Yeah don’t let the builder do the wiring!!! Fault on every circuit.

Consumer unit change gone horribly wrong!!
This video is for entertainment purposes only please dont try to copy or recreate this video in anyway. Do so at your own peril!!!
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[@royshields186]

Here's this show off clown again. What he think he know's about electrics wouldn't fill an egg cup. Basic electrics for god's sake. Loves himself so much.

[@jamesdawson6140]

Has Chris offended you in the past, Roy? I’ve seen you comment on some of his other videos and can’t understand why you would bother watching if you feel superior to him.

[@mrgfromoxford8644]

I think Chris is amazing how he brings humour to days work and not so bloody stressful and serious, I’d love to work with him .

[@fallingdownalot]

Lets see your work Roy.

[@brianwoodruff4891]

If you don't love yourself ,you cannot love others .You will not be able to love others . If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able to of developing compassion for others. That's the Delai Lama that is.

[@supersparks9466]

Roy went phishing and caught 5 so far

[@justinmiles7190]

I don't know why this was recommended when im a bin man looking at dustcarts haven't got a clue what your talking about but found it interesting and entertaining im hooked great video stay safe 👍

[@tubejogger]

Great Video Chris... Just shows that these jobs dont always go smoothly. Always test first, save yourself a lot of grief !! 👍

[@jamiewatkins696]

That was really interesting, more like this pls.

[@jackalek]

Yeas the though process and fault finding is invaluable!

[@aktelectricalaktelectrical4]

Excellent CJR. The sheer determination to do it right.

[@gjbspark]

well done fellas...I'm retired now after 48 years, good to see " proper" sparks at work rather than "part P Percy's" as we used to call them. i used to draw a floor plan and note readings on it as i went around the property.....saved repeating tests, also found an R2 lead invaluable at times, i have subscribed now so keep up the good work and humour, (miss my old mate Keith for that)

[@mathman0101]

Top top video really good for young sparks to learn as well. Patience and being methodical these jobs are where you learn the most and this is the kind of experience that you need that will pay off for future jobs, definitely worth spending your time on this job even if it takes longer than you expected.

[@dobplastering8410]

Great vid as always. Great seeing how you fault find as I've just come into the trade, and how things should be done . 👍

[@artisanelectrics]

Board looks perfectly fine to me 🤣

[@daveytn]

Absolutely love your videos. I'm an automotive electrician, I've done a bit of wiring in the house but my god your videos really give me an idea of how little I actually know lol

[@luviskol]

I bet you've seen some bodgery yourself in your time

[@daveytn]

@@luviskol oh like you wouldn't believe.

[@welshadventurer4639]

I went to a new extention done by old Bob the builder to replace white sockets with brushed chrome. I found the ring circuit wired in 1.5mm on a type b 32a mcb. Told client the good news....she had a complete melt down when I told her it was dangerous and to contact Bob and the gang and her solicitor. Great video btw and to see you know your stuff especially testing the circuits before the board is disconnected and removed 👍

[@nearlyjuly7990]

Excellent bit of fault finding. Enjoyed that one.

[@pph4204]

OMG - what a nightmare! Well done on your first set of troubleshooting.

[@jontownsend8090]

Loving the lash ups there. Consumer unit cover not on properly = back in the van. Great fault finding yet again, thanks for sharing.

[@smeggerssmeghead3100]

The best thing this spark and his apprentice do is the making good at the end of the work, a very underestimated art.

[@EnsurgeLtd]

Bloody hell well done mate. My head still hurts watching that lol

[@rubbersteve123]

Great fault finding, well done, yes CJR10

[@Istari_01]

Well done there mate! I’m a controls engineer on industrial machinery, fault finding looks a lot more difficult when everything’s buried in the house! And random junction boxes, who ordered those!! 🕺🏽🍻🍻

[@floretionguru2977]

I once lived in an apartment complex where there was an old lady who had mild dementia. She got up in the middle of the night and rode her bike around town for reasons no one could understand and she fiddled with the circuit breaker box feeling it had strange powers. The landlord had to get a lock just to keep her out.

