Crazy domestic consumer unit install

[@residualelectrical]

PART 2 OUT NOW 👇🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZO5mad8qbWFmZYsi=fPsbpehSFyRcRUKw

[@vScottYx]

Mike, which mascot work trousers are they? Cheers

[@hackwoodelectrical]

Audio seems fine really mate

[@stuartthespark]

Audio is fine, but you need to sort out the lighting engineer.

[@farmersteve129]

First thing to do if the fuse "falls out" is to whack in an isolator on the tails so that you can lock off in case the fuse falls back in before the DNO engineer arrives... then maybe in future the fuse is less likely to fall out again!

[@residualelectrical]

Fuse upgrade, Smart meter and isolator is being fitted by the DNO real soon 👍🏼

[@thedemolitionman4208]

@@residualelectrical yo mate just wanted to ask as you said that the dno is changing the meter i was wondering if it could be saved as i have been looking to have one for a while and also that radio telleswitch

[@jasonmart1081]

I would have run the existing cables into a DIN rail enclosure and extended from that. Then run metal trunking from that enclosure to your new board. You could have also used singles then for the extension wires.

[@callumwhitelaw4581]

My thoughts exactly

[@residualelectrical]

Fair enough 👍🏼

[@vScottYx]

@@residualelectricalMike, which mascot trousers are they? Cheers

[@residualelectrical]

They are Blaklader mate, hard to find but here is the item number: 199816449900 They are called CRAFTSMAN TROUSERS 4-WAY STRETCH X1900 but there are a lot of other pairs with similar names so it gets confusing, expensive but the best trousers I’ve ever had and lifetime warranty on the seams, NOT sponsored 👍🏼

[@OldLordSpeedy]

16:44 Good pre-work between trunk and CU. Very good! In Federal Republic of Germany we pre-install all things inside CU too and use up or down DIN-rail for give-over all power lines from CU to outside. This make the make-over more easy and faster work at place to make all work more easy and fast. 😊

[@timalejandroalm]

Clean install mate. Consider taking the main fuse out and putting the carrier back in, you made me nervous with the cables hanging around the open main head 😂

[@residualelectrical]

I’ve got insulated cut out shrouds somewhere, but yeah he was thinking the same on the day 👍🏼

[@Spiretail]

who's that guy with the steady hand?

[@residualelectrical]

Don’t fuel his ego 😂

[@christopherkingston9601]

Great to see you guys showing the legend David respect.

[@ForTheBirbs]

My favourite heatshrink is 4:1 double wall glue lined. Awesome stuff.

[@Zapelectrical]

Loved the slim packout screw organising! Might have to copy that idea and I was just thinking I’ve got enough packout stuff 😩😂

[@residualelectrical]

Haha sorry mate 😂

[@ninjasixrr]

Them pesky fuses,the way they just fall out!😉👍

[@residualelectrical]

😅

[@RichardArblaster]

Yeah David Savery is underrated and he's actually a very nice guy when you meet him 😎

[@AGU-95]

Cushty install buddy, loving the industrial/commercial look!! Only gripe, when carrying out safe isolation you need to prove before and after isolation, as you have no idea if the voltage tester has failed halfway through the procedure. Definitely worth investing in a proving unit for this.

[@Mhill19]

Proper spark 👌

[@OldLordSpeedy]

17:32 Why do you not clean the place in front of your working place first before do you make the new CU and trunking? 😮

[@drewcameron6675]

That trunking is stunning! Great work mate.

[@RichardArblaster]

11:02 was that nearly one of those "go and sit in the van" moments? 😆😆😆

[@danielelise7348]

Dave Savery knows what he's doing,don't worry about that!👍

[@fireykev]

Well caught with the mains fuse, the number of times they fall out just as your starting a job, quite spooky really 😊

[@Ronny86_]

Good job you were there when the fuse fell out! 😂

[@residualelectrical]

Exactly! 😂

[@black.phoenix.]

​@@residualelectricalDamn fuses always falling from the holders, really they need to make a review in the fuse cages. 😂 But in reality very nice job. The only thing I would do different was exactly what was said by other user, who was put a Wisker Wago Consumer Relocation Unit and then from there extend all the cables. But hey your way also works, you had taken the time to heat shrink and/or protect the connectors with tape so it is still in Regs. To be honest I have to agree that it is cleaner this way, when the trunking is closed is as it never existed in the first place and all the wires were already with the size needed for this new consumer unit. Keep up the good work, waiting for part 2.

[@_Miner]

When he said he was staving, I thought you was reaching for the dog food for him.

[@residualelectrical]

😂

[@g5madethetrack224]

These new videos are brilliant

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks man 🫡

[@aidandillon9520]

Great vid, looking forward to part 2!

[@peterprice8393]

Maybe I,m just old school but would not have heat shrink the cables till they have been tested we have had some faulty splice connectors in the past.

