conductor directly, if some bird I'm trying to impress is about, has always worked for me. It's how me father did it, it's how me grandfather did it, FFS it's how ten generations of me family have done it, even since before the invention of electricity, so I'm not going to be drawn into buying a whole load of faffing equipment with twinkling lights and beeps and boops just to do something I've been doing without for decades. You're nought but a soft bloody southerner with nought but money and, obviously, too much time on your hands, along with some crayons and a penchant for artistic endeavours. Flaming Nora, I'll not be duped into buying more battery eating crap to cram in d'van just cos you've not got the stones to do a basic manual check. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dsesuk]

Ah, the ol' "touch it real quick" technique! I found that every time I tried it, a little bit of poo sharted out!

[@generaldisarray]

@@dsesuk eat more fibre, ya soft southern belle... 🤣🤣

[@generaldisarray]

@@dsesuk you'd wanna eat a bit, no, a lot more fibre mate, ya soft sothern belle...🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rickterry8148]

Very good, especially the continued smoking of the asses feet. It is true that the layman entrusts his life to a £5 quid Chinese multimeter. as i told the wife when she complained about me getting a £100 fluke T150 tester. Somethings you just need to buy. This is a bit patronising, but if you don't know why you need a proper voltage tester, probably shouldn't be "tackling" electrics. you need to read up on some stuff. Oh and by the way, you also need to get a multifunction tester, which cost a feck sight more. 🤣🤣🤣 and a torque screwdriver. and get an electrician, who is up to date on the current regs to eicr it for you. I have found the the electrician was not that costly and considering the paper work he gets done, well worth it. It would have taken me days to do all that, he had an app on computer🤣🤣

[@dsesuk]

Unfortunately, the perception of 'electrician' is often that you just need some VDE screwdrivers and a good set of cutters. I suspect that's why a lot of people who change career choose electrics over, say, carpentry, gas or plumbing where precision mechanics are, arguably, present to a greater degree. That's why you get kitchen and bathroom fitters chopping off CPC's, DIY'ers fudging Class 2, yet metal, luminaires onto single insulation wiring after discarding a shonky connector housing and people who literally touch a conductor to see if it's live. There's a chasm of difference between someone with a little knowledge who thinks they know how to act and a proper, fully trained and equipped spark, who knows how to act.

[@rickterry8148]

@@dsesuk Yes totally agree. I am an electronics engineer that did the17th multiple choice. But NOT an ELECRTRICIAN. I have enough knowledge to know the difference. And, a very important point is that you guys are up to date on the latest regs, a full time job in itself.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Am I the first..? Wow.

[@rlfvacslakenheath]

looks like it.

[@dsesuk]

Uploaded a week ago - it just isn't September yet! Maybe I'll switch it on tonight.

[@AndyK.1]

Didn’t know you had a membership programme

[@dsesuk]

@@AndyK.1 Membership?? That's a laugh. There's a link at the bottom of the description to where upcoming videos can sometimes be found before they're switched public.