“Chris can you move the fuseboard please” GREAT !!! Fire damaged.

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  • @yrification
    @yrification 3 года назад +10

    Chris I'd recommend getting the floor access kit. I've used it few times now and its a life saver, I think its a cavity master. you get steel plates with it and you can get mesh for plasterboard.

  • @ashmanelectricalservices4318
    @ashmanelectricalservices4318 3 года назад +3

    I like that you ask James's opinion on things, it shows that he's not just doing as he's told but he's actually thinking about the job and the best way of doing something 👍

  • @GrenPara
    @GrenPara 3 года назад +1

    Great Video. The cable shot at 8:35 really shows difference in countries. Where I live code is one wire/cable per hole in joists and one wire per breaker.

  • @B1cam
    @B1cam 3 года назад +1

    Chris is so much happier with James. Good to have a chum to work with. Keep chuckling Chris. 👍🏼

  • @AndrewStrydomBRP
    @AndrewStrydomBRP 3 года назад +34

    That breaker on the meter should really be a standard feature, as well as access to the consumer side tails without cutting the seal.

    • @guffermeister
      @guffermeister 3 года назад +3

      It used to be on the Siemens meters like that....

    • @alerighi
      @alerighi 3 года назад +2

      In Italy we have breaker on the meter that can be tripped digitally, either for overload after a certain amount of time, or remotely (meters are networked trough the power cables with a powerline like protocol) for not paying your electricity bill, or in cases to prevent blackouts in case of grid overload (trip some meters to avoid possible the transformer to overload, in theory possible, never seen it done tough).

    • @guffermeister
      @guffermeister 3 года назад +3

      And thats the problem - done remotely. It would probably not be classed as sufficient control of the isolation as not fully under your control. Sometimes things are just over complicated. Just put an isolator in....

  • @davidmarsden8868
    @davidmarsden8868 3 года назад

    I like how you can think on your feet.. quickly coming up with solutions to problems
    Well done that man

  • @artisanelectrics
    @artisanelectrics 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for the shoutout! Sorry about the BG recommendation it’s the only bit of BG kit I ever use! Only because there no other option for 24v din mountable transformers...

    • @benh1216
      @benh1216 3 года назад +1

      I am no electrician but what is wrong with BG?
      Edit: Ah ok.

    • @AGRElectrics
      @AGRElectrics 3 года назад

      @@benh1216 Nothing really... just one of those brands that are cheap so you get what you pay for.

    • @lewis94uk
      @lewis94uk 3 года назад

      @@benh1216A cheap brand that on there own aren't that bad really but every time I've seen one installed it's been a shower of shite.

    • @ashmanelectricalservices4318
      @ashmanelectricalservices4318 3 года назад

      The Google Nest website has a list of chimes and bell transformers you can use to get 24V, BG isn't one of them. I've stopped using BG ones now, too unreliable.

  • @pm1104
    @pm1104 3 года назад +10

    Oh what a tidy fuse box ......nice job as always boys!

  • @dalefox3898
    @dalefox3898 3 года назад +3

    Hi Chris another good show! just one thing mate the earth on SWA from rod for garage! If there was a fault on the SWA ,damaged etc, on route to garage the RCD in garage would not operate as the SWA is up stream of RCD & earthing on SWA is down stream .I always isolate before the Garage board keeping the supply cable earth covered by the house board mcb &RCD, thanks for showing us the Fusebox range good kit.

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад

      An earthed swa sub main doesn’t require rcd protection.

    • @jamesclark3090
      @jamesclark3090 3 года назад +3

      @@Cjrelectrical The MCB in the house protecting the SWA pressumably won't trip, unless the loop on the TT is unusually low - so it would need RCD protection to meet disconnection time. The SWA should be on the earth from the house until its insulated at garage and changed to TT

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад +2

      As a general rule I do install my sub mains as you’ve described. But in this instance the swa feeding the garage is buried within the fabric of the building and doesn’t pop out until it appears at the plastic consumer in the garage. I made an assessment and came to the conclusion that fairly low risk anyone will ever damage the cable ( been installed like this for 25 years). I am however going to be returning to the property to sort out the car charger. In an ideal world I’d love to sort out every problem I come across on a job but as this was an urgent consumer unit replacement I had no choice to carry out the swap before a real site survey could be carried out.

