Fitting A FuseBox Fuse Board for the first time EVER! | Thomas Nagy

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[@electricalwork6145]

Kitchen fitter is wondering where his end panel has gone. 🤣😂

[@jackwatson1674]

Hey Tom , on the mic pack there should be a sensitivity option which will be in like negative EG: -10 DB , try setting it to a less sensitive setting EG -15DB and that should help a bit ! Great content as always !

[@chrisclode6410]

If you ever look like your having a bad day Mr Nagy it will mean the pocket rocket isn't in that day, what an absolute bundle of fun!!

[@ra55575]

FOGHORN!!! That is accuracy at its finest😂😂

[@pdhr0che]

As usual great content

[@christopherhulse8385]

I fitted my last Wylex fuse board in a domestic property around 1985, everything was breakers after that!

[@Poyrooo]

Naomi definitely isn’t camera shy lol

[@Ironbuket]

What you talking about? 15:41

[@carlmarquardt994]

Yep plus she's pretty bloody good on the tools n easy on the eye.

[@Anaskhan.up20]

This is my favourite work

[@humphshumphs]

Bloody brilliant as usual - keep it up :)

[@worstuserever]

Naomi has really brought the channel to life. I see she's already learned the trick of smearing some dirt on her face and pulling her shirt out of shape to look like she's been working hard.

[@TomRaymondNuttall]

Your working relationship with Nom Nom is great, I'd love to work with you & her, right laugh. Keep up the good work/fun, great viewing.

[@Graeme566]

Naomi is great! Great personality

[@hasanucar5456]

Love this channel

[@TYLERCONSTRUCTION]

Great video as always mate

[@SME_Ste]

Hi Tom, the calculation for determining the resistance if your cpc works for every cable size, not just 2.5/1.5. Keep graftin👍🏻

[@danielrobinson9162]

Top video love it Tom and the PocketRocket

[@Podelect]

I bought a trolley last week saves time and your back

[@jonathanstephens7804]

yep good boards was pleasantly surprised. Always used Hager but had 3 of the fusebox boards and they seems better built boards at less than half the price!

[@muwave]

Naomi is like cowbell, we need more!

[@ADM_NEIL]

Great video bud!!

[@philcollins6498]

the banter's brilliant , how about the nickname Trio !! as in the 80's biscuit advert, ha , keep the boss vids coming !

[@driftr1dr719]

Excellent Nagasaurus delivering the goodies

[@imark7777777]

Depending on the mic and if it's the one I think you're using they have individual volume controls or gain controls at the individual packs so you could theoretically turn one down but it's a balancing act. That will also help with the Distortion with high-level signals coming into them for momentary transients.

[@Johnnyboi0001]

So many laughs on this video, I’m learning a lot watching your content so keep it up and thanks for the quiz questions haha. And just so you know, digestives for the win, hobnobs come a close second 😆 sorry Tom!

[@alfiebeadle2755]

You can tell she’s had too much red bull

[@jamiebaker5030]

With the mic packs you could have one on the left channel and one on the right and then it would give you the option to change levels in post, obviously you would have to combine the stereo track into mono then.

[@nsoper19]

Tool trolleys aren't gay. If they were, BBC 3 would be running shows about them every day.

[@joeltyler3427]

Yeah. I wouldn't like to have my back destroyed by caring heavy objects around.

[@fightdisciple9192]

Brilliant

[@Bad_Gnasher]

Outstanding comment!

[@nicklight6561]

that 6mm pyro/mi cable will carry 60a plus have a look at the regs book have seen lotus of houses with pyro incomers but the pots often look shot on them

[@skamuk1]

True, and you can't have the basic insulation exposed which is very common with the pyro installs I've seen! And there's never enough space to make it right. 16mm tails buried in the wall is a bit iffy though! SWA, galv trunking, or galv conduit would have been my solutions.

[@JN.0_o]

Hey, if you think the Hive heating controls are good, you should try the Honeywell Evohome ones. You get smart thermostats on each radiator valve that all talk to the controller.

[@santosasmita]

Naomi is very motivated and passionate...she brings spice to Tom's videos.. that's for sure. Now give her a pay rise...😃😃😃

[@s.kxx1956]

Tom, do us a favour and keep Naomi forever !

[@sediqullahnaiem9987]

Despite electric work....I really like your English...it's very soft ,very well spoken English and it's so clear ...it's a kind a innocency in you accent...

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

You two are like an old married couple the way you banter.... :)

[@stephenhunter70]

Thomas the word your looking for with Audio is presence! She has more of it!

[@R.H.Electrical]

Fusebox are pretty decent boards to work with

[@18in80]

Lazy plumber can't even use soldered elbows on 15mm cold feed to hand-wash unit. Push fit plastic elbows on copper just look poor!

