The small photocells might look neat but once a bird has sh*t on it the light stays on all the time . The big NEMA socket cells are better and quicker to change
As a small business owner in California who's watched you grow over the years, you've been an inspiration. Keep on growing and forget about the haters!
Wago do a tiny little gel filled shell to snap over connectors to stop moisture being able to attack them, either that or R391 compound works a treat if you have to put connectors in iffy spots.
Up, unbolt, cut, pull re do wires and fit..... I done all this as an apprentice.... The worst was they always decided to do these jobs in the winter, your hands would be frozen..... Pair of good grippy gloves, I'd all suggest a set up where the basic tools needed you fit to string or magnet strip and even attach to light pole or make a spot in bucket.... Few power tool adapters, angle grinder a must, different adapters a must as you found out different size fitting etc. Carry cones etc in bucket, if possible, cut down on loss of inner van space.
Just be mindful of if you change a head without such a long extension arm, that when you take the old head off the flex will fall straight down to the cut out, due to the weight of the cable hanging going up the lamppost, almost caught me out a few times😂
Many many years ago not long out of my apprenticeship (early 1980's) we were fitting lights in a lift shaft (12 floors) the conduit was in we pulled the singles up from the pit to the lift motor room. standing on top of the lift car I went to the first fitting at the top of the shaft and cut the cables to go into a clock connector and watched all the singles go zooming down the conduit to make a birds nest in the pit.. You only do it once
Great video, I Did highway lighting for 2 years in West Wales and loved it ! We would do 3x 8m column changes a day including jointing and you had to go some to do that. 10-15 head only changes a day would be a good day depending on road conditions.
They are normally quite boring. A metal box. Aka a feeder pillar. Depending on the number of lights and set up. It could be as simple as just a cutout feeding the radial of lights. Sometimes they have time clocks. Sometimes they have a more sophisticated fuse and disconnection set up.
@@thomasnagy absolutely cracking mate. Very impressed the work and effort you put into your company Tom!! Bloody well done mate. No one is going to grow and succeed witho taking risk.
This is off topic but I just saw your video where you bought all those snacks for your staff from Sainsburys. Can I recommend you get a makro or costco card (you're eligible since you're a business) and buy all those snacks/food at wholesale prices. It's much, much cheaper than buying all of that from Sainsburys or a regular supermarket.
Congrats on the job, but it was difficult watching that HID fixture getting downgraded to an LED. I wonder how many headaches and accidents will be caused by it's blinding glare over the coming decades.
The business is taking shape, just curious did you use a wago gel box or a wiska led joy on the cable to secure the cable and/or seal up the space you now have due to the mismatched collar size.
Yep, this woman watches Tom. I am 50yrs old and putting myself through expensive, intense training to become an electrician. I thank you for your enthusiasm, excitement and hard graft to provide an honest symbol of hope....to those who are truly committed, cos it really aint easy. That's what separates the dreamers from the doers. Best of luck.
Why the f" did you not hold the BT cables out of the way while you were in your hoist, and your "mate" or "boss" could drop the pole as normall?? . No need for cutting into a factory fitted cable and using a connector!!
I done street lighting for years, very simple easy work when the weather nice it’s the best job going swapping heads! Little tips I learnt was after taking the old head of tie a knot in the flex or tape it back on its self, sometimes it does fall down the column nightmare trying to get that back up
The arm that you’ve put the new lantern on may have been suitable for the old lighter fitting but the new led fittings are substantially heavier. The arm has no webbing. It may have been advisable to change the arm for one with webbing or cut the existing arm back close to the column to alleviate the strain. And I hope you’ve got a quicker bucket by now.
I'm surprised you wanted to go into street lighting. For the bigger utilities companies I assumed it didn't pay that much. But seeing you do it I can see the appeal. Bad weather would obviously be a negative, but not dealing with the absolute nonsense from domestic customers is a huge win.
