How long does it take to install 16 1c X 500mm cables? Let's find out.

[@MMAClipper]

Tony you 100% deserve a lot more recognition, thanks a lot for all the videos, these are the sort of jobs that I’ve been looking to extract information off for myself and you seem to be the only human that does this, you are a gem of a man, I would love to get away from the domestic/commercial and do this type of work at somepoint, keep doing you tony dude 🤝🏻

[@bigclivedotcom]

That exhaust cutter is a great idea.

[@FNUKSTER1366]

Not for cutting open a nookie lol , just watched that video poundland valentines, you also have a great channel 😀 👍

[@jointechcabling9103]

I bloody love the thing.

[@mikeselectricstuff]

So out of curiosity I looked up the currrent-carrying capacity of 500mm - 1169 amps each, so over 4,500 amps per phase. 3.2 Megawatts total for that lot. At industrial price of 12.9/kwH, that's about 400 quid an hour!

[@jointechcabling9103]

Jesus wept, and I moan when the kids leave the light on😂😂😂. It's a research facility to try and create nuclear fusion. Basically, what's happening in the sun😳😳

[@WilliamMulligan]

@@jointechcabling9103 Must be the fusion reactor in Culham

[@Spark101.]

Just because the cables are rated at 4500 amps in total, it doesn’t mean the installation is pulling that amount of juice constantly.

[@JL-rx6hl]

No wonder the lights keep dimming...........

[@mb-electricalservices]

I'm sat here with s nice glass of rum admiring your workmanship whilst also knowing I wouldn't have the skills to do what you do and you blurt out a comment about Peppa pig! Love it! 🤣🤣 25 years in the game and I'm learning with each video I watch of yours.....good stuff pal. 👍

[@jointechcabling9103]

Awww thanks my man! That's what happens when you work on your own. Your head thinks up some weird stuff😂😂😂

[@mb-electricalservices]

@@jointechcabling9103 You're not wrong pal. I worked away for 6 years on my own pre lockdown and you do go into your own little world. When you're finally on a job with a few other lads from the same outfit, you're like Tom Hanks in Castaway ....... Wide-eyed with a feeling like you're back in civilisation again! 😅 Anyway, keep up the great work Tony....you're a good-un. 👍

[@craigpatterson4269]

Great stuff Tony, keep em coming your videos are different from all the other suff on here...

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers mate. I suppose it is a bit different to consumer units and sockets.

[@craigpatterson4269]

@Jointech Cabling lol yeah thats what you tubes full of, although I do watch it.... but not being a domestic spark myself its nice to see some of the stuff I get up to on here.

[@SME_Ste]

@@craigpatterson4269 these limp wristed youtube domestic sparks make real-world domestic sparks look like a bunch of pansies. Its all about baseball caps, handbags, daft faces on their thumbnails and tools that look as though they've never been used. Does my head in a bit TBH.

[@SME_Ste]

Sweet! what amazes me is that after a day of graft like this, you kip in the van, then get back to it the next day. I'd be proper knackered

[@jointechcabling9103]

I don't wake up until 8-8.30 so I get a good rest. I always park really near to the job and because I'm not on the clock, I can turn up when I please really. That's the main reason I sleep in the passion wagon😂😂😂

[@SJM689]

Great content mate. Last time I touched anything like this was during my apprenticeship, my old man loaned me to one of his industrial buddies wiring a private hospital in Cardiff almost 30 years ago. God that was had graft back then....he chucked me a hack saw and had me cut the cables

[@jointechcabling9103]

That's how I started too!! Bloody hacksaws, they should be banned😂😂😂

[@nathanaddison9778]

Brilliant bang on job as always mate , love the content along with the humour . Interesting hard work 👍

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you bud. If you can't have a laugh at work then where can you laugh is my Moto. 👍🏻

[@FNUKSTER1366]

Going to the gym, after pulling in 500mm singles Legend Tony another great video

[@jointechcabling9103]

I'm getting married this year so need to get rid of that belly😂😂🐖🐖

[@Danny-do2ov]

Absolutely First Class Work 🤙

[@jointechcabling9103]

Well thank you very much👍🏻👍🏻

[@ryancahill5961]

Half way through my apprenticeship and seeing the videos you post show me what a shite company im with... would love to be getting experience at stuff like that!

[@jointechcabling9103]

Stick with the apprenticeship till the end and then you can move onto stuff like this. It's only a matter of gaining a bit of experience and you can start on the bigger stuff. Stick with it and you'll make it 👍🏻

[@andyglass3882]

Awesome video, it's the first time watch you. It's proper useful all the tips from using the exhaust cutter, using the heat gun, using scrap plastic conduit and scrap cable to measure off. Please keep the tips coming.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks pal, will do👍🏻

[@jessiepooch]

Awesome stuff as usual.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you very much 👍🏻👍🏻

[@seanirishedwards]

Quality video as always!

[@Sparkyluke]

Very tidy as always Tony 👌👌😊💪

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers my man. Glad you're watching👍🏻

[@donzotv1667]

such a cool video. love this kinda video!

