Terminating a 400A 3 phase supply

[@Henry_the_viii_club]

Nice to see a electrician using the correct torque specs.

[@brianransom16]

How come the torque matters?

[@AufBerghofNAM]

@@brianransom16 because torque aint cheap

[@Henry_the_viii_club]

@@AufBerghofNAM noiceeeeeeee

[@125brat]

@@brianransom16 Because if the connection isn't tight enough, it could have high resistance and create a hot-spot, arcing or fire. If it's too tight it can either strip or weaken the thread or stretch the stud, weaken the joint and fail under stress of heating and cooling cycle of the joint.

[@duckslinger999]

2 clicks of my elbow.

[@timahad5165]

Even with all your skills you're never too humble to learn! Well played!

[@Tw1steD247]

@@residualelectrical only mindset to have in the trades 🤙

[@trxfrmr4191]

If you stop learning your not alive!

[@carlmarquardt994]

@@residualelectrical I'm in the Midlands. Love doing this sort 9f work . I have been with a reactive pump company for a while now. I'm leaving soon. Are u guys looking for any sparks?

[@HarmonicaMustang]

I’m a network engineer so I deal with MUCH smaller cabling, but it is still fascinating to watch it done from the ‘other side’ so to speak. Great video!

[@jonathanhawken]

what a wonderful show of how trade is learnt, olders teaching youngers, youngers teaching olders. lovely stuff

[@dungle-mn3sg]

Since purchasing it, kzbin.infoUgkxQuBMI30VhO6fDed6NOsYftsoNa8x0UZ5 this fan is a trustworthy companion during the hot nights in Texas for me. The sleep mode is really quiet and gives you smooth wind to cool down. At full speed the fan is quite noisy but also very strong.Only weird thing is that if there is a draught from another fan, the sleep mode would speed up occasionally (getting a bit louder, probably to level 2 out of 4). This never happened so far when I used only this fan though.

[@MS-Patriot2]

And I fret about terminating a 10mm cooker feed. You’ve got the tools for the big stuff but I respect the craftsmanship and experience you’re sharing. Nice work.

[@tonyskilbeck8663]

Mate that was an excellent video!! I'll teach you about big cables and you teach me how to edit like that! Super impressive and worth waiting for. Thoroughly enjoyed our day together and I'm looking forward to the next one, which won't be too long in the future 👍🏻👍🏻

[@tysonwhaley7057]

Excellent teacher!

[@jonathanklein9168]

The zip tie trick is so simple but super helpful!

[@markrainford1219]

Sooo many tools. We had to terminate a 185 three core DOUBLE steel wire armoured cable into a coupler, with a twelve inch hacksaw, an adjustable spanner and a penknife! Not even kidding.

[@Benis650]

I am a engineer as well, and I appreciate how you taking care of the correct torque

[@deang5622]

Are you degree qualified in electrical or electronic engineering?

[@drunkkmachine4511]

shiiiiit, if we could all have somebody like Tony to learn from on the job with enthusiasm like that we'd all be better off! Cheers from a 🇨🇦 sparky 🍻

[@callumcurtis15]

As an automotive mechanic that uses torque wrenches all day long I would definitely recommend you to push when trying to get a very accurate torque setting . Makes it much more controllable 👍

[@OsiDio]

100%

[@kobirelf97]

Totally agree as a HGV/psv mechanic that's the best advice I would give aswell

[@mutum1]

love your videos, could you please make the voices louder than the music? its hard for me to tell what you guys are saying sometimes and i find it really interesting

[@toomanymarys7355]

@@residualelectrical I understand that you don't have an accent and we all do (lol) but it's additionally a bit hard to understand because of those accents 😅 so thanks.

[@jeremiahpillay6219]

As a fellow sparky from South Africa, I have so much admiration and appreciation when I see fellow artisans/tradesman take so much of pride in their work, making use of the right tools and have the intelligence and skills to do the job. Excellent job bro! Subbed!

[@rsdelectrical]

Finally getting round to watching your content mate and it’s spot on. Fair play to you for everything your doing with this and Loadout. Some excellent tips learned from both you and Tony over the last few videos and subbed to both you guys. I’ll be getting an order into Loadout shortly need to pick up some tethered tools and will be good to show them off on my channel I do a lot of street lighting work as well as domestic.

[@cochese18]

love this, just found this channel. As an engineer we rarely get to see work actually being done (we do inspections but it would be weird to sit and stare). there are lots of instructional trade videos on YT but most are boring as hell or are 30 years old and none are as well shot as this, keep it up!

