Fuseboard Fire, House Fire, Exotic life of an Electrician

when fuse boards catch fire, this could of easily been a lot worse, and become a full on house fire.
we stripped back all damaged cable and jointed new cable to a new metal 18th edition fuse board.
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[@danners4302]

Hands up who watched this unit get Clived?

[@alzdeane]

Yep, watched Clive's video then came here!

[@diddyman1958]

Me!

[@K-Riz314]

Yooo! It came up randomly in suggestions and I thought hey that looks exactly like the unit I watched him go over earlier.

[@richardvickers148]

same straight from clives

[@andyhill242]

Me!

[@davedavidson8845]

I’m not even an electrician and yet I can’t stop watching these videos 😂

[@edglue6138]

You might be an Ohmosexual?

[@SomeToastyBread]

Couldn't resist could you??

[@topchannel1000]

@@edglue6138 culdnt stop laughing I love that joke

[@edglue6138]

@@topchannel1000 haha

[@stevepettifer4896]

You're not alone!

[@MrMaxeemum]

I'm an old industrial electro mechanical engineer and agree that this guy is extremely professional. Great guy for such a young age. Keep up the good work.

[@keithleftley2258]

Yes I agree very professional keep the good work up guys.

[@Cjrelectrical]

Bit of Kopex and insulation tape would have been reet.

[@edglue6138]

Haha

[@samurai2emporor]

Looked in comments for this. Did not disappoint 🤣

[@nomusicrc]

Big Clive sent me here 15:30 Thank you for saying my mistake and not my bad

[@K-Riz314]

Ugh I don't think that one ever caught on over there. Most fortunately!

[@danmackintosh6325]

@Ian Clegg Not sure about shot, that's a bit far but definitely would be finna' get smacked ;)

[@UndergroundBunker0459]

Big Clive's patreon squad reporting in

[@kellyrjohnson7693]

Big Clive's cheap-ass viewer squad ready for action.

[@K-Riz314]

Aye!

[@ColinRichardson]

@@kellyrjohnson7693 Big Clive's ass squad ready for action......

[@andrewyork8208]

Bigclive brought me here too :)

[@tonybalm1513]

The first decent and honest electrician I have seen on here that doesn't spout crap. Great job well done you!!!!

[@tommymack3210]

Look at Artisan Electrics too

[@davidhaney1394]

Its always the last one you try , when you find it , you don't try any more ..lol

[@gm837228]

Absolutely fantastic hand work. Master material. Adam is a lucky bloke to have you showing him the ropes. An outstanding repair, going over an above for the customer (who I am sure was breathing down your neck all day). The work with the Megger was top notch and very well worth finding. Bet the customer had no idea it was like that for years. Best Regards, Gerald Magill B.Eng in Electrical Engineering (Hons). My respect.

[@Nat-Hy1ech]

Tbh a torque screwdriver would not necessarily solve the issue of a board fire. It might have helped but often the torque settings from the manufacturers arent good enough and you can still move the cables in the terminal. In essence not using a torque screwdriver isn't the main problem, its that a cable was loose in the terminal and probably arcing.

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

if something was brushing against them every day then every day was increasing the chance of an arc, thats the only way I can see it happening even when torqued correctly. tails don't move unless they're moved. my guess is the family car door mirror was clipping it every day.

[@pistolpete5189]

The 2 of you have done a cracking job repairing that mess... 👍

[@BrentFreyEsq]

I really liked this video, was cool seeing you two diagnose the mess at the beginning in almost real time. Nice little change of pace, especially having a camera guy for some of it.

[@alanjones3873]

Congratulations to Adam, he has learnt his trade knowing his tests

[@BeardGang09]

Great team. Absolutely perfect apprenticeship and Boss for Adam. Big up Nick and keep up the good work lads! 👏🏽👌🏽👍🏽

[@johndododoe1411]

All those peculiar UK tests for ring mains.

[@J4MB0]

Great work, neat job, staying late to finish it. You're good lads for others to follow. Adam is lucky to have you.

[@craigbeattie4961]

It's great seeing how much Adam is learning!!

[@LawrenceSingha]

Great work Nick & Congratulations to Adam for learning his skills. Being an electricians is like artwork of cable management which done right, looks awesome to have some pride over it. Excellent video Nick... Keep them coming bro.

[@SultansKitchen1]

Great job on sorting out that charcoaled consumer unit. Brilliant result at the end.👍🏼 Adam is doing really well with all his testing knowledge. 👏🏼

[@peterrobinson850]

Hi Nick, from an old spark from the 60's. I enjoyed watching you undertaking this job. This is just an observation not a criticism, wouldn't it been easier to replace the tails and to cut back burnt cables to a sound piece then used a signal injector to fined the location of all the cables rather than spend time trying to untangle that mess? Peter.

