An Electrician on holiday. (50)

Hi there and welcome back to something a little different this week.
A staycation with the family gave me the opportunity to take a look at some of the electrics in this beautiful house from the late 18th century.
Although we had the house and grounds all to ourselves for obvious reasons I didn't go around dismantling every fitting and accessory and certain parts of the house weren't filmed.
A quick run around the place shows some reasonably modern electrics along with various vintage type switches and stunning light fittings.
We're full on smack bang in the middle of the Welsh countryside on this one so listen out for a plethora of wildlife. I personally loved it and could listen to it all day.
THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT TO BE TAKEN AS ANY KIND OF TRAINING OR EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION. AT ALL TIMES I AM IN FULL CONTROL OF THE INSTALLATION AND THERE IS NEVER ANY RISK TO PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT. ELECTRICITY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE FULL RESPECT IT DESERVES.
#electrician #oldhouse #holiday #Wales #houseonthehill

[@train4905]

What an absolutellty butifull house james. Well done sir, You deserved that holiday.

[@dsesuk]

Can you send me some stills of you in that wig? They're for.. uh.. Nigel...

[@JBE]

Will do David, does he want me to be wearing ONLY the wig? 😉

[@dsesuk]

@@JBE Yes, I.. he.. would very much like that.

[@JBE]

@@dsesuk No problem, tell him I want one in return of him wearing just his screwdriver 😎.

[@JayTheSparky]

🤣🤣🤣

[@discoequipmenthire]

Looks like the Welsh version of "The Shining" 😱😱😱👻

[@JBE]

Come to think of it there was a few creaky floorboards in the middle of the night 🌙🐑

[@Lenny-kt2th]

It reminds me of when we went to the "costa del sol" in the South of Spain for vacation. My 1960s appartment to this day makes do with two 16 A circuits while the 1970s house I grew up in had a whopping four (now five). Both use gas for heating, hot water and hob. In the house in Spain everything was electric, and when I opened up the DB, I was greeted by, I think, 16 MCBs or RCBOs ( I don't remember the specifics). The resort we stayed at had transformer houses on the premises that would have supplied entire neighbourhoods where I live. What keeps amazing me is all the different locaions in a house in the UK you can find CUs and DBs in. I'm used to finding those in a dedicated area within 3 m from the front door.

[@JBE]

In the UK we can only really fit a DB or CU wherever the intake comes in the house.

[@ColinDH12345]

I would be just the same! Thanks for taking the time to share with us and I hope you enjoyed your break.

[@JBE]

Hey no problem Colin cheers for watching.

[@dreadlysmellybum]

Bloody rich sparks enjoying fancy holidays all the time! Enjoy.

[@electrician247]

What a beautiful place. Fantastic video, enjoyed it. Dont let the plumbers know we all have one of these. Holidays honest....

[@JBE]

Cheers Mark, you guys are all welcome to the mansion especially when it needs it's EICR 😀.

[@Cablesmith]

nice place 👌🏼 and that’s just your second home 🏠

[@JBE]

This is where I'm staying until this Covid thing is all over *Drinks tea* 😉👍.

[@Cablesmith]

@@JBE hahaha

[@mathman0101]

Manchester in the house or should I say Salford🤔 you need to do this in Ordsall Hall you might get ghost currents😱

[@Cablesmith]

@@mathman0101 I went to school in lower broughton, every school trip was ordsall hall, sick of the sight of the place 😂😂

[@mathman0101]

@@Cablesmith 🤣🤣so was it haunted or was that a nice story to get people to check it out? So you actually learnt about Tudor Life we had something similar in North Yorkshire I can remember doing a whole day living like a Tudor so traditional Tudor meals clothes, work, it was interesting but limited.

[@malcolmduncan2423]

Great to see you back on YT, really interesting video, and amazing place

[@markrowland5393]

Nice one, James. Entertaining and informative. Great stuff. More, please.

[@JBE]

Cheers Mark. Maybe next time I might even get to lift the hood on the consumer units? Or lift one of those huge floorboards! Did you see them? They were so wide 🤏

[@APSuk2]

Nice bit of basic insulation showing on those tails as well. Thanks for the video.

[@alunstone]

Impressive big house. When you opened that door with the consumer units I thought there may have been a 3 phase supply or 2 main fuses 80 or 100 amp each .I was surprised to see 1 single phase supply in a house of that size,but it looks like it is suitable .I saw a video of Dan's the engineer where he went on holiday and he did the same as you,checking the consumer unit in his holiday let and Jordan from artisan electrics left his room with an amazing sea view to go into the cellar and show us the distribution board and meter 😀. Enjoy your holiday,looks like a fantastic place

[@JBE]

Hi Alan, I was surprised myself to see the boards in that particular layout. When you go places especially homes like this you can't help but put your EICR eye on everything and scrutinise it all. It was a fantastic place and we loved it. When we got home our eldest said "why can't we live in that big house with phesents in the garden forever?" (She's 4)

[@geoffupton]

nice new pad there! well ok, well deserved skive holiday! 😂😂😂 (bet you wish it was yours!)

[@JBE]

What you talking about Geoff ? It is mine ALL mine 🤣👍. Honestly though, I wouldn't mind being in "lock down" in this place.

[@lightbulb6293]

Big place? 😍

[@raywelshman]

Hi John, good to see you taking a long earned break from eicr's etc.. Regards from Ray in North Wales..

[@lightbulb6293]

James likes breaks as well. ;)

[@JBE]

This is my happy place 😀👌

[@raywelshman]

@@lightbulb6293 Sorry, James etc.

[@chrisardern4594]

Well that's the last time I let you stay in my country get away gaff.

[@JBE]

Oops sorry about the sheep droppings in the bedrooms! We had a party and and things got way out of hand 😬🐑👊.

[@AndyK.1]

Wales? Long way from home!

[@JBE]

Thankfully yes. This was nice and out the way.

[@tomwills918]

OMG that intro has to stay

[@Doobrie2]

Very impressed by this whole video the intro has to be the best i have seen for a very long time, you really are a humble family man and i wish you the very best mate. Now enjoy your staycation !!

[@JBE]

Yes I was wondering when I'd get to use my barbie wig! I am humble and bring no ego whatsoever. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kentmasic]

single insulated tails out the Henley block :0

[@JBE]

I know right! We can't help but code everything everywhere we go 😆👍.

[@AndyK.1]

Haven’t you done enough EICRs 🤣

[@JBE]

🤣👌. This place might take more than a day. In fact I'd absolutely love to carry out a full EICR here. Might take me a few weeks? Ah well guess I could just live on site? 🤓🤘

[@fumthings]

Bakelite switches were Clipsal brand. Dont suppose they were sold in the UK recently?

[@olly7673]

Thank you James, I enjoyed that, did you get a discount for doing a visual inspection for them? 😊.... I thought you might take a look at the earthing arrrangements for some of those Class 1 lamps as those fancy Next/John Lewis/ M&S ones are often not right. I thought your drone footage was very good as well, what model is it and was it difficult to get your licence to fly it?

[@JBE]

Hi Olly, like I said previously I'd like to have done a full EICR on the place and put it up for everyone to see. I didn't want to get too involved with dismantling things incase I made anything worse (trust me that happens sometimes) the drone is a dji phantom and is usually over my shoulder in a couple of my recent videos. It's not difficult to get a license just a process of learning the laws and applying. It's done online.