RETURN TO THE WORST REWIRE!

[@Nick_Carlos]

I respect the show of real life jobs the amount of time i spend sorting out other peoples shit in lofts ect is probably 50% of my work.

[@toolboxtalking]

It’s satisfying making a job neat and safe sometimes 😊

[@sotaelectrical]

Agreed 👍

[@adejupe8308]

Top job mate, you went above and beyond there. The charlatans that were there before should hang their heads in shame, but I do suspect more of that was DIY than the customer may have let on! You're a conscientious spark and that's what makes the difference. Stop putting yourself down by the way, you're one of the good guys 👍👍

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you so much, appreciate your comments 👍👍👍

[@donaldduncan6017]

These Dogs drop their load and walk away leaving the Caring persons to clean up the MESS. GOD BLESS YOU!!

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 🙏

[@shankurrim5540]

Gosh. I don’t think you realise that it’s ’these Dogs’ are the ones who make us look good and allow us to work and earn money. It’s the accidents that happen due to poor wiring that makes people part with their money easier. And give a higher rate of pay.

[@shankurrim5540]

He ain’t doing charity he’s earning a livelihood. That’s his job. He chooses if he want to undertake the job or not.

[@some-idea]

Well done for looking after your customers. Subscribed. I can’t believe the previous installer charged pensioners for a rewire and left it like that…

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you, appreciate the subscribe!! 👍👍

[@spartacus2239]

All credit to you mate . A lot of sparks would have swerved trying to polish that turd of an install, but you didn’t. Much respect 😀

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you, I enjoy that kinda work really 👍✌️

[@richardedwards5128]

Yet another fantastic video,you are a credit to both yourself & the industry, well done 👊

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir

[@jonanders76]

Wow, really good stuff. Cant believe you got all of that done on your own in 2 days. Bet you were knackered. Got to say we come across similar things regularly, especially hidden in loft spaces. Although not after a re-wire. I hate having to move all the insulation and stored boxes in a loft. No matter where you put stuff its always in the way. Not sure Id be worried about premature collapse of cables in a loft, but fair play why not. Impressive work fella, bet your client was over the moon

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you!! It was a good solid couple of days of work for sure!! Yeah I just wanted to demonstrate the staple gun really as it’s so quick to use, appreciate you watching, hope you have a good evening my friend 👍👍

[@ianrob4760]

Over the course of three weeks in Feb I have an ASHP, solar, smart meter and EV charger installed. 4 different companies and got to give credit they all did a fab job ! So not everyone did the shabby job you have highlighted here

[@angelofranklin1]

What a mess, fair play to you for taking it on.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 🙏

[@richrowley8355]

Good work, and good eye on doing the best and right thing for teh customer. New to the channel and enjoying it.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and your family, thank you for taking the time to comment, appreciated

[@moodyga40]

It's amazing that the house has not burnt down

[@iainkay3630]

The bend on your SWA to the EV charger is very nice. Immediately noticed that :)

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@Ragnar8504]

Definitely a massive improvement! The only thing that would worry me is that piece of very crooked bus bar on the non-RCD section by the main switch, doesn't look like the RCBO (third from the main switch) is properly connected. Guess the MCB next to it isn't compatible with this board.

[@moodyga40]

Shocking job electrifying video

[@brianwood5220]

Great video and all remedial work done to the highest standard possible, with budget constraints. I would be happy to sign that off. No problem, thanks for sharing.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you for watching!!

[@Brijoolz]

Made a big difference. Now safe. That’s the main thing. Good work.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@paulellam6926]

OMG, my question, is how on earth are the people responsible for that volts nest and amateur wiring even qualified? Do they even know what regulations are? How could anyone install in such a manner that they even think it is ok that way? How could they even sleep at night? So glad you are the one who guided the client so sensitively, and I can imagine tactfully about the situation, and then sorted that mess out for them. Feel sorry for the client that they got done over by lets face it a cowboy, a lazy trades person or just a incompetent buffoon. However you got them sorted, and thats the main thing. I,m a trainee spark, albeit not a youngster, and have learnt a lot from how you handled and rectified this scenario. Subscribed, and will share with fellow training sparks!