[@JasperJanssen]

I’m not sure about easier or quicker but it would have been enough cleaner that it would certainly have been my inclination. I suppose being able to replicate the exact breaker values and numbering of the old circuits has some value, but honestly… this seems like a “start from fuckin’ scratch” situation if ever there was one.

[@clarinathan]

Great video, thanks Nick. Cool to see how much Adam has come on since the earlier videos.

[@RaithUK]

Good video guys, what a mess that was. Welldone for sorting your way through that and not just hacking it apart in a rush.

[@nozyspy4967]

I love how neatly you have done everything.

[@Rainbowhockey]

No way Adam "bro'd" you! The cheek of these youth today! 🤣 Also - wonder leads? Wander, wonder, same thing! Great job though gents! Excellent work! 👍

[@dashcamandy2242]

I came here after watching the Big Clive post-mortem. As I said on his video, it was the KZbin equivalent of eating dessert before the main course. This video is a great example of why the UK requires some fire-blocking where the cables pass through the wall. Had that not been there...

[@andrewpowell6457]

Congratulations on sorting that out Nick & Adam.

[@paulradwell9719]

My college years learning as an electrician were cut short, but I've learnt more on site and helping along the way. I'm shocked at some of the so called professional work I come across and thats from from a novice like me!! Enjoy all your work, its informative, professional and enjoyable to watch....keep the videos coming lad 😁👍

[@raychambers3646]

Did 5 yrs apprenticeship ,its when you come out of your " time " that you really start to learn because you don't normally have someone to fall back on .

[@amarcy5369]

Well done both of you . I think it’s every electricians nightmare that something could happen on their jobs. We all try to be diligent but having seen a missed lose neutral at a D.B that had started to over heat . I can testify to being capable of making mistakes. The trade is not only demanding, but also comes with a lot of responsibility. Seeing what can result when things do go wrong is a very sobering thought . Regards from Mike

[@davesmith7981]

Brilliant bit of workmanship fantastic board well done guys

[@shaynemacdonald3051]

Very good work lads, that's probably the best Electricians video on KZbin. Class!!.

[@tonywalters5396]

Nice job. Doing a great job with Adam. He is knocking out the park.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Big Clive sent me here. Top shelf work, mates. Total pro!

[@ediijay9897]

Top video mate. Makes you realise the importance of tightening things up properly. It's not a game we're playing, people can die due to sloppy installation.

[@reecehorner3736]

Good stuff Nick, Feel for the client, glad you put this out there hopefully the general public view this and realise all these improvementsl/ costs and EICR (reports) not certificates do have a valid reason, and not just making jobs for the boys, Well done 👏 👍

[@millomweb]

Be interested to know insurance company's thoughts.

[@chrisnunn81]

Great video nick, as a firefighter currently retaining as a spark found this this interesting as go to 2 or 3 of these a year. Good to see gloves as that fire damage is full of carcinogens that will be absorbed by the body that can lead to cancer.

[@Kitsune-DAS]

This is the first one of your videos I've watched and I am absolutely fascinated. My parents (U.S.) had a basement fire half a decade ago from just... 80 years? of patches on patches. The washer and dryer ran on a literal fuse box up until around 2000, which was then patched into the breaker box... While they were on vacation, a fire started in the wall behind the box, where the old wiring for the fuse box was. Near as anyone could tell, decades of the washer and dryer running had shaken connections loose enough that when the heat kicked on, something went. We're thankful we had a neighbor watching the house who saw the smoke well before the fire got hold of the main structure. Cracked the foundation on our porch addition; the fire on the porch was stopped getting into the foyer by old asbestos siding if you can believe. Smoke damage through the whole home; we're still working on last wallpaper replacements etc. 7 years later. We now have a massive beautiful breaker box that's well rated for all our modern appliances and wiring, plus upgrades to the upstairs, and then some. And, not labeled with masking tape... So this video was fantastic to see, personally, to have an idea of just some of what must have been done to coordinate the spiderweb of original 2-prong cabling going through the whole house (the base wires were upgraded on repair to prepare for running grounded wiring to the upstairs), grounded cabling to the kitchen, another set of grounded cabling to the basement den, the newest grounded wiring to the basement bathroom with GFI outlets... Thanks so much for sharing.

[@3v1Bunny]

Very relaxing to watch

[@Sylvan_dB]

That new board is beautiful. Nice work.

[@NapierNimbus]

Very neat work. Great experience for Adam to be involved on that.

[@arniea1976]

Great work Nick Nice to see competent sparks out there 👍🏼

[@garrygemmell5676]

Big Clive sent me! At least you are not in someones house in a cramped hall cupboard with the owners constantly bothering you with questions and watching - nothing worse than having a customer leaning over your shoulder putting you off!!! 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

[@paulprescott7913]

Mate that's terrifying, they were very lucky. Cracking job on your work.

