Garage lighting and power made so easy with this? Bob might even be able to do it

welcome back you join Chris and James on another adventure of I’m an electrician get me out of here. In todays episode they change some garage lights install some smart switching and swap over some old security lighting.
second part of the video is wiring out for a small home gym.
Enjoy smash the thumbs up please.
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This video is for entertainment purposes only please dont try to copy or recreate this video in anyway. Do so at your own peril!!!

[@Richardincancale]

6:40 Excellent how the slow screwdriver position on the Milwaukee shakes all the dust out of the back box! Classy tools!

[@Cjrelectrical]

Up cycle no?

[@Cr4igpeterson]

Thumbs up for James? Any thing for that young learner! 👍👍👍

[@haydenuk02]

Excellent work and thanks for sharing this with us. Stay safe and take care

[@stevepym]

5:25 great piece of filmography there lol

[@mohammadashfaq9413]

Hey, you do one of the best videos, well explained .well detailed .you helping people learn, thank you

[@andrewwalker1740]

As always, a really good video. I always learn something from things you encounter on your jobs. I particularly liked the way you demonstrated effect of UV on the external twin & earth cable. It’s a 👍 from me.

[@Jay0903]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 loving the work. Good job

[@davideckford2415]

Awesome view Chris

[@dermotcullen5263]

Love those little TLC floods. Especially the SOS feature:)

[@darkdepth1991]

Thanks for the nice video Chris, keep up the work !

[@g.williamswilliams8442]

Tidy job guys... Love the metal capping, perfect.

[@terrylonsdale6282]

Top bloke Chris! Thumbs up from me 👍

[@SultansKitchen1]

Lovin the video’s, 👍🏼. Great work.👌🏼.

[@1bigsyd]

I’ve often wondered how the mains powered switch would be use...great video cheers for the information

[@kingofthetrowel1725]

Nice one Chris 👍👍

[@metrotechguru5863]

You lads always do such a fine job. Good on you for maintaining such high standards.

[@Cjrelectrical]

These are my bad jobs 🤣 can’t film in the big houses

[@benjibradshaw69]

Always a thumbs up from me 👍🏻

[@marymadigan9707]

Fabulous job guys 👏😎🇮🇪

[@jrock865]

always fun hearing different countries lingo on electrical. good job btw.

[@heriothandyman3148]

Heatshrink for a brother labeller? Flipping brilliant, didn’t know they did it.

[@mathiasp.9081]

Expensive but it works very fine!

[@chrisrogers2848]

Yeah damn you Chris, that’s just cost me for a pack to try! 😀 Seriously though, great video. Always enjoy your content.

[@Monkeh616]

It's horrifyingly expensive, though. Clones are better value.

[@matthewowen7969]

@@Monkeh616 does the writing distort at all when you shrink it?

[@markpunt9638]

@@matthewowen7969 that’s what I was thinking - it must do.

[@AndyFletcherX31]

Wired light switches easily last 30 or more years. I doubt many Quinetic receivers will still be going after that time and they may be a false economy in the long term.

[@syncrosimon]

This seems to be the way of the world now, short-term-ism fuels the economy.

[@dlongltdful]

Spend £80 on quinetic or 45 minutes clipping a cable with a light switch. Cannot see any benefit to the customer at all.

[@syncrosimon]

@@dlongltdful that’s a long cable🤨

[@bigjd2k]

Same as those LED fittings, the fluorescent might not be quite as efficient but they’ll way outlast any LED by decades!

[@TheFool2cool]

@@bigjd2k Love to know where you're getting these long last fluro's

[@richardwhitear1570]

Cracking video throughly enjoyed it.

[@Cjrelectrical]

Thanks Richard

[@gillettghost1099]

Lovely jubilee 😉

[@titchardtf]

Been using a milwaukee fuel impact today, fantastic power and control !!

[@omarsharif1671]

Nice work Chris 👏 I saw you and James the other week in Headington. I'm also from Oxford, I live in St ebbes near the Westgate shopping centre 😎

[@chrissykes7223]

New drill for James. 3k+ boom. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@AndyK.1]

Interesting switch product. But for a garage I think i would have stuck to traditional method. And maybe metal clad

[@robmarrin6720]

Yep metal or at least a polypropylene patress.

[@scottwhite3980]

Great channel. Not a sparky myself but had some work done recently and this channel helps me see what good needs to look like (or i can perhaps plan my layout a bit better) so I can ensure I'm getting the job done right. I vote that you get James a drill, just not one of those cheap crap ones you reviewed in one of your earlier videos.

