New Career? Got some big cables done this week. How big?

[@cressydog]

Thankyou for the brilliant vids mate. I love the humour and effort you make to take the time to make all the videos. Only been watching for a short time but have been binge watching and find it very interesting. Obviously you have been doing this for years because you make it look so smooth. Big love from Australia mate 🍺

[@leedarrenbutler8882]

Noticed you had a Phoenix vest on in another video I ran a data centre job in Belgium for them and had a bunch of cable pullers from Hartlepool CBL

[@robertchesney1592]

CBL were on a Viridor waste to power job in Glasgow, Dumper and his lads pulled in over 400000M of cable dressing in and g&t’ing. Brilliant performance and absolutely brilliant set of lads 👌👌

[@ruibroco1202]

Good job, hello from Portugal

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you and glad you're watching👍🏻

[@kishan4108]

proper electrician

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks my man. 👍🏻

[@peterthomas9440]

Another cracking video Tony - please keep them coming! This site looks very interesting with its G/BSP from National Grid/DNO and those big ass trannys supplying the site. Hope to see more of these!

[@whippetquick3527]

That's a small tx. You should see some of the GSU's at the power stations I've worked on 😲

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers pal👍🏻. It's a research facility for Oxford university. I'm over the moon people are watching so I'll keep them coming.

[@Cleofizoid]

Looking forward to the future videos you mentioned. Fire Alarm Specialist in Houston, Texas.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Great stuff my man. Houston!! I've never been that far west in the States, Memphis is the furthest I e been from the east coast.

[@Cleofizoid]

@@jointechcabling9103 Your welcome to our Texas hospitality anytime you venture this way brother. I think you'd like the culture.

[@JPElectric]

Just found the channel, binge watching through it all, fascinating stuff. Watching the videos, I keep thinking, must be a nightmare if a cable was cut a bit short!! Really entertaining as well, you're a natural in front of the camera.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you very much. I've never cut a whole car short but I once did with a core when I was a youth. I managed to sort it but I've never done it again!!

[@jessiepooch]

Good stuff as usual.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks for watching kid👍🏻

[@bramcoteelectrical1088]

Looking good bud love the videos

[@wouldbepilot3988]

Thank you - another master class.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks pal. Thank you for watching. 👍🏻

[@Pepps_Electrical]

Still loving the content Tony 👌🏼👍🏼 Always picking up ideas, tricks and tips to help me do the same that you do now and again on big installs 👌🏼👍🏼 Been using the chain cutter tool on the big cables The measuring trick with rope and cable is 👌🏼👌🏼for perfect terminations Done some 95’s 5c, 240’s 4c and 630 singles the other week 😓😥

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers mate👍🏻 630 singles, it's like printing your own money🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@Pepps_Electrical]

@@jointechcabling9103 yeah sure is I loved it the customer connected into the LV pannel I just done the LV side on the HV transformer 😜😜

[@shaneduddy]

Another interesting video keep them coming .

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers pal👍🏻

[@garry2115]

Hi Tony, As always thoroughly enjoyed watching you put away all those cables. I still think it’s incredible that you do it on your own ! Fantastic workmanship ! I hope you had a great weekend back home. Catch you on the next one bud. Take care, stay safe. 👍⚡️

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks for watching mate. I rely heavily on the ratchet straps and chain blocks but they can hold a cable a lot longer than a man could ever achieve. See you on the next one, little thumbs up👍🏻

[@Sidsid-eh9uq]

Cracking video mate keep them coming👍

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers bud, I will. I'm over the moon people are watching and enjoying them.

[@stephenreie9847]

New subscriber, just found your video and got to say it's fascinating watching and learning how you go about your work, seem like a real down to earth guy, good to see you getting a wee earner from the cuts, looking forward to the next video, all the very best pal, regards from Glasgow Scotland 👍

[@callummckenna8470]

Another good vid crimper for the 500s looks a beast , used the exhaust cutter after watching your videos for the first time Friday on a 70 5c and a 50 5c saves so much time and makes a proper neat job .