  • @artisanelectrics
    @artisanelectrics 3 года назад +29

    It’s great having employees that you can get to do the awkward jobs! 🤣

    • @andysmith6633
      @andysmith6633 3 года назад +3

      Jordan, you was meant to write "FIRST!!!!!!" as per you tube protocol nowadays 😬😂

    • @DoctorElectricYouTube
      @DoctorElectricYouTube 3 года назад +1

      I'll have to train mine up for that!

    • @artisanelectrics
      @artisanelectrics 3 года назад +1

      @@andysmith6633 😂

    • @kloddi25
      @kloddi25 3 года назад +2

      @@DoctorElectricRUclips good luck 😂

  • @guffermeister
    @guffermeister 3 года назад +8

    Why oh why can't they put the isolation switches like that on the replacement meters now? Oh, I know, its so they can make more money by charing you to come and put in an isolator that used to be there beforehand..

  • @b21playa
    @b21playa 3 года назад

    Love the way you’ve done the board and not just slapped it in 👍

  • @amarcy5369
    @amarcy5369 3 года назад

    Exsemiplery work as always , well done to the both of you . The fact you made good the holes afterwards was yet another mark of a true professional . 😃👍👍👍

  • @Liberator975
    @Liberator975 3 года назад +14

    Loving yours and cory artisans (sorry jordan) videos as of late mate. Giving me a good smile. Nick keeps messing about in his wearhouse with a welder 🤣🤣🤣

    • @metrotechguru5863
      @metrotechguru5863 3 года назад +1

      Nick is a right nutter he is. 🤣

    • @itsmyview2024
      @itsmyview2024 3 года назад +2

      @@metrotechguru5863 "warehouse" unless you were referring to his wardrobe

    • @Liberator975
      @Liberator975 3 года назад

      @@itsmyview2024 never been able to spell it right 🤣🤣

  • @petertallowin6406
    @petertallowin6406 3 года назад +1

    When you cut that hole, did I see some thermal damage on a few of those cables? Love your no worries approach to every job dude. Although I probably wouldn't have filled the hole in the floor if it was noted on the test sheet for future access. :) Thanks for keeping at it Chris.

  • @haydenuk02
    @haydenuk02 3 года назад +2

    Excellent work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

  • @lockingthroughlife2587
    @lockingthroughlife2587 3 года назад +1

    I love how you’re always laughing Chris. Just listening to you makes me smile. Working with you must be such a laugh. James is a lucky apprentice. Great video as usual. Keep up the good work 👍

  • @brianwood5220
    @brianwood5220 3 года назад

    Nice job as always Chris & James. #StaySafe

  • @danielpreston470
    @danielpreston470 3 года назад

    Loving your work Chris, a proper job every time 👍🏼

  • @philipsmith0752
    @philipsmith0752 3 года назад

    good work Chris and young James

  • @chrisholt2474
    @chrisholt2474 3 года назад

    Great job, very neat fuse box, a great team.
    Well done, regards, Chris.

  • @tww5719
    @tww5719 3 года назад +1

    Great job well worked out,the days have gone when you tested a board to see if it's live with a test lamp 😂👍

  • @chrisardern4594
    @chrisardern4594 3 года назад +16

    Well that's done Pablo out of his wage for the day.

    • @metrotechguru5863
      @metrotechguru5863 3 года назад

      Poor Pablo.

    • @BMW-Tourer
      @BMW-Tourer 3 года назад

      @@metrotechguru5863 Whose Pablo ?

    • @metrotechguru5863
      @metrotechguru5863 3 года назад

      @@BMW-Tourer Pablo is the fictional individual who pulls the fuse so the main tails can be removed from the old consumer unit and connected to the new consumer unit.

