DANGEROUS KITCHEN ELECTRICS - Electrician Life

DANGEROUS KITCHEN ELECTRICS - Electrician Life.
Join Cory as he conducts a thorough inspection or EICR of the electrics in the home of one of our customers and discovers some shocking electrics done by the kitchen fitters!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Taking an earth leakage measurement
02:03 “I hate this tester”
03:03 Someone is using Cory’s putty
03:27 Some doughnut cut the bonding
05:43 Coding the hob and oven
06:50 Dodgy old connections
07:40 Why it’s a code 2
09:00 The culprit is revealed!
09:18 Cory reads salty youtube comments
10:40 Further investigation
11:40 R1 and R2 readings
12:08 “It’s all sticky”
12:32 More kitchen fitter electrics
13:54 Starting to get frustrating
15:17 Some rare positivity
15:36 Cory gets confused
17:19 Busted breaker
19:14 A gift from Nick Bundy!
20:03 Finding the garage feed
20:41 Temporamental breaker
21:09 Where are the cheeky girls?
22:23 Wifi nightmare
23:21 Garage feed mystery solved
23:54 Today’s work explained
25:14 Vietnam or Chelmsford?
25:17 Outro
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[@BabyBane100]

I once told a client his electrics were dangerous because he had no earth bond to his water…he disagreed and said, him having to parachute into France, on D-day worried him more 😂😂😂

[@QUIX-KIWI]

But it's true sometimes, what with plastic pipework, having a bonded pipe at the cylinder when the cylinder itself is bonded, doesn't make any logical sence, to co-bond the metal piping connected by metal piping to the cylinder, when the water system to the client's end of pipe taps are all done in plastic pipes. See maybe his parachute hung up in a tree - which as far as I am concerned would have scared him more (but he survived the war - so he will probably survive the non-bonded pipework.

[@B3CK377]

I'd definitely be up for the artisan team going through some of the comments, both good and bad!

[@andrewpowell6457]

Please!!!

[@neilt]

Always a pleasure to watch quality workmanship and customer care by all you guys. The problem is that I expect the same from people working in my home, but few of them deliver.

[@IanFarquharson2]

The 'you don't know what you don't know' point is the best philosophy in this case. Given the nature of kitchen wiring, there's good reason it should be left to someone with a ticket and annual assessment. Great video as always.

[@QUIX-KIWI]

It's always that case of DaMn - but I wish I knew more than I did, when in reality you've forgotten more than you will ever learn

[@GavinLawrence747]

I've been saying that there will be more and more of this after "the Great British lockdown refurb" - as reputable firms were booked up, all the good and complex work filtered down to the cowboys and I reckon we'll be fixing this stuff for years to come

[@richardpowell181]

Yes, a good supply of work guaranteed for us though

[@johanbezuidenhout9466]

👍

[@Dan-vw6sf]

I don't know how these cowboys sleep at night, just guessing what to do with electrics and potentially burning someone's house down or worse, mind boggles

[@1995epicfail]

please do a vid with cory and jordan reading the comments, would be hillarious

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Cory does awesome work ! The Cheeky Girls are now both working in car dealerships in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, in case you were wondering. The pair, who are actually called Monica Taylor and Gabriela Irimia are twin sisters who shot to fame in the early 2000s on Popstars: The Rivals. Despite being described by judge Pete Waterman as 'the worst act I've ever seen' they became inexplicably popular, even achieving two top ten singles. One of those was called 'Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)', which - for the uninitiated - gives you a decent flavour of what they were like.

[@labelectrical]

Great vid 👍. The cheeky girls are now working in car sales I believe 🤣

[@DaineG88]

Thank you and the team for the awesome videos. May the business prosper and looking forward to more great videos.

[@mattmanslim]

Been waiting for this all evening 😊

[@CiaranTrivium]

Absolutely love your attention to detail while doing testing, 90% of sparks have no interest and couldn't be bothered testing properly!

