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[@gadgetman36]

“Pablo’s been here a while. He’s already had two cups of tea.” 🤣

[@nathanjp96]

Fair play pablo did a good job there 🤣🤣

[@JasonEDragon]

Neat job, though I would have tried to stash the spare cable behind the new wood board instead of cutting everything to length. Never know what the future holds.

[@davidmurphy4263]

Beautiful , nice clean work . any Apprentice would be Proud to say they Learned under You . stay safe 8 - )

[@garry2115]

Hi Chris/James, Great video! Neat installation!Very informative as always! 👍⚡️

[@seangoodyear4246]

Love the mirror Chris ! Very useful there must be so many boards getting hot out there with bus bar not connected correctly !!! 👍👍

[@farmersteve129]

Good old Pablo!

[@inderinderinder]

He’s a good lad 👍🏽

[@ilikeydashooty]

Looking good. FYI Heat pumps also need a circuit for an immersion in the tank 👍

[@tww5719]

Thought you and James were going to do the Inbetweeners dance to that music 😂😂👍

[@shifty277]

Man like Pablo! Adored by sparks all over the country! Thumbs up (for Pablo).

[@stoufer2000]

Brill, had never seen the fire suppression tubes before but what a good idea

[@alhughes9698]

Nice work again Chris, keep improving the world one electrical component at a time!

[@haydenuk02]

Brilliant work thanks for sharing this with us take care 👍🏻

[@n3ilvincent870]

Really good job on that board. nice to see you take pride in your work

[@TheColinputer]

Clearly Pablo is camera shy and doesn't want to be recognized from his weekend meter bypass cash jobs

[@farmingace1015]

@Ellis The DJ you don’t get the joke pablo is Chris

[@manvandog9796]

Really appreciate the quality of your videos Chris. Informative and interesting to watch. Love watching you work through a problem,as a training spark it really helps me make a connection between theory and the real world. Keep up the great work mate. P.S. ignore the haters, it's the price of putting yourself out there unfortunately... I don't see any of them doing it.

[@Richard_OKeeffe]

Chris, I thought the white / cream 'earth' on RCBO are not meant to be sleeved green and yellow as its a Functional earth and not a safety earth such as a CPC

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yeah is still visible from the back of the Rcbo and to be fair if your messing around in a consumer unit you should know what it’s function is.

[@djkamilo66]

You're not, leave it white.

[@keepthemhonest2]

@@Cjrelectrical but surely if you're messing about in the CU you should also know to keep them white?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Ease of dressing the front it’s still visibly white.

[@craigflynn3238]

Great observations however I think this is not an issue, main earth is not a cpc and is green and yellow and some brands of rcbo have green and yellow Earth as well

[@jasonperry70]

Nice and tidy job. Nice one.

[@brendanfisher2528]

Good work Pablo... no messing around when Pablo is there to help with the job...

[@chrisjones7504]

Great video again Chris, that music makes me want to be on holiday in Spain, in the hot sun, on a beach with a beer!

[@pauledwards9493]

Really nice to see some fire suppression going in, life saving stuff.

[@leebutterworth7465]

Only really a life saving job if it’s there to protect against inferior workmanship, Chris has done a mighty fine job as always so unless it’s a faulty device there should be no need for the fire suppression device to be installed, the more we start doing “the added extra” to an install the IET will change the Wiring Regs and make the mandatory then this hikes the price up, prime example of this is going to be the installation of AFDD’s in the future

[@cf3031]

Good job mate, when someone does it nice and tidy it just looks so much better. Just looks like a proper job, rather than just chucked in all messy.

[@leebutterworth7465]

Chris always does a nice neat job, pity then next guy who comes along will probably make it look like dogs dinner again when he comes to install the car charger and heat pump

[@mickm234]

Cracking job, you ‘lead’ the way. 👍

[@amarcy5369]

At least if you do sleeve the functional earths it does make them easier to keep neat . 😃👍👍👍

[@AndyK.1]

What a nice Saturday surprise.