A big street lighting service has all the over heads etc and competition for the massive contracts this is a service he can offer to private clients to do 1-10 lampposts which there are lots in London that that others can't
For anyone interested in the street lighting content head over to my channel as I mostly do that and some domestic on there. I’ve been doing the street lighting for around 10 years or so. Tom each fitting will have its own torque settings for tightening it onto the pole arm, it’s quite commonly for them to be under tightened and hang off the column with only the flex holding it up. I’ve been sent to a few jobs with an old 250w son fitting that weighs a tonne through someone’s windscreen 👀 Most fittings nowadays, certainly where I work anyway, still come with the bigger style Nema Socket for you to install your bigger sized photocell or short plug. Your one happened to have a mini cell pre installed which saved you the hassle and I’m assuming is to keep the IP rating of the fitting in tact. As for your issue with the head not fitting on the pole arm there a few solutions to that which I think you mentioned one being packers, there all also quite a few different reducers etc for you to allow any head to fit on any column. It’s unlikely you’ll see or read this Tom but if so and you have any questions I’d be happy to answer them for you 👍🏻
Congrats to you and your colleagues Tom, really great to see someone with passion and drive doing well! Onwards and upwards mate 👍 Much love to the Nagy family
Have worked on loads of those posts in the past on a previous job. Have seen a lot rotting away round the pivot point so couldnt drop them. In the end they had to be replaced. Any fitting changes or repairs in the meantime had to be done out of a cherry picker. Commercial and industrial is my preferred type of work. As for testing for dead even if i know power is off i still always check for dead. Is a good habit to get in to
I haven't watched in a while, I'm confused to who his boss is, I thought Tom was the boss (especially since it's his name on the side of the van), what have I missed?
It's not the spiders you have to worry about, it's the wasps. Happened to me up a pole. I opened the BT and a gang of wasps came out and stung me under the eye, that smarted a bit. Lucky my belt was tight, a bit like my Sphincter when that wasp came out. Also the earwig nests aren't much fun either, get them down your bib and brace and you're phantom itching for days.
Should have kept low-pressure sodium, yes it was yellow but you could relamp and repair the fittings and they didn’t take any more power than LEDs. And made locally rather than shipped round the world!
I'm glad you said near the end you could rotate the top and drop the column... Little tip - always take a clothes peg or two up to stick on the old cable to keep it where you want it - as others have said it's easy to lose the old one!
Nice job Thomas and good luck to the future, up north here they are crying out for contractors to do street lighting so it can be done by guys like your self, It's not being sucked up by big guys like Balfour or amey
Could you have not used the existing electrical feed as your rope down through the column? Some councils don't use the photocell at all now when they had whatever model they had installed.....installed, they use a radio receiver using the same fitting as the photocell. Warwickshire County Council uses only 34 base stations for them to home to across the whole county. Allows for adjusting of timing, or even bring on the lights back on in demand when the Police ask. Telensa PLANet Central Management System solution in that case.
Hey Tom i watch all your videos i say this as you said not many women watch your video im was 17th edition but dont do it now Keep up the good work you are an amazing young man who has done really well for your self
One of your Female Viewers here. I know we are the few but still interesting for me to see. Glad to see how far you have come and working your way up to industrial/Roadworks is fantastic. Though it sorta sucks when you technically have a roadworks boss but it should be fine as long as you have a boss that is willing to be part of the team.
Tbh you are correct on symble of hope. I am starting my own landscaping company. I know it's a little different but on a small scale thing pumping my own money working 6 days a week to get tools sorted etc and seeing you say its hard work but you can get there makes me feel its going to be worth it. Keep up the good work mate and hope too see u back soon
Nice disguise on the boss' voice 😂 Thankfully I'm not here from the safe isolation police; though I'd have had those Wago's waiting for the flex the second it was unterminated having worked in houses with split load boards. Is the triangular sign on the top of the van an optional extra? Just wondered since it looks rather continental. The new fittings should really have a decently ip rated quick connection block with lever connectors, even if it's on a trailing cable. The flex would previously have lasted the lifetime of the column rather than the light source. Is it H05RN-F on it or a pvc flex?
A rule for life I was taught was that nobody will build your castle for you. The flipside to that is that nobody will stop you from building your castle; if you want it and work for it, you can make it happen. You're making it happen whilst everyone who told you not to bother is on the ground wondering how the hell you got up there.