[@Spark55278]

When you were extending the t+e to the board , you could have used singles, easier to work with.

[@Dibbo1979]

Great video mate. Did you not think of doing one long knock out from top to bottom of DB with paxolin between DB and trunking? Just might struggle if you want to add more circuits in future..

[@residualelectrical]

I did contemplate it, but there is more than enough access to each section and a lot of the domestic boards aren’t designed to be adapted like that, you’ll see more in part 2 👍🏼

[@jimbossimrigs7961]

Hey Mike, cracking job. Actually interested in how you put together the metal trunking, if you have a quick bit of footage from that it would be great for the next part (as a flashback) Great work 👍

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks, I didn’t film any of that, my bad! But I’ll make sure I do in future content 🤝🏼

[@adamjwhite50]

Mate ,coop meal deals are the best get you and your boy there

[@Satters]

Nice job, very well done, but we each have our own way of doing things, what I would do differently... Not fit AFDDs, replace cables rather than extend, fit enclosed MET, fit separate isolator between meter and DB, run trunking to the right of DB to avoid incoming tails running through outgoing trunking.

[@jacobspringman]

I’m honestly surprised at how you spliced those cables. I know it’s different across the pond, but I can’t imagine electrical taping a bundle of connectors as part of a high-end installation. I thought you would have taken the existing cables into an enclosure with din rail Instead. It doesn’t look professional, and now those joints will be difficult to inspect or work on in the future, since they are in-line with no slack.

[@residualelectrical]

There is no difficulty in inspecting the joints, they can be removed from the trunking due to the slack around the right angle, the tape can be removed and they can be inspected, the connections are maintenance free and they have been left double insulated. I never said it was a high end installation, I needed a quick and easy way to join the cables, this meets regs and it’s very common in the UK. An enclosure would have taken a lot more time, labelling and creates its own set of problems on an installation with this many problems already while also being incredibly disorientating for any electrician in the future.

[@gwil6100]

Hi Mike, I have the millwaukee heat gun aswell, it works better with the nossles that clip on to the end. :) Great work!

[@residualelectrical]

Yeah those adapters are good! Thanks for tuning in 🙂

[@hackwoodelectrical]

Mine have disappeared 😂 have to put gloves on and use my hand to like funnel the heat 😅

[@ryanoshaughnessy1844]

Class job Mike keep up the good work. Really tidy work I’m electrician myself

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks buddy 🤝🏼

[@almerdiahmed3160]

Thanks brother 🙏 💙

[@Nihilumbra]

Привет друг, подскажи, что это за коннекторы, которыми ты соеденял кабеля для удлинения? Спасибо 😉

[@TM-kf1nz]

Turning a shitty domestic install into a industrial style masterpiece👌

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks mate

[@landroverlandyman]

The tool in question is for levelling up a grinding wheel. You hold the spinny wheel up against the spinny grinding wheel for a true flat surface. 👍

[@landroverlandyman]

Sorry on the next video not this one . My bad

[@syoufass3043]

A very nice system and a great job too ❤❤

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks!

[@pinmast0r]

I was just about to say check Dave Savery for the AFDD tester and as I was typing this you mentioned him anyway :)

[@billsbasementworkshop1902]

Hi Mike, Just a thought, but don't you think that doing a Van Tour is letting anyone who wants to break into your van, know what is worth stealing?

[@residualelectrical]

It’s a very good point, nothing is kept in the van overnight, and it’s all tracked and insured, I’ll have to weight up if the video is worth it I guess 👍🏼

[@truthwillout7909]

Excellent video and a good install. Keep it up.

[@matt4436]

Which connectors are you using in 26:30 ?

[@pinmast0r]

I promise last question :) What derating factor was used (if any) for the cable grouping in the trunking?

[@residualelectrical]

Nah I personally wouldn’t apply a de-rating factor, for 10+ cables contained in trunking “spaded” like they are it would be 0.90, which is nothing, but that is based on them being contained in trunking for 100% if their run, not 1% of their run, it’s the same reason why you wouldn’t apply it for cables within a board. There are unique exemptions but for this small domestic install we don’t need to worry 👍🏼 No problems with the questions, keep em coming!

[@pinmast0r]

Thanks for taking the time to reply, I'm always learning and I much appreciate it!

[@pinmast0r]

Genuine question - why did you not use a maintenance free extension box?

[@residualelectrical]

Because this was quicker and simpler and the whole place is going to be re-wired eventually 👍🏼

[@pinmast0r]

Fair play. I love the mix of domestic and commercial in this install. Might be a tad ott but I kinda like that for who's place it is.

[@michaelscott3401]

Hello MIKE you could have used two inch bushes and galv couplings even more room to work with why struggle thats what i say otherwise a good quality install well done that man.