  • @anthonybragg
    @anthonybragg 3 года назад

    I remember those meters for the electrical contractor to self connect, originally this was how the smart meters were going to be.

  • @MS-Patriot2
    @MS-Patriot2 3 года назад

    That was a sod of a task! Well navigated.

  • @365aqualife8
    @365aqualife8 3 года назад +2

    Nice clean job hi from Malta

  • @aaronknipe5673
    @aaronknipe5673 3 года назад

    Hello Chris I fix my door bell transformers into a double pole box looks much better
    Keep up the good videos

  • @Fitzy6968
    @Fitzy6968 3 года назад

    If Fusebox made their boards ‘non-handed’, So you can mount the main switch on either side and label the neutral/CPC rail accordingly, they would capture the market and sell more boards.

  • @roydowling2542
    @roydowling2542 3 года назад

    Top job as usual Chris.

  • @DoctorElectricYouTube
    @DoctorElectricYouTube 3 года назад +1

    Good video Chris & James, I thought my latest video was tight enough(coming tomorrow), you done well there!
    @5:42 Doctor Electric socks would look better haha
    @19:29 wow, I have never seen those big connectors, look like Ideal? I could do with some of them.
    @19:40 glad to see that I'm not the only one that writes on floorboards if there's a JB in there.

  • @timothywalch7102
    @timothywalch7102 3 года назад

    Dude dude explained to me you're fedish with socks

  • @IanFarquharson2
    @IanFarquharson2 3 года назад +2

    That ring joint, could’ve been made into a double socket. Somewhere to plug in the dyson charger or similar?

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад +1

      Absolutely but with the shelves back in and full of Tins not much room for old Henry.

  • @matthewohare4313
    @matthewohare4313 3 года назад

    Hi Chris, what make was the old fuse board? Great videos by the way, great to see your attitude towards the work you do and how you look after James 👍

  • @andyh5465
    @andyh5465 3 года назад +1

    so the accessible joint box is in effect extending both legs of a 32A ring CCT with push connectors. would any suitably rated push connectors be suitable that are rated correctly - i.e. spliceline or wago221?

  • @BigDan1190
    @BigDan1190 3 года назад

    For the wago boxes, why do they have to be screwed? if they're in the box and its cable tied, they can't tug out... *Asking for a friend*, who didn't screw the box to the joists when extending a ring for a few more sockets.

  • @kingofthetrowel1725
    @kingofthetrowel1725 3 года назад +1

    Another good one Chris 👌👌

  • @pauldiamond4142
    @pauldiamond4142 3 года назад

    Stupid question, I have seen sparks put an SPD before and after the main switch as well as at the end of the DB, where should it be?

  • @idrisddraig2
    @idrisddraig2 3 года назад +2

    Why are UK fuse box/consumer units generaly hidden away in a nasty cupboard or corner. All modern (say post 1970) european installs I've seen (From Uk but live in France, next to Italy and Switzerland) are within an arms lenght (ok maybe 2 m) of the main entrance door? and at face/chest height!

    • @TheOriginalCoda
      @TheOriginalCoda 3 года назад

      'cos UK fuseboxes were usually installed by cowboys in such an ugly way, you wanted to hide them. Nowadays it's frowned upon to make it look like a pigs ear, so they generally *are* installed now in the main entrance hall just behind the door, at 'wheelchair user' height :)

    • @HenryLoenwind
      @HenryLoenwind 2 года назад

      The UK stayed "fuse box + isolation switches" even after resetable breakers were invented. All other countries combined those functions, which involved accessibility rules for consumer units.

  • @davey6024
    @davey6024 3 года назад +5

    What happened to proving not only L-N but L-E & N-E also 🙈

  • @Lacking_something
    @Lacking_something 3 года назад

    First 60 seconds... He's been on the sauce!

  • @ashmanelectricalservices4318
    @ashmanelectricalservices4318 3 года назад +1

    The Wago connectors are only maintenance-free when they've been installed in a maintenance-free junction box, essentially the connectors need to be secured in the box so that they do move and work their way free or loose. Very unlikely I know but this is how Wago test their connectors and what makes them maintenance-free.

