Plastic trunking and 6mm armoured premature collapse. An Electricians Day - CJRELECTRICAL

[@effervescence5664]

Very nice work mate. That Telsa job looks like a rush and run, no pride in that persons work at all.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I was taught to do mitred joints on PVC trunking. My older mentor (he was close to retirement age in 1989 when I was a YTS lad) thought using premade bends was a mark of amateurism lol. (same with conduit, boxes only at accessories, or for pull in access. No premade bends!) Miss that cantankerous old guy :) Edit: Thermal damage in thatched or other high risk properties is 'butt puckering'. Saw one where the immersion (old top entry type) was stacked with dirty old towels as 'insulation' and the fire must have smouldered for quite a long time! There was a decent sized burned volume of towels around the faulty flex.

[@jessicam.4148]

The black tie on the velociraptor makes me think of Colin Furze

[@matthetheridge4965]

Those armeg cutters are the business, had mine 12 months and still cutting no problem 👍🏻

[@petewormald]

Nice editing job, looks like those blurs were a lot of work. Really appreciate the time you put into making these videos.

[@eointhomas2914]

Trunking skills are so cool, I work in IT and sometimes have to run cables, wish I could make it as neat as you

[@Fitzy6968]

For everyone who’s moaning that the white tray looks naff and saying he should’ve used 4” tray etc. Don’t you think Chris would’ve discussed the options with the client and where the client wanted it to be run etc?

[@Jamie-kj9fh]

Never seen white tray before

[@zedman442]

Bluebird Turbo!1!11!1!!!! Must have made your day. Great work as always though.

[@scottsparky1]

Top tip for the all round band. Just pit 3 fixings in the trunk per length forget the saddles and pre drill the trunk every meter and then use the all round band as your main fixings.

[@waynebond1939]

Mate your are brilliant. I do little jobs but use you as my CPD and tell my apprentices. I could go on but typing with one hand while holding I pad a mare... so all I can say is carry on doing this, I and others love you... yes love!!! You treat your apprentice with respect and humility and all I can hope for is a massive profit for life in your business... well done sir.

[@Cjrelectrical]

🙏

[@AcheForWake]

11:13 No Costa tomorrow, if you hit the Porsche! 😂

[@BrianB2579]

I would put the trunking way on the left next to the pillars (or is to save on a few metres of cable)

[@PJB71]

Loved the video, Excellent work, nice & neat. Nothing wrong what-so-ever with the containment.

[@andyhill242]

I like the word cleat, it's a pleasing sound. Enjoyed the video, very informative.

[@ctb1690]

very clean hookup on all the armoured cables - keep the young lad moving he's a good worker Excellent all around job guy's

[@aaa000777]

I am glad you resisted the urge to use some "Bundy10" on this job.

[@Blitterbug]

Ah, the enthusiasm of youth! I remember when I used to stop for lunch, too... Seriously though, you rock, Chris & James. And I actually don't take lunch breaks, sort of a policy I developed 15 years back. Just prefer it that way. Plus food & computers don't generally mix too well! As long as the client keeps me fed with coffee (well away from any gear) I'm a happy bunny.

[@ianyanto123]

Loved this video, when looking at jobs like this I sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed and overthink it but as always its simplest way done tidy. Thanks for sharing. Great video.

[@RichardArblaster]

Welcome back James. Chris has been pining after you 😆😆😆

[@Doobrie2]

Loving your new house Chris , See your making the most out of that Google Money ^_~ Another good video. Subscriber getting to show off their wealth

[@sygad1]

0.55...."yeah, we'll get into that later" - proper burst out laughing at that

[@tww5719]

Nothing worse then a premature collapse 👍

[@marymadigan9707]

Fabulous fabulous job guys 👏😎🇮🇪

[@kgfgfg1]

It is always funny to watch UK electrical installations for someone from a different country. The technical standards are up to the top but the cables and boxes are still underdeveloped from what is possible

[@edc1569]

In what way? Sparks over here love SWA, literally anything that's not buried in a wall is SWA everywhere.