[@residualelectrical]

To be honest the holes in the DB where knockouts, as I didn’t need them to be any wider I just used what was there 👍🏼

[@johnburns4017]

Convert the earth to TT as an earth rod was fitted.

[@residualelectrical]

Nah, going to use it a a supplementary electrode as recommended by BS7671 👍🏼

[@stuartthespark]

A well planned and executed installation. I still find it odd seeing metal trunking in domestic jobs, it makes perfect sense when you have a metal board. When that pesky fuse falls out, I use a piece of gaffa tape over the exposed hole. I also kept forgetting my ear defenders, so I purchased the type you roll and put into the ear. I have packs in most of the tool kits and screw kits. I wonder if they will make a din rail mounted Guardian. The job is certainly future proofed.

[@chubbychubs4636]

I prefer it how it was before 😊

[@ForTheBirbs]

Collab time with Davo Savo and edumicate Callum. Lol. Love the banter

[@sergiofernandez3725]

Nice work Mike. A collaboration video with Davo Savo to test the AFDDs would be mint. You might have to edit out some swearing

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks buddy, maybe I’ll see if Savo is up for it!

[@sbmorris2k6]

If you have a rod with a pme would you still put a separate rod for any outbuildings with metallic services or export from house?

[@residualelectrical]

Yeah mate, Haven’t fact checked but I would assume the same rules for exporting PME apply as you would have the same potential difference possibilty at the outbuilding. PME is just a Rod at every joint, transformer etc upstream of the supply so the supplementary rod doesn’t change that, it’s just a fail safe and future proof 👍🏼

[@sbmorris2k6]

@residualcurrent cheers bud 👍

[@Watsy]

what happened to loadout?

[@therookieca]

Techies? Teckys? it looks like self drilling or self tapping screws.

[@residualelectrical]

Yeah, they are also known as tek screws 👍🏼

[@amfcontractors]

Good work man. What camera do you use/recommend?

[@residualelectrical]

I use a Sony A7C, but i got it a few years ago now, if i was buying today for that money it would probably be a Sony ZV-E1 👍🏼

[@amfcontractors]

@@residualelectrical bit steep! Maybe some point this year hopefully. Thanks

[@residualelectrical]

Yeah they are, they aren’t easy to use either!

[@DanielCraigie]

Hi Mike, what music did you use over the time-lapse?

[@residualelectrical]

Tongue Tied by T-Shirts & Sweats 🤝🏼

[@tonywebb9909]

Nice job Mike, I might have used singles after splitting the cables, that earth sleeve looks like a pain

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks buddy, yeah if I had it I would have used it, had plenty of T&E handy that’s the only reason why it was used.

[@rondo122]

great video!

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks rondo!

[@jimmy00007]

WHAT WAS YOUR INSTALLATION PRICE

[@residualelectrical]

FREE (Its my parents house)

[@jimmy00007]

@@residualelectrical COOL HOW MUCH WOULD YOU CHARGE FOR ONE CONSUMER UNIT INSTALLION 10 WAY BOARD

[@marcusgibbons4627]

Great job Mike. Loving the videos.

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks bro!

[@max246]

What are the extension connectors?

[@Ragnar8504]

Ideal Spliceline

[@BB-iu7rx]

Why this is insane? For us in germany is this a smal size

[@ErenPlaysNsh1t]

We only use on average 3 circuits for our sockets in an household, our appliances are fused at the plug itself which results in far less copper being used and frees up a lot of space in the fusebox rather than the rest of Europe who fuses their plug outlets at the fusebox.

[@residualelectrical]

I’ve never seen a domestic board like this in the UK, the trunking, the board, the supplementary electrode, AFDD’s.. but tbh it’s just a video title.

[@YENDORCARLOS]

would like to know about that watch !

[@residualelectrical]

Apple Watch Ultra 2 - I’m a bit of a geek but there are are few things with my watch, phone and headphones that really help on site, might do a video on it 👍🏼

[@YENDORCARLOS]

@@residualelectrical the noise exposure app or is it just that phone ?

[@svdleer]

@@YENDORCARLOS it's default enabled on the Apple Watches.

[@leexgx]

They be so sad when they lose Economy 7 (unless they are keeping the storage heaters)

[@residualelectrical]

They never had storage heaters, they where removed long before they moved in which was 25 years ago now 👍🏼

[@williamlowther7051]

3x 25 mm bushes to each db, why oh why

[@residualelectrical]

2 x 32mm Bushes to each section of the DB, 6 in total - because that's the prefabricated knock outs on the DB and that's all your going to need...