[@QUIX-KIWI]

Worse, 50% of Sparkies should NEVER do self certification as, it they created the problem the first time around when doing the initial installation work, then when they do the testing, (later) they will NOT be able to find any problem, knowing they did it their way (thinking it to be the correct way) the first time around. Sadly, here in New Zealand, several years ago, Electrical Inspectors were bypassed in regs changes - so that electricians on the jobs could self-certify their own work (to avoid delaying the client's sign off on getting the property livened, or re-livened) and now, I spotted in more recent regs changes, that all work done that is to be certified by an electrician can ONLY be their own work that they then self-certify, being that they cannot certify anyone else's work, if they didn't directly supervise that person's work - at the time. Which to me, begs the question, how many jobs are installed incorrectly, to be certified as tested correctly, by the people who installed the installation incorrectly? And how many DIY clients (after having done a far better job than some electricians) who ask their electrician to check the DIY work they did, to get it certified, can't - when the electrician is NOT allowed to certify any work they didn't directly oversight when it was done? Yet - it's true even in the UK, as Jordon even said as much in a recent video, that he can't certify a client's DIY as he didn't supervise the person doing the work. at the time. Oh sure, it speeds up the client's end-use sign-off time, if the installing electrician can at the end of the install, inspect and sign-off the installation (as if they were the inspector of old) to allow the lines company to re-liven the property, from the replacing of the incoming pole fuses, but does it really give a reliable certification standard.?

[@shanginadildo]

Disconnect the neutral on whatever circuit you're testing to prevent any nuisance tripping

[@Big-Cjl-Chris]

Thanks for the video guys I just had a kitchen fitted so I will be looking under my cupboards tomorrow for damn sure.

[@Lou-Lou.]

Wearing your overshoes outside 🤣 lost count if the amount of times I've done that lol

[@sbusweb]

+Artisan Electrics Cory should learn a trick!!! You can test that garage rcd with upstream rcd safely, by connecting your MFT to the neutral and line outputs of the Garage RCD as normal, but connecting the ''earth'' probe to the incoming-neutral connection. I worked this out myself and then John Ward pointed this out in an RCD-testing video as well. In this way, the line-"earth" test-current will travel back through upstream rcd (via neutral) fine, guaranteed to stay in balance there, but this RCD can still be tested without risk of upstream-tripping. This will not, however, tell you that the Earth is correctly connected from house MET to the Garage board (but theres' plenty of ways of checking that with flying-leads or whatever).

[@shaunbarton-collins1180]

I love your wit, makes a day that little brighter.

[@stevejagger8602]

At 15.00 you said it “ Not Competent”. There is no more to be said about people who just wing it, and attempt to carry out the work of other skilled trades without the proper training or time served experience. People need to know that they shouldn’t attempt work for which they are not competent, but where is the regulatory control to stop this insanity, so that customers know that they are employing competent trades people?

[@chapman9230]

Very interesting. Best tip is when fitting a new kitchen replan refit electrics. We got an electrician in when doing ours. Frankly it was cheap. He did a great job ( apart from one loose wire which I later found). Now I would get one in everytime. I dont enjoy fiddly stuff anymore.

[@marktubeie07]

YES, a reading comments video with Jordan & Cory would be fantastic!!!

[@KarlWilcoxVideos]

overshoes outside , like the new fashion statement Cory. haha

[@jxkval]

Made a decision about a year ago that once I finished school (I will be done school july 2022) that I want to be an electrician… came across your channel today and it’s just solidified that drive even more I cannot wait

[@GasTraining]

How’s it going for you

[@dmarriott9701]

I’m a retired plumber and have always re-connected any earth wires I have had to disconnect. Remember reading in one of our trade mags where a plumber was given a prison sentence for not re-connecting an earth wire to a metal sink top and the customer died as a result of an electric shock from the sink. It always pays to get professional advice from the relevant people.

[@Marco-mg9tv]

Really ? He did the right thing disconnecting it - A metal sink is a not an extraneous conductive part. Should never have been bonded in the first place. And how could anyone receive a shock from a non bonded sink ? If was because the water pipes somehow became live and made the sink live then the fault would have been lack of bonding on the water supply. Smacks of an apocryphal story to me .

[@redcitadel8354]

@@Marco-mg9tv The bonding for the water lines was probably a the sink as it was an easy to access place. So the plumber removed the water bonding.