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers mate. The crimper is a belter but it's leaking quite severely at the moment 😥😥. Exhaust cutters are the bollocks aren't they!! I love them.

[@mikeburgess5218]

Great work.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you👍🏻

[@dannycrooks8462]

Just come across you're channel great videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you very much mate👍🏻

[@mewky6245]

Cracking video fella,I bought a Sealey exhaust pipe cutter from Halfords after watching your channel,ideal when I’m installing 150KW Rapid chargers! For space constraints.on the last job I had to use 400mm H07 singles,the exhaust cutter came into its own for a quick clean cut of the rubber insulation for crimping 👍🏻

[@jointechcabling9103]

I love the thing!! Let me know how you get on with the Sealey one. I used one and was gonna give another away on Instagram but it fell to bits on me. I'd only used it a handful of time😳😳😳😳

[@hyperbyte2]

Love you videos, keep it up. That's for the extra work

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you very much👍🏻

[@mbarber78]

I understand why you used the rebar to help terminate the cable but using the fins of the radiators is an oil spill awaiting to happen. The fins are super thin and can be easily damaged. Good job coming from a Electrician in Canada

[@jointechcabling9103]

The weight could be held with one had easily. It was more for the control of the cable rather than how heavy it was. I would have needed to be an octopus 😂😂😂. Thanks 👍🏻

[@sontecelectrical4814]

Brilliant content, an art form without a doubt. Could I ask what make the chain ringing too you use is? Thanks 👍🏻

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks man👍🏻👍🏻 I don't know the make but I bought it from euro car parts. Check their website to see if they've got any in stock

[@sontecelectrical4814]

@@jointechcabling9103 excellent much appreciated.

[@posei3960]

Get yourself a CK T0990 cable sheath knife, you won't look back! It's perfect for awkward cable Sheaths I have it's predecessor and wouldn't be without it

[@jointechcabling9103]

I used to have one, god knows where it is now. 👍🏻

[@Daztronic84]

Class videos mate. Been sparking for nigh on 20yrs and picking stuff up from your stuff. Cheers chief. Quality.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks bud, that's what I started the channel for, to pass on info as I don't think I'll be taking on an apprentice.

[@izalman]

Ace video... love to see heavy spaghetti wrestling at transformers. Neat tip about leaving the inner sheath on cable passed through the gland plate. As you say getting the 1 strand out of bed is a bugger to get back in... Was the armouring clamped to the gland?

[@jointechcabling9103]

No, it needs to be separated at one end n

[@radiator7731]

awesome stuff, proper job that. could you link or name the red chain pliers you use to cut the insulation please? also a van tour video could be cool...

[@jointechcabling9103]

I bought them from euro car parts about 10 years ago so I can't remember who makes them. I'll do a van tour once I tidy it up a bit😂😂

[@Mike_5]

Looks like Network Rail work? Nice job getting that monster cable into place there

[@jointechcabling9103]

It's a science park. Something to do with Oxford uni.

[@SteveW139]

Fusion energy research, I think, hence the 400Kv supply in the background

[@Mike_5]

@@SteveW139 Proper Grid stuff then!

[@uplightuk8924]

Been a sparks for best part of 10 years and the biggest armoured I’ve worked with is 50mm, being a domestic spark I wouldn’t even know where to start on one of these sites 🤣 interesting stuff and great job loving the content

[@davidwhitefoot5680]

keep the videos coming mate

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thank you, I certainly will. 👍🏻

[@alastairhumphries46]

Interesting again.As I'm a standard sparky what are the glands you use on the 500 singles.Some sort of brass stuffing gland or something a bit more complicated.keep them coming

[@jointechcabling9103]

Thanks pal👍🏻. You're right, just a 50mm brass stuffing gland (A2). We use a 50mm aluminium CW gland on one end and a brass A2 on the other.

[@stuartbridger5177]

I don't understand how you are expected to terminate a cable into a cabinet/distribution board that is less rigid than the cable ? Great video and insight into an area of industry I knew nothing about

[@jointechcabling9103]

It's all about cost now isnt it. Cheaper the better they seem to think. Also the design ethic is very poor at the moment.