[@kevinpoore5626]

I bet the smell in there was wonderful I've had to straighten out a blowed up board before in your hands stink for days even wearing gloves Keep On Keepin On

[@TheGodpharma]

Excellent job. If I ever need an electrician I hope I'll find one this good.

[@peterthomas9440]

Just ordered some EnviroBurst and Intumescent strip for my shed DB... that looked a tough job to unpick and re-connect. Great job both!

[@joehomanick]

Totally could have reused that old fuse board 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Just kidding 😂😂 great job guys !!! You guys do great work and work well together

[@tonymcnally3061]

You boys certainly know your stuff , great video 👍

[@SIHRA2]

Guy with Batman cap. Top lad! Great work in this video. Learning so much from you mate. Keep up the good work.

[@davidfleck6551]

Excellent job as always guys 🏆

[@ethancraven8527]

Yes! Been looking forward to this video good job

[@floatybisquit]

Not an electrician but I’m astounded by your professionalism! Meticulous working out of what was a horrendous s**t show!!!

[@MrLegend139]

Different type of video, interesting to see something like this! Keep up the work lads love your content 👌🏻

[@haydenuk02]

Wow that was crispy excellent work and thanks for the awesome content stay safe and take care

[@tunnel7]

That's a great job Nick much better than flexi conduit everywhere mate.

[@paulsmith3652]

Good video Nick/Adam. Looks a tails/ main switch issue to cause that sort of fire issue. Thank god we’ve gone back to metal boards. I can imagine the smell was pungent! Disappointing that a modern board with supposably modern safety features can suffer from such a catastrophic failure. Well done both of you, for a rescue of a electrical installation.

[@dord1954]

Great result from a right old mess well done I really enjoyed it 👍

[@marcus62647]

Great job gents, how things should be done. I’ve been looking forward to this vid since the first insta post 😂

[@Dog-whisperer7494]

Excellent job nick, That looked like a fecking nightmare of a job. But you and Adam got it sorted , well done lads 👍👍 Fantastic video as always

[@spammyjenkins87]

I was tempted to order the Enviroburst when CJR demo'd it a few videos ago. Bit the bullet and ordered it now.

[@olliethegamer3950]

Liking the battery hover! I have one too. Handy bit of kit

[@tutnallman]

That is a hell of a day's work- well done.

[@DABroke]

Great video and the finished job looked neat and very professional. I think the assumption that the fire was probably caused by a slack terminal is right and as another commenter had pointed out that there is an important difference between torque and tightness as over tightening can cause significant damage and stress on a terminal. I would point out that I am not an electrician but my life has been spent in the aerospace industry where instruction on torque tightening was a full 2 day course! The other point is that had the CU been a metal unit and sealed correctly then the fire would most likely have been contained and avoided a lot of the damage. My CU is in my attached garage and I have a smoke/heat detector in there for peace of mind. Keep up the good work and finally thank you for the effort you put in to produce some excellent content which we can all benefit from.

[@naiemar222]

That is just scary definitely loose connection thank goodness we have gone back to metal board's but you got to keep things tight regardless.sad situation but makes a good video to drive the importance of good electrical work thanks nick you trooper

[@tahseenashfaq]

really enjoyed that one, good work guys

[@ajs2120]

Very scary and very lucky - could definitely have been quite nasty! Excellent job dealing with all of that, it cannot have been fun!

[@petertallowin6406]

Good job guys. Not an easy one to take on but smashed it like pro's.

[@ianwilliamtait9909]

I was an electrician, now retired, In australia we used to use mains in 100A fuse, main breaker manual only, ELCB. for wet areas, 8A breakers for lights. 16 amp breakers for power points, 32 amp fuse for oven / cooktopm, 32A for hot water, plus others for Air Conditioner hot water boost element etc. had a problem with one circuit, the hot water service. the fuse holder had a badly treaded screw even though it was tight it wasnt gripping the wire 100 percent. the screw was missing about two turns worth of thread. the inital punn and jiggle the wires then retighten the screw didn't reveal a problem. It took about a month before it failed. Had to remove the fuse holder and clean up the wire hole in the fibreglass panel then refit a new fuse carrier and no more problems. Great video and give Adam a payrise. 12 hour shift without complaining. What month was this done. you both looked cold. Do you have any more like this. BTW big clive Sent me.

[@Gjbsecurityandalarms]

Yet again another great video quality sells guys keep up the hard work

[@strongerandwiser2023]

What a lovely job you made of that unit. Very impressive work mate. A Real Credit to you. I bet the customer was made up with the result.

[@manganiphiri4331]

Great job, plus you have a great team.