[@JimWhitaker]

Maybe, but do they just work?

[@jschroedl983]

What are all those different color radiator like things in the bathroom showcase section at the beginning?

[@charliemarlie7780]

You smashing that..

[@fatpedro5588]

On her mic pack is an off switch 😉

[@alistairpearson7580]

Kudos to you employing a female spark Tom. In my experience they are fantastic workers and you don't need to pay them as much as you would a man.

[@davehouston9388]

WTF?

[@markrainford1219]

LOL

[@alantorrance6153]

Some of us just love foghorns, especially when called "Naomi".

[@Ivorbiggin]

Alan Torrance Tom should put a ring on Naomi’s finger

[@calvinhale2723]

Tom is determined to never run 16mm SWA :) I'm really uncomfortable running 16mm tails or t&E through the fabric of a building if it's not protected by an RCD at the meter end.

[@GretatheEvilGremlin]

Run YY cable, happy days.

[@lewis94uk]

be a fair bit of faff terminating though tedly

[@PJB71]

You are correct unless it’s in trunking

[@tobysherring1369]

@@GretatheEvilGremlin specifically ruled out in the 18th edition.

[@GretatheEvilGremlin]

@@tobysherring1369 yeah, crazy. Done thousands of apartments like it, then all of a sudden it's a no!

[@duncanlane22]

I had a batch of Hagar type A RCD tripping at 126ms, on a site of 100 houses. Totally threw me off when I saw it 😂😂

[@JGE_Installations]

Same, 145ms just last week

[@MrGrumpyjohn01]

had a crabtree type A RCBO at185 the other day brand new

[@ghspaelectricalservices9296]

Top job you 2

[@jonathancook4022]

Nom and Nagy sitting up a tree, E-L-E-C-T-RIYING ME

[@KevinRynd]

She's a flirt. Carlos always says "Ladies are trouble" Careful with her Tom.

[@zishankalia1359]

Hi Thomas. I have been really inspired by you. I have started a 8-weeks electricians course 18th Edition. You are a great ambassador for this trade. Once again thank you for inspiring us. Keep up the good content. Zishan

[@Saitek2716]

8 weeks... 4 year apprenticeship cant be replicated in 8 weeks.

[@pklelectrical6850]

8 weeks!!!

[@joshstephenson8979]

pklelectrical how much did this cost

[@codenamenel]

@@Saitek2716 Its not an apprenticeship, its just how to read and interpret the regs books

[@pauliboo2]

In case you read the comments.. multiplying by 1.67 for a 2.5mm ring is the same as multiplying by the difference in conductor sizes (2.5/1.5), so you could do it for different sized rings if you knew the conductor size for each wire.

[@adamjamro23]

Take care to you too.

[@sparx2391]

Only now can we really see how boring dave was on camera, Naomi is a breath of fresh air and gets involved, rather than just hide in the background. She's a keeper.

[@kylegray3789]

Theres a regulation in 18th edition for tails they should be secured in mains with one of them clamps all the time

[@arniewheeler4673]

i use Hager or Lewden, any thoughts? other than cost...

[@chrisrix7645]

Dont you find the terminals in the nest control box too small?

[@bretty453]

Isn't everything upstream of the sealed meter the DNO's property/responsibility? Sealed for a reason?

[@peterkomodikis7605]

Nice clean job but how long are you tails to go down to the mains not more than 3 meters

[@DrGreenGiant]

Interesting about the boiler bit. I've just had a new one fitted, in a new location at home. I'm not a spark but am an engineer (aeronautical). They didn't bond any of the pipes at the boiler, at all. From what I understand it isn't needed either, but it's not an issue having it as supplimentary bonding. I do have bonding on the gas and water where it comes into the building though, but nothing at the boiler. Thoughts on this?

[@ursusmaritimus7159]

Assuming your install in RCD protected, I'd say it is not required. Even if it is, the metal of the boiler will effectively bond these pipes together. It's an interesting topic when we consider plastic pipe in the house. Say a bathroom towel rail is supplied by a section of plastic. Should it be bonded or not?

[@deansatchell8991]

Should you not have a red head in the shop then switch fuse in the flat or did i mess a part.

[@JimWhitaker]

Why did you change the central heating from plugs/socket to a fused spur? I had to "dissuade" the electrician/plumber re-wiring my home from doing the exact same thing. My reason? When power fails and I am running a generator, I can simply transfer the c/h to the genny with (in my case) one plug.

[@torstenb5248]

2:32 working in the moonshine..

[@dansmith436]

If the plumbers still on site please tell him to leave if he installed that boiler 🙈

[@motopez9840]

@thomas Nagy I got an apprentiship next year in electrics and all I can see is people talking about random stuff but I know you know what Is actually worth learning, can you tell me what’s best to learn before doing my apprenticeship to get a head start?