  • @ggbalze06
    @ggbalze06 3 года назад +1

    Defiantly would have cut the coving then the ceiling above it to relocate the tails, lot of effort that

  • @havoctrousers
    @havoctrousers 3 года назад +3

    How did you repair the hole you cut in the chipboard floor? Piece of batten screwed either side or something else? Very nice job on that board - I used your code to buy and fit one the other day so thanks for that :D

    • @almilhouse9059
      @almilhouse9059 3 года назад +1

      Most likely, cut piece back down and some wood filler ....

    • @dantovey2785
      @dantovey2785 3 года назад +1

      Yes, you could see the screws to the side of the hole supporting a batten for the cut piece

  • @iangoodchild2897
    @iangoodchild2897 3 года назад +4

    how much did the job cost the customer/victim?

    • @adamsharp201
      @adamsharp201 2 года назад

      Victim?! Being an electrician is a highly skilled professional job so you pay what the electrician deserves fool.

    • @iangoodchild2897
      @iangoodchild2897 2 года назад

      @@adamsharp201 Highly skilled? isnt a plumber or plasterer highly skilled? What they charge is disgraceful in my view... And dont call me a fool

  • @mikeselectricstuff
    @mikeselectricstuff 3 года назад +5

    Why not put the transformer in the CU with all that space?

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад +9

      Mixing of manufacturers equipment is not permitted in the consumer unit.

    • @jamesscott1679
      @jamesscott1679 3 года назад

      I thought it wasn't an issue as its not using the busbar. Only say as I was told I could install an old Merlin Gerin inside the new board as it's not ising the busbar?

    • @rogerbean393
      @rogerbean393 3 года назад

      I thought it was only switch gear off the busbar.
      I put the transformer in the CU , after all it’s on a din-rail mount

    • @m101ist
      @m101ist 3 года назад

      No, the transformer may get hot, and a potential risk, a ignition source fire hazard.😳

  • @GregNow
    @GregNow 3 года назад

    22:30 hahahaha Also known as a Hager man

  • @zinky130
    @zinky130 3 года назад

    Long be the day, you stick your hand to a cable to see if its live 😂

  • @mikebuckland8132
    @mikebuckland8132 3 года назад

    What’s that size trunking you are using Chris? Good job 👍🏻

  • @hotelhero4193
    @hotelhero4193 3 года назад +1

    Nice job, great video
    Tidy board as always
    Sparky trades so underpaid.
    You work hard

  • @dwright2104
    @dwright2104 3 года назад

    Anyone else find it funny the two holes and the trunk

  • @lmarkey1748
    @lmarkey1748 3 года назад

    8:59 Flexicon all the way!

  • @davidwinch57
    @davidwinch57 3 года назад

    Hi Chris
    What's the tool with the mirror called for checking the busbar is in the mcb and where did you get it
    Thanks

    • @nw5835
      @nw5835 3 года назад

      Just put in your search bar something like 'extendable inspection mirror' and you'll find loads of them. Screwfix do some CK telescopic ones.

  • @KH-bs2bz
    @KH-bs2bz 3 года назад +1

    Did you allow for 2 days, or did it just turn into more of a job than what you first thought?
    Is this why people give estimates and not quotes to cover you if more time is needed.
    I only ask as I’m just starting out on my own and had a couple jobs of late that I quoted a fixed price and turned out to be more work.
    Cheers

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад

      Yeah estimate for the initial work then an agreed hourly rate for anything else.

    • @KH-bs2bz
      @KH-bs2bz 3 года назад

      Cheers 👍🏻

    • @tww5719
      @tww5719 3 года назад

      Yes you can never judge what you come across when you look at the job for a estimate, especially when you change a board that did not have a RCD,and you put one of the new boards in with rcd,bound to find faults when you do the testing after you fitted the board which will make it trip,good luck 👍

  • @jussikuusela7345
    @jussikuusela7345 3 года назад

    Are there cases where A) a flat B) a detached house gets a three phase supply? Or is it the norm in the UK to have single phase supplies to living quarters?
    Appears to be quite a cramped place to put the fuse box... is there a rule of how much clearance there must be in front of a box, does that nook fulfill it?

