The Manchester house part 3/4 | Downlight problems. (51)

[@lightbulb6293]

"Fridge freezer my arse!" 😉 If you know, you know. Haha! Great video again James! I liked the flashbacks from your previous upload of this place you uploaded here too.

[@mathman0101]

Lots of sins in that attic.🤣 loved the adaptation of that light for cable fittings.

[@gmeadowcroft84]

Great to see you back on the tools mate

[@muzikman2008]

Excellent James... Great fun as always 😁👍

[@richardhennessy7684]

321 he's back in the room, good to see you back 👍

[@nf5416]

nice to see you back

[@geoffupton]

yay! back to work! lookin forward to this for ages! thank god our lockdown is over! 😊

[@JBE]

It's been a while and like the world I've adapted to the storm we're in. I've got a few jobs to finish off that I started before the doom came along.

[@supersparks9466]

Welcome back james, nice change from the pretty boy and the long face

[@rowles13]

Good to See you back

[@colint001]

Great to see you back on the tube looking well and producing some great looking content!

[@petertallowin6406]

Welcome back to the world outside of the Beckcave. :)

[@Cablesmith]

Jimmy becket 🤴🏻 good to see you back on site

[@JBE]

Yep I came back down to my old stomping ground to finish a few jobs off and catch up with a couple of clients who have been waiting for this Mexican beer to pass.

[@mathman0101]

You know it.

[@gctelectrical5555]

Be good to see some more of these videos from you again 👍

[@JBE]

One on the way soon 🙂👍

Finally He is BECK!

[@JBE]

🖐😉

[@train4905]

Its great to see you back bud. Love the mix of humor and true craftsmenship.

[@JBE]

Haha is that what you call it? I call it fumbling along with a couple of screwdrivers 🪛 😎 cheers 👍

[@AndyK.1]

Great to see you back

[@nathanmemmory4981]

Nice to see you back its been so long

[@mattknights274]

Glad your back!

[@0liver0verson9]

Good to see you back. Gives me a warm feeling inside.

[@JBE]

Really? I'm on whisky at the moment after a long week in work. So we both have warm feelings inside 🤗

[@0liver0verson9]

@@JBE Yeah, I'm on vodka after a long week in work. Lets share the feeling lol :)

[@garylatto4191]

Nice to see you back mate , look forward to the vids again 👍

[@supersparks9466]

Had a few of those luceco fittings fail on me, won’t use them now but that was couple of years ago, maybe better now

[@JBE]

I've had various brands and makes stop working over the years. The circumstances vary depending on where they're installed and usage. In some cases I have the customer buy extra fittings at the time of installation and I never give them a guarantee from myself if they choose the product.

[@frimleyfrodo]

Halogen G9? They’ll be nice and toasty in those glass envelopes. B&Q clearing out old stock presumably.

[@JBE]

Surely everything would be LED now?

[@kingofthetrowel1725]

Nice one mate 👍👍

[@LightHausLiverpool1]

Great work

[@markrowland5393]

Great stuff. Good to see you again.

[@RichardArblaster]

Welcome back James 😎

[@JBE]

Cheers Richard 😁🤘

[@APSuk2]

Great video, I hate to be "that guy" but it is a pet peeve of mind when tradesmen stand on your shower trade with their boots on. Had to have my shower tray replaced because it was marked badly because a stone was lodged in the sole of his boot, massive job to replace needing the tiles to be removed as well.

[@phillipgwynne6580]

Good to see you back in action!

[@TheAdamEdward]

great video mate and i recognise the cup you had your brew in :)

[@JBE]

Cheers Adam 👍 it's great it keeps your coffee hot for hours.

[@TheAdamEdward]

@@JBE it sure does mate 👍🏻😁

[@antonstener1883]

What tool pouch is it you're using? Looks neat.

[@GiffordsElectrical]

Great video james. The loft looks like one I worked in recently, was absolutely horrendous

[@JBE]

Cheers Craig, I always seem to find myself in one when there's a heatwave on. 😤😡

[@GiffordsElectrical]

@@JBE same for me, loft work when it’s blistering hot and garden lighting and power and it decides to rain 🤦‍♂️

[@johndawe449]

Just subscribed, really good content.

[@Lenny-kt2th]

Regarding the small hole in the Luceco light's base, I guess it's made for a global market. Over here (NL) it's common practice to run circuits from the DB to boxes in the ceiling, central to a room. Basically these boxes double up as fixing point for the lighting and as a JB, usually the cover has a provision for hanging a pendant on it. From there you drop down to sockets and switches and perhaps loop through to the next room. No ring circuits (of course) but also no "dedicated" circuits (lighting and sockets share the circuits). All connections are made inside those boxes in the ceiling, and not in the lighting fixture itself. So there will only be two or three wires going through that hole in most of the world. P.S. Hmm, I just noticed it says "James Beck ElectricΩl" on your logo...

[@JBE]

Sockets and lights on the same circuit? The same breaker?

[@Lenny-kt2th]

@@JBE Yes, for houses not wired with home automation in mind, that is the common practice. In the past a blown fuse or tripped MCB would indeed mean a large part of the house went dark. Things have changed to alleviate this nuiscance. Nowadays, there are more circuits installed and more than one per room, but still lighting and sockets share the breakers most of the time. On newer installations, devices drawing more than 2 kW must have a dedicated circuit. Circuits are max 16 A and max 4 per RCD. Devices drawing more than 3.7 kW (there's an exception I won't go into) can only be run from three phase power which we have come into the houses by default (but may need the utility companies to make changes to the main fuses and kWh meters in older buildings).

[@Jackzuk]

Isnt the small box inside the fitting what makes it double insulated? So if a cable comes loose its incased in plastic. Didnt think the wires afterward had anything to do with it?

[@JBE]

Yeah they do make things tricky to get these things installed, the best option is to sleeve the single insulated cables. Otherwise you're in the loft putting everything in maintenance free boxes.

[@jetg2111]

Beck Shows back, alright!

[@JBE]

When it comes on the radio I just can't help myself 🕺🏼 (or when I put it on repeat on my Spotify 🤣)

[@lightbulb6293]

Haha! I see what you did there! Nice one!

[@adamjwhite50]

Haha was that a royal family joke I heard?

[@JBE]

You're ears work perfectly Adam.

[@richardsheppard5881]

Hi mate what tool belt is that and where did you get it from ? Cheers

[@JBE]

The tool pouch is from Veto it's the MP1 click the link on the video to see my review of it. Or check out video #39 on my KZbin playlist. Cheers for watching 👀 👍

[@davidpatterson1574]

👍

[@kentmasic]

you deffiently need a cone cutter! :)

[@lightbulb6293]

I've seen him use one prior. The man has every tool in the world. 😍 I'm not jealous at all. *single tear falls from face* 😥

[@ramzg5402]

Hi J long time mate

[@acelectricalsecurity]

It seems every light fitting these days has that configuration, a load of rubbish. The terminal layout on those fittings is the best type just like the JCC V50, makes life so much easier, why every manufacturer has not adopted that layout is beyond me.

[@JBE]

Agreed however there's the added issue of testing after the lights are installed. For that it's best to link all the cables up, IR test then connect the lights. I actually had an issue with the bathroom lights as I had clipped through one of the cables 😬🤘.

[@acelectricalsecurity]

@@JBE 😂 accidents happen