[@willynilly63]

Has anyone got any tips for someone starting the level 2 electrical installation course soon?

[@gezski]

Ugh. Those plastic elbows on the copper water feed 🙈

[@davebrown8682]

Yeah called being lazy

[@GretatheEvilGremlin]

Plumber doing anything for the easiest. So much better doing the entire install yourself, get the cable entry spot on then.

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

i know it's in the amnesty international shop but the plumber really does deserve to be violently flogged for that

[@adriantyler277]

He could of used the copper push fits much nicer and less bulky

[@berry120]

3:12 Apparently if you haven't got a good grasp of the English language you just call things gay if you don't like them 17:04 Convertible cars - there's something a bit - "thing" about it 😁

[@stevep8773]

I love the stats that the UK buys more convertibles per capita than the rest of Europe. Now *that* is wishful thinking

[@robinhadley]

LOL I thought that too 😂

[@JimWhitaker]

@@stevep8773 But if you ever had one, you would know that they are just fine in winter too. :-)

[@zjzozn]

D. 300mS

[@tomorichard]

👍

[@zacherynuk842]

Just two more uploads before we see the Brazzers logo in the lower left.

[@mb-electricalservices]

Does the 3 metre maximum length of tails not apply here?

[@Jack-cc3po]

Hi Tom I remember watching your videos when you recommended a book which tells you heights for sockets in kitchens and general heights for switches what book was it as I canr find the vid thank you

[@ethicalelectricalgroupltd3153]

On site guide

[@shanebuddington4718]

Thomas on a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate the quickwire connectors?

[@Ilovebrownbreadtoast]

03:10 Pretty sure I saw loads of people with them at a gay pride rally recently

[@stuartarnold9444]

I'm glad you are admitting to going to a gay pride rally.

[@jamessparks7962]

Work smarter, not harder.

[@SIkRiILLeX]

😂😂😂 Thats a little daft isn't it.. Breaking your back hauling shit to look good is a thing of the past mate.

[@Ilovebrownbreadtoast]

Stuart Arnold Why? You got a problem with that?

[@JACKATTACKED]

👍

[@happygilmore7115]

Hob nobs are like marines,like the sas of biscuits world 😂😂😂

[@scotsdunc]

nom nom looks a right laugh, how site banter should be

[@stevieboi99]

How are them Little Giant steps?

[@dougsaunders8109]

What don’t understand, non sparks, if you need 25mm tails, why is the incoming feed from the road not 50mm if it then is split into two?I have a feed of 6mm from the pole but the sparks fitted 10mm from the meter to the fuse box because it was necessary. Why is 10mm further down the line when it is a 6mm coming into the property and the garage is separate?

[@garrygriffithselectricalse843]

Hi Tom great video what model is the battery saw 🤔

[@stupot_64]

Looks like a Bosch GKS 12V-26 (85mm blade).

[@0liver0verson9]

A clamp for the tails? Why can't every board incorporate them? One of the biggest headaches for meter fitters is tails working loose inside the board (which we're not supposed to then go into and fix).

[@mark90229]

Would like to see collaboration video with David savery great spark he is aswell

[@Shuckmagnet]

He is working hard to get into Niomi's knickers and shes working hard to get the promotion 😂

[@bmsfx]

11:47 whats with the walk-man :P

[@bradleyridings9591]

12:16 🤣🤣🤣

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Great video as usual Tom but why would you need to constantly change the boiler settings, I really don't see it as anything other than a gimmick?

[@NicholasElliott]

the app is really just there to tell the heating system when you're home or not. after a while, it will get to know and adjust to your schedule, turning on when you're indoors, switching off when you're out, pre-heating when you're on your way home. you could also disable the passageway thermostat dial (e.g.) if kids keep faffing with it. if you've got a voice speaker, you could get clever with automations and stuff too I guess, having the thermostat automatically drop a few degrees when your SO is out of the home to save some ££. for the majority of people though, they'll be fine with a normal old thermostat, seeing that these usually cost between £150-£200

[@connordines5080]

FYI RCDS/RCBOS to 61008/61009 are 300ms at 1x and 40ms at 5x. only RCDs to 4923 are 200ms.

[@thedroneguy2024]

Can you lower the volume a little more! Naomi is at the upper end of the volume spectrum!