[@Marco-mg9tv]

@@redcitadel8354 Really ? Are you suggesting that an electrician decided that a metal sink was the best point to connect main bonding to the incoming water service rather than the cold water pipe that would be supplying the taps to said sink ?

[@ronaldomac4918]

Love the banter thrown at nick bundy haha, as always great videos...

[@adrianmalaeru9045]

Absolutely amaizing video , thanks a lot mate.

[@alsanova]

That is absolutely shocking! Even the hob isn't fitted and sealed around the edges.

[@looking9175]

Really enjoyed this video.

[@jesseoconnell4369]

Nice Job Cory! Very clear and methodical. Which velocity bag are you using for testing by the way? Looks awesome 😁

[@dan.vitale]

"I'm not in Vietnam, I'm in Chelmsford" - back in the day closing time at Dukes nightclub made Chelmsford a warzone..

[@ashleybignell2366]

Great vid as always. Cory what model velocity bag is that? An organised bag to fit all my test gear in is what I’m after & that look perfect.

[@josh19884]

I would like that video you and Jordan reading out the good and bad comments also I love watching your videos keep up the fantastic videos

[@Davey656]

Love all the Bang & Olufsen equipment in this house! BL3500, Beo4 remote, BL5 and maybe an Avant 55 in the living room? have a similar setup myself :-)

[@dg2908]

I had a Metrel first. NiMH batteries that lasted less than a day. Changed to a Fluke and I have to change the alkaline batteries once or twice a year

[@Ragnar8504]

I swapped my Metrel to AA alkalines pretty soon, they last reasonably long. Funny story behind the reason for the swap... I couldn't find the charger for months, until I found it - in the carrying case, just in a different compartment. By the time I found the charger again I'd lost one of the six NiMHs and decided to stick with alkalines.

[@ptopping2012]

Love your videos....Top Bloke.... Keep up the great work fella...😁😎👻🎃👍👊✌️🍻🏍️

[@giuseppe9145]

Great watching your attention to every detail .

[@g.williamswilliams8442]

Very entertaining.. thanks 😄

[@tceng9449]

I have a Metrel tester (3125BT, not as fancy as yours!) and it gets through the first 3/4 of the battery in no time, but the last quarter lasts for ages. I *think* it might be that the battery gauge isn't set up for rechargeable batteries. It's difficult to describe as a good battery life, but I can get a couple of days out of it. Compared to my Seaward solar tester which I do a lot more testing with, that's run on the same set of AA batteries for over a year now and no sign of the low battery warning yet. Edit: oh, and the remote, what were they thinking?! I do like the test leads and various other bits about it.

[@riod3953]

Great videos! I am currently studying electrical installations...please can you help by explaining how you done the calculation @ 5:50 Thanks

[@jsptravels]

Hope that breaker was saved to send off to Big Clive :)

[@Peter_Vidgeon]

My thoughts also.

[@adamc20]

Can you guys do a video on the velocity 7.5 bag just recently bought one and would love to see how you load it out

[@neilbissett1240]

Fantastic insight into circuit testing 👏 and nice to see you’ve got a Ford transit as in one of the latest videos think your mate got sold a lemon with the all electric vw 🤔😎

[@DoctorElectricYouTube]

Great video, I love kitchen fitters hahaha. I no longer work with them as we always fall out with them! Yes please do an episode on the keyboard warriors so that I can compare them with mine!

[@badrobert71]

Insulating compound. I first saw it and used it when I worked in a shipyard.

[@sheargillsparkie9588]

You will never stop those horrible cretins from posting toxic comments. So you must do everything in your power to keep posting your videos just to give them something to do in their sad lives.

[@gleversfamily9698]

watched a number of your videos today, currently looking at starting the C&G lvl2 at the age of 42....Being currently full time employed in the newspaper industry on a pretty decent salary but conscious that it won't see me to retirement. In you opinion do you feel that this is a good route take? considering I will need to eventually take on the NVQ and will have to fit working with someone in with a full time (night shift) working pattern.

[@Peter_Vidgeon]

Great video, thanks and YES, I'd certainly be up for the suggested 'comment' one. As the comments are in the public domain, there should be no problem naming the comment-poster.