[@Luckytrowel12]

I'm a bricklayer so I've really no idea why I watched this? And I not even going to pretend that i understood any of it! 🤣 But I'll watch a few more videos anyway. 😎

[@Camberwell86]

"Lucky trowel" the brickie lmao 😅

[@casecurityandelec]

I'm a spark and I've learned more from these types of videos than I did from my tradesmen! If you watch a few of these you'll get a basic understanding in no time, I always think it's a good thing to get a rough understanding of this electrical stuff

[@robinmyman]

Take a sparky out for a pint...he’ll tell you about ring finals, loops, CPC, mcb’s, RCD’s, different cables, consumer units and.......if you want a laf...landing lights.

[@scabthecat]

I'm a sparky and have watched a fare few bricklaying videos. Find the whole trade quite chilled and satisfying. In fact, trades that impress me most in order, bricklaying, joinery, electrical, plastering, decorating, cleaning, plumbing

[@sammcvittie9672]

I was absolutely stoked when you got continuity on the cpc!

[@2010Mrturk]

Good vid mate straight in no messing about no bs. What we come here too see ! Good content

[@patrickflanagan8008]

I loved watching this, well done and thank you.

[@jakedrums1398]

That hanging dead spider at the beginning really put me on edge 🤣🤣

[@paulmiller3447]

I love the improvise using the gas pipe to hold your metre love it

[@garethwood439]

Great video Chris!! Love this kind of content.

[@nigelsmith7955]

Yeah buried junction boxes! It’s the worst, found a ton in the new house ended up moving them into new hidden locations so I could install them into single or double gang wall box and cap off. At least I don’t have to deal with rings over here! Good job, sorry James letting us down with the socks!!!!

[@adeytecnic]

Vary satisfactorily to finally get there. However, as a very green spark, this makes me very nervous.

[@bostedtap8399]

Very good work, hope customer appreciates they are a lot safer. Thanks for sharing.

[@garethhodson3896]

Job satisfaction on these types of jobs - hard work but nice when you can find the faults 👍 top video

[@dlifts721]

Builders are too funny. just running cables here there and everywhere

[@haydenuk02]

Great work and thanks for the awesome content stay safe and have a nice week

[@andrewdonagher6497]

Bloody heart breaking tracing a open circuit nice fix 😃

[@stephengreen909]

Top video.. Love these kind of video's.. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@taylor22270]

Nice work Chris and James 👍🏻

[@trainsinkansas576]

I'm a 72 year old semi retired American electrician and boxes over here are supposed to be accessible unless the home owner deems that there now a qualified electrician and then creative wiring begins. In my 50 plus years I have made a lot of money on creative wiring. It continues as I speak. One example was the landlord that went into the creative wiring mode and had the neutral and hot on the same side of outlet and couldn't understand why the breaker tripped. Great video.

[@david5499]

Gotta love builders retro fit shit...lashed in!!

[@train4905]

A superb job sir well done

[@g.williamswilliams8442]

Great video guys.... Excellent fault finding

[@findleyroofing]

How long do you go before you say to customer.... “Sorry, get your chequebook out”

[@MrDamodee]

How are you guys wearing shorts, I'd be freezing!!! Great video as always!

[@WooShell]

He's balancing that out with three layers on the top half of the body ;=)

[@dave3159]

Send the customer the bill and a link to this vid! , You earned your money on this one matey!

[@Bladerunner4511]

I thought my 1960s built house had bad electrics with only 3 fuses for the whole house but its far neater than that great video i will upgrade mine at some point think it needs it

[@michaelmcnicholas4410]

Great video lads Worked hard at that one

[@michaellecky6438]

Keep up the good work Chris and don’t let the haters get to you, they only hate because they can’t do better.