    • @lmarkey1748
      @lmarkey1748 3 года назад

      Flats often have 3P coming into the building with single phase run to the individual flats. Houses are single phase but it is possible to upgrade, just very expensive to do so with little benefit in a domestic setting.

    • @mattiasakerblom3426
      @mattiasakerblom3426 3 года назад

      @@lmarkey1748 three phase 16A in domestic is very common here in Sweden, both house and flats.

    • @jussikuusela7345
      @jussikuusela7345 3 года назад

      @@lmarkey1748 Quite interesting. In Finland it is also common that blocks of flats get 3P that is split into single phase for the flats... for detached houses it is mostly 3P straight off, with 25 or 35A main fuses, and now there are rowhouses as well as newer blocks where 3P is wired all the way to the apartments. Especially when some of the fancier flats have their own saunas and large kitchen stoves.
      Of course in the detached houses especially we have water heaters etc that are designed for 3x400V and therefore the 3P wiring allows running high power devices with lower current.

  • @jackfairhurst3576
    @jackfairhurst3576 3 года назад

    Could you not of got left side main switch DB?

  • @tyrrellward
    @tyrrellward 3 года назад

    18:36 absolute beaut.

  • @MultiArrie
    @MultiArrie 3 года назад

    Why not put the fuseboard above the meter, most times its a lost ugly space anyway. Its the dutchway.

  • @tommymack3210
    @tommymack3210 3 года назад +1

    Mate that looks horrendous

  • @AndyK.1
    @AndyK.1 3 года назад

    Bet you regret moving that!

  • @Dave0Star
    @Dave0Star 3 года назад

    what did you cut the trunking with to get the neat slots ?

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад +1

      Hole saw either end and an angle grinder with a fine cut wheel.

  • @artisanelectrics
    @artisanelectrics 3 года назад

    It’s JorDAN by the way 🤣

  • @RichardArblaster
    @RichardArblaster 3 года назад +1

    18:39 nice neat job 😎

  • @markpunt9638
    @markpunt9638 3 года назад +1

    Yikes - what a palaver… And all because you can’t find a replacement board the same size and shape as the old one. What a shame manufacturers keep changing their dimensions ... makes life so much harder.

    • @HappilyHomicidalHooligan
      @HappilyHomicidalHooligan 3 года назад

      That one really needed a larger board anyway since by the looks of it, the original burned board was full and had no room for future expansion...
      You really should ALWAYS leave space for more circuits to be added in a board since you have no idea what's going to be needed/wanted in the future...
      Good example is when that board was first installed, likely there was no such thing as an Electric Car Charger and yet there's a circuit for one installed in the board...

  • @reecehorner3736
    @reecehorner3736 3 года назад +2

    Ohh man, Why not fit a MK consumer unit, the main switch is on the left

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад +1

      MK 🤣

    • @reecehorner3736
      @reecehorner3736 3 года назад +1

      @@Cjrelectrical Niglon do one on the left hand side too 👍

    • @lansdorf
      @lansdorf 3 года назад +1

      Mk fuse boards are garbage, poor main switch and breakers twist on din rail

    • @reecehorner3736
      @reecehorner3736 3 года назад +1

      @@lansdorf personally I have never found twisting to be an issue with MK consumer units. I only ever use them if the main switch needs to be on the left, Saves a lot of grief and hassle in my experience of being a qualified electrician for over 35years, Only trying to help

    • @reecehorner3736
      @reecehorner3736 3 года назад

      Thinking more about this, I'm not into consumer unit snobbery, just what at an affordable price to the client

  • @garethhodson3896
    @garethhodson3896 3 года назад

    What a nightmare job 🤦‍♂️ what the customers never see!