[@SIkRiILLeX]

@8:35 you can perfectly see how following slight annoyance he tried a little too hard to be nice😁 We all leak some of that darkness inside from time to time tom 😊

[@treecutter1806]

Do you get many fault call outs ? If so can we see some jobs I like a good fault find vid

[@wizard3z868]

one of my big criticisms to UK main boards is the lack of having to use gland for the incoming cables in north america every cable has to enter thru a gland (lets not count south america they are supposed too i believe but who follows regs in those parts🤦‍♀️) (used to be common to have a max of 2 per gland if smaller than 2.6 mm now seems to be no more with newer regs.) dont need to list your crits with our wiring methods i agree with a lot of them myself lol but if you do i can explain some of them (well if i agree with them no explanation needed)

[@persona250]

If you look closely you can see he has used a gland on the incoming tails . In the Uk the cables must be securely fixed and the IP rating of the fuseboard maintained to a set standard , A gland would be one method to achieve this along with others .

[@generaldisarray]

Just get Nom Nom to wear a N95 mask that'll fix the sound level issues...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@throttlebottle5906]

this is getting hard to watch, because I start laughing way too hard :))

[@cometomyfrontdoor]

Are those tiny old school radiator's?

[@Benzknees]

cometomyfrontdoor - for tiny London flats...

[@MrWeddingPhotography]

What wholesalers stock Schneider boards?

[@Saitek2716]

Edmundson electrical.

[@CKDJBOY123]

Hi I wonder If any one Can Help me, I am looking to retrain as an electrician, I got a call back from "Trades College" I was trying to do some back ground checks on them and could not find any thing on them other than it was Copy Written this year and there Facebook page was only set up on 9th JUNE 2020, HAS ANY ONE COME ACROSS THEM AT ALL OR USED THEM FOR TRAINING? thanks

[@TheIcebon]

Why do my leds glow when they are off on my wall lights, would changing for better bulbs solve this?

[@AndyK.1]

Wrong channel for them questions! Try this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2axhGxuoc2Sg5I

[@ady1397]

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[@kerriganelectricalservices4455]

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[@scania9786]

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[@nathan9207]

Guy driving the convertible definitely had a tool trolley in his boot

[@gregorythomas333]

Bosch may not be selling that power-bank in the UK...YET!

[@throttlebottle5906]

maybe it's a ploy to find demand levels before commiting to final test and acceptance costs? or it's underway still

[@charliesnell3161]

Hi tom, new apprentice just wondering why you times by 1.67?

[@berry120]

A 2.5mm² T&E (in the UK) has twin 2.5mm² condcutors and a 1.5mm² uninsulated CPC. The resistance is proportional to the diameter, and 2.5 is roughly 1.67 times greater than 1.5 (2.5/1.5=1.67) - that's where the "magic value" of 1.67 comes from.

[@codenamenel]

because your live and neutral conductors are 2.5mm but cpc is 1.5mm, Divide 2.5 by 1.5 gives you 1.67, which is how much extra resistance the smaller 1.5 mm conductor should have. It also works for 4mm ring with a 1.5mm cpc but then you would times by 2.67, because 4 divided by 1.5 = 2.67

[@danielbrydon3869]

In a 2.5/1.5 twin and earth the earth is 1.67 times smaller, so it's resistance will be 1.67 times greater for the same length. Resistance is inversely proportional to CSA.

[@frazer26]

Charlie Snell line and natural are 2.5mm, CPC is 1.5mm. 2.5 divided by 1.5 is 1.67. the 1.5 mm cable has a higher resistance than the 2.5 due to it having a smaller surface area

[@JamesJackel]

Buzzkill here, but the mattress doubling in weight after 8/10 years is a myth. The real fun fact is a two-year-old pillow can have 10% of it's weight made up of dead dust mites and their droppings.

[@tncorgi92]

People who sell mattresses have been perpetuating that claim.

[@S.ASmith]

which is why you wash your pillows and plump them on a regular basis!!

[@pault4793]

You best check with the DNO if that is there meter upstairs in the flat, its a no no to have any switch before the DNO meter, it should of been a metalclad Fuse only not a switch

[@Daniells1982]

The meter won't be the DNO'S. Their responsibility ends at the service head. The responsibility for the meter will be the customer's electricity supplier.

[@MrGrumpyjohn01]

DNO cutout Suppliers meter. pyro c, able not your problem surely

[@pault4793]

@@Daniells1982 Most UK suppliers, network operators dont allow switching devices in an unmetered lateral (submain) especially in london

[@timbo19]

@@pault4793 for the obvious reason that it makes for easier meter tampering/theft of electricity. He should not have been messing with anything between the DNO cutout and the supplier's meter.

[@pault4793]

@@timbo19 the submain if unmetered is the clients property , not supplier or DNO , but no switching device allowed, sealed fuse yes , so if you want to change it, you can, providing you inform the correct authority and get it resealed

[@geezuuzz]

Whats up with colored radiators, are they selling those?

[@davebrown8682]

The radiators you see are in a shop below the flat

[@bigg7207]

Digestives !