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks pal, glad you're watching👍🏻

[@bigaldinho]

That is beautiful stuff

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you very kindly👍🏻👍🏻

[@craigbutler6243]

Man size cables there Tony mate...People not in the game have no idea what its like wrestling these Anacondas, you are a pro.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks mate👍🏻 they can be a pain sometimes

[@Jay369]

I got one problem with this channel........ I can only subscribe once. Top effort as usual lad 💪 Never in a million lifetimes would the wife (or anyone) have guessed you were thinking about the bone structure of the Peppa Pigs 🐖 🤣🤣🤣

[@jointechcabling9103]

Appreciate that massively 👍🏻 It's weird how they are all the same in the arms and legs department. Every animal on the show is the same.

[@i5gaming947]

Another good vid! Cheers

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks man👍🏻

[@roseironworks1393]

loving the work sir, as a sparky who only gets to play with lego sized swa your efforts are appreciated !

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers bud. The Lego sized ones still count though👍🏻. No one needs a 4c X 240 supplying a consumer unit in a garage do they 😂😂😂😂

[@patrickd9551]

@@jointechcabling9103 American do :) here I am in my house fed with a single phase 25 amp main fuse. The average (rural-ish) american home is fed 200 amps, newer builds are even fed 400+ amps. Bat shit crazy if you ask me, even if you factor in the 110 volts. 400 amps feed, at normal voltages that's roughly compared to an 80 amp three phase feed. That's proper industrial stuff and they use it to supply electricity to their house. Crazy I tell ya.

[@senaizzet]

How did you get your tape around them lugs. Would be great to see how you crimp them lugs onto cable. Thanks for videos mate has helped me with my technique

[@johnwaby4321]

Nice job Tony .that said cable has a mind of its own .you do want to them lined up as best you can ..the panel manufacturers don't make it easy . A bit more thought on there side would help 👍👍👍👍

[@markwatson4460]

I agree completely but having spent the last 30 years designing lv switchgear I can tell you the majority of design flaws have there origins at the specifying / qouting stage combine that withe fact that a lot of the time you have no idea what incoming / outgoing cables are going to be as well as theres probably 1 or more non-technical people in the chain etc etc So what im trying to say is most decent switchgear desiners are well aware of the cableing issues but we are given a very limited pallet to paint with

[@gavinspiby8304]

Nice work 👍

[@MrAce0r]

Water in the pit for extra ground connection ? :D Love your shows, keep on keeping.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Do you terminate many aluminium cables versus copper ones?

[@jointechcabling9103]

I have done in the past but mainly copper. Ali is a massive pain in the arse!!

[@JunkmailAccount]

@@jointechcabling9103 I was already starting to suspect that these videos were filmed by bigclive some 10-15 years ago in a previous life; your presence here is all the confirmation I needed. I did question why how you had left hand thread glands for a moment before I realised it's all mirrored; what's that about?

[@shaneduddy]

Another great video💪

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks my man👍🏻

[@garry2115]

Hi Tony, Love watching your videos! Absolutely brilliant job and so neat! I’ve always said you make it look so easy but it isn’t. Have you thought any more about the panel building? I agree your work beats rewires, car chargers etc. That said, there are some brilliant sparks doing that sort of stuff. Your work is always different though. Keep them coming bud! Catch you on the next one! Take care. 👍⚡️

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks for that comment👍🏻 it's things like this that make setting the camera up and doing the editing worthwhile 👍🏻

[@peterthomas9440]

Another class video Tony - pmsl when you compared that cable stiffness to something else. Really interested to see this site in more detail if you can share info on it.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks fella. I'm not allowed to video it because of the nature of what's going to be going on. It's a research centre looking into nuclear fusion to create electricity.

[@harveytilbury1432]

very very good work i think every sparky is watching trying to fing something to moan about or something your doing wrong but we just cant find it

[@kathycooper8485]

Seriously I would love a day with you doing this as a domestic electrician with commercial work

[@jointechcabling9103]

I'm thinking of doing something like that as a sort of give away. Whoever wins gets what we make that day as a prize. Maybe when/if I hit 5000 subs I'll look into it.

[@JL-rx6hl]

Tony. cut the bottom of your measuring piece of conduit at a 45 ish degree angle then you can mark the centre directly

[@harrymcough5545]

It's a shame u don't have an apprentice to pass on your knowledge. Amazing how u get all them in

[@dvrn86]

Do ye get contracted in specifically to terminate large switchgear and that? Sounds like torturous heaven mate! Done the main feeds into a few large apartment blocks and loved it.

[@jointechcabling9103]

That's all I do now. It's brilliant!!

[@i.t.fieldguy8726]

Love your videos. Are you from North East? I live and work around there, I work in IT so biggest cables I deal with is deal with is some 2.5mm kettle leads ha ha but still see some interesting stuff in big data centers and university's

[@jointechcabling9103]

I'm originally from Hartlepool but I live in Norfolk now. Thanks, I'm glad they are entertaining and that you like them. I was worried that they might be a bit boring as it's just me working😂😂😂.

