Changing a total mess of a fuseboard | Thomas Nagy

A very challenging job changing a fuseboard in Belsize Park and replacing the consumer unit. Took 2 days to complete the fuseboard but was happy with the end result. Looks pukka i think! WINNER OF THE LAST COMPETITION WAS - SilcaClipz
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[@64offroadpe25]

Keep the videos coming. Really like the clean neat work that you do. Wish other electrician did that kind of clean work. Keep up the great work.

[@nitt3rz]

Your van is the neatest & tidiest works van I've ever seen.

[@lmmartinez97]

I'm an industrial electronics engineering student. My studies don't have much to do with your videos, but I'm learning a shit ton about practical electrical work from watching them. Thanks a lot mate, I truly enjoy your channel. Cheers from Madrid :)

[@StilSlepn]

Big Clive sent me, and I'm glad he did. Great show lads!

[@shooter3267]

What a pleasure to see units/junction boxes etc labelled up, the time it saves when fault finding !!

[@farzadazizi8130]

Just want to say ,i am proud of people like you which taking there job proudly And i am not a Electrition but a handyman for nearly 15 years!!! I have knowledge of wiring but bever had a chance to advance it Shame But will try to finish my electric course soon But again well done and proud of you

[@michaelking6883]

Ignore the haters, great job Tom. The jargon police will always be there - jealousy of success. As a maturer guy coming into the industry over the last year or so your videos have been invaluable. So please keep up the good work!

[@MartiA1973]

Sitting here revising for my C&G2391 and adding"No other SOB in the building on a banker's holiday" to my revision notes on safe iso' so that's a PASS sorted. Besides, once I'm out in the wild any BH is a no-traffic day and I'll have another one where the hotels are cheap. Good on yer Tom(s).

[@evilutionltd]

That sandwich wasn’t nice, it was satisfactory.

[@danielmahon4097]

evilution lmfao

[@democracyforall]

The Emergency light stuff near the consumer unit, it is a battery powered or mains powered?

[@davidbickley5362]

This guy produces better tv than the BBC, I could watch these vids all day. Keep up the good work Thomas.👍🏻

[@thomasnagy]

Blimey, what a nice comment! Cheers pal! Wish I had the time to make enough vids so you could watch them all day ;-)

[@ben_wilson1605]

I'm choosing my gcses options and you are one of two people who have inspired me to choose my options that equate to being a sparky.

[@terrystephens1102]

Very neat rewiring of the power board. 😃👌👏👏👏

[@thomasnagy]

It was a pig to do, but looked ok i thought.

[@williameldridge6873]

Tom and Dave you are both doing a great job. I live across the pond and I'm breaking into the electrical business as a retirement job. I've found the videos informative even though I'm having a little trouble understanding your terminology and humor. I have found that you have too many "Arm Chair Quarterbacks" in your viewing audience, remember if your not part of the solution your part of the problem "Fellow Sparks". It is easy to throw stones when your sitting in the stands. We also have a problem with the younger generation not wanting to work in the "Trades". Some of the major things that causes them to shy away from it is the "Old Crotchety Bastards" (master electricians that are in debt to all there ex-wives and can't retire), the hard work and little pay. I will part by saying keep up the good work Tom I look forward to the next videos when the "Third seat" will be filled.

[@jovetj]

6:25 "I've gotta change out a few luminaires today...." LOL!

[@politicalmudpit6792]

As a distance learning prospective electrician I have no idea how I’ll ever learn to deal with stuff like this. I couldn’t have managed to plaster without my apprenticeship!

[@david886blue]

I'm a new subscriber from Big Clive's site. Thanks to you both for a look at critical infrastructure installation and repair.

[@lfpi07]

Great job on that fuse board! Watching these videos is better than therapy :)

[@gregorythomas333]

What a huge difference the clean-up makes! Really great job guys!

[@ZahidAli-xp5rv]

Good team work, very informative made is so easy to understand for new electrician....Thank you.

