The Manchester house part 4/4 | Second fixing & testing. (53)

[@tombarrett1487]

Modern kitchen hinges often have a quick release to remove the doors without removing any screws.

[@petertallowin6406]

Excellent video dude.

[@adamoakes3367]

Nice to see you're back making decent length videos. Love watching the videos, you're very informative and watchable, hope you keep posting videos.

[@bigshoe9130]

Kitchens can be a nightmare man. Especially working in units 🙃 I've found that, before you cut out for the box, drill out the 4 corners of the box - this keeps the multitool from travelling too far and making horrible scratches everywhere.

[@JBE]

Good tip 👌 I will try to remember that one 👍.

[@djb774]

Sums up sparking! 10% electrics and 90% fcking about! 😂

[@JBE]

Hey.....it's 99% f*cking about and the rest is just using screwdrivers 🤣

[@brianoceallaigh8714]

Great to see you are happy in your job... Good to see you back... 😎 🎯

[@ghspaelectricalservices9296]

Nice to see you back, I like the way you explain what test results your expecting, and how you work it out.

[@JBE]

Cheers Gary. I was hoping to get some more footage of the testing side here but other trades and my limited time on site prevented it. There's plenty of testing content on KZbin from other channels and sparks and even a couple from myself. Thanks for watching 👀 🙂.

[@MrDamodee]

How have I missed this channel? Subbed!

[@JBE]

Cheers Mr D, bit quite at the moment on the channel but new stuff is coming and hopefully will be filmed? Have you had a look around? There's lots of other quality electrical KZbin channels!

[@JayTheSparky]

Nice to see you back fella. Always enjoy your videos. Don’t you just love kitchen fitters 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣 Always the most awkward cupboards & limited access, you’re a much more restrained man than myself as the air would have turned rather blue 🤣

[@JBE]

Trust me there was some shouting going on off camera 🤬🤣

[@JayTheSparky]

@@JBE Haha professional editing 👌🏻🤣 Is it even a real days graft as a spark if you’re not cramped in a tiny space cursing the world and his dog 😂

[@muzikman2008]

@@JayTheSparky usually chuntering to yourself "what the f**k am I doing this for?" we like a challenge.. Sometimes 😏

[@JayTheSparky]

@@muzikman2008 Ha ha exactly this!

[@kaczor520]

I'm fed up with spurs in small kitchen cupboards. Doing grid switches now. Looks much better, bit of a pig to wire up but looks much better.

[@andrewbrown3580]

Back In the game!!! Keep em coming!

[@geoffupton]

yay!! thank god for full length vids! (altho talking to the cables is a tad... nice to see! 🤪🤪🤪 at least they dont answer back! (well they dont to me anyway! 😂😂😂) jk) nice work as per usual 😊 shame the other trades botch up the appearence of your good work!)

[@JBE]

I'm an old cable whisperer from way back 😂. Yes the other trades did let the side down a little.

[@moodyga40]

must have a Tardis all this time shifting

[@martindearman2218]

Great video. Interested to know what dry lining box you were using?

[@mathman0101]

JBE and Luke the sparky the zen masters of communication. Both of you have a great potential as trainers and lecturers. I am expecting Cablesmith to come here later and make some suitable Mancunian remark.

[@alvina69]

Great video, just one thing, you mentioned the Zs readings at the socket should be about the same, that’s not true, it should be about the same for R1+R2 but it won’t be the case with Zs, the resistance increases the further away from the board you go then comes back down the closer you get to the board.

[@aaronmdjones]

That doesn't make sense; if the R1+R2 stays the same, the Zs (Zdb+R1+R2) would be the same too, as this video demonstrates. On a radial, R1+R2 (and thus Zs) would increase the further you go from the board, but this video was talking about testing a ring. Regardless of how far down the ring you are, you should have the same readings, because you'll always have 2 parallel paths, and as one of them gets longer, the other one will get commensurately shorter. The only exception to this is when testing spurs off of the ring, again as this video demonstrates (at 19:34).

[@alvina69]

@@aaronmdjones It makes perfect sense and happens out in the field also. Please watch the videos in the link that explains why your Zs readings will vary at different points in the circuit and not just at a spur. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGG1nImLjsuBe6s

[@tomcardale5596]

@@aaronmdjones Sort of yes, sort of no. If you're doing the cross connections then the loop resistance will be the same everywhere. Once it's back to "normal", the easiest way of thinking about it is the two extremes of 1) a socket right at the board and 2) a socket miles away from the board both on the ring. The close socket has a very short cable back to the board and a very long cable back to the board. The earth loop of the very short loop will be effectively zero, and the long loop will have negligible impact on the system but serve to reduce it slightly from effectively zero. The far socket has two medium length cables back to the board (the very long one from before, cut in half). If they really are equal, then the earth loop will be half the impedance of one leg. Any other sockets on the ring are somewhere between those extremes. That's one of the reasons why you want the heavy current consumers towards the middle of the ring, otherwise you could end up overloading one leg (if it's 2.5mm cable).

[@davothejailman69]

Plenty of room in that XXL 😂 10k too mate niiice 👊

[@billsbasementworkshop1902]

Obviousley never taken a cabinet door off before. Most of them just unclip from the inside. Why did you unscrew the door hinges ?

[@JBE]

You're right Bill, most do just un-clip and I have done it a million times. I forget about this job now bit possibly they were not the clip type and I had to unscrew the doors off.

[@supersparks9466]

The old light above the fridge mistake, we’ve all been there.

[@JBE]

It really was a mix up in communication and it's not the first time it's happened to me. Sparks are sometimes the last to know anything and rarely get consulted about changes.