I worked for large university here in the states and we would make repairs on street lights ranging from ballast replacement to lamp replace socket repair and we would knock our approximately 15-20 a day out of a bucket truck
Used to be employed by the local authority until the street lighting contract was pfi'd to a major utility, on conversions we're expected to do 45+ 8/10 mtr cols or 60+ 5/6 mtr cols a day to hit targets,2 man team.
Going to be honest here Tom. But changing highway lights don't float my boat. I genuinely do not see the attraction especially when its in rubbish weather. I've got experience in fitting columns and floods up MEWPS and all I can assume is that its really good money for you. The other thing and this might just be me not knowing is I thought this kind of work was carried out by local authorities or is this just another outsourced thing? Still great world though Tom. 👍👍
Only a few years ago street light weighed hardly anything even with the ballasts, they were all made of fibreglass or pressed alluminum. Now most of the led lights are made from die cast alluminum and weight a tonne. The only thing i can think of is its to do with cooling the led chips and drivers. Fold down lamp coloumbs you can get a special fold down device with a big spring to counter balance the coloumb as its lowered. A good modification to standard street lights is cob led e27 or e40 just remove the ballast.
So if you and camera man are in the bucket at height, who is going to lower you from below if you lose power in the bucket why in the air…,,safety no hard hat no glasses or gloves you wouldn’t get away with that anywhere else…still not sure about the black van being used on roads for this type of work even with chevron and flashing lights be amazed how vehicles dissolve into the background on a dark rainy night.. all best to you tho feller you have made this happen..x
How tight should you tighten the allen grub screws.? How about looking at the installation instructions in the box to find out what the torque setting should be instead of speaking to the camera....😂
I say something along those lines to myself all the time Tom “I know it’s dead but, I’m just going to double check”. Good luck with the new business direction!
Don't take short cuts with health and safety go buy the book as much as possible people laugh but I was involved in a high court case due to an injury at work believe me you don't want to go through it the only thing that saved the company was they followed all training and health and safety being able to produce everything for the court made all the training worthwhile
Hello Tom when i was watching you on your scary job very unnerving passing bricks reminds me of working at a wharehouse in nottingham we had a wooden tower that you elevated by pulling ropes to get it up about 15 feet to change floorescent lamps after a while you get used to it dont they make a tool container that slides over the top lip of the bucket it would make the job allot easier save the tools dropping down onto the floor
Its good to see you have finally started started get to where you wanted to be. The job is fantastic in summer, not great in winter but with the right clothing it's more than manageable. I've been doing this sort of thing for 18 years now and still don't mind going to work so can't be too bad. If you do ever get tight grub screws on a bracket like that it's normally easier to cut the bracket arm and lose 50mm then drill out. You can get spigot adapters which are always handy to keep on the van to make the Lantern fit. Also connector blocks aren't ideal in a column, the weight of the cable is constantly pulling against them. But if you do use them it's best to put like a loop on the cable and tape it so the cable weight is on itself not the connectors. We also can do 30-50 a day when bulk changing, but usually a 2 man crew and traffic management. Also a bicycle chain attached to the new cable is good for going down the column if you lose your draw wire
Good job Tom, could'nt help notice you were wearing no helmut, any work at height we do it is compulsory to wear one with a chin strap... great to see you doing so well long may it continue...
You could take the bracket arm off to lower it? Its always a good idea to tape the cable to the column, they have a habit of pulling themselves back down the column. That was a Phillip's SG305 150w son-t if I'm not mistaken ;-)
Could you add a light cage or platform basket to keep the old/new light in as you go up and down? Free your hands up if you have 2 men in the box? Another great video 👍
As per some of the other comments, keep hold of the old cable when you cut it as it will drop down the column if you aren't careful, we use it as a draw wire for the new fitting. And yes a good 2 man crew can change 40 heads in a shift
40 heads situated near each other without any travel time presumably? (I just can't work out the logistics of this in my head - I would have said about half that per shift)
@@hardave17 yes to do that number you usually work along the same street or area, the columns and connections need to be quite easy too. We changed 15,000 lanterns and another 50,000 photo cells in less than 12 months , the work being carried out by around 10 crews
Going by the crew that changed some heads down my street the other month, 6 heads in under an hour, 8 hour days, 40 is possible when all conditions are favorable and you dont end up with and cussed jobs.
