WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH YOU IN COLLEGE!

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I’m not trying to create fancy, new & exciting content…
Just day to day sparky videos
If you like it, that’s cool, if you don’t, that’s cool as well.
Remember, context is important, I can’t show/film every part of every test otherwise I’d still be there now😂just assume I’ve carried it out correctly

[@Anthony-wr2zl]

Yeah mate you absolutely nailed it with first the title for that it's what's wrong with a lot of these college courses. As for the shared neutral you got straight to the point without any need for a song, dance and sponsor. Make a mention of power tools and then expect some freebies in the post, you never know. Lol

[@bristolsparky]

😂😂cheers for that mate, appreciate it🙏🏻🙏🏻spread the word!

[@timhoward7037]

Good video. I had a mini-nightmare with neutrals recently doing a church EICR. Had I done your test at the beginning it would have saved a lot of time! There were 3 lighting circuits behind one 9 gang grid switch and eventually I concluded that the neutrals for all the lights were randomly mixed up between the 3 choc blocks. Add in a N-E fault at a light and a lot of fun started. The lights connected to the line of the circuit allegedly giving zero IR at the CU were nothing to do with the actual problem! You could also take out all 3 neutrals at the CU and two of the circuits lights still came on via the mixed up N's and the earth fault. I got there in the end!

[@bristolsparky]

😢😢😢🫠🫠🫠🫠nightmare!!

[@garydrumm7263]

A good video had that issue in my daughters house handy little test to know and I think young electricians will learn a lot from it well done. Gary

[@bristolsparky]

Thanks Gary👏🏻

[@WattageWill]

Why have I just found your channel😂 love the content dude🙏🏼

[@bristolsparky]

😂😂😂😂thanks mate🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@rjkelectrical6086]

Nice idea I like it, you know someone will try this and leave the permanent feed of upstairs lights still in the light of landing and wire the feed from down stairs into it too 🤣🤣

[@bristolsparky]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@gino2465]

I think i may be reading this wrong, are you connecting a 3 core from a ground floor pendant to a pendant on the landing?

[@bristolsparky]

2 core and cpc yeah

[@gino2465]

@bristolsparky so it's now ground floor and first floor are now one circuit

[@bristolsparky]

@ no, just the landing pendant as it receives its line from the ground floor but its neutral from the 1st....was i not clear?

[@gino2465]

@bristolsparky got it very good. Thank your for sharing with the community 🙏

[@SME_Ste]

Yeah boss, usually in the airing cupboard, boom

[@bristolsparky]

That's the one!!

[@tlangdon12]

This video would have benefited from a wiring diagram showing the before and after.

[@bristolsparky]

Dya reckon?

[@tlangdon12]

@@bristolsparky Some of us are visual learners. Your narrative made sense, but a diagram would have been better for some people.

[@bristolsparky]

@@tlangdon12 as a task, why not draw it out yourself? It's simple enough

[@johndoe2769]

That's a myth. ​@@tlangdon12

[@BigRedViking89]

What is the best way to find the culprit light fitting. Is it always the landing light and is there always just a single insulated line conductor from a nearby common? I think my parent’s home has this issue as when they turn off their kitchen lights LEDs one series of light remains lightly dimmed. Am I right in thinking this could be due to the shared neutral from the first floor bedroom?

[@bristolsparky]

Watch another one of my YT videos, u need a snubber

[@dave_154]

Must be on day work! Every electrician in the land will wack both circuits in one RCBO!

[@bristolsparky]

Respectfully disagree, 9/10 I can explain the benefits however there is that 1/10 that I end up putting them on the same rcbo

[@Chrisradioman]

So basically, when you are done, the landing light is on the downstairs circuit, and you have removed the single core neutral from wherever it's connected? That sounds good if I've got that right.

[@bristolsparky]

Yes🤙🏻

[@Chrisradioman]

@bristolsparky I normally find out about the shared Neutral when I power up and switch on the two-way on. Great tip, next time I'll do that test first. 😀

[@bristolsparky]

@ 😂😂😂😂we've all been there

[@thedon7536]

Spot on, the way things are going with the government and gas, would you just not rewire a house in 4mm radial to allow for what is going to happen in the new electric future ?

[@bristolsparky]

What a detour of a question🙃🙃🙃

[@keoghrichard1988]

What has that got to do with a borrowed neutral!? 😅

[@bristolsparky]

@ 😂😂😂😂

[@gino2465]

So you basically will dump line earth and neutral to the upstsirs mcb and replace it with your bew cable run to first pendant

[@bristolsparky]

No, you're adding a link from a downstairs circuit pendant to 1st floor landing pendant which traditionally is wired from the ground floor

[@gino2465]

@@bristolsparky single neutral

[@gino2465]

That's a handy tip to check this cheers

[@bristolsparky]

@@gino2465 you could run a single neutral but imo that’s a waste of time/effort

[@gordonsmith5644]

Great video and a solution I’ve just had this and managed to get a 3 core and cpc inside exsisting sheathing from downstairs switch to upstairs switch and then a new 1.0 mm twin up to pendant took 1/2 day

[@CrossElec]

Double up the circuit and create 1 lighting circuit 🤷🏻‍♂️ is what it is

[@bristolsparky]

Of course, I mention in the video you can do that...however for a couple of hours work you can split it so all the lights don't go out if there's a problem

[@mgmelectrical]

So if the lighting trips you would lose all your lighting as it would be on one circuit …not ideal

[@bristolsparky]

@@mgmelectrical exactly🫡