[@jrb_sland5066]

I design & construct specialty electronic instruments for the geophysics community. I routinely hand-solder hundreds, sometimes thousands, of tiny little parts onto circuit boards, parts that may be hard to see without my low-power stereo microscope. But just like the big cables, each & every connection must be as close to perfection as possible. Fun to watch the big stuff being terminated - I understand in principle what you are doing, but the subtle details are worth noting. We all play a part in our industrial society. Many thanks for the videos!

[@deang5622]

I used to work on even smaller electronic stuff, of the order of a few microns.

[@jonesconrad1]

Can't wait to watch this, I've been watching Tony non-stop since your first video, he's great.

[@pjofurey6239]

Lucky to have worked all over the world on heavy ind/comm projects,good to see the youth are still out there taking pride and doing things to spec. I’m no fan of patriotic guff, but the standards we work to in England are easily the best I have seen,anywhere. My biggest SWA was a 630mm 4c for rank xerox in London.Wembley stadium, white hart lane , emirates were all mine too. Tip…I use a short pain hammer to ease the swa ,I knock around the cable with the thin end of the hammer and the strands form out beautifully.

[@matthewbeasley7765]

Thanks! I design equipment that has this level of power draw in the US. The equipment is exported all over the world and I love seeing how things are done. This gives me a great idea in understanding how it's done in UK / AU / NZ.

[@crazyddog7378]

I also am a electrician ,but I don’t think I have ever seen someone put that much craftsmanship into something like that 10/10.

[@mattmccaffrey4299]

It's the way they used to do things -- the craftsmanship shown here -- good to see -- yeah unfortunately it's mostly just "fast" "s##t" work everywhere nowadays.

[@FortuneMax1]

@@mattmccaffrey4299 Yep same for me in Sweden. Dont have time to do everything slow and tidy by the book.

[@johnmccaffrey9712]

@@FortuneMax1 what was considered normal even "fast" 20 years ago -- is now called "slow" -- as an excuse for owners to treat you like slaves and make more money. Doing it at the psycho pace most owners want nowadays -- results only in (and every time) unsafe poor quality work.

[@Justhype89]

Man just found your channel, I'm one year out of my apprenticeship within the NHS and have never worked with anything bigger than 50mm armoured, was fantastic watching how Tony explained how to manover and the tips and tricks very awesome and educational video mate keep it up subbbbed

[@smac812]

Nice tidy installation, We installed a standby Dale generator set in our local hospital. We used 185mm steel wire armour cables, hydraulic pressed copper lugs.....certainly a interesting job....

[@Martin120577]

I noticed you start crimping at the insert of the cabellug, using Klauke cablelugs in the Netherlands, we start crimping at the other side where the bolt goes toward the insert of the cable.. there is even an instruction for the right way of crimping for the Klauke brand. I was told if you were to crimp toward the bolt side of the cablelug, materialtension would occur possibly damaging the connection.

[@brewertonpaul]

Been off the tools for a long time now, but watching this makes me nostalgic for my younger days. Great workmanship here, this chap knows his onions.. If I could offer one improvement though it would be to put heat shrink sleeving on instead of insulation tape, as tape can unpeel and look a bit crap sometimes.

[@DavidWood2]

It was explained in the first part of this video that tape was the specification for this job rather than heat shrink and that the use of heat was prohibited on site - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGGpZ5SuYr-rgJI. They had heat shrink available and would have preferred to use it.

[@SgtSiff]

@@DavidWood2 I wonder if they could have used expandable neoprene cable sleeving. No heat required and looks a lot neater than tape.

[@DivineCerinian]

Just came across this video in my recommendations, was quite enjoyable to watch, looking forward to more. Keep up the great work.

[@johnr5867]

A relationship like this at work, and you got yourself a good life at work

[@Cell2Dee]

That’s a good tip about wrapping part of the armouring around when you bend them off.

[@hiddenidentity8291]

I must say, you're going places. It's great to see someone who is always willing to learn and improve - as I love to say, a wise person, knows what he does not know. A true engineer.

[@deang5622]

He's not an engineer, he's a technician. You need to recognise there is a difference.

[@hiddenidentity8291]

@@deang5622 I understand the difference, and he shows a great understanding not only of installation but the theory behind electrical engineering - watch more of his videos it’s quite clearly demonstrated. Engineering is a lot about mindset, and he’s certainly on the right track.