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir! Appreciate you commenting and subscribing you legend 👊

[@roberthenderson83]

Massive improvement on what was there !! Thank you for sharing

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you!

[@--Nath--]

Looks way better. The solar guys leaving the cable too short as well as not clipped up is just bloody shoddy. This is the trouble with trades filled with people who have zero pride in their work..

[@robertbowden3599]

Adam - great work and video (as usual!). Your work in the loft is transformational. I love your advice to younger people that futures are self determined, not by exam results. I'd further add that everyone needs to accept personal responsibility for their lives and be the master of their own destiny. You're a great example - being both a specialist tradesman and businessman, and now additionally, a philosopher! Keep up the great work 👍

[@sotaelectrical]

Hi Bob!! Sorry I thought I had replied to your message, my bad! Thanks for your comments as always, your completely right, my exam results were terrible but it doesn’t mean opportunities end there! Hope your well my friend 👍👍

[@daviddawson9099]

well done good to see it a lot tidier

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍

[@batmanpaul1]

Great video, shows what we come across in the real world, keep up the great videos and tool reviews 👍🏼

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you mate 👍👍

[@Vanders456]

I am not a spark but even I swore when I saw that consumer unit.

[@sotaelectrical]

Terrible wasn’t it

[@cjmillsnun]

Job well done mate. Looks tidy, no it's not perfect but you had to work with what you had. You made it safe, that at the end of the day is the main thing.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir

[@joanofarc708]

God bless your patience mate

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you ✌️

[@Chequr_Prostate]

The work looks like a DIY job. My solar guys put a DC warning label every metre along the run of the solar cable in the loft.

[@sotaelectrical]

I agree,

[@esp_explorer]

You made a huge improvement to that mess, well done. Subscribed 👍

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍👍

[@KevinSmith-ph6jv]

Very thorough remedial works 👏

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@SME_Ste]

Those cable spoolers are great

[@sotaelectrical]

Agreed!!

[@keithgourlay9017]

Amazing difference Great attitude

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@m00dyCharts]

Proper sparky, good work.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍

[@labelectrical]

Great video pal. Good to see a normal everyday spark 😊

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you mate 👍

[@labelectrical]

@@sotaelectrical really enjoyed your stuff, I plan to watch a your stuff and you have a new subscriber. It's refreshing to no just watch 30 minutes of advertising only....

[@sotaelectrical]

@@labelectrical that’s really nice to hear, thank you for subscribing really do appreciate that, I just want to make content that people can relate too, I’m nothing fancy, just a regular spark having a go.

[@JackdiyGarden]

Tell you what, with those armeg holesaw and also the starret & mk ones with the spring, when drilling plastic, if you drill it fairly slow rather than full wack then the plastic doesn't melt and get stuck and the spring works as it meant to

[@sotaelectrical]

Thanks for the tip! Il try this tomorrow 👍👍

[@Liamfc61]

Top job pal 👌🏻 Making the best out of bad situation.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you mate 👍👍

[@pikricky]

Amazing job,what a difference,especially in the loft,that cpc used as a switch live made me think of my pal cutting through that cable he didn't know was live,like you said,how do these cowboy workers sleep at night,great video and there is nothing wrong with the CU it's looking good,I look forward to your next upload

[@sotaelectrical]

I thought of you and your comment when I saw that cpc! Thank you very much, appreciate your comments as always 👍

[@andysinclair2951]

Brilliant tidy safe work

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@davidclarke2513]

As a industrial sparks of 50 years recently retired even though I only did house wiring as an apprentice I would say my main comment would be not to listen to so called sparks on social media as far as I can see you have done the best that is possible putting a cowboys work right,although it wasn't in the price because the customer could not afford it I was taught as an apprentice that its good electrical practice to cut connections down to a bare minimum,so in the Industrial world I would have been told to rewire rather than install a junction box but I understand in the domestic game that's not always done,but overran a good job

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir

[@pinmast0r]

I'd love to see a reaction video of the person who did that watching your video tidying it up and making it safe. Mind, I think there was, as you say, a fair bit of "how hard can it be?" going on there :)

[@sotaelectrical]

Lol well if they do see it hopefully they learn something from it, thanks for watching, I know it was a longer one! Il try and keep them shorter in the future 👍

[@pinmast0r]

@@sotaelectrical I personally liked the longer vid, minute criticism of some repeats but I know it's a massive nightmare to take all that footage and get it 100%. I like your attitude to tools and products, until they prove themselves they shouldn't be promoted - paid or otherwise. I know why people do it but it just promotes fan-boi views of stuff - not based on how good (or not!) a think is. Keep it up.