Really interesting seeing you move from domestic into highways. Got to say it made me nervous when you'd loosened off the lantern before disconnecting the flex lol. Was abit confused why the customer didn't have you remove the bracket and put the lantern post top then they could lower the column for maintenance and periodic testing in future. Bracket is likely part of the previous design but should be able to be met with the right level of wattage and angled tilt on the lantern.
You're doing a fantastic job considering it was your first time, very impressive. And tell that boss of yours to do one. There's something I hate whilst doing my job is being watched by the boss, tell him to do one haha... Keep up the fab work... All the best form the UK. X
The small photocells might look neat but once a bird has sh*t on it the light stays on all the time . The big NEMA socket cells are better and quicker to change
As a small business owner in California who's watched you grow over the years, you've been an inspiration. Keep on growing and forget about the haters!
I’m glad I can be of some help Russell, thanks for the continuous support!
R.I.P HPS street light. I love those lamps. I need to buy one
Wago do a tiny little gel filled shell to snap over connectors to stop moisture being able to attack them, either that or R391 compound works a treat if you have to put connectors in iffy spots.
Up, unbolt, cut, pull re do wires and fit..... I done all this as an apprentice.... The worst was they always decided to do these jobs in the winter, your hands would be frozen.....
Pair of good grippy gloves, I'd all suggest a set up where the basic tools needed you fit to string or magnet strip and even attach to light pole or make a spot in bucket....
Few power tool adapters, angle grinder a must, different adapters a must as you found out different size fitting etc.
Carry cones etc in bucket, if possible, cut down on loss of inner van space.
Cheers for the tips pal!
Just be mindful of if you change a head without such a long extension arm, that when you take the old head off the flex will fall straight down to the cut out, due to the weight of the cable hanging going up the lamppost, almost caught me out a few times😂
you'd think it'd be pinned close to the top with a releasable gland so that can't happen....alas, it's stupid but it works it ain't stupid.
Yes. Decent tip there. Done it once or twice in various forms. Lost rhe odd tool down a cavity.
Many many years ago not long out of my apprenticeship (early 1980's) we were fitting lights in a lift shaft (12 floors) the conduit was in we pulled the singles up from the pit to the lift motor room. standing on top of the lift car I went to the first fitting at the top of the shaft and cut the cables to go into a clock connector and watched all the singles go zooming down the conduit to make a birds nest in the pit.. You only do it once
Was thinking about that exact possibility as he was disconnecting it :)
Yes. I am female and use to be a civilian sparky for Her Majesty’s Boating company.
Great video, I Did highway lighting for 2 years in West Wales and loved it ! We would do 3x 8m column changes a day including jointing and you had to go some to do that. 10-15 head only changes a day would be a good day depending on road conditions.
Would like to see inside what you referred to as the "switch room" for isolating the light. Always interesting to see new content though!
Appreciate it pal!
They are normally quite boring. A metal box. Aka a feeder pillar. Depending on the number of lights and set up. It could be as simple as just a cutout feeding the radial of lights. Sometimes they have time clocks. Sometimes they have a more sophisticated fuse and disconnection set up.
@@thomasnagy absolutely cracking mate. Very impressed the work and effort you put into your company Tom!! Bloody well done mate. No one is going to grow and succeed witho taking risk.
@@voltare2amstereo is there, there's very few Scottish trades vlog, hard to find anyway.
@@voltare2amstereo think that might be me 👀
When your a multi millionaire and you’ve set up nationwide, you’ll drive past that lamp in 25 years time look up and chuckle 😀
That’s the plan!
This is off topic but I just saw your video where you bought all those snacks for your staff from Sainsburys. Can I recommend you get a makro or costco card (you're eligible since you're a business) and buy all those snacks/food at wholesale prices. It's much, much cheaper than buying all of that from Sainsburys or a regular supermarket.