[@SeaCatch3]

I've seen metal back boxes in US for the use of general domestic wiring ( twin and earth stuff ) and it looks like they have a cable clamp which stops the outer protection pvc from pulling out of the box when terminated. Always thought that was a good idea, especially in plasterboard patrices

[@thomasleathley9681]

Really good video. Enjoyed it 👍

[@scotspie501douglas7]

love the clean work well done need a socket out side for my pressure washer lol

[@johnwaby4321]

A nice neat job .great circuit identification. And those hole saws are brilliant been using them for a while do a nice tight hole .👍👍

[@jamespeterburch]

Nice 57 Chevy in the garage! Nice work

[@stevecraft00]

That looks like the kind of customer we would all like on our books 😉

[@haydenuk02]

Great work and thanks for the awesome content stay safe and take care

[@elliotttodd7073]

when i cut shrouds on swa some one showed me once to cut them to a point with side cutters gets a really nice tight fit and i think it looks pretty smart ever tried that? (great video looks like a lovely house to work on) 👍

[@globalobserver8934]

Nice to see the Band-it strap put inside the trucking instead of outside the trunking as i saw on a social housing job recently which looked a proper mess. ( I wonder if that met regs ? ) great videos, very enjoyable, thanks.

[@metrotechguru5863]

Nice trunking job lads. The rest of the wiring was top notch also.

[@Hoops-Senior]

You do some really nice work. Liking the spring in the hole saw.

[@BeaconFTW]

I always just go big on the rotary isolators to save it being a swine to connect, usually use bg for them as they have massive isolators

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Yes and not overly expensive compared to say an MEM Excel isolator lol

[@getyerspn]

My thoughts exactly I always just use the 32A isolators there's only £1.83 difference in price at my local supplier and it saves my old sausage fingers.

[@RaithUK]

Nice guys, that place looked more like a commercial unit in some ways lol Keep it up.

[@CornishMiner]

Tidy work and fair compromises. You're getting quite good at this game Chris!

[@simono.d9469]

Interesting that the basement emergency lights are on a separate feed to the basement lighting. If the lights trip out the emergency lights are useless

[@DineshPatel-lq9cb]

Great job as always, no short cuts at all 👌👍

[@petertallowin6406]

Nice one dude. Trunking blends in quite nicely.

[@drewruggles2913]

Have you tried putting the metal strapping round the cleat. I showed Luke ( my trusted electrician the way I done it ) just an idea

[@andrewpowell6457]

Nice job Chris & James

[@ericturnipseed8664]

Awesome work!... nice vid

[@brianoceallaigh8714]

love the Fusebox Beanie... nice work guys... jeez guys you need some thremal longs with them short workpants lol....

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I challenge Hager to produce such, labelled, in the crotchal area, 'it's pronounced hagAr' [as irony]

[@lockingthroughlife2587]

I thought you kept calling in “Bundy strap”. Has he got his name on cable strap now 🤣

[@Tom_Gingell]

IMO the white trunking looks so tacky, i like the industrial look of tray in a garage. Or at least go around the edge not right down the middle off centre

[@blow0me]

a bit of larger dado trunking would have nearly suited better.

[@dieSpinnt]

Sure, but how about you do that what the customer has ordered, hmm?:)

[@blow0me]

@@dieSpinnt Well yes you can do what looks crap, or have standards.

[@dieSpinnt]

@@blow0me Whut? Since when have electrical standards something in common with nice looks (besides "nice work" for/from the expert)? And how do you know what I find good looking? Or someone random? Also: What has this superfluous man/girl-splaining to do with standards like BS 7671 Electrical Wiring Regulations Guide? Last question: Are you unable to identify something meant funny? ( Notice the ":)" ?) P.S.: For fucks sake, I have laid 1000ths of meters of cable in "industrial" trays in our factory halls. We even pay externals to build these. Guess what will happen if someone of these workers decides to inspire our construction planning with his own idea of beauty? You never see him again here!