[@noelbourke5101]

Some man Chris, never give up

[@LoftechUK]

Well done. What a job

[@Cablesmith]

Sneaky hands free continuity there to prove me wrong Chris 😃😂

[@Cjrelectrical]

👌🏻

[@GadgetAddict]

At least these bodge jobs make good video content 👍

[@paulradwell9719]

Great fault finding lads, bit like this house I'm working on presently, some donkey buried a junction box in the plaster!! Ye gods...why do they do it!!

[@RichardArblaster]

James you're going to have up your socks game 😆😆😆

[@tww5719]

At least your customer can see from the video what you had to go through 👍

[@CJT80]

This reminds me of some dodgy electrics at my parents old place. When an extension was built they run one set of sockets off an upstairs bedoom! Also the shower pump could've run 5 showers (like the type you have in commercial gyms or swimming pools). Was a total nightmare!

[@kingofthetrowel1725]

Nice one Chris 👍👍

[@teamsjonline]

Yep, I so sympathise, I'm in the middle of sorting what should have been a simple outdoor light install which has turned into "Guess the circuit" because all the wiring has been done by multiple DIY enthusiasts over many years and theres spurs from spurs, multiple cables going to random MCBs, it's a shambles!

[@danieloj2076]

Great insightful video... A question on what you would do in this situation regards to charging the customer? Is this something you would write off and come back and install the CU on another day at your expense or would you discuss with the client and charge for that day?

[@robwoods7176]

Chris and James - another day in paradise! Have you tried the 127mm Armeg solid board cutter and plugs for the access in chipboard floors?

[@doctorelectric470]

that's why you were pulling your hair out on Instagram the other day!!! Looked like a nightmare but got there in the end, good video guys

[@unapalomablanc]

Great video, entertaining too

[@carlbeech9497]

Glad I watched this now. I sometimes think it's just who gets shite like this.

[@artisanelectrics]

Builders and electrics what a combination 😩

[@Cjrelectrical]

Wow that was quick

[@Liberator975]

I'm neither.. from watching your videos Any of my DIY takes pride. It seems trades get lazy 😦😦

[@GreenHawkConstructionltd]

So do I class myself as both 🤷‍♂️ Cracking video as usual Chris 👍

[@Cjrelectrical]

From what I’ve seen your more electrician than builder. Normal builders install the consumer unit with a lump hammer.

[@vikingofengland]

Makes a change from blaming DIY'ers!!!

[@terryleaman3038]

Ignore the haters Chris, I think your work and videos are brilliant

[@GaryB1980]

And this is why a good trade costs money! Mashed my head watching let alone doing... great video chaps

[@Cjrelectrical]

👍

[@markgilder9990]

Chris. Mind your feet on those “Jesus” carpet grippers.😎😂😂👍🏻

[@robertsingleton2364]

Great video !! have access to under floor JB boxes do I have to change them and put in wago boxes also can if access is ok still put in older JBs

[@andrewlougher-harris5492]

can't wait for part 2 !!!!!!

[@andrewlougher-harris5492]

@PETER WILSON looks if it's going that way

[@ikuras13]

Brilliant videos and very educational. With respect to down lighters, when should they be fire rated and what areas should they be fitted ? And is there a reference in the 18th edition to it ?

[@Reverend-Rodger]

I spent a few years working plumbing pipe in domestic and chipboard floors still give me a queasy feeling.

[@mikeenglish1492]

That was interesting 👍

[@sugardaddyxxx]

Cpc is still hi, should be 0.27x 1.67= 0.45 or 0.46 so that tells me that there is a loose connection on the cpc, probably needs doing up a bit at a socket, I had it the other day. But you did great finding that break, awesome 👏🏽 job. 👍🏽

[@oldvlognewtricks]

Can’t wait for the next instalment 😆

[@anthonyridgley1819]

Wow 🙄 . Well done guys great fault finding video

[@xi2760]

Another enjoyable video. You always go on about poor plug sockets . What makes a good plug socket? or can you recommend any ?