Congrats on the job, but it was difficult watching that HID fixture getting downgraded to an LED. I wonder how many headaches and accidents will be caused by it's blinding glare over the coming decades.
The business is taking shape, just curious did you use a wago gel box or a wiska led joy on the cable to secure the cable and/or seal up the space you now have due to the mismatched collar size.
Nice one thomas. The old lantern is a old URBIS ZX3
Person: "So what's it like replacing street lighting heads, Tom"?
Tom "Well it has its ups and downs".
Yep, this woman watches Tom. I am 50yrs old and putting myself through expensive, intense training to become an electrician. I thank you for your enthusiasm, excitement and hard graft to provide an honest symbol of hope....to those who are truly committed, cos it really aint easy. That's what separates the dreamers from the doers. Best of luck.
Well said! I wish you good luck with your adventure in becoming an electrician!
But good job, you mentioned the lamp being an 80 watt, whereas some hps lights are 50 watt.
Great stuff Nagy, delighted you're finally getting kicked off with the highway works now!! 💯💯
You and me both! thanks for the support 👍
Why the f" did you not hold the BT cables out of the way while you were in your hoist, and your "mate" or "boss" could drop the pole as normall?? . No need for cutting into a factory fitted cable and using a connector!!
Looks like an Urbis ZX3.
Watching you grow over the years mate has been unreal, a real motivation well done Tom👍🏻
Cheers for the support!
Good video! i really love the orange glow from the older low and high pressure sodium lamps.
I done street lighting for years, very simple easy work when the weather nice it’s the best job going swapping heads! Little tips I learnt was after taking the old head of tie a knot in the flex or tape it back on its self, sometimes it does fall down the column nightmare trying to get that back up
Cheers for the tip!
The old head is a scheder/urbis zx3 or zx2
If you turned the bracket you could drop the column change lantern put it back up and turn bracket back
The arm that you’ve put the new lantern on may have been suitable for the old lighter fitting but the new led fittings are substantially heavier. The arm has no webbing. It may have been advisable to change the arm for one with webbing or cut the existing arm back close to the column to alleviate the strain. And I hope you’ve got a quicker bucket by now.
The old fitting was a Urbis ZX3 which were once popular on the M25 and the M4
I'm surprised you wanted to go into street lighting. For the bigger utilities companies I assumed it didn't pay that much. But seeing you do it I can see the appeal. Bad weather would obviously be a negative, but not dealing with the absolute nonsense from domestic customers is a huge win.
A big street lighting service has all the over heads etc and competition for the massive contracts this is a service he can offer to private clients to do 1-10 lampposts which there are lots in London that that others can't
Big boy league, you'll get things set up faster the more you do it I'm sure
For anyone interested in the street lighting content head over to my channel as I mostly do that and some domestic on there. I’ve been doing the street lighting for around 10 years or so.
Tom each fitting will have its own torque settings for tightening it onto the pole arm, it’s quite commonly for them to be under tightened and hang off the column with only the flex holding it up. I’ve been sent to a few jobs with an old 250w son fitting that weighs a tonne through someone’s windscreen 👀
Most fittings nowadays, certainly where I work anyway, still come with the bigger style Nema Socket for you to install your bigger sized photocell or short plug. Your one happened to have a mini cell pre installed which saved you the hassle and I’m assuming is to keep the IP rating of the fitting in tact.
As for your issue with the head not fitting on the pole arm there a few solutions to that which I think you mentioned one being packers, there all also quite a few different reducers etc for you to allow any head to fit on any column.
It’s unlikely you’ll see or read this Tom but if so and you have any questions I’d be happy to answer them for you 👍🏻
Cheers pal! I'll keep in touch if I have any other queries!
Congrats to you and your colleagues Tom, really great to see someone with passion and drive doing well!
Onwards and upwards mate 👍
Much love to the Nagy family
Appreciate it Luke. Thank you for the kind words and continuous support!