[@AndyK.1]

Blimy. A new video 😀

[@JBE]

Morning Andy 🖐🙂

[@AndyK.1]

@@JBE Good morning. Such a nice shock to see a new video 👍🏻

[@kingofthetrowel1725]

Nice one mate good to see you back on 🙌🏻🙌🏻 sorry if this is a dumb question (I’m not a sparks just a thick bricky) but find it interesting , so is the oven/extractorhood on the same circuit and the hob on a different(6mm) one because the hob is more powerful?am I right in thinking the oven is on a 13amp because it will be 2200w . I’m just interested as we have an induction hob with its own plug top+oven with rewirable plug13amp (prob should be hardwired) +extractor hood rewirable plug 3amp and all other appliances ff kettle etc all on that same circuit 🤔 is this wrong?I know we do have a oven circuit(think 45amp) with a red switch and single socket, but there’s bugger all plugged into it 😂😂 surely if it was over loaded it would trip the mcb... I hope 😂😂😂

[@JBE]

Hey there king 🤴 😎. If the hob came on a plug then it's usually designed so it can't be all on at the same time? If all your appliances are on the same circuit then it's not wrong as long as it's been installed correctly? Is it a radial circuit? How big is the MCB? 16, 20 or 32 amp.

[@kingofthetrowel1725]

@@JBE cheers for reply mate 👍 the kitchen/lounge is on a ring final 32amp mcb .I’m just puzzled that an oven can be plugged into that circuit as I always though an oven went on (the oven circuit 45amp) it’s own. The wife has just checked under cupboard and the fridge freezer is actually plugged into that 😂🤷‍♂️ the oven looking at it is 0.75 flex with the added plug but definitely on the kitchen/lounge ring,we’ve had hob oven microwave kettle job lot on at same time and no trip

[@JBE]

@@kingofthetrowel1725 Yeah fixed appliances like an electric free standing oven had their own dedicated circuit, as they pulled a lot of amps when on full Sunday dinner duties. Other appliances don't pull as much individually but can still have an affect on the circuit or MCB when all plugged in and running at the same time. Christmas day for example.

[@rowanNClangley]

Screws going missing from (especially customer supplied) lights save me time because I don't have to bin the universally rubbish screws supplied with light fittings.

[@JBE]

You're right, the screws and superior engineering skills I possess will be far better than the out the box fodder 🙂

[@g7eit]

Mr Beck, what is this sorcery with a cleaning brush? We make a mess and blame the plumber, if there’s no plumber then kitchen fitter and no kitchen fitter it has to be the plasterer but actually cleaning?…… come on, sparks don’t do that. Far too busy counting cash 😂

[@JBE]

I know, I let the whole team down with this action. I'm only glad there's no union involvement. It's a flashback to a previous video I'd done at the same property, at first fix stage. I actually had a great time at this place and was glad to see it finished, disbite dreaded the C-19 turning up in 2020.

[@g7eit]

@@JBE yeah, I heard about that vaguely, I was at sea during most of it though. Anyway, great to see your videos, more messing around and bloopers needed to catch up with Dave and Nige.

[@JBE]

@g7eit There's only one David and Nigel in this universe.

[@g7eit]

@@JBE thank feckless for that, I don’t think the universe could handle any more lol

[@joegroves446]

Don't need to unscrew cabinet doors off the hinge they pop off

[@supersparks9466]

Couldn’t believe he didn’t know that.

[@ARElectrics]

I was actually scrolling to see if someone picked up on that. I have struggled before with a door on and when I finished the job realised they unclipped 🙈 I think we all been there. 🙂 but now we know

[@JBE]

I honesty can't remember with this kitchen guys, I know it was quite a budget kitchen and I've been taking kitchen doors off for 20+ years so I'm always happy to see the clips that let you remove the door without using a screwdriver or (impact driver) 🤔. I'm sure if I have a jump back into the editing process I'll see a clear close up image of the hinges!? But to be honest that wasn't the biggest problem I had with the sodding base unit 😟.

[@ARElectrics]

@@JBE don't worry I still can't work out some hinges myself they're not all the same from what iv seen. Good job though 👍

[@JBE]

@@ARElectrics It could be worse...If I was a plumber trying to get under the sink, the door would be thrown into the garden and definitely require new hinges 🤣🔨💥. Hey wheres your videos been of late? Too busy? 🤑😉

[@MMG_MoonManGuitar]

Can we get more Enya mate! 😂

[@JBE]

Haha you and Enya! 🖐🤣

[@MMG_MoonManGuitar]

@@JBE serious note, top work mate. Loving the longer vids as well as the shorts. Have a great Sunday! 👊🏾

[@leonblittle226]

Why does everyone have an obsession with this hateful grey finish now, do you want to live in a house that looks like a naval storage installation.

[@JBE]

I don't know I guess it's just a fashion for these times. I love an old style 1980s Green bathroom suite myself 😂😉🛀

[@AndyK.1]

Cable wired into oven ? 😂

[@JBE]

Yeah they come with warnings now DO NOT FIT PLUG 🧐🔌

[@AndyK.1]

@@JBE Really. I thought plugs were the way they were going. I saw a new build with just a double socket behind the oven. One for oven and gas ign.

[@JBE]

@@AndyK.1 Some manufacturers insist on a fused connection unit so it's hard wired. A plug top has too many moving parts I guess 🤷.

[@AndyK.1]

I would have fitted them about 2cm higher. 😜

[@titmando1199]

Why the hell did you try so damn hard to get it out, just lay it flat at the bottom... hindsight is a funny thing isn't it, nice to see you back

[@JBE]

I don't know what I was doing? Next time I'll just kick it in half and blame someone else 🤫😂👍