[@sotaelectrical]

@@pinmast0r thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate peoples comments because I genuinely want to make videos on what people enjoy, so thanks again 👍

[@JackdiyGarden]

Saying you want to see them watch it suggests they aren't blind 😂

[@iainblount2097]

Well done. That was a well deserved beer!

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you👍👍

[@sheargillsparkie9588]

I’m laid up at the minute with M.F! Obviously wifey finds it hilarious! Just watched your vid in the attic. Most impressive fella. That’s what I’m going to be showing my lads who could do with a lesson or two with tidying. 👍🏽

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir!! 👍✌️

[@xturn3r5x34]

I just read this as thinking you was sat in the attic , think it’s time I got some kip 😂

[@johnmansell5097]

My daughter called me out to her council house as the RCD kept tripping. The consumer box was in similar condition and I found a light circuit fed from a ring main. The busbar was not secured on a ring main breaker causing arcing which tripped the RCD, my question is should I sort the consumer box out or contact the council….

[@sotaelectrical]

Make it safe and contact the council definitely

[@ianrob4760]

My question is how a customer allows this work whether just moved in (should never pass a survey) or people been in for years ?

[@tommypayne1980]

Good job on that tidy up of the wiring. Better that it was anyway.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍👍

[@Tom-zt7ml]

You’re tips are very helpful appreciate the video👍🏼

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you!! Appreciate you watching 👍👍

[@G8TIC]

Shouldn't there be a 'Safety Earth - Do NOT Remove' lable on that 8-way MET?

[@balensydney]

Hey, Aussie Spark here, who ever has done the certification cant they be called back to fix the issue… Great work and very entertaining, keep it up Ps: your weather sucks😅

[@sotaelectrical]

There was no cert issued unfortunately, ahh I know mate the weather here is dreadful al the time!! I envy your glorious weather

[@ianbird6997]

Mate great job considering what you had to work with and the main thing is it’s safe 👍 That old board 😲 I am not an electrician but that’s shocking.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you, done the best I could 👍👍

[@Davidhughes9467]

Great effort looks very good great work ethic mate.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍👍

[@Tonypoolebcfc]

Great job ,plenty would have walked

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@fireykev]

Nice job. Well done

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@WombleUK]

That Milwaukee stapler should have bump fire & sequential fire. Sounds like you got it on bump fire from your description of firing through the cable. I'm not familiar with the cable stapler but got the 18ga Milwaukee na gun & pressing & holding the power button switches between bump & sequential fire. You might have sussed it by now as this Vid is 8 months old, but if not hopefully helps.

[@sotaelectrical]

Hi mate thank you, yeah I got it sussed but appreciate your comments 👍👍

[@frankgault7845]

That loft looks like nearly every loft I've been in. Great safe job to be honest.

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍

[@leeprice386]

hard days work in a loft most of the day .great work

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍👍

[@imark7777777]

Budgetary constraints makes things difficult hello just straightening up and removing what's not connected is a major improvement. If everybody took time to a little bit here and a little bit there it probably wouldn't of gotten that bad.

[@sotaelectrical]

Agreed 👍

[@imark7777777]

Oh shucks hello should've been although.

[@Daniel-f6i6z]

Done a great job mate loving the videos

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you mate 👍👍

[@cgo225]

Bless you mate for your professionalism, self-respect and compassion for others..... as for the cowboys who left it all in that state, you should be ashamed of yourselves 👍

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir 👍👍

[@001Neal100]

Probably "have a go Harry" previous home owner.

[@Martin_Martin_Martin_1]

I didn't catch how much you charged?

[@Alex-xs6ht]

Nice one, great job!