Have worked on loads of those posts in the past on a previous job. Have seen a lot rotting away round the pivot point so couldnt drop them. In the end they had to be replaced. Any fitting changes or repairs in the meantime had to be done out of a cherry picker. Commercial and industrial is my preferred type of work. As for testing for dead even if i know power is off i still always check for dead. Is a good habit to get in to
Congratulations mate. Keep up the enthusiasm
Thanks, will do!
I haven't watched in a while, I'm confused to who his boss is, I thought Tom was the boss (especially since it's his name on the side of the van), what have I missed?
Governtment supervisor. Or he is sub contracting under the government in guessing. Hence making sure he does it right
It's not the spiders you have to worry about, it's the wasps. Happened to me up a pole. I opened the BT and a gang of wasps came out and stung me under the eye, that smarted a bit. Lucky my belt was tight, a bit like my Sphincter when that wasp came out. Also the earwig nests aren't much fun either, get them down your bib and brace and you're phantom itching for days.
Fair play for not cutting out the mistakes.
Wow, never would have expected 80W, makes sense with LED's, but even so.
Should have kept low-pressure sodium, yes it was yellow but you could relamp and repair the fittings and they didn’t take any more power than LEDs. And made locally rather than shipped round the world!
Do not place nuts and bolts, etc in your mouth. Someone else probably has done so themselves, earlier sometime.
I'm glad you said near the end you could rotate the top and drop the column...
Little tip - always take a clothes peg or two up to stick on the old cable to keep it where you want it - as others have said it's easy to lose the old one!
Can i see your power tool battery charging station?
You have a great positive attitude. Top bloke👍
Nice job Thomas and good luck to the future, up north here they are crying out for contractors to do street lighting so it can be done by guys like your self, It's not being sucked up by big guys like Balfour or amey
Could you have not used the existing electrical feed as your rope down through the column?
Some councils don't use the photocell at all now when they had whatever model they had installed.....installed, they use a radio receiver using the same fitting as the photocell. Warwickshire County Council uses only 34 base stations for them to home to across the whole county. Allows for adjusting of timing, or even bring on the lights back on in demand when the Police ask. Telensa PLANet Central Management System solution in that case.
Hey Tom i watch all your videos i say this as you said not many women watch your video im was 17th edition but dont do it now
Keep up the good work you are an amazing young man who has done really well for your self
Thanks for the continuous support Holly, it’s nice to see women in the industry!
One of your Female Viewers here. I know we are the few but still interesting for me to see. Glad to see how far you have come and working your way up to industrial/Roadworks is fantastic. Though it sorta sucks when you technically have a roadworks boss but it should be fine as long as you have a boss that is willing to be part of the team.
Thanks for watching, appreciate the female support👍👍👍👍
Women do watch !! 🤣🤣 keep it up Thomas
Urmmmm your supposed to wear a helmet when working out of a basket.
Why? To protect from falling moon?
How does commercial work compare to domestic?
What do you do with the lights that you remove?
Tbh you are correct on symble of hope. I am starting my own landscaping company. I know it's a little different but on a small scale thing pumping my own money working 6 days a week to get tools sorted etc and seeing you say its hard work but you can get there makes me feel its going to be worth it. Keep up the good work mate and hope too see u back soon
Very good video I have a couple of Low Pressure Sodium Street Lights know as SOX I use them as table Lights with a 3 amp plug
Nice disguise on the boss' voice 😂 Thankfully I'm not here from the safe isolation police; though I'd have had those Wago's waiting for the flex the second it was unterminated having worked in houses with split load boards.
Is the triangular sign on the top of the van an optional extra? Just wondered since it looks rather continental.
The new fittings should really have a decently ip rated quick connection block with lever connectors, even if it's on a trailing cable. The flex would previously have lasted the lifetime of the column rather than the light source. Is it H05RN-F on it or a pvc flex?
Thomas for some reasons your videos brighten my day. thanks for being part of the youtube community.
Thanks for the kind words, it really means a lot! I’m glad I can make your day a little better :)
A rule for life I was taught was that nobody will build your castle for you. The flipside to that is that nobody will stop you from building your castle; if you want it and work for it, you can make it happen. You're making it happen whilst everyone who told you not to bother is on the ground wondering how the hell you got up there.
I am up for the street lighting videos, it fascinates me beyond belief!!