[@ForTheBirbs]

Hmmmm, Callum's comments on his chances with the 600 female viewers reminds me of a mate who had two girfriends who split from him and changed "teams" .... Nice video BTW

[@dorianwylie9000]

yea man, those DNO fuses are like some women i know.....its hard to keep it in 🤣🤣

[@Hiccup77]

Argh mate, that is as rough AF. seeing this really makes we want to change my profession. I get extending cables, but crappy inline push fits and gaffer tape. Looks like some demented plasterer did the wiring. And you charge people for that?

[@residualelectrical]

Yeah mate charged them £5000 for all this what’s wrong with it

[@hackwoodelectrical]

Yeah man that heat shrink gaffa tape is wild…

[@callumwhitelaw4581]

It’s my understanding your not allowed to make joints in trunking,you have to box it. I would have just put a big galv joint box in where the cables come through the wall and tubed it or trunked it from there

[@AGRElectrics]

Joints have to be in an enclosure and accessible or maintenance free so trunking is perfectly acceptable

[@residualelectrical]

Not true, but yeah I could of fitted a dedicated junction box, regardless it’s far better than I found it 👍🏼

[@HarryTheSparks]

great video mike. 👍 if this was pvc trunking joints inside the trunking wouldn't be allowed as you can remove the lid without a tool as I see it from the regs

[@AGRElectrics]

@@HarryTheSparks the way he has done it in the video with non maintained connectors and heat shrink technically doesn't need anything as double insulation has been achieved with the heat shrink. The trunking plastic or metal additional protection. 👍

[@HarryTheSparks]

@@AGRElectrics 👍🏼

[@Subgunman]

So that watch basically tells you that you are going deaf? Now knowing how much noise is created by a hammer drill and comparing it to Death Metal music, those listening to that music are basically brain dead. I would add several layers of gaffers tape or otherwise known as duct tape to the inside curve of the wire trunking just as an extra layer of insulation to keep the wires from chafing even though it might be smooth.

[@Walktheline1991]

Is your dad a spark?

[@anthonybragg]

Mike, is your mate using your channel to appeal to the ladies (or men) for a date?😊😊

[@residualelectrical]

He certainly is 😂

[@svdleer]

@@residualelectrical With the first lunch review video in the car i thought Callum was longer then you, but in this video you seem longer.

[@pinmast0r]

I know I know, but you should be showing people proper safe isolation and proving that tester on a known power source :) It's ok, I'll p**s off myself :)

[@residualelectrical]

Sure, I’ve shown it so many times, and I have tutorials on it, I always try to show the full proper process but ultimately everyone is responsible for their own health and safety, not me 👍🏼

[@HeathenGeek]

14:38 ". . .some guy" You David Fking Savery of David Savery Electrical Services (p.b.u.h.)? Lord god of Stella and homebrew? I don't know, apprentices these days 🙄🙄 Also, "sit in the van" is that code for 'shagged senseless for breaking his screwdriver'? 🤣

[@rogerbean393]

What is “insane “ about this

[@residualelectrical]

In my 10 years as an electrician I have never seen a domestic consumer unit to this spec.. 36 way, double pole AFDDs, SPD, Metal trunking, Supplementary earth electrode, it’s a crazy set up for a UK bungalow, so when I come to choosing a engaging KZbin title “insane” is not that far fetched..

[@MDaff-v2s]

Main CPC in different hole mmmmm. Tbh that looks like a pretty rough way of doing the job. Stuffing glands .....round cables really. They make flat cable glands. Bends also too tight. Sparks ain't what they used to be.

[@residualelectrical]

😂😂😂 - Nothing wrong with the main Earth going through a separate hole - Wiska “winserts” where used on the glands to adapt them for T&E - What bends are too tight? The T&E? The Flexi Tails? Your mad mate I don’t need my electrical ability validated online, I just enjoy my job and enjoy making videos, nice try though 🙂

[@MDaff-v2s]

🤣🤣🤣🥔

[@residualelectrical]

And yet here you are in my comments 🤷🏼‍♂️🥔

[@nealecarroll8405]

@@MDaff-v2s - clown !

[@jessiepooch]

@user Clown.

[@protectiongeek]

Sorry, as a former DNO electrical engineer with over 30 years' experience working with craftsmen of all disciplines, including highly skilled electricians, this just left me shaking my head! Inline joints wrapped in PVC tape in trunking? Seriously?! Also, why not populate your 'insane' distribution board and do as much installation and testing on it BEFORE even disconnecting the supply and disturbing the existing wiring?

[@residualelectrical]

Thanks for the insight into your expertise, how would you joint the cables? They are in an enclosure that can only be accessed with a tool, with some of the best in-line maintenance free joints in the industry, and double insulated via tape or heat shrink. In the video i mentioned that I could’ve used a junction box, this would require more labelling, more prep and more downtime, while also being one of the most disorientating methods for future electricians. I could have populated the board before hand, in many situation’s that’s the obvious move.. as mentioned I didn’t have all of the parts to build the board and it wouldn’t have made for a very interesting video.