Irish vs. British Wiring: Who Does It Worse?
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- We may share the standard 13A socket, but our similarities end there. From varied cables and consumer units to EV chargers and bathroom zones, our approaches diverge significantly. What insights can we gain from Irish electrical standards? To explore this, we're joined by Stephen Buckley and Keith Delahan, hosts of the Insight Stripped Back Podcast. We can agree on the transformative impact of great lighting on any installation. With summer on the horizon, we delve into the latest lighting innovations from ROBUS, guided by Training Manager John Ford.
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Time Stamps ⏱
00:00 eFIXX TV 15th May 2024
01:50 Who's in the green room
02:30 Tonights' show is in association with Robus
03:15 Shauna joins Joe 2 in Comments Corner
04:36 Introducing this evenings guests
05:54 Guests have 60 seconds to introduce themselves
08:29 GT time - Who will complete the challenge the fastest?
10:13 A triple Electricians' Challenge
19:19 An eFIXX red EV charger behind Gordon
19:30 Time to find out the times
22:45 Loser cleans up in the greencable room
23:50 Irish VS British: Who does it worse?
24:58 Topic 1 - EV Chargers
29:27 Topic 2 - Consumer units
35:40 Comments Corner
37:11 Topic 3 - Cables
42:45 Topic 4 - Airing cupboards
46:42 Topic 5 - Bathroom zones
51:34 Topic 6 - Cooker switches
54:30 Topic 7 - Solar
1:00:07 Rick's Tool Time
1:03:00 Toooool
1:05:15 Placing the tool on the Tool Wall
1:09:22 Let's talk lights
1:10:00 Robus up-down lights
1:14:34 Gary can light up his house sign
1:17:00 A great Robus Bollard (1460 Lumens)
1:20:00 A glare supportive Resin spikelight
1:22:00 There's been an update to the Vegas COB Strip
1:24:00 Download the MyRobus app for a free of charge lighting design service
1:27:00 It's time to announce our first five seats on the plane to Dublin
1:34:10 The great things that Robus do
1:35:35 Comments Corner with Shauna
1:38:00 Where do the Robus lights get their names from?
1:44:00 Thanks for watching - Roll the credits 
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It’s like the late late toy show but for electrical 😂❤
Thank for the shout Gaz and a fantastic show tonight and the great guests over from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍
The lads might be a bit young to remember, but the reason for the cooker switch socket combination being banned was due to the cooker circuit traditionally being non RCD protected fixed equipment equipment. I got this lecture off an inspector 20 years back!
Thanks for that insight 👍🏻
Thanks for that Tony 🙌
I don't think it was ever banned, just it was another circuit to require RCD protection as it incorporated a socket outlet
Great show lads, Thanks for showing our products on Ricks tool time, and also a big thanks to Keith for the 9.5 rating.
The support is greatly appreciated.
Pleasure to help out 👍🏻🇮🇪
Greaat show, good fun! I have worked in England and rep. Ireland both for many many years and the rules are largely the same but the practises can be very different. You are supposed to be putting in isolators on your EVs, as they are fixed equipment just like a shower or oven but it being outside needs to be IP rated. We were also using RCBOs from the start which are now starting to be enforced in the U.K.
Good show lads - Dublin sparky living in Australia 10 years now and still have the fear of leaving the immersion on.😮
Great show lads
Thanks
A grey and black isolator would be classed as an emergency isolator, if I am correct?
Typo * would not be classed as emergency isolator?
Great show guys 👊😎👍💙
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@@efixx No can do, working away that week 😭. Have a great time guys
Regarding the DIN-mounted tool arm - presumably the UK regs would insist that we used one branded by the same manufacturer as the consumer unit. We all know that using an MCB branded differently to the CU will cause pixies to fall from the sky or indeed the leprechaun equivalent in this instance. You tell the kids today that the old Deutsches Institut für Normung was actually intended to be one and they just give you a blank stare; or is that a 'spare way' stare?
Frankly I am loving the idea of taking your toaster into the Irish bathroom. Even better if we can put it under the bath. Still, we in the UK can pride ourselves that the loss of a PEN conductor may lead to the power going off, directing the average consumer to go direct to the new(ish) metal CU and lift the bonded metal cover....
John was taller than me 😂😂
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I like the DC isolation on the Solar but I also don't like it. It means if your AC is out you're not charging your batteries for grid connected systems without batteries this makes sense. for Battery systems and off grid I kind of find it annoying. I think the better way to go about it is the communications break that one company has where the optimizers drop the voltage down to 1V.
With the ability to safely de-energize the cable to the car (in Ireland), has there been any issues with charger cable theft?
Not yet
ireland used to copy the british certification and exams for electricians ,,when i was there years ago ireland wired to switch to switch and england wired light to light then to switch which i liked more i dont know what they do now
4mm is available ..imm htr switch is better visible.so you know that its been left on!..Irish have been using RCDs on water heater for donkeys...They used to have single pole main switch in consumer units,still see them.They have a removable fuse in consumer units.Also see double sockets without switch, never seen those in England.
i would never put tool holder on consumer units keep tools away
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Answer, both do it wrong!! Rule number 1. Focus on safety and electrical theory, not cost or labor hours! Rule number 2. Easier does not equal better!! Rule number 3. IEC/EN standards are the worst! Far too "liberal" in their ratings. They don't test. Companies self certify. That is just insane!!
IEC ratings are almost always down rated by UL, because they test to worst case situations. Far safer, albeit, often more costly. Are your families lives worth cutting corners, saving relatively small amounts of money?