Congratulations, before you know it... you'll be ...streets ..a..head...oh deary me, got a stop those really poor jokes
I worked for large university here in the states and we would make repairs on street lights ranging from ballast replacement to lamp replace socket repair and we would knock our approximately 15-20 a day out of a bucket truck
Yep. 40 sounds a bit unrealistic to me.
Used to be employed by the local authority until the street lighting contract was pfi'd to a major utility, on conversions we're expected to do 45+ 8/10 mtr cols or 60+ 5/6 mtr cols a day to hit targets,2 man team.
I would have just dropped the column and let Open Reach come back and restring their overheads. They have no business to put their cables in the way.
Going to be honest here Tom. But changing highway lights don't float my boat. I genuinely do not see the attraction especially when its in rubbish weather. I've got experience in fitting columns and floods up MEWPS and all I can assume is that its really good money for you. The other thing and this might just be me not knowing is I thought this kind of work was carried out by local authorities or is this just another outsourced thing? Still great world though Tom. 👍👍
I'd have just gone up pulled the bt cable over the head then dropped the column
Why are you signing on the wrong side of the van heading towards the front of the van...... taught by the Irish......
Wow you’re now part of the 5g kill grid, and you don’t even know what you’re fitting 🤦♂️ street lights are used as a mesh system for 5g kill grid.
Congratulations. Good job sticking with it.
Thanks, really appreciate it!
Only a few years ago street light weighed hardly anything even with the ballasts, they were all made of fibreglass or pressed alluminum. Now most of the led lights are made from die cast alluminum and weight a tonne. The only thing i can think of is its to do with cooling the led chips and drivers. Fold down lamp coloumbs you can get a special fold down device with a big spring to counter balance the coloumb as its lowered. A good modification to standard street lights is cob led e27 or e40 just remove the ballast.
So if you and camera man are in the bucket at height, who is going to lower you from below if you lose power in the bucket why in the air…,,safety no hard hat no glasses or gloves you wouldn’t get away with that anywhere else…still not sure about the black van being used on roads for this type of work even with chevron and flashing lights be amazed how vehicles dissolve into the background on a dark rainy night.. all best to you tho feller you have made this happen..x
Hey - 0.4% is a 0.4% success rate - so you only get blown out by 99.6% of women - onwards and upwards Tom....
😂😂😂😂😂
I was gonna slag your awful TM off until you said you were in a car park 😂
Zero PM as well, I'm assuming there was zero footfall
6.57 how did you test for power safety? there was no EARTH at that point!!! Just joking
How tight should you tighten the allen grub screws.? How about looking at the installation instructions in the box to find out what the torque setting should be instead of speaking to the camera....😂
I say something along those lines to myself all the time Tom “I know it’s dead but, I’m just going to double check”. Good luck with the new business direction!
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one that does it 👍🏻
Not fucking about yapping to a cameraman and moving your truck back and forward ya probably could get 40 a day done in a day 😂 just kidding by the way
Don't take short cuts with health and safety go buy the book as much as possible people laugh but I was involved in a high court case due to an injury at work believe me you don't want to go through it the only thing that saved the company was they followed all training and health and safety being able to produce everything for the court made all the training worthwhile
Hello Tom when i was watching you on your scary job very unnerving passing bricks reminds me of working at a wharehouse in nottingham we had a wooden tower that you elevated by pulling ropes to get it up about 15 feet to change floorescent lamps after a while you get used to it dont they make a tool container that slides over the top lip of the bucket it would make the job allot easier save the tools dropping down onto the floor
Congrats to you Thomas. Tenacity and perseverance does pay off sometimes.
We did between 20-24 a day a two year project to upgrade 20.000 lights to LED. No way they can do 40 a day
Its all sunshine and smiles now but can you hack it on a cold rainy Tuesday night in Stoke 😂
Its good to see you have finally started started get to where you wanted to be. The job is fantastic in summer, not great in winter but with the right clothing it's more than manageable. I've been doing this sort of thing for 18 years now and still don't mind going to work so can't be too bad.