[@MrDhylands]

Chris I feel your pain. Running SWA in the cold and wet..

[@neiltrevatt]

Good job only tiny swa try doing some 165mm or 240mm but nice job anyway and nothing wrong with the trunking

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yeah biggest I’ve ever done was a 5core 250mm2 needed about 20 of us humping it on the rollers.

[@tangoengineering]

You can double the banjo's up but should be a brass nut and bolt

[@rhysharrison3660]

Great video! 👍

[@leighbrowne8863]

Have you considered using all round band in place of cleats? Meets premature collapse and fixes the cable at the same time. I think a roll of band works out a bit cheaper as well?

[@MrImATarget]

It would do the job but imo would not look so good.

[@jordankai574]

Informative as usual 👏👏

[@glenwoofit]

Loads of room to work live in that DB.

[@tonyyoung8232]

Why trunking Chris ? good job just thought 4" tray would have been easier and look just as good. Tony

[@TheChipmunk2008]

To us, tray looks neat. To a customer in their own home, discreet is the order of the day. I think he made the right choice for the location. :)

[@tonyyoung8232]

@@TheChipmunk2008 Yeah agreed, just looked like a garage that's all.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@tonyyoung8232 Yes agreed also :).... but the client is always right unless they tell you how to do your job :)

[@denisohbrien]

all mechanics know what band-strap is .. "universal exhaust hanger stuff".

[@ChaosHusky]

Surprised nobody seems to know why SWA (armoured) cable is usually Grey, Black and Brown.. Three Phase! :) lol though often you'd use 4 or 5 core for your CPC/Earth and Neutral/Return, as it seems nobody wants to use the armour as a conductor any more! It makes a great earth..

[@LoftechUK]

Nice work

[@calvinhale2723]

I have never understood why isolators are so small and difficult to work with... would love an answer. Another case of a product designed by a UNI bod and not a tradesman.

[@mcjjordan]

Dream garage

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

tidy job lads

[@acelectricalsecurity]

Didn't the guy fancy cable tray, could have dropped it to the same level as the beams, would have looked seamless all the down the garage ceiling.

[@karlredshaw7447]

You did say the roof was ply, so why the metal strap for premature collapse, if it was on fire it would come down anyway ?

[@Cjrelectrical]

The ceiling is plasterboard and ply so no if no premature collapse in place the trunking and plastic cleats would melt way before the ceiling would come down.

[@siondavies2908]

Quality as usual lads

[@dennisphoenix1]

You should have used one man band to clip the swa cables outside when there was 2 running together . The saying is better to be looking at it than looking for it

[@Flashjohnsparks]

Bloody he'll using 'grunt n moan' must be out in the wilds.

[@colinsanzeri1168]

Wouldn't cable tray bolted to unistrut be easier for the install in that garage. Trunking looks like such a faff and the unistrut would help with premature collapse ???

[@neildocherty]

Exposed AC piping (i.e. not trunked) looks messy. Then putting plants in front of the the units really screws up their efficiency. You'd think with all that money, they'd be able to afford a ducted AC system and multisplits for fewer outdoor units.

[@kgfgfg1]

Most of the times those customers who could afford a decent solution they try to be absolutely smart out by buying the cheapest contractor and parts to then telling everyone how good they are in money saving and still getting the goal achieved. Yeah, till it all falls apart...

[@justme5384]

Why not use cable with brown, blue and green/yellow colors? That's what I do. I also use the brown, black, grey when I do a light with two switches. For lights etc we only switch the live wire. And usually the supply comes to the light and from the light it goes to the switches

[@farmersteve129]

Depends on what's available from the wholesalers.