[@HeathenGeek]

good stuff. . . for labeling, Hager ways are 17.7mm each

[@Tomoose1985]

Once I realised the timelapse music was an Ace of Base - All that she wants remix all I could do was sing along 😂 Another brilliant real world video, thanks Chris.

[@cjkokay]

Ever tried the right Hager busbar fir those MCBs? The right busbar goes to the front leaving the cable hole free, well for cables.

[@EcoMan-te4vu]

So is "Pablo" a real person or just Chris's "alter-ego" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@m101ist]

A invisible friend or split personality where the two halves of the brain are not electrically connected to each other. 🙄

[@Jay369]

Would it be better to fit the fire suppressing tube at the top of the board? Or if the board was already done, fit it to the top of the inside of the cover?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yeah can do. But once you hear and see one of these go off I think placement of product won’t matter.

[@mickeyzahirovic9077]

16sq mm Neutral from main switch to N bar, is that meant to be from Hager, I've seen it on so many consumer units, some come with a 25sq mm N. Not sure what the deal is there?

[@RichardArblaster]

Nice job 😎

[@mikeselectricstuff]

Shoudn't you have mounted that tube at the top, because heat rises ?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Metal box full of fire. Placement irrelevant

[@Teeqs]

@@Cjrelectrical you could've atleast cut them two plastic bolts down to hold the tube in place, great install tho as always

[@Graham_Langley]

@@Cjrelectrical Did you read the instructions?

[@Graham_Langley]

Agreed. Consumer Unit World supply the Enviroburst one and Its instructions say "Take off the lid, drill 2 holes near the top". But Chris is a professional and doesn't need to read instructions.

[@Cjrelectrical]

My boards will never have a need for this system anyway

[@jussikuusela7345]

9:30 what's the song that sounds like Ace Of Base's All That She Wants? More precisely, what remix?

[@petertrevena804]

Is the Fire suppression tube now law. AS first I have seen on a board.

[@n3ilvincent870]

Wow you are a artist lovely looking board

[@MrImATarget]

Good to see that you double downed on the RCD test label inside the cover. One white and one yellow just in case you are colour blind lol..... Couldn`t see on the video but where did the incoming neutral to the neutral bar connect back to?

[@officersnickers75]

I did not see the PE connected on the SPD is there a some sort of internal connection to the DIN Rail or something like that?

[@keepthemhonest2]

Good question ... there should be an earth from the bottom of the SPD. Maybe it's hidden behind the din rail

[@Cjrelectrical]

Correct

[@officersnickers75]

@@Cjrelectrical Ahh great we dont have that in Switzerland so i was a little confused. Love your content keep up the good work👍 Edit: probably missunderstud its hiden so its the same as here😅

[@marktaylor7288]

those spacers are decent. Where did you get them from?

[@garethblake3941]

Hi, Excellent video and commentary. I know not everyone is going to agree but l must admit l much prefer to see all the labelling on the inside of the lid. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

[@BatmanReturnZ]

Does 'Pablo' wear ppe when pulling the fuse? I always wondered how necessary it is.

[@charliechimples]

Great vid once again. Thanks for sharing. 🐵

[@stEVEN_SMARTER]

Neat job 👍

[@thomasmalyon1249]

Is there any functional difference between the taller RCBO with earth fly-lead and the more compact RCBOs? Or is it just a case of using existing stock?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Exactly just didn’t have the miniature rcbo in that amp range that I wanted.

[@thomasmalyon1249]

@@Cjrelectrical thanks Chris - always wondered if there was a difference

[@djkamilo66]

wish we had those tubes in Brazil, even tho if we did, nobody would bother...

[@leebutterworth7465]

As ever camera shy Pablo!! Superb installation, good to see back entry on the cables looks far neater than glands and grommets everywhere, any reason why you don’t bring your meter tails in through the back entry knockouts??