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍👍

[@sergiofernandez3725]

Good job

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@alvina69]

Top job 👍

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you mate

[@nearlyjuly7990]

Nice bloke, great job and great video. Subscribed

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you so much 👍👍

[@alancooper7018]

Great job, I hope the client was well happy because he should have been!

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@memememe2674]

I wonder how much of thus was done by a "sparky" or this owner and/or prior?

[@timbarry3455]

Excellent 👍

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍👍

[@mikethemask1525]

Its alot better than it was. The staple gun i just think its worthnit as the cable isnt tight and wont hold stright like when its clipped but thats just me OCD. The fireseal of the board isnt needed at all. The socket outside cant you just put some conduit down so that way no swa needed.But overall good work.

[@sotaelectrical]

I agree the staple gun is not as neat as clipping but time was against me. Yep absolutely can do that with the socket, thanks for your comments!!

[@rjkelectrical6086]

Yeah I don’t like the staple gun, it doesn’t get the cables tight enough and there is sag in the cable! But nice job, polishing a turd is hard but you gave it a good crack 👌

[@thedon7536]

Great job in sorting out the rats nests. If you ever use a smooth drill bit and it keeps going loose as it always used to happen to me until I seen a locking mechanism. Tighten it as normal with your hand then click chuck back until it locks. Don’t know why manufacturers don’t tell you this trick 😂

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you and thanks for the tip!! 👍👍✌️

[@tommochelsea72]

Much better job. I wouldn’t have used fire rated clips above a plaster board ceiling as there’s no need. I’ve got the ‘newer’ version of that Milwaukee drill after having that one-it’s really decent. Only thing is rather than a toggle like every other drill for forward and reverse they’ve put a button on the top,so if you have the drill tight to the wall and need to put in reverse when gets stuck you can’t get to the button!!! 😂😂

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you, I used the fire rated clips just because it was so much quicker with the stapler rather than banging each one in by hand. Ahhh I thought I had the newest one!! That button sounds a pain though!! 😂😂

[@train4905]

Awsome job sir😊

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir 👍👍

[@regisdumoulin]

Earth used as a switch cable, had that done to me... on the first circuit when rewiring my flat a couple of years ago... I remember noticing it while having a look at the work done at the end of the first day because the switch hadn't been screwed back into place... When I confronted the "electrician" about it he went mad at me saying I was making a fuss about nothing and he wasn't going to waste any time fixing this... I got pretty angry with him at that point and told him to stop any further electrical work on my flat. It was a flat wired in the 70's and I was spending a fair amount of money to entirely reawire it and I wasn't goging to put up with that sort of crap. If a guy couldn't do something as simple as a 2 way swithc properly, what was the more complicated stuff going to be like?!

[@regisdumoulin]

Note: that job was in France but I have also seen an outside socket connected directly to the main without any fuse or power breaker of any kind (France too, but not at my place) or an internet cable being laid accros the front lawn without any protection... wich of course got cut the first time I mowed that lawn (in the UK this time)... if you get work done on your home you really need to keep an eye on what is being done and how no matter the country!

[@sotaelectrical]

Agree completely!!

[@GovanDave82]

What a difference mate, you’ve made a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Need more sparks like you 👍🏻

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir 👍👍

[@GovanDave82]

Credit where it’s due mate, it would have been easy to walk away from that but fair play. The amount of “electrical work” I come across at times would put you off the game

[@sotaelectrical]

@@GovanDave82 yeah I come across loads of bad stuff, but I love it really, always will

[@richardfarr1966]

Great work. Should be proud

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you

[@tonywatson1412]

Careful with the camera sudden movement....or before long it'll end up like artisan electrics . .waving about and out of focus.... excess movement...then slowed down.....and then theres the music 🎵🎵🎵..agh

[@sotaelectrical]

Hi Tony, all points noted, appreciate the feedback, just a spark with a go pro but il be more careful in the future

[@Ben-gm9lo]

What a lovely video, what a lovely bloke you are. I wish you were my sparky! I am not an electrician, so excuse the ignorance, but that looks like a plastic consumer unit, maybe 16th edition? If so, why the fire sealant? Mine is a 16th edition and there is no sealant at all, should I retrofit it (although ideally I should have an 18th edition metal CU, I know)?