[@kennethausten]

Saw this at my late father in law's kitchen upgrade. He called me in as he was concerned over what he saw. What I saw was a disaster of electrical bodging. All old sockets had been extended via 15a connector blocks buried in the walls. The ring main had been split. Lighting was full of connector blocks ready to be plastered over. I left my report and they got a professional electrician in. Was all rewired back to the consumer unit properly avoiding all these bodged joints.

[@cycleranger]

Thanks for the vids. And i hope you guys don’t go bankrupt. In fact i hope u guys go from strength. Stay safe. Take care

[@terryhutchinson6503]

Kitchen fitters look upon cooker circuits as sub mains for all kitchen electrics.

[@sanregal]

Hey Cory , greetings from Romania. Nice video , you make fault finding fun and easy :). And to answer your question, the Cheeky girls are back in there home country Romania !

[@joe2395]

Take the bond cable off the clamp and test for continuity and not just visually check,you never know if it was cut like the water bond. 👍

[@Martin64uk]

Eneloop pro batteries all the way, the black ones. My meter came with the white ones which didn’t last very long. I’ve used the black ones for years in my photography, sound and video equipment and they’ve never let me down and go on forever. Tried them in my MFT and the difference is considerable.

[@Jay369]

Anyone have a link to the test lead with crocodile clamp and magnet?

[@JohnSmith-ws7fq]

19:08 That bright yellow test lead on the MCB terminal looks interesting. Is it held captive by a magnet?

[@simonabbott7323]

As others have commented, the cooking load is no more than an old-fashioned stand-alone cooker, which, with diversity, is perfectly acceptable on a 32A breaker. Where there is a consumer unit on the end of a 13A fused spur, it is pointless, as there is no discrimination.

[@tc6907]

Which Velocity bag do you have for your test gear?

[@andyc295]

Please can you guys do a video on the comments. It would be so funny. Cory would in tears of laughter so fast 🤣

[@discoequipmenthire]

Nice to see a Cory video. The Jordan-a-thon this week went on a bit. No offence, but Cory is a more entertaining presenter!.

[@mikepalmer7687]

Excellent as usual

[@Cablesmith]

Cory’s a fantastic electrician, absolutely fantastic 👌🏼

[@conorjordan9029]

Is that your Cory. He's a know it all

[@Cablesmith]

@@conorjordan9029 what?

[@Alec9821]

I’ve had one of those breakers do exactly that to me. It’s normally the crappy cheap ones that do it, a spring slips out of place inside. Suppose it can just happen when they get old as well.

[@kobirelf97]

I understand what u was saying about the cooker and hob both being on full Christmas

[@CTFBOYS1993]

Easy on the ads, same ad 5 times in 19mins!. Love your content, Cory is a great character.

[@stevejagger8602]

Use a vpn to relocate yourself outside of the rich zone. I get no ads apart from the start from where I live in Uganda.

[@lawrencebrown2369]

I too am getting tired of the millions of ads in every video! Great content 👍 spoiled by constant interruptions 😭

[@Robert-cu9bm]

KZbin premium

[@stevejagger8602]

@@Robert-cu9bm money making off the backs of the poor for nothing

[@JasperJanssen]

The people running the channel have absolutely zero influence on the ads. They can’t say how many ads, which ads, or even whether there are ads. If they don’t monetize a video, that video still gets ads, just with no money to the channel. You’re complaining to the wrong people.

[@tcpnetworks]

I'd love to see Rueben and eFix get together for an apprentice special.

[@nitt3rz]

Yes yes yes for a video going through the funny & salty comments.