  • @tomwatkins888
    @tomwatkins888 3 года назад

    Hi James, Great video as always. Just wondered where you got your 'next inspection' labels made up with your logo, they look great! Thanks

  • @jensschroder8214
    @jensschroder8214 3 года назад

    Why are the fuses so high in such a narrow space?

    • @HappilyHomicidalHooligan
      @HappilyHomicidalHooligan 3 года назад +1

      Either the builder didn't want to spent the money for the extra wire needed to reach a lower placed panel, they didn't properly plan the cable runs and ended up with not enough cable to reach and/or shear unadulterated laziness...
      The other alternative is based on the battens on the wall, there are usually shelves in that cupboard and a lower panel would interfere with them...

    • @benbosten3933
      @benbosten3933 3 года назад +1

      Was standard practice 10-20 years ago to put them up high but now we go by nhbc regs for c.c.u height which is 1350mm-1450mm to the breaker

    • @almilhouse9059
      @almilhouse9059 3 года назад

      The electrician was probably from Cavan in Ireland.... They would hang out of the cable to cut them as short as possible to save as much as 1 or 2p a go so it all adds up the tight backstards

    • @icemanA84
      @icemanA84 3 года назад

      Simple answer, clients see consumer units as ugly things that need to be hidden out the way and not take up convenient storage space.

    • @lansdorf
      @lansdorf 3 года назад

      Pensioners usually fall of chairs trying to reset a breaker.

  • @kellybell9235
    @kellybell9235 3 года назад

    There is no fuse board in this video it is a circuit breaker panel. There are no fuses involved .

  • @andysims4906
    @andysims4906 3 года назад

    Im confused one minute a earth wire is called a earth wire the next minute it’s called a CPC

  • @alexg113
    @alexg113 3 года назад

    All that extra work because you bought the wrong board. Lesson learnt I guess.

  • @William91W
    @William91W 2 года назад

    where is his drill

  • @garry2115
    @garry2115 3 года назад

    Hi Chris,
    Brilliant installation!
    Love your videos. I feel I’m on site with you. Keep them coming. You must ask Gary from EFFIX for the Batman socks! He must have some giveaways!
    Best wishes.
    Garry

  • @dalefox3898
    @dalefox3898 3 года назад

    cheers don't work to hard

  • @TeamSimpsonRacing
    @TeamSimpsonRacing 3 года назад

    Those meter tails were routed though seperate holes in the ceiling timbers above which will course Eddie currents and over heating!!
    🤣

  • @andrewpowell6457
    @andrewpowell6457 3 года назад

    What an awkward spot

  • @grahamturner6119
    @grahamturner6119 2 года назад

    Thay are no longer fuse boxes there are NO fuses there anymore consumer units with circuit BREAKERS

  • @pistolpete5189
    @pistolpete5189 3 года назад +3

    BG= broken garbage 🗑

  • @n3ilvincent870
    @n3ilvincent870 2 года назад

    Just what is your obsession about socks.

  • @wuddadid
    @wuddadid 3 года назад

    Hey Chris, your channel and videos are great but I'd leave out the face-palm expressions on the thumbnails for a bit. You've almost used them to death.

  • @MrJackcrane
    @MrJackcrane 3 года назад +1

    22:56 wtf is that Chris I thought you were better than that mate

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад

      The door fitters have ripped the door push and cut the cable super short unfortunately. What would be your fix in a fully refurbished house?

    • @MrJackcrane
      @MrJackcrane 3 года назад

      @@Cjrelectrical im not on about how you fixed it I'm talking about what you filled it with 🤣

    • @Cjrelectrical
      @Cjrelectrical  3 года назад

      A darker shade of sand and cement.

    • @MrJackcrane
      @MrJackcrane 3 года назад

      @@Cjrelectrical 🤣

    • @MrJackcrane
      @MrJackcrane 3 года назад

      its brown

  • @luluboxingtv2880
    @luluboxingtv2880 3 года назад

    These fucking adds