[@gimp079]

Well found...good stuff :)

[@mihupolo]

great job mate

[@malcolmduncan2423]

Chris great video, may have to refer to you as Detective Chris from no on

[@redeye619]

Mate those ferret cams are a life safer, ive only used mine a handful of times, but it has more than paid itself back in those few times

[@DstandsforDoomed]

Don’t forget the code next time James, BUNDY10

[@phillipgwynne6580]

Was going to say exact same thing!

[@cjmillsnun]

BUNDY10 is the discount code for Kopex?

[@den196114]

Man what a nightmare, the best laid plans of mice and men and all that

[@ShredPile]

How absolutely maddening that must've been. Admittedly I knew nothing about your wiring codes before this other than knowing your standard current was 230v so learning about ring circuits was pretty cool. Tell me, is hiding inaccessable boxes in the framing a legit thing to do? Anyway, thanks for the great content. cheers.

[@pbop619]

It's frowned upon. Not the done thing on new install although nothing technically wrong,but it can get you out of a pickle on a repair. It can't be a screw terminal joint, has to be a "permanent" connection ie crimp/ soldered / compression. Also if its buried in a wall it has to be horizontal or vertical to an accessory so it would fall into a "zone"

[@aktelectricalaktelectrical4]

Nicely done Chris If you had to split the ring into two 20amp radials to the kitchen it wouldn't be so bad would it?

[@123brummer]

12:27 - It's funny because most sparks I come across think they're "spreads" "chippies" "structural engineers" "architects" "kitchen fitters" "decorators" just about anything, except none of them think they're plumbers hahaha!!!!

[@TommySco89]

How do you adjust the cost when things like this happen ? Do you agree a set price with the client or just add on the extra at the end?

[@RaithUK]

OMG that was intense

[@RichardArblaster]

What a mare!!! 😱😱😱

[@neil_down_south]

When you put the circle of wood back into the hole in the chipboard, how is it supported?

[@ericturnipseed8664]

:"losing the will to live on this one"... funny... made me laugh... been there before on projects (not electrical)

[@damianc1174]

thats correct - my so called step dad who thought was great - put the cooker on the lights RCD ring and wonder why it kept tripping all the time. then the real electricians came and shouted when they needed to do a survey... and shouted HELP!!!! The electrics in this house is SHODDY!!!

[@rubybrady7051]

Very good video

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Finish Hoovering up and them make like the Shepherd and GET THE FLOCK OUT OF THERE!!!

[@heffo1992]

Would it have made sense to leave a loop of extra cable and rewire to the socket? Then if you have to you can add the wago box and if not you removed the joint completely

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice job and video

[@steventonkz]

CJR, Was watching a video a while ago of an LED light on a magnet. Have you got a link to the product?

[@Reverend-Rodger]

The Scuderia Ferrari of consumer units

[@thomasleathley9681]

Looked like a mare of a day but it did make for a rather interesting video.

[@Chris_In_Texas]

James needs to read the company dress code requirements that simply states "That all socks must be of multi-color and / or pattern, per approval of management." 👍🍺

[@michielderomijn]

A classic example of "why the rest of the world doesn't use ring final circuits" 😉

[@Ragnar8504]

Chasing broken earths on radials isn't that much more fun though... still, there's one less chance of screwing up a circuit.

[@phillipgwynne6580]

19:14 are those spiders legs? Euggggh, have you ever had a fear of spiders, because I think subconsciously that may have prevented me from pursuing my interest in an electrician’s career.

[@joefrayling9263]

I find that at work you're to focused on the task at hand to worry, when I'm at home spiders freak me right out I can't stand them but at work I've had bites and had them crawling on me dangling Infront of my face and it doesnt phase me whatsoever until later on when I remember it and then it creeps me out 😅

[@philipsmith0752]

Hi Chris i had live in Cornwall and needed a electrician i contacted Hendra Electrices. the guy Adam came and did the job and in conversation with him , i said i watch you on KZbin , he said he met you at electrical fair . , he won some tools from you

[@sedgy87]

I wonder if you can help have a led downs in both bathroom and bedroom.. one from each blinks regularly, any ideas?