[@paulprescott7913]

Hello Chris that old Coughtrie corner light made me smile (part num if anyone is remotely interested FS10S/OP for the light and WB5C for the corner bracket) used to sell loads back in the day. Was it my imagination but wasnt that trunking in the gym a strange orientation, looked like the lid was on the bottom. Anyway great vid mate.

[@BHANGUVIDEOSUK]

Great video. Liked & subscribed.

[@imtrue2132]

Thumbed ! :)

[@paul_my_plumbs_uk]

👍👍👍Chris 👎👎👎sort out the messy van with some quality racking 😍😍😍

[@fikhhgg]

Cool :)

[@PhilipHudnott]

If you’re doing multiple labels, type them all in one strip then cut with scissors, saves the cut off wastage you always get with the label printer.

[@TheMattSturgeon]

that particular brother printer actually supports batch printing without any manual scissoring. Type in a bunch of (separate) labels, optionally set a width for consistency, and then it'll print and cut them all for you!

[@OlivesYT]

Have a look on amazon for Laser Tools 6848 Flameless Hot Air Blower, nice little heat gun for the label machine and can be chucked in the carry box.

[@Cjrelectrical]

That’s gone straight in my basket

[@simoncarney9944]

Really good video. Good information on those kinetic switches and the use of standard cable outside! Thumbs up for James (let him do more, it’s the only way to learn) 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😀

[@magpie_up_a_mountain]

Best part of the video is the Og vegeta socks 👌

[@amarcy5369]

Hi nice to see a new video , I notice that a lot of you guys on utube use the brittle type of plastic box rather than the softer type . I used to find I was always cracking the brittle ones, so never bothered buying them . I know it can be a problem with the shape of the corners which can limit the choice of outlets. Anyone got an opinion on this ? Great job as always thumbs up to you both 👍👍👍

[@danielswine536]

Better be a Milwaukee drill! I'm also in the Red and black Milwaukee gang!

[@matthewbeddow3278]

James saves a fortune in step ladders please buy him a nice drill.:-)

[@djc3660]

Heatshrink or tms sleeves are standard practice in the shipyards in Scotland.

[@jonathangriffiths4635]

iv'e been a sparky for nearly 36 years and never seem to get the time to do the works as professional as you

[@robmarrin6720]

😂😂😂😂Cheaky

[@Roverturbo]

Same with most trades tbh..

[@peterryan7827]

It beggar belief how these utube guys manage to video all these jobs for us and chat away all day long merrily, which is brilliant for us viewers,but i do wonder how they make any money on the jobs after wasting so much time filming and still get home at a reasonable time, Its great for us,i love watching them, plus we all learn so much,I usually find myself dashing about all day long just to finish the job.

[@TheFool2cool]

@@peterryan7827 Get some money from the old utubes as well don't forget. Offsets the job a bit. Probably doing 100s of jobs they dont film as well.

[@Aepek]

9:26 even a lighter would work…. Als9, THATS AWESOME, and now am getting for my machine, never realized they made shrink wrap labels, 🙄 me… Glad I watched! Cheers😉

[@RichardArblaster]

Nice socks 😎

[@imark7777777]

For heat shrinking I have used the heat gun however a small butane torch I got is working really well. some of them even have a heat shrink attachment, it's quick and easy just click the button and boom it's done. got to be careful not to burn the cable though but you have that either way. Oh and the label cartridge I wonder if the heat shrink ones are a little bit out of tolerance, I have occasionally had the regular ones just not want to go in because they're not sitting right and you're trying to hurry.

[@garyseymour6319]

Good idea to use a heat gun, a lighter also works (carefully). I find Dymo cartridge's to be a nightmare, especially if you swap them half used (like they're designed for), they split, send one layer through without the other or delaminate after printing.

[@robmarrin6720]

I prefer plastic boxes for garage's they don't crack and you can drill them with a hole saw 👍

[@dugi674]

Love your dragon ball z vegeta socks

[@RoderickSpoke]

I just wired 2 x pirs I place of the light switch save any switching off and on.