[@richardsandwell2285]

I had to work my Bank Holiday too, but I always think it is nice to work a bank holiday and take it off another weekend when the Motorways are nice and clear, and the beaches are less crowded. Take off a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday break if you can, to make up for losing your bank hols. What a nice neat install.

[@sarnxero2628]

This is the first video of yours I've ever seen and I can't believe that's an acceptable state for a wiring panel to be in. No wonder you're pulling it out. Electrical work looks very different than what I'm used to seeing in America.

[@krashd]

The fact Americans seem to loathe any form of regulation and have a lot of very old buildings of their own makes me doubt that every building in your country has tip-top wiring.

[@kyleadamson]

Thought the technical terms for an eicr were either "it's alright" or "it's f***ed". Who'd of thought ive been doing it wrong and It was ment to be satisfactory or unsatisfactory all this time.

[@funkyironman69]

Then there's the "completely and utterly f***ing f***ed"

[@rukinaa]

Mate, it should be: it's alright or change it because you might die.

[@salex1066]

Nice to see you care so much about cable layout, sweet fuse box

[@hotelhero4193]

Its seeing set ups like this which make me glad to be an in-house electrician for a commercial company. Scary :o Great video, thanks Thomas

[@garypautard1069]

How good to see English electricians on KZbin who talk about things we understand.

[@craignicholson505]

Now that's worthy of art in my eyes that fuse bored nice double take of the entry systam tom U both worked your guts out on that job

[@rickydean9453]

I am an electrician in Ireland, moved here from the UK, most of the old dis boards that I replace have the old DPZ ceramic bottle fuses fitted, (most have been wound with wire), no rcd protection, lots of borrowed neutrals, some have been in for 40+ years. All on a TN system.

[@mjones3644]

Nice video mate! I'm currently doing my second year at college (City & Guilds level 2) and watching videos like this are great for knowledge etc! Keep it up!

[@Swingtotherhythm]

Hey mate ! Absolutely love your channel ! I’m a electrician from Australia. Almost out of my time as a apprentice. Keep up with you YT as its great !

[@pistolpete5189]

That’s it mint for another 50 years 👍

[@micssticksnpipes]

Great vid guys. Always good to see how other sparks do it. Keep em coming

[@StevieCooper]

Here from Big Clive. Very interesting. Nice to have a recommendation to a channel

[@thomasnagy]

Thanks for heading over. enjoy the show !

[@lukepear]

Dont worry about flickering so much its not that biggy as long content is great. Keep doing what you doing yours work is top notes😎 Have a great day for You and Tom😛

[@danbarnes5878]

Its bank holiday monday thats safe isolation lol so friday is even safer isolation cause no one wants to do much and shoot off early so im pretty confident no one will want to come and turn a circuit on

[@glenmartin2437]

Enjoyed your video. Live in the US. Worked on UK laboratory equipment. It was a challenge to go from the British electrical code to the NEC (National Electrical Code, USA). At least the field engineers who did the install and repairs spoke English. Only a few working days and we were operational. The German engineers who installed equipment in a nearby building did not speak English. It took them 6 months to do the install. Why I was not contacted to use my fractured German (humor) I'll never know. Oh, well, no logic to it, all personalities and politics. Thanks. Good luck.

[@FiscalWoofer]

The wall behind the boards looks like it’s only held up by your new ply! Very tidy job nice!

[@harrylisbon8423]

I know you haven't done the snagging yet and will probably do it anyway but I always whack a bit of mastic or painters caulk around the top of the trunking it just finishes it off nicely. Great work keep em coming 👍🏻

[@nathanlucas6465]

12:52 Was that a glitch in the matrix?

[@childishtombino1275]

Amazing. I noticed that too lol

[@jonathanfurtado3696]

Yep that glitch in The Matrix still going to this day

[@victormendonca7441]

Good Work Matey, safe isolation quote cracked me up lol

[@arniewheeler4673]

nice finish too. well done Tom and DAVE

[@chriholt]

Always enjoy watching you guys , another great video!

[@ninogaggi]

As my old tradesman used to say, “lamps glow, bulbs grow”. In fairness though he was an arse.