[@Cjrelectrical]

The Hager board didn’t have any tail clamp and the rear entry from the bottom wouldn’t offer any strain relief but the insert that clips in the bottom is just as good if not better than a compression gland.

[@leebutterworth7465]

@@Cjrelectrical I use cable clamps like you have used going into Pablo’s isolator switch when the tails are next to the wall under the CU

[@B1cam]

You should get Pablo on screen, wonder what he’s like!? 😀

[@blahh397]

Sorry, newbie question :- why do you get Pablo to do your tails?

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

He's not Licensed to touch the City Side of the Electrical Supply. He's allowed to touch everything on the Consumer side of the Isolation Switch but not the City side of the Switch which is why Pablo (or one of his Coworkers) has to install the Isolater - Pablo either works for the City or the Electrical Supply Company (I'm not sure which).

[@HondaCBR60004]

Has James done his first board yet, great video

[@gordonLP]

Chris, why does the isolator have tamper seals when its on the consumer side of the meter? Cheers, Gordon

[@bertiebassett1972]

We’ve got a pablo down here in the southwest too what’s the chance of that?🤔😂

[@mattbarker1748]

Great video but what happened to the sound during the time lapse sequence? I'm sure we missed some explanation when you were pointing to stuff during the slowed down bits of the prep work.

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yes sorry royalty free music is not royalty free. Sound had to be taken down unfortunately

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

@@Cjrelectrical Could you listen to what you said in the raw footage and then do a music free voice over repeating what you originally said or is that too much of an Editing PITA?

[@benstratton2616]

You note that provision for a EV charge point has been made, don’t forget that the RCD protecting the EV circuit should be a double pole A type which disconnects both live conductors in the event of a fault

[@Cjrelectrical]

Are you sure

[@boresight2]

Great vid Chris. Have you tried using Juan for your main switches I find he needs less coffee 👍😉

[@danielazad4421]

most of the time I cant find the emmersion hearter any way. They disconnect it when remove old unvented system to combi boiler and leave the cable in the partition wall or under the floor lol. Well come to Milton Keynes and contact me if you need help when you are next here in MK.

[@leebutterworth7465]

Don’t you mean “open vented system” unvented system wouldn’t normally be taken out to install a combi boiler invented in majority of installs is a pressurised cylinder giving far better performance than a combi boiler could

[@danielazad4421]

@@leebutterworth7465 Yes Lee, you are right (:

[@AndyK.1]

B25. Nice

[@andyjohnson7817]

Nice job.

[@robswingler]

What are those spacers you use?

[@Cjrelectrical]

25mm Galvanized flanged coupler.

[@ShadowzGSD]

Wellingborough is only 10 minutes up the road for me.

[@casper1240]

Thanks for reply God knows how you lads cope with all those connections , I'd just get beffudled im ok with Brake pipes etc but hell all those wire

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

It (sometimes) helps if you're the one that took it apart... Then you (hopefully) remember what's what when it comes time to put it back together... I personally, am glad I live in Canada and not the UK...we don't use Ring Circuits here, each cable entering the panel goes to a Breaker (Hot/Black or Red), the Neutral Bus Bar (White) and the Ground/Earth Bus Bar (Bare Copper or Green). Each Breaker/Bus Bar Lug is allowed to have 1 wire attached to it. Each Cable feeds 1 Circuit and no single 15 Amp Circuit is allowed to have more than 12 Devices attached to it; with 1 very specific exception - a Circuit that has dedicated, known loads is allowed to exceed the 12 Device Limit as long as the total Current Draw does not exceed 12 Amps. This is usually a Circuit that only has Lights attached to it a Circuit using this exception can NOT have a Receptacle/Socket on it as the load is not fixed.

[@martinjp1]

Damn it I missed Pablo again!

[@AndyK.1]

Oh its such a long running joke.

[@TheNorthernmunky]

A thing of beauty

[@BeaconFTW]

Just quick question, why not just bring tails round back of wood and into the back of the board?