[@jondonnelly3]

White cable tray and TUF cable instead of armoured. Don't know if it would pass but that is how i'd diy it.

[@mattdodds2954]

Why fix through the back of the isolators and comprise their IP rating??? Just wondering because theres external fixing points on them.

[@pdhr0che]

As someone doing a level 2 im wonderin, why couldn't you run it in T&E then go to armoured when you are going outside?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yeah could of done that didn’t want to joint the cables and wanted to keep the cpc consistent throughout the length.

[@pdhr0che]

@@Cjrelectrical Ahh okay but still nonetheless awesome job (Y)

[@effervescence5664]

Plus the SWA can operate at a hotter temp and be not have to worry about being at full load for 6mm, T&E you may find would need to be up sized for the length of run. Not to mention more joints the more potential points of failure in the future.

[@emilmckellar4932]

Band-it strap is a trade name of something else. I use it in stead of saddles or cleats on some outdoor installations. Also you have a 3P supply and I guess 80A-100A per phase. Why did you not just pull one 10mm cable to point one and a nice outdoor DB and a 6mm armoured from there to the the second. Saves you pulling two cables, the supply DB can handle it and it looks better in a location where looks are a major concern?

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Yes, that is what we did for a local customer who had a 3ph 60A supply. Feeds to local DB's near the load centres... (mostly 1ph but a couple of 3ph)

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I was actually incredibly proud of the balance on that job... i guesstimated it... and at teatime on the day of 'testing' the neutral was carrying 1.8 amps according to my clamp meter (each of the 3phases were hovering around 30ish)

[@emilmckellar4932]

@@TheChipmunk2008 not bad. Just a 2-2.5% unbalanced load can rip 3ph motors apart and cost the consumer up to 20% more. So we'll done there

[@datsunruss]

9:54 - I,m Loving the Nissan Bluebird ZX Turbo. Either a Japanese built or early UK built one by the shape of the front bumper.

[@cherryturbojames]

Noticed that too

[@justinyoung9319]

Thought it was, had to check the comments to confirm

[@richardparry7532]

Funny enough the most interesting car in there is the Plymouth Fury.

[@tonyomalley901]

No the Audi Quattro was better IMHO

[@johnbrown-so3vz]

L1 Brown, L2 Black L3 Gray R1, Phase, R2 CPC, Rn neutral Hence "R2, black" Or from old 3phase were we have the original configuration L1 Red, L2 Yellow, L3 Blue Red, green/yellow, black Nothing to do with not confusing colour change by changing the colour. But I've heard that a lot.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I dislike the NICEIC's 'don't use black as N' idea. You can identify any wire as anything :p (see, i learned from the cantankerous old guy)...[yes I do follow Black=G/Y, Grey=Blue, but it's a guidance, not a rule] If the load is reasonably balanced on that 3ph board, Eddy won't be coming out to play too much. I'd be more worried about the damage to the sheathing of the tails. One tip I picked up from an industrial spark... when labelling the cables like you did at the end, use a small cable tie round the label toward one end, just so that when the adhesive fails, the label stays on the cable. I find little things like that are more likely to make the next sparky take pride in the job :)

[@SparkcatcherFox]

You can identify any wire except for single core green/yellow as anything.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@SparkcatcherFox Tell that to heating technicians who reidentify g/y as switched live on thermostat feeds ... grrr lol

[@SparkcatcherFox]

@@TheChipmunk2008 You can do it in a multicore cable which I assume is what they did?

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@SparkcatcherFox 3 core

[@farmersteve129]

I prefer either the heatshrink able labels, or you can get proper tie wrap ones

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice

[@calvinhale2723]

I thought Eddy currents was when they all went in separate holes ??