[@anthonybragg]

Impressive stuff Tony, like to know what that remote crimper is? looks like a great bit of kit.

[@jointechcabling9103]

It's made by Klauke. It's known as a lower pack but I don't know the model number. It's in the van and I can't be arsed to look at the minute😂😂😂. I'll find out tomorrow.

[@cristianbacu4010]

🤣🤣🤣 I've been an introvert electrician for all my childhood... now you are just like me, mate!

[@shaynemacdonald3051]

Can you do a video of how you measured the Cable with the piece of earth?

[@jointechcabling9103]

I certainly will. I'll make one next week when I get back to work.

[@jackgower3606]

What’s that tool this dude uses for ringing his cables? It looks the business I’ve never seen it before.

[@gregwhite1995]

What’s the reason for cables going in a stuffer and not glanded onto the plate? Curious. Good video mate looking forward to the next one

[@jointechcabling9103]

Dissipation of eddy currents that build up in the single core cables. If you leave one end of the armouring unconnected, it doesn't create heat and dangerousness😂😂😂.

[@gregwhite1995]

@@jointechcabling9103 every time I have worked with cables this size it has always been with aluminium armour so never had to think about eddy😂 does it matter which end of the cable is glanded and which is put in a stuffer?

[@izalman]

@@jointechcabling9103 Love that.... 'Dangerousness'..

[@AlanLumsden]

Hi Tony. Have you ever thought that what may not be interesting to you may be of interest to your viewers??

[@jointechcabling9103]

I only say that coz I've covered the subject a few times.

[@AlanLumsden]

@@jointechcabling9103 so you've managed to get 5 minutes to yourself Tony ¿

[@whippetquick3527]

Great video. I'm suprised when you crimp the lugs that you don't use any 'baby sh*t' (jointing compound) on the cable or lug to stop the reaction between the different metals. How many times have you forgotten to put the shroud on?

[@jointechcabling9103]

I've never used it. It's a nickel coating on the lug but the lug is 99.9% copper, as is the cable. I forgot the shroud once when I was a young un, the cable was really awkward and my father went mental when we had to take it out again. I've never done it since😂😂👍🏻

[@impactvision]

Do you always run with a single crimp on 4 hole lugs? -worth noting to others that if you ever have to have the armours glanded at the tx end with a CW, take the growth of lug into account when you crimp it. (anywhere from 5 to 10mm depending on 1 or 2 compressions)

[@jointechcabling9103]

It's not the fact that I wanted to use one crimp, I couldn't fit two on the lug as it was so short. I always use A2s at the tx end because of the reasons you've mentioned.

[@impactvision]

@@jointechcabling9103 Generally I work to where N-E link is made. If it's at the TX (very rare) then CWs it is.

[@robertwhite4375]

Enjoy your videos. Very interesting to watch. How do you identify which cable is which on the single core cables when terminating? Are they colour coded or marked some how? They all look the same from the video.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Yeah they're colour coded. The cable gang do a good job 99% of the time. They're pretty good. Everyone makes the odd mistake.

[@eliotmansfield]

would be nice to know the vague outline of what the job is without revealing too much or who it’s for. Those ac units much pull a huge amount if they need 185 cables in them.

[@jointechcabling9103]

I'll make a point of this in the future. It's been mentioned before so I'll pay attention in the induction when I start a new site😂😂😂😂

[@SteveW139]

It’s to do with a fusion energy research facility, I believe.

[@Mark-xr4zt]

Out of interest I see that you don’t earth the armour at the transformer end, what happens at the other end? And is there a set distance back from the termination that the cable armour needs to stop to prevent issues?

[@jointechcabling9103]

The reason that they aren't earthed is to prevent induction building up through each individual cable. As long as they are separated I don't think there's an issue on the distance from the lug.

[@Mark-xr4zt]

@@jointechcabling9103 thanks for the reply, that makes sense as I had not considered the possibility of armour currents for single core cables if both ends are connected to earth. So would I be right in thinking that it is good practice to not to earth the singles at the transformer end as you potentially have less control at the distribution board which is why the earthing happens at that end?

[@impactvision]

@@Mark-xr4zt you earth the Armour nearest to the N-E link.