[@Cjrelectrical]

No strain relief and looks like a bodge in my opinion

[@BeaconFTW]

@@Cjrelectrical thats fair enough could you not get away with some of that fancy metal banding with the rubber attached to then class it as strain relief, looks the when the board in cleaned of cables entering

[@LyndonWright]

Pablo mounts isolator switches. Why does Pablo do that and not you (Can you qualify for that?) How does he isolate the incoming tails to insert the isolator switch?

[@davecowan9466]

Have a read of the other ‘pablo’ comments and see if you can work it out 😉

[@LyndonWright]

@@davecowan9466 OK so Pablo is Chris. So why does he not show us changing the tails and fitting the isolator switch! I have not seen that in any of Chris's videos.

[@davecowan9466]

@@LyndonWright Because it’s not ‘strictly’ allowed, although how fussy the suppliers are does vary on area. It’s the unspoken subject in the fusebox changing world!

[@MrFreddywise1]

@CJR ELECTRICAL have a curious question why do American Electricians leave the earth or CPC wire uncovered during installation yet yourself Nick bundy, an several others cover the,m regardless of the back boxes / covers you use,

[@Sparks0001]

the regulations in the UK say they must be sleeved

[@wilbertbirdner1303]

Pablo must drink a lot of coffee...

[@vinigoalkeeper3009]

I wish I had as much time as this changing a consumer unit 🤣 I was always given 3 hours maximum to change a board on the company I did my apprenticeship with and never got out of the habit of old board out new board in in that same sort of time. I may allow a full day for my next one and see what I can do.

[@Cjrelectrical]

I understand if your on the cards mate but I could spend a week on one only be my lose but would look fantastic.

[@davecowan9466]

Three hours max to change any board? No wonder I see so many absolute states when I do inspections etc.....very much depends on the scenario as to how long it takes to make a ‘tidy’ job. That’s not to say you can’t do things quickly, they just often don’t look so good! I’m lucky as Chris says that i can allow the time I need to make a nice job of every one.....glad I’m not up against the clock any more 😂

[@philipsmith0752]

can you tell me why on electrical cables the earth cable is never sleeved, when you dress it into the board then put a sleeve on it . Chris

[@Cjrelectrical]

Yeah Couple of reasons one being an exposed earth cable is more likely to do it’s job in the event of a damaged cable earth fault also if it were double sleeved then it would have to be the same size as the line and neutral. This also keeps manufacturing costs down.

[@johnschroeder3072]

I believe it is just a cost saving measure. In Australia all our earths are sheathed and all earths are required to be stranded. Having said that we don't use any solid any more either.

[@tww5719]

Think you will find it also makes the cable smaller 👍

[@gadgetman36]

From what I have seen they don’t sleeve the ground wires in the USA.

[@misstakenot9582]

Cost. Someone (Pirelli, I think) used to make T&E with sleeved CPC, but it was discontinued some years ago. I think Ireland mandates sleeved CPC - can anyone confirm?

[@adeytecnic]

Where does Pablo get his tamper seals from? My Pablo was asking... 🤣

[@bentleybloke]

I wanted to know this too 😇

[@brendanfisher2528]

🤣🤣🤣

[@m101ist]

Are the earth split on the bus bar ?

[@ABRUSAHAELEKTRIK]

Nice bro

[@robintodd3901]

Nice job! Just think Pablo should of got shot of the neutral blocks seen as he was at it.

[@casper1240]

Hi hope you dont mind me picking your brains ,bought a 2,300 Watt cut off saw plugged it in on my 13 Amp circuit but just tripped out the RCB on this Radial/riung circuit in my shop set up a couple of years ago , theres a separate caravan style socket i had installed for my Welder see Pic., the only way i could get this to work without tripping out was to connect it to the caravan plug , socket . yet when i plugged it in on my house supply it didnt trip out rhe RCBs in the house cant really understand lectricity mare these Workshop set ups more sensitive than the normal 13 Amp domestic circuits all very confusing .thanks for any advice

[@peterwhite51]

The saw has a high start up in rush and will probably need a type "C" breaker as opposed to the generally fitted "B" type.

