Building a crazy 3 phase AFDD distribution board

[@garyu353]

Schneider is a class board! Work with them all the time. Only negative from me is, would love them to have one big gland plate and not two separate ones on some of there boards. Keep up the good work mike!!

[@danielelise7348]

Love the way the terminals are dead until a breaker is inserted, awesome design,they seem to have thought of just about everything.Love the videos Mike, work safe,cheers from Australia.⚡🎆🔌

[@ukbullylife7968]

Schneider the best I think and that’s the most hi tech board I’ve seen out of that range. I’ve been using the Eaton cable interface kits saves cutting pax or any other board the size fits most 3 phase db’s

[@yngndrw.]

I do like the Schneider boards but I wonder why the Active AFDDs require a new set of terminals rather than using the existing Isobar P plug-on-neutral system that they use for their RCBOs, or at least the distributed neutral bar so that they can support the standard Isobar boards.

[@timlarsen5014]

Brill to see you on the inside front cover of latest Professional Electrician & Installer magazine that I’ve just picked up from CEF

[@paradieshenne]

Nice board, but why? I don´t understand why you are using these unflexible boards. Here in germany and I think most of europe aswell, we are using empty (and larger) boards with rows of DIN-rail where you can put on whatever you need. Not only breakers but a lot of different things (contactors, PLCs, timers, metering, monitoring, etc.) in any order. You can then just run everything to a row of terminal blocks and tie in there rather than running wires all around the board. (basicly its a electrical cabinet but with a faceplate like in a consumer unit so that its safe to use for a layman.

[@tc6907]

Because here in the UK the IET seem to think having the same brand of consumables is the only way….. 🙄

[@ianmiller3182]

Surely a product standard wouldn't be able to cover every configuration ?

[@mrfrenzy.]

This is exactly how we do it in Sweden aswell, it is very flexible and there is no problem mixing brands of components. I can see one advantage of the kind of busbar shown in this video - you can easily replace breakers without shutting off the main switch (sure you can do that in a DIN board aswell but not quite as safely).

[@AS19283]

Because our regs are strict in a good way sometimes and absolutely useless in others 😂 We are also very friendly to corporations that supply all the equipment. This one specifically is very rare but used in high high end installs that need built in monitoring etc.

[@AGRElectrics]

They do skeleton boards here some fit them but rarely. Look better and easier to fit a DB that's all one brand aswell no issue with fitting etc. 🤷

[@TradieTrev]

That's pretty damn flash that busbar. I wonder how the plastics will go in 20 years time.

[@MomentsWithBrandon]

hey bro, can you please pls pls do a video of setting up and wiring a 3 phase board, just cant find no videos based around the uk with good quality and explanation,

[@j22_wys51]

Your actually the best of the best on KZbin electricians wise such niche content, love it 😅

[@jonesconrad1]

Yay a proper length video.

[@millieh3179]

Board building videos are my new favourite thing.

[@TradifyHQ]

Love this! Glad you're enjoying Tradify.

[@anthonybragg]

I think they have gone downhill slightly since Schneider took over, but so have other manufacturers. What was those blue dots on part of the distribution board? not seen them before. brilliant video again Mike.

[@harnoorsingh1809]

Blue dots are to indicate Neutral because those points are dedicated to fix AFDD's

[@effervescence5664]

We don't tend to fit Schneider (Eaton is the go to spec for clients) but I have a refurb coming up that needs new boards, I'll be watching this series and probably contacting Schneider UK about getting hands on as these look ideal for what the client has in plan for the site.

[@kjgreen3]

Fun fact the old Eaton site in Doncaster had only Merlin Gerin and Brand new schneider DB's. Spoke to maintenance guy and said. " Why don't you use the switchgear you make here?" His reply. "It's shite"

[@effervescence5664]

@@kjgreen3 I can believe that, the older stuff was shite and I'm still not happy with Memshield3 and the newer stuff. Their Bognor site is all their own stuff last time I popped in though. This Schneider board has me intrigued though and I've heard good things from multiple sources so far so willing to swap.

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

love a bit of schneider. use lots of their contactors and relays at work. i do wish they'd stagger the terminals though.

[@AS19283]

One thing that’s become such a ‘thing’ is proper torque levels in DBs. But equipment isn’t checked for torque? And how often do torque screwdrivers need calibrated? And who pays for this? The employer? Not questions for you really Mike, just for discussion as I actually don’t know!

[@FNUKSTER1366]

Great boards to terminate, but however built like tin foil , always swop the bottom panel with the top as the 8 20mm cutouts are to close together for armoured cable's , drill your own , and hanging a 95mm 4 core bends and mis shapes the bottom

[@electrician247]

Proper board is that one Mike. Cracking video 💪

[@timn9622]

Only thing I don’t like about these DB’s are the covers, bit flimsy and heavy when you can’t remove the door. I much prefer the Eaton cover where the door is removable.

[@travishamilton1659]

I'm a sparky from the United States man and I love your videos

[@GaryB1980]

Great video nice one. Love all the content lately, keep it up. 😎

[@steveokinevo]

Schneider and hager for me, good vid bro.

[@edglue6138]

Great video Mike. Technology is great

[@1992Craigster]

Problem with the "wireless" rcbo is its single pole, to go dp you need to use two ways and the neutral extension bar. Also for 3 phase feeds you now need a vigi unit which swallow up ways.

[@iotelectrical]

They do a 3phase RCBO now that only takes up 3 ways

[@1992Craigster]

The A9D17316 is not compatible with those board SEA9BPN12 boards. The busbar arrangement is officially incompatible, although I imagine it would fit.

[@arcadia1701e]

Mmmm why the fused main switch? Why not an mccb?

[@TheHomeent]

Another fantastic video

[@ricksanchez9669]

ahhh another thing i have to learn an entire new section of english to even begin to understand.

[@david-ip9cm]

No part 2? :(

[@travoltasbiplane1551]

sway-do? you got your niceic inspection or something? 🤣 nice board. 👍

[@AndrésFelipe-p8m]

good job

[@godverdommekut1]

More!

[@jurassicsparks5220]

You should have triple the amount of subscribers with your content, Mike. I know it’s hard but a few 20 minute videos goes a long way.

[@johnhoward2104]

Interesting video but there was too much of the side view of the board and flybying of the components. Given it was a construction video, would've been better to have seen more closeups of the components and in aerial views of the inside of the board i.e. to see what's going on inside the board. Also, there was the dreaded wobbly camera going on. Film directors opted for this a few years ago but got complaints about it promoting sea-sickness - I agree - it's awful, so give him a slap and tell him to hold the camera still - and if he can't do it, use a tripod! Looking forward to the next video.

[@AS19283]

Yeh, probably don’t slap him 😂 but a wee gyro mount would be a winner 👍

[@johnhoward2104]

@@AS19283 for clarity, the slap was meant to be a joke - didn't mean to distress anyone.

[@AS19283]

@@johnhoward2104 I definitely got that, I was attempting to continue your humour but failed 😂

[@helmanfrow]

So the UK finally has a systematized panel board with built in bus bars. I guess Siemens has had stuff like this for a while in the UK but you never see anything like it on KZbin residential install videos. The two things that always baffle me about UK electrics (besides the lingo) are a) the tiny size of residential main panels (at least as I perceive it on KZbin) and b) that you need to use a copper bus bar because it's not systematized. Also weird is that the bus bars you use are uninsulated along the spine. Just a bare-ass piece of copper carrying the totality of the line load, just hanging out under your breakers. No big deal.

[@Key_Capz_]

Nice👍

[@raymondestrada6434]

nice

[@ELECTRICLIFE4U]

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