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Eddy Currents are caused by a Current Imbalance between adjacent conductors (one conductor is running more Amps than the other one) this means the 2 magnetic fields don't cancel each other out and the remaining field causes the Eddie Current. This is why modern wiring uses pre-made cables containing the Hot and Return (Neutral) conductors for each circuit in one package - the mag field from the Hot is canceled by the mag field of the Neutral preventing Eddie Current formation. The potential problem with the 3 Phase Feed Cables entering the Distribution Panel through one knockout is if the Circuit Loads are not perfectly balanced across all 3 Phases, each Phase will be drawing a different amount of Current, causing an imbalance between the 3 cables resulting in Eddie Current formation in either the metal enclosure or the gland clamps holding the cables in the enclosure entry...

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

You should have given Stretch 10 or 12 pairs of socks for Christmas...

[@Prince-ep8pv]

No RCD on the air con unit? I’ve seen cases where the condensation tray overflows due to a blockage and water gets near the circuits. I’m just learning, but I think this is a bit odd.

[@austinenwistle7945]

Did the truck shed its load

[@stephenpeacock2627]

One query, why are a lot of led lights now sold without an earth.

[@Cjrelectrical]

Double insulated. Look for the double square

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@Cjrelectrical Still irritating when they're specifically for the UK market, where a CPC is required at every fitting, and they don't even bother to provide ROOM for a parking terminal. (Huge thumbs up to Aico for providing one on their alarm bases)

[@johnmcfadden7418]

when can you show the testing please your the only one of the 3 main sparkys with the kewtech

[@AndyK.1]

You would think a young one would know the new colour codes

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Like i've said elsewhere, it's not a rule, just a guideline apparently introduced by the NICEIC. Load of cobblers tbh. If you rely on the colours to identify the function you have no business inside the enclosure

[@brianwood5220]

Lovely job Chris & James. You always keep your work to an excellent standard. Your client will be well pleased i'm sure. You may even get follow on jobs from this.

[@beeson514]

Send Bundy a rock truck.

[@asamitchell7948]

I would have fitted NYY-J or tough sheath Doncaster in place of the armored alot cheaper

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Ah, I see you're here from Efixx ;) . I think being domestic, SWA is the 'cover your arse' solution if ANY section of the cable is concealed within the fabric. A really tough inspector will call you on going THROUGH a wall as 'buried within the wall!' (That one was a jerk all round though)

[@BillsAllotmentDiary]

Oi us painters sort your mess out when your done. :-) :-)

[@ForTheBirbs]

Wow, a sentence from James this vid! Lol

[@danielbarker5483]

The dropped plugs ffs 🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisglover1978]

Is it wrong that I think the Bluebird looks better than the Porsche?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Haha no but both stunning

[@piorun08]

Hello.I would like to know.Did Armour from cable should be connected to earth.

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yes

[@raymondburke1261]

Could you say where you got the bandi strap in the blue case please, tool station and screw fix sell it loose..

[@Cjrelectrical]

Grant and stone

[@kellyball45cgggnhg76]

What wholesalers do you guys use?

[@denisohbrien]

banging about the porsche, probablly the cheapest car there lol

[@dodegkr]

21:52 slice in neutral tail?

[@adamv225]

Looks like an American board

[@AndyK.1]

Got your plumbing tools with you then 😀

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

7:23 - 7:27 You got the Lyrics wrong on that song... It's "I Owe...I Owe...I Owe, I Owe, It's off to work I go"...

[@Stitchthesmall]

How do you mark up 3 phase Dbs? It’s 1 then 2 across? Or is it 1then 2 below ? I do 1 then 2 across.

[@andyh5465]

@moto Line I look after a building with 13 3P boards - some are L odds/R evens and some are numerical down the L side then down the R side - depends what the sparky was drinking when he installed them I guess lol

[@denisohbrien]

@@andyh5465 my board in my little unit, is left top down 123 123 123 123 then right top down the same. seems the logical way. how you number each group of 3 seems arbitary.

[@mattWallJsy]

Got to improve the socks James!

[@Cjrelectrical]

He’s getting there