[@kingstoncolby6236]

Instablaster

[@stuartjohnson7930]

Hey I'm a new viewer from Australia, love the content. I run my own electrical company in Aus and its real interesting seeing how similar our systems are!

[@WilliamHaggerty]

As a canuck, this is all completely backwards!

[@rusrus29]

Go dam it! you're the best sparks in London Town !! "this time next year rodders, your be a millionaire!! " ha Love the work.. Thanks i seem to have an addiction to your channel more than netflix now ..

[@gsxrgeorge00]

As an American electrician, its interesting to see how you guys do your panels.

[@MultiArrie]

Thats a propper job, old messed up distribution boards replacing is challanging but verry rewarding.

[@geovannyramirez3604]

Really good videos, keep them coming, i enjoy seeing them, I can relate in a couple of stuff, I'm from Nicaragua and I live in United States (Florida) and some requirements are likely the same some others are different, from your side of the world, but we can all agree on one thing, it's an amazing and beautiful trade to get in to, my tools are Milwaukee as well, my brother got me into them and now I just fell in love with them, let's face it, when you're on your own and you need to finish the job, those are the right tools for it. Greetings Tom.

[@paulbrendan8034]

Just you d your channel. Fellow sparky, nice original idea. It's a good chance to show people what we actually do an it's all I interesting. Fair play

[@phil-zz5hk]

that is spooky , i am watching this bank holiday monday 1 year later . wow .

[@simonharding1572]

and now 2 years also spooky

[@19NinetyUK]

Really enjoyed this video you guys are entertaining to watch. Keep it up!

[@fimbles1015]

I would not worry about replacing the consumer unit, I would be sorting out the rotting, wet, unsupported wall behind it first. Nice work as usual :) Cable management was pornographic!

[@stevenskillern9470]

Hi, you have added a note to state that the EM sign is the wrong one. It isn't so please don't change it. That arrow has a couple of meanings, one is "Progress up from here" and "Progress through and on from here" so the latter meaning is applicable for this so as above it is actually the correct sign for this location. The only meaning of the sign down arrow is "Progress down from here" and is the most misused/incorrectly used sign. Your average corridor as well should have the arrow up sign as well to progress through and on from here but nearly always it's the wrong pointing down one. Keep up the good work, love the high standard and general attention to detail, Its refreshing to see.

[@stevehenke678]

I literally lol'ed at bank holiday being an effective means of isolation. I wish I could share the isolation & test certificate I work to. Requires three people to put an isolation on.

[@alanbaltic]

And if it's not a bank holiday Monday just pull the cut out fuse 👌

[@StrathpefferJunction]

If all else fails, you can often get rid of the LED flicker by setting your shutter speed twice your frame rate. I used to have a mare with the flicker, but that sorted it immediately.

[@baconbacon332]

Your humour is so amusing

[@ryanwooldridge7546]

I know your work is good but daaaaamn, that fuseboard cupboard came out cleaner than Jesus's conception 👍

[@softbuns]

aye, impressive work :)

[@TDGalea]

This comment wins.

[@matthewdixon336]

Fair play fellas . Nice job

[@kingcup2140]

Good job guys! Cheers

[@2009yazz1]

Very neat fuse board top job

[@Tomoose1985]

Great video! Shame not to see a bit more of the fuseboard area being turned around but we understand. Keep it up fellas 👍

[@seanirishedwards]

Nice work on the consumer unit

[@iwtommo]

Safe isolation - bank holiday monday. Love it

[@Antoine.Gagnon]

Great video! Keep on rolling!!

[@iainbanachowicz8318]

I don't use satisfactory or unsatisfactory when talking to other sparkies. I find saying "It is totally fucked up" rolls off the tongue far better lol.

[@nw24153ns]

Purely amazing!

[@jamc1035]

Well done chaps not much making good after you for sparks only a shit load of pointing 😁 keep up the good work loving the channel

[@GazDaGooner]

What a man. God to see some younger sparks doing a decent job. We're they your temp site lights by the dis board

[@JuanAndresLanza]

Nice job on the Fuse Box, client will be pleased, noted the building has a Apollo Xpander Wireless Fire Alarm System....