If you do ever get tight grub screws on a bracket like that it's normally easier to cut the bracket arm and lose 50mm then drill out. You can get spigot adapters which are always handy to keep on the van to make the Lantern fit. Also connector blocks aren't ideal in a column, the weight of the cable is constantly pulling against them. But if you do use them it's best to put like a loop on the cable and tape it so the cable weight is on itself not the connectors.
We also can do 30-50 a day when bulk changing, but usually a 2 man crew and traffic management.
Also a bicycle chain attached to the new cable is good for going down the column if you lose your draw wire
You could have used heat shrinking crimp Connectors and some shrinking tube on top of that.
You can get adapter that will bolt onto the skinny pole to fit the fitting that are for the 63mm poles
Good job Tom, could'nt help notice you were wearing no helmut, any work at height we do it is compulsory to wear one with a chin strap... great to see you doing so well long may it continue...
4:26 - Someone correct me if i am wrong but I'm sure there is 50V DC running through those telephone lines.
Thomas Nagy, some light entertainment 😂😂😂😂
YES SIR!
You could take the bracket arm off to lower it? Its always a good idea to tape the cable to the column, they have a habit of pulling themselves back down the column. That was a Phillip's SG305 150w son-t if I'm not mistaken ;-)
PS i have change 1000's of street lights, so feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
I would have said it was a Urbis ZX2 by the looks of it, but I could be wrong
@@jamesdavies8331 You're right!
Whats the IP of the wago's? Heat shrink over them may have helped with keeping moisture out of the connectors.
Dych chi'n gweithio mewn Cymru yn aml?
( I couldn't help noticing the signage ;-)
Is there big money in changing street lights then ?? Would of thought fleecing the fat cats in and around chelsea would bring in more dosh
Oh you virgin! 😜 the bit cable, could that not be pulled out and drop the light if that’s how it’s meant to be done?
Every 10 min job takes hours... every 1 hour job takes 10 mins
Men at work road narrow before you start 3 cones and a blue arrow 5-10 minutes a column all day 30 easy if the cut outs are fairly new !
Did you do the beacons? They need improving in my opinion but then again I'm a saddo when it comes to beacons
I do this job for the local council, we do 9 a day and that's also replacing the colum
Pity these new street lights are far too bright, too harsh and bad for nature and your eyes!
If all else fails, you could always do white line painting.
Don't knock it, it's a good "middle of the road" job! ;-)
Could you add a light cage or platform basket to keep the old/new light in as you go up and down? Free your hands up if you have 2 men in the box? Another great video 👍
Tesco sell suitable cages, they've always got them outside. They're only a quid :)
Congrats, you never forget your first.
Yes! Thank you!
As per some of the other comments, keep hold of the old cable when you cut it as it will drop down the column if you aren't careful, we use it as a draw wire for the new fitting.
And yes a good 2 man crew can change 40 heads in a shift
40 heads situated near each other without any travel time presumably? (I just can't work out the logistics of this in my head - I would have said about half that per shift)
@@hardave17 yes to do that number you usually work along the same street or area, the columns and connections need to be quite easy too.
We changed 15,000 lanterns and another 50,000 photo cells in less than 12 months , the work being carried out by around 10 crews
Going by the crew that changed some heads down my street the other month, 6 heads in under an hour, 8 hour days, 40 is possible when all conditions are favorable and you dont end up with and cussed jobs.
Really interesting seeing you move from domestic into highways. Got to say it made me nervous when you'd loosened off the lantern before disconnecting the flex lol. Was abit confused why the customer didn't have you remove the bracket and put the lantern post top then they could lower the column for maintenance and periodic testing in future. Bracket is likely part of the previous design but should be able to be met with the right level of wattage and angled tilt on the lantern.
We’re you given permission to wago the cable?
Does the head of the Street Light rotate so it's out of the way of the BT lines.
Why not set the BT wires on the top and you could have dropped the column to get at cut out etc.
You're doing a fantastic job considering it was your first time, very impressive. And tell that boss of yours to do one. There's something I hate whilst doing my job is being watched by the boss, tell him to do one haha... Keep up the fab work... All the best form the UK. X