[@craigshaw6368]

I've got the metrel Ml 3152 and I noticed the battery discharge rate so replaced them with duracell ones and find it lasts about 4 days of testing before I have to recharge it now

[@artisanelectrics]

Nice thanks

[@laurieirving6446]

Non setting flue jointing compound is used to fill the gap between the gas pipework to the sleeve that goes out the rear of the gas box

[@joesouthgate]

Similar stuff used on the gas spigot but not the same - it's called Denso Mastic. I know because I've got them both on the van 👍

[@chrissilva5659]

I like how through you are .I wish the standard was more like this here in the states.our inspectors are a joke here and most guys in the trades do some pretty substandard work .your standards are the same it sounds like as ours but ours aren’t as enforced .is a panel board allowed in a cabinet ? It’s illegal to do so here .Has to be accessible.36 inches of clearance for 120/240 and 42 for 277/480

[@effervescence5664]

Always enjoy watching Cory, cracking engineer and his outlook is exactly the same as everyone of our engineers. A credit to the industry and Artisan. This must have been filmed just before the Daily Mail this week stated they're both working for Hyundai in York, not sure if they're singing to sell the cars though.

[@terryhutchinson6503]

Cory is not a qualified engineer.

[@terryhutchinson6503]

@Maxwell Boyne Terry Hutchinson Msc Bsc MIEE MIEEE HND (Mech Elec). No he isn't!

[@terryhutchinson6503]

Amazing how many people want to be a professional engineer but don't have the necessary qualifications. I did and was for 40 years, oh and please don't start talking about the university of life.

[@TheFoxNes]

@@terryhutchinson6503 You're the classic KZbin engineer I recon. Sure sounds like one. And if you're not, probably about time to stop feeling insecure after 40+ years with the title.

[@effervescence5664]

@@terryhutchinson6503 Your comment has no bearing on comparing Cory to my own staff whom are all qualified engineers in multiple fields. Not to mention the qualification itself is recognized by C&G as engineering. Honestly you're coming across as someone who's pride is hurt by a 23 year old enjoying the industry and wanting to excel at it so has obviously 1; had a great instructor/mentor and 2; puts the effort in.

[@trespire]

Good job, well done.

[@dg2819]

Why was the new circuit installed for the EV Charger when bonding wasn’t connected at the time of install? This should have been checked/rectified at the time of installation.

[@Marco-mg9tv]

“5 stars” for observation

[@Rick-bb8xc]

Try using the Panasonic ENELOOP Pro batteries, they last forever. Even in winter.

[@muzikman2008]

Agree.. Great batteries 👍

[@cultusgti]

Get the IKEA white rechargeable batteries there better then eneloop and cheaper , check out big Clive's battery review and testing video

[@alunroberts1439]

I was reading about a maximum length from the switch to cooker in the on site guide. The block being on the floor they imagine a bit of a water spill under there.

[@timwoodhams958]

Yup isolator has to be within 2 metres I believe

[@benjidickinson1988]

the cheeky girls are now apparently working in hyundai car dealerships in yorkshire and lincolnshire. Love your videos look forward to many more x

[@stephenbarker2003]

"I don't know what I don't know!!" im so using that. Its close to "I've forgotten more than you know"

[@1over137]

I had to redo my cooker wiring recently to replace the 5kW hob and 3kW oven with a 4kW oven and a

[@1over137]

Of course dropping the breaker to 16A also covers the 2.5mm overload current.

[@ianbrooks6816]

Do u not carry replacement breakers in the van?

[@azadarzaani8911]

You are very passionate about your job

[@n3ilvincent870]

The cheeky girls are living with me as my cleaners😆

[@robertbarton4776]

I think I could listen to Cory recite the alphabet. Charisma incarnate. My wife thinks I have a bromance.

[@DarrenBoxhall]

Yes, read the comments! Hahahah Only just stumbled upon this channel and I love it hahah.

[@AnthonyChopra]

9:27 Have some kitchen salt too haha

[@patrick103b]

I’ve seen a cooker installed on 5amp 3 core flex when I was installing a washing machine

[@stevejagger8602]

Check out E5’s podcasts on Earthing and Bonding, where they recommend current clamping the main earth on any TNC-S or TNS supply because of the possibility of unsuspected PEN conductor faults, and their latest on Regulation within the electrical industry.

[@divanneilvandermerwe570]

I would love to see a video of Artisan electrics doing a project with Nick Bundy

[@RichardArblaster]

Nice job 😎

[@farmerdave7965]

Electrical detective work. Welcome to my world.