[@Monkeh616]

So for some numbers on the lighting: A good T8 5ft tube can be good for about 5200lm - ~90lm/W, when new. Those 50W fittings are good for about 5250lm - ~105lm/W, again new. Not a huge upgrade on light output or efficiency over proper fluoros. If run 24/7/365, oh, around £10 a year cheaper to run per fitting. Literally pennies for a garage. Fluorescents have long been a decently energy efficient choice. They are also awful in the cold. Contrast this with modern types of CFL, and also arc lamps, at around 55lm/W, tungsten incandescent at around 14lm/W, and halogen at around 18lm/W. The maximum possible (which is solid green, so not really useful..) is 683lm/W. Small edit: The existing fluoros would have been much crapper at around 75lm/W, because cheap pop-packs with whatever tubes the local DIY shed carries.

[@fiveminuteman]

I guess if the non-uv protected cable gets painted that then protects it?

[@stephenhunter70]

If the old is a single it's 36w but the unknown is in the luminous of the tube, there are at least 5 different lumen/light outputs. With modern fluros lumen/light outputs being at least double that of the original 40w fluros.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Go to your version of the Dollar Store (or some other place for really cheap stuff) and buy a hair dryer... That should give you enough heat to shrink the tubing without damaging anything else in the box...

[@residentmusical7544]

👍👍👍

[@unclefatbloke687]

Really like your clear explanations of what you are doing and why. Just a heads up regarding the Wago terminals; you pronounced the A like hay, but it is actually like tar. I won't however suggest you pronounce like they do at their German HQ where the W is pronounced V, so Vargo is what it sounds like really!

[@allanwilliams6259]

Get him the drill lol

[@DavHill77]

Apologies if it has already been stated, would it be possible to share the model number for the Milwaukee drill you used?

[@alexdougherty4905]

19.55 R.i.p poor old time guard led😫

[@MrAustin241080]

Just curious even though you have a pir sensor lamp don’t you have to have a separate switch for the light?

[@reubenbacon9156]

Do you use the push in wago or the ones with the levers? Which do you prefer? Thanks

[@davyboy4515]

Love watching these videos, I’m about to change all the lights in my garage, what led tubes are the ones in the video ?

[@imranh5395]

OMG you so remind me of David Brent!! 😅

[@imranh5395]

Which is an extra reason to like this channel 😊

[@DaMuShErZ]

James is definitely creating a load of KZbin accounts in his spare time to bump up the chances of him getting this free drill 🤣

[@Cjrelectrical]

Hopefully

[@RandyDarkshade2]

5:32 You just slam our faces into the bin lol. Also if that corner light is a coughtrie it's worth a bit of money

[@lawrielittle9722]

Hi, have you any opinions on fitting 4 way deformable LED lights instead of LED strip lights in garage upgrades? Lawrie

[@boxx1964]

TLC are great

[@h9rae]

Great Video and information but could you please give us the place where you buy these switches from/ i am sure everyone would love to know cheers

[@daron8982]

Freaking cold even with Milwake jacket but wearing shorts😂. Always wearing shorts and complaining about the cold.

[@asamitchell7948]

Also your suppose to fold over the ends of the capping so there's no sharp edges on the cable.

[@robmarrin6720]

It would have been as quick to rewire and conduit the lot,, by the time you work out what goes where,, me I think the consumer unit should be metal, you never know if a petrol car will be parked in there and maybe a lawn mower etc, they're metal now on fire routes so you'd think the garage would be.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

The trouble with Microwave Sensors is you can't simply install them anywhere you'd install a PIR. they can see moving things that aren't warm (think blowing branches) and also see thru plasterboard and wood. Once you're aware of that, you can sell them on the merits. (a bad guy can't hide behind a fence from it, for example)

[@keithjohnstone9889]

Stopped using the microwave sensor led floods. Nothing but call backs when it was raining, just kept triggering even when it was set at the lowest sensitivity.

[@ovepot]

Definite toolaholic

[@pidged]

Hi My name is Darren and im a Toolaholic as well.

[@chazM6116]

no switch to isolate the outside floodlight?

[@mikemonkeyz]

Start with the most important check of all... Sheep... Check!

[@jaycee1980]

A heat gun for heatshrink ? Luxury... until I got hot air rework tools, i used a lighter :)

[@tommiejoie]

What lights did you use in this job?

[@GchildLIVE]

What milwaukee drill set do you happen to be using? And how are you finding them? Thanks! Keep up the great videos

[@Cjrelectrical]

The m12 twin kit with 6ah batts they are unbelievable

[@AndyK.1]

James. Can you read the instructions for me please? 😂

[@RichardArblaster]

24:49 the advantage of being tall 😆😆😆

[@steveday7510]

A drill it is!