[@sotaelectrical]

Hi Ben, thank you for your kind words!! Much appreciated!! So that was actually a metal consumer unit and recently installed as it had surge protection in it. My advise to you would be to sometime in the future upgrade your consumer unit to a metal one, it really does make all the difference in the event of a fire, big thank you for watching my video 👍👍

[@Ben-gm9lo]

Wow, quick reply. Thanks so much for clearing that up. The inset lip around the edge of the metal consumer unit made it look like a plastic moulding, my bad. I am going through all your previous videos and thumbing up each one, loving the attitude towards your work and the honest approach. Professionals of your calibre give the sparky trade a good name.@@sotaelectrical

[@sotaelectrical]

@@Ben-gm9lo thank you so much, really appreciate you doing that, top man 👍👍

[@xturn3r5x34]

First time watching this channel and love the pride in your work and positive attitude. Now I have to save for a nail gun and a staple gun 😂

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir 🙏

[@chaosin73]

Do you links to the equipment ? Cable tracker in particular

[@bengali6041]

Hey, whats your neck light called?

[@sotaelectrical]

Core this is an old video! I don’t know what I was using then!!

[@JustConkeh]

I honestly think for a business to do that kind of extreme shocking working (no pun intended😅)that must of been some kind of vengeance going on because that looks deliberate. There is absolutely no way sparks would do something like that and and walk away thinking it’s acceptable or safe. I know sparks out do some bad work but this something else. You can’t polish a turd and did everything you can fair play for taking the job on and somehow making it acceptable. Good job mate 👍 (that random MET fixed to joists like that with a random earth coming off had me stitches tho 😂)

[@sotaelectrical]

Hi Mate, thanks for your comments, yeah there was definitely DIY involved also, and the random MET 🤣🤣 thanks for watching 👍👍✌️

[@danbrown5452]

where are your knee sleeves from mate? been after a pair but cant seem to find any like that

[@sotaelectrical]

Hi mate, I got these on Amazon - brand is Bodyprox protective knee pads, I have a few pairs, they are brilliant and great knee support also if you have wonky knees like me 🤣

[@angelofranklin1]

10/10 to you, shame you cant name and shame the original installers. A good name would have been bodgit and scarper ltd

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you sir

[@bunnylove273]

Hey bud l am no spark but that job was a mess, and you made a silk purse out of a pigs ear lol well done

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you 👍👍

[@micktierney6646]

The plumbing doesn’t look a lot better than the electrics.

[@user-dj6ph7ho3c]

Your brave leaving your meggar out in the open.

[@rhysbray8390]

What a guy

[@Ant98986]

Haha it’s getting to 3pm time to leave :)

[@peterjones2125]

I think Dalot's head is at real madrid ffs

[@IAAITKEN]

That’s not even DIY, looks like a kids playgroup has wired it.

[@quagmirewasere]

I'd only he bothered about it being safe tbh not pretty but I get why you do it all nice

[@merlin5476]

That work looks like it had been done by the homeowners.

[@sotaelectrical]

It wasnt done by the current owners, they are pensioners, I honestly don’t know who done it but it was done before my clients moved in

[@TFSELECTRICAL]

burn down start again

[@andy3232]

Didn't think you were supposed to crimp anything other than multi strand?

[@scotisland]

Lots of nasty polystyrene.

[@carlmarquardt994]

No onr could have done a better job mate...not in two days anyway

[@sotaelectrical]

Thank you mate, appreciate you

[@nolanbrownwig5703]

Moanalot ...........

[@AdamWatson001]

25:27 That socket looks like a BG Smart Socket? Did you manage to get it connected to to Wi-Fi? I love the hardware, the build quality and the buttons and LEDs but the software and app I sadly found rubbish :-(

[@sotaelectrical]

Are you talking about the EV charger?

[@richierich8334]

Can't believe you're in Fareham. Being a Pompey lad and all

[@sotaelectrical]

Nice mate!! Say hello if you ever see me about!! 👍👍

[@tomorichard]

Premature collapse above a ceiling??

[@sotaelectrical]

I’m really just showing the nail gun and that it can be used for that purpose buddy, take it with a pinch of salt