[@yosserg9389]

Silly question but we’re they pulled in, in a particular order as to where they needed to be terminated also what were they for?

[@tomorichard]

Are those stainless glands Tony??

[@StubbyPhillips]

I wouldn't mind hearing a bit of context regarding where these projects are and what sort of equipment is being connected.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Excellent 👍🏻 I love suggestions like this. It gives me more opportunities to vary the content. I'll start adding info to the videos, or I'll do a information video when I start a new job. Brilliant suggestion👍🏻

[@StubbyPhillips]

@@jointechcabling9103 Swell! Don't underestimate the interest some of us nerdy types have in the nitty-gritty details, especially when it come to big-honkin' industrial stuff that needs that much power!

[@alunroberts1439]

Could you fit though in the other side of the buss bar moving it back the thickness of the buss bar giving more space between the glands.

[@jointechcabling9103]

I checked this and the glands didn't fit. They were too close to turn the lock nuts.

[@alunroberts1439]

@@jointechcabling9103As I was watching I was thinking have one on the front one on the back. Space them out a bit more.

[@tobyjones9215]

Love your work Tony, just got into your videos. What are the gland plates made of? Surely nothing ferrous

[@BjornV78]

4:42 What if you flip that first lug, then the cable slide a inch backwards?

[@jointechcabling9103]

There was a reason for it coz I thought about doing just that. I think the bolt was too long with the added 5mm of the lug.

[@jonathanbrown9245]

Top video mate, I really like all the problem solving stuff. Do the lugs only go on one side of the busbar, or would that of pushed the problem to the back row? Do you fit larger than 500mm or is this about the biggest?

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks bud. You're right, it would have pushed the rest of the glands back over and I would have run out of space. I do 630mms, that's the biggest my crimper will go up to but there are 800 and 1000mm cables out there. I think they use 930mm on the railway.

[@marks5226]

Great content , have subscribed 👌l had better get back to glanding off a 2.5 mm swa my self 😀

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you very much. Tell your friends, if they would like to watch a middle aged man wrestling with enormous cables, they might like that kind of stuff😂😂😂

[@marks5226]

@@jointechcabling9103 the middle aged men at the electrical contractors I work for will be on it , we all love a big armoured 😀

[@Jakewhitwam]

How do you know your phasing ?? Is there any markers on them or is it just however you want and switch at the other end ?

[@jointechcabling9103]

The cable gang mark them both ends. I just have to make sure I don't get them mixed up😂😂

[@MrWestiiieePS3]

Genuinely never worked with swa singles before, was just curious why aluminium glands?

[@jointechcabling9103]

Because the armouring is aluminium. I assume brass gland might have a reaction with the aluminium of the armouring.

[@mattpratt4458]

Great video mate. Learnt loads off you. Got any jobs going ??

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks bud, glad you're watching. Unfortunately I haven't. I work on my own coz it's easier for me. I had lads working for me back in the early 2000s and it was more hassle than I've ever known. It's nice that I can please myself these days and not have to worry about anyone else.

[@mattpratt4458]

@@jointechcabling9103 nay bother mate, I’m other way round, can’t find a decent person to work with/for. Lol. SWA tips are so handy 👍🏼👍🏼

[@markwatson4460]

Terminating waveform cables vid maybe

[@ukbullylife7968]

Top work did u go back to using ur old exhaust cutter or get another from Euro car parts ?

[@jointechcabling9103]

Back to the old one. I was informed that they no longer sell the one I've got. I've been looking on Alibaba to source some. I'm gonna start selling them in an online shop on Instagram. Only if I can find the right one.

[@paulbell7654]

You need some big wago's and ditch those lugs off!

[@jointechcabling9103]

😂😂😂😂. I might just start twisting the ends together👍🏻👍🏻

[@paulharrison6408]

Why didn't you do all the neutrals first?

[@jointechcabling9103]

Access. It would have cut me off if I'd needed to get a different angle of attack.

[@princesswalt4010]

like i always say: work harder, not smarter! lol. you are indeed a craftsman, man! and that was a good idea on softening the foreskin before insertion!

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks pal👍🏻 Hahahahahahahahaha nice one, love craic like that😂😂😂

[@m101ist]

If they can get super conducting cables down to room temperature, the diameter of the cable would be smaller, installing cables like in house wiring.😳

[@jointechcabling9103]

I hope they don't succeed for the next 12 years. That's when I planning on retiring from this😂😂😂😂

[@yrification]

Seems like the people who design those panels have no practical knowledge whatsoever. Typical uni into a job and no on-site experience. Great Video

[@jointechcabling9103]

I've been talking about this exact thing recently. It seems that they are designing jobs using generic parameters rather than actually visiting site and taking into account the variations that will occur. Thanks mate👍🏻

[@andyclark1426]

All right my mate, how u?? Yet another day of wrestling 500s 😂

[@jointechcabling9103]

Doing well but tired after last week😂😂 bloody 500s!!

[@andyclark1426]

@@jointechcabling9103 aye mate no wonder , hard going that size