[@deang5622]

@@hiddenidentity8291 I don't need to watch videos on electrical topics. I already have the highest qualification possible.

[@hiddenidentity8291]

@@deang5622 to be honest it sounds like you’re an uneducated internet troll, learning a thing or two might do you some good.

[@cazhary_0797]

There are so many little tricks and details in each step of the installation process that help make things run smoothly. E.g. 13:05. It's shit like this that gives you an understanding of how much experience they have

[@troybrown5663]

Wow! that is a fancy azz torque wrench! I remember going just by how hard we grunted. LOL! Good work boys! stay safe out there!

[@ForTheBirbs]

You're an absolute credit young Mikey! Must have been awesome learning from a legend.

[@tselectric5486]

That's great! I have done a lot glanding in McDermott Dubai. We are doing differently in Pakistan. We don't have good tools yet finishing lot of work

[@dansparkyintraining]

Great video Mike thanks for introducing Tony to us nearly watched most of his videos he’s a font of knowledge

[@dansparkyintraining]

@@residualelectrical also great use of a torque wrench backing it off when over tightened and going again you see so many people just clicking away even though it didn’t move could be a good video for you to do correct use of torque wrenches and screwdrivers

[@rscelectrical7091]

Hi Mike: Nice to see you back, another great video mate. Bet it would be a wild day working on site with you and Tony, keep up the good work buddy.

[@rscelectrical7091]

​@@residualelectrical : Your welcome buddy, hope to see you back on the tools soon. I'm getting withdrawal symptoms from not seeing your videos😢. 4m or 6" think Tony is boasting again😂.

[@andrewkurz8596]

*Love the size and it fits perfectly in a corner but **Fastly.Cool** the whole room. Really like how you can auto adjust how long you want the fan to be on. It is quite but highly effective.*

[@MrCans94]

Эх.. ))) Видели бы вы, как это делают в России.. Про Динамометрический ключ вообще многие не знают, а если начнёшь про него рассказывать, то будут смеяться в лицо или смотреть с недоумением. Заземления у нас, чаще всего, вообще нет.. Промышленное оборудование подключаем на свой страх и риск... Хорошая работа! Приятно на вас смотреть! Eh ..))) You should have seen how they do it in Russia .. Many people don’t know about the torque wrench, and if you start talking about it, they will laugh in your face or look with bewilderment. Most often, we don’t have grounding at all .. We connect industrial equipment at our own peril and risk ... Good job! It's nice to look at you! Appreciate what you have!

[@davefish8107]

In the late 1980s I use to work installing UPS and generators for the computer industry. Use to work with these cables all the time , biggest ones were 620mm single core to link the battery cabinets. It certainly made you fit Very good money then as well

[@gazz9995]

dont know if your aware but on the schneider panel board check the M8 fixings on the busbars that the main incomer sits on because even though they are marked up they are loose as shit ive had loads were ive been able loosen off by hand.

[@RamiSlicer]

I have barley any idea what is going on but this is very satisfying to watch

[@timothydixon2545]

These guys wouldn’t know what to do with a pipe bender we had a machine that came from Sweden and the start up guys where amazed at us piping it and pulling wire with tugger and not just throwing cables in a tray they where filming how we do it here it the US lol

[@eric-seastrand]

This randomly showed up in my feed and was satisfying to watch. Thanks!

[@Nerdworker]

One other common check I typically go for after installing a main switch is double checking there is no continuity between phases. I never know what could have gone wrong during manufacturing and it may seem excessive. But, I would feel terrible if I didn't check and a breaker exploded due to internal failure that I could have checked for. I have only found this one time. But, I am young and have only been at it for seven years and, fortunately, it was only on a 100A breaker and I caught it before we threw any power at it. Couldn't imagine the pop on a 300A+ main switch if that type of mistake slipped by.

[@paulmorrow8372]

I need that torture wrench for lug nuts!! No more running down with impact and switching to torque wrench

[@stevehenke678]

Love these videos mate. I rarely do any installation work, I think the biggest cable I've ever glanded is 4c x 25mm. 😂 I'd love to have a go at something like this just for the craic.

[@mikewalko536]

Great video! Keep in mind your torque specs will not be the same across temperatures/seasons in case you ever run into that. With industrial equipment I've worked on the panels were assembled in a certain environment (likely in the winter) and ended up being used in the summer heat next to a burner. Every single connection in the entire panel was loose, when I know for a fact it was tight several months prior upon delivery. Caused us some real headaches.