[@casper1240]

@@peterwhite51 all a bit confusing . cant really understand why they sell these as domestic 13 amp machines, electricity just baffles me , the saw is only about two feet away from the RCB Unit wonder if that had owt to do with it

[@peterwhite51]

@@casper1240 Was it an RCD or an RCBO or an MCB that tripped? An RCD will trip due to excess earth leakage, An RCBO will trip for excess earth leakage and/or overcurrent load, an MCB is purely an overcurrent (fuse) type device, but much more sophisticated.

[@casper1240]

@@peterwhite51 thanks for replying im no electrician the spark put a seperate circuit in my shop , it says RCD protected on the main box into my shop the unit make says CHINT / possibly chinese not sure .below that are the 13 Amp connections and a caravan socket for my old welder difficult explaining things without seeing them

[@casper1240]

wierd but the chop saw didnt have an earth cable ?

[@asamitchell7948]

Hager you don't need to mirror the busbar connections as the cage design doesn't allow you to miss the teeth on the busbar

[@Cjrelectrical]

Are you sure!

[@richardsheppard5881]

Shouldn’t the tails go from the meter into a isolator then the blocks, ?

[@calvinhale2723]

Always wondered why the highest load termination I.e cut out isolator is not in a metal clad enclosure 🤷‍♂️

[@daverossy]

I’d imagine because it’s not supposed to be switched under load, doesn’t have any active components like MCBs/RCDs/RCBOs and has heavy gauge cables that are more likely to be terminated correctly so the likelihood of a catastrophic fault is lower than in the CU.

[@calvinhale2723]

@@daverossy main cause of DB burn outs are loose main neutral on the neutral bar. 'Not supposed to'' isn't really covered in the regs 😁 homeowners are not meant to carry out DIY electrics but they do, not meant to drill through a cable which is in the zone but they do, so we have to plan for all potential circumstances. So why are these not metal enclosures?

[@daverossy]

@@calvinhale2723 All fair points! You just asked why they aren’t currently and I gave my best reasoning for why, afraid I don’t make the regs so you’d have to speak to someone else if you think things should be changed.

[@calvinhale2723]

@@daverossy they were good ideas you mentioned, maybe comes down to money like everything else 😆

[@nickhuk18]

Only L+N going through it so would need to run a separate earth if metal I suppose

[@ilovetitanium4136]

Side entry tails would avoid the "S"

[@AndyK.1]

Thought it was good practice to connect the cpc of unused cables to the earth bar

[@steveanesi4017]

As I've known, shouldn't be any spare cores, as they should all be terminated to earth.

[@jongurney]

It’s actually in section 8 of the EAWR had a massive argument with someone about it as I discovered 80v floating on unused cores grrrr.

[@line10cls]

didn't see 2 colours used warning label.

[@frankloger3198]

Hi. I am from Germany and looking your videos, because I am interested in the electrical installation of foreign countries. You are often talking about „radios“ for circuits. Could you please tell for what „radio“ stands for in this case? Thank you very much in advance.

[@Cjrelectrical]

Radial meaning 1 cable

[@18in80]

In the U.K. socket circuits are often wired as ring final circuits where the 2.5mm2 circuit cable leaves and returns to the same 32 Amp MCB in the consumer unit, they were introduced in 1947 at the same time as the rectangular BS1363 13A fused plug and socket that is still used today. Radial circuits are a single cable that supplies sockets but doesn't return to the same MCB, they are also used to supply individual items such as a water heater or a washing machine and typically protected by 16 or 20 Amp MCBs.

[@frankloger3198]

Thank you very much for the explanations.