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

It's good Adam has seen fire damage and how to tackle the testing I feel this can only be done in the field as each fire damages are different, well done Adam good job

[@somethingelsehere8089]

Agreed. I fix cars, and an apprentice hasn't truly learned until they have seen consequences and how things can go wrong. This one is a free-bee for Adam.

[@paolo6336]

That's a hell of a sexy new board you've wired up. Fantastic dressing 👍

[@ValdoxGaming]

Fire sealant is a must over here, good little fine in the mail if you get picked with a gap bigger then 5mm2 and then every job is checked for how ever many

[@stevecownley152]

You both ( GOOD JOB) fantastic 👏👏👏👏👏

[@LittaDNB]

Cor I know exactly what that garage stanks like! I did a rewire on a property that had fire damage throughout. Rank! Great video 👍👍

[@J0nny61]

You two are exceptional. Brilliant job, very compliant, my bullshit detecter meter was set to high, as I've been an electrical engineer for 43 years. You didnt trigger my meter once. You might be getting a phone call.

[@adamrmorris]

Great video, the white beads in the cavity wall (meter cabinet) look like expanded polystyrene - will damage the PVC insulation over time. John Ward has a video on the subject amongst others. Worth advising the occupier of the risk. 👍

[@osianmeilyr89]

Yes! Bring on the FlexiCon

[@mdewidt]

Excellent job and very interesting video. Well done gentlemen !! 👍

[@cobydavies5304]

FairPlay you guys worked hard on that really good videos thank you 👍🏻

[@bernardgarrett3897]

I think your most interesting video to date. Thank you. Very informative

[@david_dag]

I'm not an electrician, but I can see you guys took the time and effort to do a great job. You even went the extra mile by adding a light switch. Too many trades people just want to be in and out as quickly as possible or are too lazy to do the job right.

[@BryanStearn]

Loved the Video it was so educational and good info for learners. we all hope never to get many damage consumer unit fires, as someone loses something so deer to them for it happen. thanks.

[@hvachacker586]

Nice clean work. So different seeing not 120/240v 60hz. In Us branch circuits are going Combo arc fault/ magnetic overload breakers. Just a lower MA trip here.

[@mikepxg6406]

Excellent repair. I have been a qualified electrician since 1982. Luckily I have not had to deal with any domestic house bashing electrics apart from friends and family 🤨. Fortunately I work on industrial repair and maintenance. I came across several burnt out installations just much bigger !! 🔌😎

[@jiggler080]

Very clean job.

[@AdamSpooner191]

That’s a proper graft for a day’s work 👍🏻

[@pjmurray2927]

Well done lads, that was a dirty one

[@dobplastering8410]

Great work I'm doing a domestic Installers course at the moment and all your videos are always informative. Hope Adam realises how lucky he is to have someone willing to teach him and tech him the right way. Keep up the great work.

[@hectorpascal]

Surely that's the WHOLE point of an apprenticeship?

[@ste4414]

domestic installers courses are dangerous in my opinion, all tradesman should be time served its the only way you get the experience needed to be competent at the job, seen many jobs messed up with "electricians" who have done 6 week courses.

[@mikepxg6406]

I served a 4 year indentured Apprenticeship plus an extra 2 years day release to get my HNC. Not a fast of these short courses I'm afraid.

[@breakz187]

Very enjoyable video. Thank you!

[@HIDLad001]

I'm glad we've always had metal enclosures in the US.

[@gmeadowcroft84]

Lol When Adam is testing the board with his bobble hat on and big Jacket, he looks like Kevin McCallister LOL The Job Looks great guys well done, perfect reason why EICR's are so important

[@paultipton743]

Can't wait for Adam to start launching paint cans down the stairs like He did in Home Alone🤣

[@gmeadowcroft84]

@@paultipton743 or when he electrocutes Marv in the 2nd.... Watch out Nick, you could be Marv if you tell him to get off his phone again 😉

[@roydowling2542]

Only a couple of vids ago he was still wearing the snickers shorts now he's looks like he's off on a ski holiday

[@AndyK.1]

So true. 😂 He’s in a garage though.

[@allandewar]

Lovely job Nick 👍

[@RJSElectricalCheshire]

Well done. That was horrendous.

[@josephstruk7974]

Hello from America, very interesting on how different we are when it comes to electricity. Enjoy watching your videos, just a bit of terminology barrier but I am learning.

[@pm1104]

Lovely job guys !

[@scottstoker8613]

Neat job, enjoying your vids .

[@davidcullen2130]

Lovely work guys

[@aljroche]

Top effort guys.👏👏👏

[@mathman0101]

Good job Nick and Adam. But you need to see the headmaster for using the flexicon. 🤣

[@dclovesdiesel]

Crispy critters lol Good job guys