[@see-sharp]

That guy is pink! This is amazing! Not making fun bro, that's really amazing to see :O And nice work btw

[@albduke]

I like the idea of using the gutters on the outside of the panel.

[@SameBasicRiff]

As someone who sits behind a desk working on stuff like this, this is some absolutely quality content! Im not vaxed so they wont let me go to sites in Ontario here so this is entertaining and informative! Sub'd!

[@unclenety5834]

thats crazy ive never seen multi conductor come in triangle shapes. i love watching electricians in different countries, seems like everywhere does things slightly different. also we have the sane watch! i love my little casio work watch, small enough it hardly ever gets in the way, and cheap enough i could care less if it breaks!

[@samohraje2433]

I did only once in my life 240 cable and it took me exactly 11 hours to terminate it. My boss ordered wrong size switchboard socket for those crimps, it was like 180 or 200 and the cable was 240. Fat as bottle of 2,25L coke... but those 240 cables are 3c not 4, i don't understand British laws or whatever you are guys from, but in slovakia and especially in Germany, you need to pull one more cable with it, the blue one. Earth doesn't need to be included, this was a main powerline for very big big induction furnaces and whole hall. You can make your own earth by using lightning conductor belt around the hall. The earth size must to be a minimum of half main's cable diameter. Hope you guys good luck at work and always double or even tripple check everything! Good luck

[@sk3tchimdg3t33]

This man is doing my job fuxkin amazing video mate thx

[@kevinpearson4505]

Another top tip gained from the video. Marking the bolts once torqued up 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Finallybianca]

Learned this from my great grandpa, he was a UP steam train mechanic

[@andreavergani7414]

Great work guys. So Happy to have find both your channels. Support mate

[@jacobtreadway3122]

really enjoying your content. I am an Electrician in the US and its same shit different toilet.Showing how the different journeymen you work with do things is nice.You should hype up the life of a spanky ,we need more in this world of people who dont want to work for a living!

[@jacobtreadway3122]

we use a battery powered band saw to cut our cores (conductors) as you call them

[@jamesandrews8391]

Like the way he put his hand in front of the knife stripping the outside.

[@garrygriffithselectricalse843]

Great video that’s some heavy duty cable and work 😳👍

[@gordonm2821]

I am not an electrician by trade but work around electrical switchgear on a weekly basis due to our data centres hanging off them. It is channels like this that give me the confidence to request changes to our electrical consultants and contractors without sounding like a dick. Like this week where we wanted to repurpose two 185mm circuits for another project.

[@UberAlphaSirus]

I'm not being a tree hugger. But do you have any data in general, how much power per user the data center uses to run?

[@gordonm2821]

@@UberAlphaSirus - ‘kW per user’ is not a unit of measurement used in general. As there could be many racks of servers which do not have a ‘user’ as such but a ‘service’ e.g. real world examples could be tons of servers doing weather modelling and only one user asking it ‘Do you predict rain in London, this Saturday?’. Or in one of our cases we have lots of video processing engines . It is often said internally in many companies ‘put it all in the cloud’. But that just means the data centre is someone else’s problem.

[@UberAlphaSirus]

@@gordonm2821 Yup, wasn't the greatest of queastions was it :D. Let me rephrase. Does anyone know how much power all servers in the universe use and how much power on average per person in said universe? :D

[@gordonm2821]

@@UberAlphaSirus - 42 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

[@UberAlphaSirus]

@@gordonm2821 That was quick, servers are much faster now!

[@davidmylward6973]

Loved these videos. Your love of the job shines through, which is great to see. I now have another quality channel to watch/sub too. Nice one.

[@raxorlp9932]

in the first 3:40 min where u remove the sheeting with the mesh (wires?), cant u use a pipecutter for it?

[@andyxox4168]

Nice job but ... Do you ever use the little bending tool for a z bend / dog leg in the armour so that the gland actually fits properly? And it’s also nice to have a set of rounding dies if you’re working with shaped conductors ... but I don’t expect the lug spec allows for 3 immediately adjacent or overlapping crimps ...

[@Luzt.]

Also: 1. translucent heat-shrink instead of PCV tape (allows visual control, no poor workmanship hiden, stays permanently in place), 2. cutting sheath with proper tool, not knife, 3. continuity check was superfluous, 4. cable tie trick is unnecessary waste of time ...

[@three-phase562]

Good days work there gentlemen, certainly earned that pint.