[@marks-0-0]

What I'm wondering is do you get to keep the scrap? Nice little earner that.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. I prefer the first kind of job😂😂😂😂😂

[@andyclark1426]

Some going on the 500 singles Tony, well done, I see Mr chain pull out again 😂😂, what size of tranny is that 1.2mw??

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers bud👍🏻 Not a clue, I didn't check.

[@danielelise7348]

The howling of the wind up the riser would get fking annoying after a while!!🤨

[@Dan-vh8gq]

Nice video, just wondering how you don't get eddy currants with that gland plate on those singles, is it ally?

[@jointechcabling9103]

It is ally and the armouring is separated at one end to help with dissipation.

[@Dan-vh8gq]

@@jointechcabling9103 cheers, that is good to know!

[@misstakenot9582]

I didn't like those handrail bolts protruding into the walkway.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Fortunately I never caught myself on them once.

[@mcgameing1]

great video, would be great to know how you price this sort of work mate?!

[@jointechcabling9103]

I get given the price of the cables from the company I subcontract to. If I'm not happy I can ask for more. They may tell me that that's all there is and it's up to me to find a different job or to take it and try to make it work.

[@johnkulpowich5260]

So what is oit. You do

[@paulthompson5416]

Great video Tony 👌🏼 I’m sure it can be a heavy enough job whilst try to move the cable on you’re own bud.

[@jointechcabling9103]

Cheers mate. It can be but the ratchet straps and chain blocks help a lot.

[@philipb867]

My brother in law does the same job based in Peterborough, its interesting to see what he does.

[@ericthekingthekingtheking4842]

How do you get paid mate ? Do you get a day rate or per cable or termination or whatever , love your work really interesting

[@jointechcabling9103]

I get paid per end, trouble is it's a monthly payment. Im not that fond of that structure but it's how they run it.

[@saqibnawab7532]

@@jointechcabling9103 what do you get paid per end or how many ends do you do a day, I'm a domestic electrician, how did you get into this type of work and what qualifications do you need.

[@FreeThinkingTruther]

strange clicking a youtube vid and hearing a local to me accent

[@jointechcabling9103]

Hartlepool was where I grew up and lived for 35 years. I'm in Norfolk now. It's a lot greener down here😂😂😂

[@shaynemacdonald3051]

What make is your exhaust cutter also mate?

[@jointechcabling9103]

I'm not entirely sure. I got it from euro car parts but they've stopped selling it apparently. I'm currently trying to source some from China. I'm gonna start selling them on Instagram.

[@mewky6245]

Try Halfords,I’m well happy with them and they are adjustable whilst ringing the cable

[@shaynemacdonald3051]

@@jointechcabling9103 good plan I would buy from you.

[@irechopshop]

Is there a reason why you didn’t earth the 500,s into the Traffo

[@jointechcabling9103]

The cpcs went to the transformer body. There's a fixing just below the box that the armoured cables went in to.

[@GregNow]

Why who ever you work for wouldn't accommodate you in some close-by-the-job hotels? Or they think it's okay to travel 3.5h each way?!

[@jointechcabling9103]

I'm self employed and I work on a price per end system. I pay for my own accommodation and fuel out of that money I make installing the cables. I only travel on a Monday and a Thursday. I stay very close to where I'm working in my van which I have converted into living quarters.

[@grantpatterson1441]

U should do a live chat on insta when ur board in the pub. Like a Q&A session.

[@jointechcabling9103]

I don't know whether I'm brave enough for that😂😂😂😂. It might be a good idea for the back of the van though.

[@leedarrenbutler8882]

Noticed you had a Phoenix vest on in another video I ran a data centre job in Belgium for them and had a bunch of cable pullers from Hartlepool CBL

[@leedarrenbutler8882]

Noticed you had a Phoenix vest on in another video I ran a data centre job in Belgium for them and had a bunch of cable pullers from Hartlepool CBL

[@leedarrenbutler8882]

Noticed you had a Phoenix vest on in another video I ran a data centre job in Belgium for them and had a bunch of cable pullers from Hartlepool CBL