[@robmarrin6720]

You'd think that the garage consumer unit would be metal since you could have a petrol car parked in there, I know they have to be metal now if the unit is in a fire corridor or as in homes under the stairs or next to entrance doors, so why not the garage it's worse if the car blows up surely 👍

[@MrAdam0121]

How did you get a gland in the conduit end box ?

[@MS-Patriot2]

Chris, at 16’50” where you’re lining the battens up with the laser; how do you ensure the line is not skewed?

[@AlHos]

Just measure from a fixed line eg the wall and you can ensure your line is same distance out Mike.

[@stuartrhoades4306]

@@AlHos yes, and doing that completely negates the need for the laser, when fitting only 2 lights.

[@knobon]

Is wiring a 13A double socket permitted to be connected to a lighting circuit under current regulations?

[@DoctorElectricYouTube]

Good video mate, didn't realise you can get tubes for the Brother, still trying to get to grips with mine! Nice socks Chris

[@asamitchell7948]

What we're the flat wood bits you were using in the impact driver?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Dewalt extreme they are fantastic

[@simonjohnmoorhouse]

I literally came to ask the same question 🤣

[@simonjohnmoorhouse]

Have you got a link for them? I can’t find those particular ones 🤨

[@Cjrelectrical]

www.toolstation.com/dewalt-extreme-impact-rated-flat-wood-drill-bit-set/p19862

[@rickycunningham6368]

perhaps Milwaukee can give you a soldiering iron and a heat gun for you to try haha ;) #sponsorship . hope you and James are well matwe, love the videos

[@sniffadoghq]

Which model of brother printer is this please?

[@Paul-XCIV2]

When I was looking for some new LED strips I looked at the one/two star reviews and quite shocked at how many fail within 12 or 18 months. So I got some Knightsbridge because they have 3yr warranty.

[@Cjrelectrical]

I would not fit them if I believed they would fail. I have complete trust in these the parts are far superior to anything you can buy elsewhere.

[@Paul-XCIV2]

@@Cjrelectrical Yes sorry to be clear it was other brands that were failing all over the place.

[@Cjrelectrical]

Anything from screwfix or toolstation I would not recommend

[@benh1216]

@@Cjrelectrical Love the videos! Also what's up with Screwfix or Toolstation? Not a trades person just wondering? :)

[@wonnovmenny7441]

@@Cjrelectrical screwfix sells milwaukee stuff

[@Blitterbug]

Quick question, Chris. Do you bill only after 2nd fix? Or charge for work done so far?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Depends on size of job

[@Blitterbug]

@@Cjrelectrical Cheers mate

[@maxtv8591]

Hey chris

[@marjusdedja9408]

What if one of the isolation of the internet wires are and the Conductor is out will the interent line work normaly? because it hapend to me and i just isolated with a tape

[@jamesa6091]

I keep considering getting a socket moved 5mm just to get Chris and James over. Do I have a problem?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Do it

[@vemtrex2075]

Boss socks

[@LuisAli758]

How long does it take to be a residential electrician? Anyone know?

[@derricksmiles6624]

Chris, no matter what the speed setting is there ever a need to drill a hole or put a screw into a correctly fitted rawl plug with a bloomin IMPACT DRIVER, will there be 10 gallon hats and spurs in the near future?

[@Roverturbo]

Did you fall sleep during that too?

[@DerekEmerson]

The Milwaukee heated jackets are not all they are cracked up to be, I have 2 and both have gone faulty 😞

[@Mr.Eldric]

Hows the van doing? Mines gone back vauxhall or lease company. Far to many breakdowns then it eventually blew itself up. We have 40 of them and most have problems. 19 plates too. Bloody french vans man. So we are getting customs. Im in a traffic at present. Im sure this was lease companys spares or repairs. Cos its falling apart, also a 19 plate with 43000 on. The joys of vans eh??

[@Cjrelectrical]

Been an absolute dream

[@peanutpotion]

the last time i came this early i got kicked out of screwfix :(

[@benh1216]

Eh?

[@oliverburroughs1816]

Explain

[@stephencoulthard1718]

Need a lighter job done :) couldn't believe smashing a Timegaurd light off with a hammer, still fetch good money on the bay :)

[@raydavison2972]

What will be the light output of that LED in 10 years time? I guess zero because it will have died long before that

[@tomorichard]

I have no idea why they sell knock out boxes they are a waste of time. The conduit entry boxes are the way forward