[@jamesbrooks6130]

Awesome video as always. Regarding the ovens there is no need for a separate circuit for the ovens as onsite guide states your allowed up to 15kw on a 30/32amp supply due to diversity (appendix H, H4 pg190). As you allow for the first 10amps then 30% of the remaining full load current in excess of 10amps + an additional 5amps if there is a socket on the cooker control unit (table A2 pg123). Therefore 12.5kw will actually draw approximately 28.5amps due to them being thermostatically controlled

[@sirronnitram8937]

Just as I was about to wire in another circuit, thanks

[@travoltasbiplane1551]

Some require 16a fuse protection though. 😉

[@gd-bq7em]

@@travoltasbiplane1551 this is true seen so many 16 amp ovens on 13 amp fuse and its melted it to bits. And when you read the manufacturers instructions it says protect by a 16 amp fuse and only have 32 amp supply with a electric hob lol nightmare 😆

[@travoltasbiplane1551]

@@gd-bq7em garage board in the adjacent cupboard. 🤣

[@gd-bq7em]

@@travoltasbiplane1551 ² Only thing dont like with the garage board is can be a lot of joints in front of the garage board like cooker switch and then maby cooker plate then garage board then another 16 amp switch. I have done one before when I removed cooker switch jointed the cables then into a 2 way board with a 32 amp mcb for hob and 16 amp mcb for oven with a 32 amp rcbo back at main fuse box

[@Tom-so5mm]

Can you put a link up for you VELOCITY TEST BAG please

[@andrewwhite3793]

The crazy thing is in Scotland they are pushing to license electricians yet its Kenny the Kitchen fitter and Billy the Bathroom fitter who mess up in the first place Why not police the Kitchen and Bathroom companies instead of punishing electrician for their cock ups

[@LC-cd1yt]

The extraction fan isnt centered to the cabinets which also forces the hob out of position, unless there maybe a good reason 🤔

[@vicpower6876]

Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 I’m an electrician and honestly I’m learning lots of things from you guys better than what I learned in school

[@Robert-cu9bm]

Australia uses a different electrical set up. Which is why Australia doesn't need fused plugs. UK is ring main, because after the war they were short of copper and it uses less.

[@G1ZQCArtwork]

Bonding,,,, yes well, I am retired but I still do that very boring job of PAT (Testing). In a Chip Shop Kitchen, I came across a 4 way extension cleverly lifted off the metal shelving to stop it getting wet. Great job on someone's part. However, on close inspection (outside of the remit on Pat (Testing), I spotted a Bonding cable had come adrift of its clamp and was hanging. This bonding joined Two prep area tables (stainless Steel). I informed the very friendly Manager who took a picture of it to report it to maintenance to fix. There is a very small chance that I may have saved someone from shock in the workplace. in addition, I was testing the appliances in a caravan, I tried to unplug the Kettle, but the plug was stuck in the socket, due to it not being plugged in properly, so the plastic on the pin and possibly the socket had melted. I failed the Kettle and made a reccommendation the owner replace the now faulty socket as well as the Kettle. I received a complaint that I was not supposed to be testing the sockets....!!

[@peanutpotion]

What clamp meter you using Cory?

[@tomorichard]

Fairly sure the on site guide suggests 15kw of cooking appliances in a domestic setting is good on a 32a MCB. I tend to agree 👍

[@cultusgti]

Looks good from my bedroom window

[@alexwood020589]

Depends on the ref method, but 2.5mm can usually handle 20 and 27A. So 40A for a ring should be okay in theory, unless you have to apply a derating factor for the potential for unbalanced load share between the legs of the ring.

[@pwaelectricalltd29]

I love my Velocity tester bag!

[@MMG_MoonManGuitar]

Never throw out a good winter coat. Quote of the year! 😂😂😂

[@smudgersplace]

Yeah! like how not to repair an acrylic bath, it's not about the accidents, it's about how you cover it up and hope you get paid before it gets noticed. I think I heard the splitting of floor boards too, typical sparks ;))) there's a thing called a saw but I know you guys prefer a blunt bolster and fire wood.

[@richardwilliamson3624]

Metrel testers are awesome. Maybe the battery just needs renewing. My 3155 lasts a week without recharging. btw you’re becoming the 2nd best spark to watch after Tom 👍😂