[@andyclark1426]

Brilliant video lads, never leave home without ratchet straps or chain pulls 😂

[@stephenreie9847]

New subscriber mate,find it fascinating watching and listening to how you go about your days work, Tony is a top bloke and as you said hes a fountain of knowledge, another good video and look forward to the next one, all the best 👍

[@linomarongiu53]

La regola d'arte paga sempre Complimenti.

[@steffanmoresco2532]

What brand of torque wrench is that? I would love to have one myself.

[@DoriJonah]

thats such a sick torque wrench!!

[@JasperJanssen]

Isn’t it weird that the earth is *only* connected to the enclosure and not directly to the earth bar?

[@Adrian-dv1sl]

You are my heroes🙋‍♂️👍🏻! long live the craft 🤗🙋‍♂️👋🏻👋🏻 greets from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@147wolfpack]

OI?! You have a shirt from Sporting FC! ahahah that's my football club, thank you for the entertainment, awesome video! cheers!

[@abecoulter8550]

I use these with power lock connectors for my live events,

[@markp8295]

These KZbin tutorials are great. Time to do the one in my house....

[@edglue6138]

Tony, like yourself. Is the man

[@scottkinder5194]

I cut through a 3 phase mains cable running to a nursing home with a hand saw and woke up in hospital, we was taking all the old drains out and replacing them I cut through a pipe with the handsaw and it had the cable inside 💥💥💨💨

[@guentherehlen3665]

Hi you Guy sorry my question , why you not connect the Screen on the Earth or Pe? Like we do it in Germany? My be England Electric Rules another???

[@fitybux4664]

16:00 Why did you blur the actual crimping? Some sort of trade secret or don't anyone to complain later about shoddy workmanship or anything?

[@mobi_hd6439]

thats interresting how you did the shielding in Germany we weave that in to a bread and connect that to the main PE

[@djalikey08]

So much space to work with, loadsa room I'm jealous. Nice work!

[@gusabiomenpuebla]

Excelentes instalaciones así como la herramienta, gracias por subir el video.

[@reahs4815]

wow those cables are tiny! :) currently building a datacenter and theres a lot of 240*4 al-72cu.

[@mudatherabdolrahman7495]

Why don't use cable gland for the man cable?

[@GamingwithKandA]

So you are bonding the neutral to the panel with that compression fitting?

[@timeimp]

I thought this was a TF2 logo because of the thumbnail. Either way - that's amazing to see how much work is involved in a "simple" termination.

[@lukewood1591]

It’s nice to see lads using the right tools, the firms I work for tell u to crack on with a hack saw, Stanley knife and screw driver lol

[@bas4291]

Why don't you guys use colered heat shrink instead of tape?

[@alecmcwright2715]

so wish i has your job :) amazing work lads!

[@mattmclaughlin7338]

This channel looks interesting . As a residental Electrician I plan one day to do industrial work

[@pedromartinseasuafotografia]

Nice tips, great video and the best t-shirt ever ! SCP !!!

[@erg0centric]

I am fairly confident that when your torque wrench lights up green you need to say "Click!". By code.

[@gibbleking]

no tea break????????...call ya self sparkies....ps as a sparkie myself ive never seen that method of removing the wire shielding like that..nicely done..

[@ernestogordon8533]

Just curious at to why the ground (which is gonna ground your system) is getting grounded as well. Never seen it.

[@JohnRunyon]

Now THAT is a cable cutter. Dang!

[@cncdavenz]

Hi, What are your phase colours now in the UK. In New Zealand they are Red White Blue and Black Neutral. Do you also switch the Neutral. Cheers Dave

[@almaefogo]

Not 100% sure but I believe in England it's the same as in Portugal where the blue is neutral and black is used as a phase

[@firefly2472]

Netherlands Brown - fase 1 Black - fase 2 Grey - fase 3 Blue - neutral Yellow/green - earth

[@stanleyadamson912]

I was wondering the same thing, is that neutral switched with the isolator? Pretty dangerous if it is.

[@fabrb26]

It's scary to think that something you can't even see can zap you into ashes in a quick flash & bang motion.

[@kinslet21]

at 5 min did you connect aluminium with copper?

[@oal2928]

Why dont you use 4*x+x cable instead of pulling a seperate earth?

[@dasy2k1]

You can get battery tools with a clip on 110 adapter. But so far I've only seen it in the dewalt 54v "flexvolt" range

[@GeoffPesos]

What torque wrench is that? Need to replace my worthless snap on tech angle.

[@GameInterest]

Just added this to my watch now playlist.

[@rondo122]

amazing video again, real life work and good tips!