[@frankocean5197]

Very darti work

[@stuc.6592]

The other good thing about Triton stuff is they make "like for like" stuff that uses all the same connections years later. I change a lot of their showers and it makes life so much easier.

[@MrCrossWire]

Nice job lads!

[@churchers]

12:50 Intercom system was so good they fitted it twice.

[@vRackham]

He's taking the piss. Lately there have been comments about repeating sentences.

[@farmerdave7965]

Glitch in the matrix.

[@ashvanbro9329]

Great work tom. What a mess who ever did all that work b4 u mate.. task inahalf

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

3:40 "You just have to try to go slowly and as methodical as you can" [takes out massive cutters and puts it around a bundle]

[@dongreening7574]

Absolutely pissing myself to the Bank Holiday safe isolation, loving the videos keep it up

[@stephenjones529]

Fantastic electrician

[@deformedjeff]

Quality install lads!

[@bobbywillie5688]

Dave! The man is name Dave!

[@gorillaau]

Bobby Willie Too bad someone missed the opportunity... I'm sorry Dave. I can not do that.

[@danlittle88]

Quick tip that I learned is to avoid you LED flickering just change your frames per second to a number divisible by the electricity hertz rate. UK is 50hz so change your frame rate to 25 or 50 or 75 etc. As standard lots of cameras and go pros are set to 30/60/120 which is great for USA hertz but not UK. 👍

[@cagdasbutun829]

Lovely job

[@petertallowin6406]

Awesome job dudes. :) love the videos and inspired by the work you do. Dave you have a great mentor. Tom you have a great student. :) Keep bashing them out. The videos of course.......

[@fidelcastro9579]

Lovely work on that consumer unit. 👍 Just subscribed.

[@QALibrary]

when I did my electrician course at college (C&G 236) they told us to stop anyone switching back on the power put the fuses in our pockets but as my dad found out one day, the power can still be on if they wired the fuse board backwards - I know 2 electricians that lost pliers due to this setup

[@leedavies1852]

ooo what a lovely snakes wedding

[@CalMUK91]

You keep calling Tom, Dave!

[@JwiseTheRealist]

top sparks, that was an amazing job you done …. poshest sounding sparks too

[@HappyfoxBiz]

the LED flicker is because of the hz your camera is recording at is matching the hz as the electrical current, if you're using a gopro you can change it but if you're using a camera phone you may have more issues unless you are able to get into the hardcore settings

[@paddyodonovan975]

I like the inside of your van

[@xxxyyy9544]

very neat.

[@moodyga40]

love theses rewires

[@EdgyNumber1]

9:18 Big Clive did and interesting tear down of one of their shower units. Interesting robust piece of engineering.

[@RODALCO2007]

Nice job.

[@stenningelectrical1205]

Hey tom love watching the channel. I’m a sparky down in Sussex, and I really would like to know why you don’t fit RCBO consumer units. Cheers Sam

[@crazygeorgelincoln]

Studio lightling , supprised it can survive in the back of the van. Sourdough bread is a great way of saving water, and bog roll.

[@Syelectrical]

As a tiny baby I had only one dream. The dream was to become a you tube comment. Can I achieve this dream, or will I spend my days endlessly scraping the very fabric of reality with my chisel of uncertainty?

[@AnimosityGamers]

When the addon electrical work takes over the wall. When its finally addressed you only need like 1/4 of the stuff

[@dfpguitar]

Sorry if this is an excessively basic question, but from where is the power turned off if you want to work on a fuseboard/consumer unit? is it just that isolation switch in front of you or is it done by the energy provider somewhere down the line?

[@zedman442]

Bulbs and lamps just like basins and sinks!

[@wimseffelaar8950]

I found your video quite satisfactory 😂👏

[@myopicthunder]

That's the dream job I'd love to see done at my place, if you're ever in Fiji, I've got a job for you :)