[@AndyK.1]

Radial. Basically what you do in Europe and most of the world

[@bunnylove273]

Hi bud can l ask a question what are your thoughts on boiler's in bedrooms good or bad me personalty not good?

[@rayc1503]

I do both gas and electrics. It's permissible. As long as it's a room sealed appliance and it's safe. Always recommended to have a CO detector fitted. You can't smell, see or taste Carbon monoxide, It's the silent killer. Most modern boilers are room sealed so it's fine.

[@tww5719]

Mines in the bedroom ,it's a Victorian house converted in to flats,it used to be the lounge so quite big with 10ft ceilings,fitted a CO detector where it is in a cupboard no problem 👍

[@gadgetman36]

No, not good. The sound of it going on and off will disturb your sleep if you’re a light sleeper. Safety wise a bedroom is the last place I would site a boiler.

[@tww5719]

@@gadgetman36 just as loud as a smoke detector, and my CO detector activates the other detectors,but yes it is Taboo ,👍

[@bunnylove273]

@@gadgetman36 thanks bud

[@mumblingsole]

Have James done his first fuse board yet

[@Cjrelectrical]

No

[@BrianB2579]

So nice to see a company go the extra effort to stop at B&Q to get timber to make a better job than the last person(s) installation .... 👍👍😎😎🏡🏡⚡⚡⚡

[@m101ist]

What's that tube for ?😳

[@GrooverErn]

Pablo is loitering in the shower!

[@kezbanana8327]

Ahhh welcome to welly

[@beardedsparks2825]

A crucification of ace of base. Terrible, just terrible.

[@JimWhitaker]

Heat pump? More money than sense.

[@Addy_033]

Quick question. I thought we couldn’t mount boards on wood?

[@Quuelas]

Who's Pablo? I don't understand :(

[@cripwellwalsall4700]

have you got the 5% off hager code yet ??

[@Cjrelectrical]

Next week hopefully

[@cripwellwalsall4700]

@@Cjrelectrical still no hager code i guess

[@Cjrelectrical]

👎🏼

[@cripwellwalsall4700]

@@Cjrelectrical No worries went elsewhere and was cheaper than it would have been even if i did get the 5% off lol ,

[@christay21]

lovey juvey chris

[@gadgetman36]

Pablo Escobar?

[@iainkay3630]

I do wonder where Pablo got his name from. Was it just the first guy you had come out was called Pablo? Or perhaps a coy reference to what he might like to get up to the night before? 😂

[@Ray.m0]

There is no Pablo just Chris.

[@Ad-gn8pl]

It's Pablo from the DNO 😉

[@mikebooker6354]

@@Ray.m0 that is like saying santa is not real.

[@roydowling2542]

@@mikebooker6354 wow what's this about Santa not being real?

[@nw5835]

@@Ray.m0 SOH is a good thing to have.

[@henrikostrov482]

What was the song name

[@andrewpowell6457]

Why Did Pablo charge you double??

[@Cjrelectrical]

Travel

[@djkamilo66]

for the clickbait of course, he wanted his cut.

[@davidfaraday7963]

Because Chris kept him hanging about.

[@johnbrewer9833]

@@Cjrelectrical a bit like a glaziers bill. #50 for the new one and #50 for the one you broke!

[@markrowland5393]

Lovely job. Not sure what you meant about "game changing" .

[@Cjrelectrical]

The washers on the consumer unit. Unfortunately youtube algorithm doesn’t favor the wording consumer unit upgrade and we have to include titles that might make you click the video.

[@nigellewis804]

Why don't you label un used cables to help the next guy

[@Cjrelectrical]

I did on the other sheath

[@AndyK.1]

Chris. Just cus you got the wire lock crimps don’t mean you have to use them everywhere 🤣. Even on outgoing isolator. How many did you buy ? 🤣

[@K1ZEK]

Who is Pablo?

[@Cjrelectrical]

Pablo is abit like Father Christmas

[@dg2908]

I heard that Pablo moonlights as the tooth fairy