European plugs and sockets are terrible in design and so flimsy. Especially if you use the shallow socket, the plug just wobbles about

The German Schucko plug is still probably superior to the British plug. Someone on UKposts needs to do a comparison.

I doubled over the conductors and by boss came over and cut them off 😂

I do remember getting a shock from a plug with uninsulated pins as a child. At that time, the early 13 amp wall sockets (in the early 1960's) were all black and the majority of sockets used in social housing were unswitched.

I agree that British plugs are superior. Having lived in Australia, and traveled Europe, Middle East and Asia the British plug is superior in design and function.

Milos - makes a good point in addition to “those other plugs” are the Standard to the relevant jurisdictions they are used in…

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If you are making a claim about "all Other Plugs" in the title, then why aren't there any other plugs in the video?

Isn't the RCCB switch normally on neutral?

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Hi can I add fcu from fcu as the other spur socket is going out to the garden. Thanks

This helped loads for me! I was swapping out a light fitting in my house as the old was falling apart, and I was a bit puzzled by the three different wires. This cleared it all up for me straight away! Thanks! 😊

Do these device manufacturers give any form of life expectancy of such devices running in normal conditions and more importantly, if they do need replacing how many years down the line are manufacturers guaranteeing availability of replacements?

Can you guys do a diagram with a DOL starter single phase with the coil controlled by a flop switch to pull in the motor Thanks

Great, thanks!

Because it does that's why!!! Ours is not to question why but just do.

Thanks Gaz!

What about outdoor sockets - is there any guides or restrictions on the installation height?

In the Netherlands I’ve learned to use PVC conduit in the seventies, since it’s mandatory here, but I’ve never ever seen it glued? The clips mostly used are nailed clips with the nail already in, way faster to install and if you clip it properly it won’t come apart when pulling the wires. Also we use spring benders and if the corners are very challenging flexible conduit.

Problem with cheap imports like Fusebox, although popular these days, the attention to detail and safety is poor. Open cage devices like the ones used here can lead to misconnection of the busbar and overheating even fire conditions can occur. Also, the design of those mcb's means that to replace a device or upgrade a circuit you have to disconnect every connection to remove the busbar and then the device. Then of course you have to reconnect again and risk misconnecting the busbar into the device. I only fit Crabtree Starbreaker with the plug in devices. A far safer and quicker install and when you need to change a device you just clip out and refit without disturbing any other circuits.

Excellent Video! Very well explained. I have just one question please to clear my mind. In theory, line to line fault is 3phase fault multiply by 0.866, therefore can I just use the fault current measured in L-L (4.11 kA) divided by 0.866 to get the 3phase fault instead of doubling the max fault measured in L-N?

A question: Can I connect two low power devices (a small bathroom Fan) and an external but not exposed (to the elements) LED, motion sensitive threshold light to the same switch?

So, I'm guessing if we didn't have that external double pole switch we would energize the installation from the main switch in the CU

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It needs skill to thead a new piece of wire. Yeah right.

Great video, Where would you fit an inline meter in this setup? The customer wants to monitor the power usage coming into the cabin so they know exactly how much power the cabin is consuming separate from the main dwelling. The meter in question is same size as the RCD and just snaps onto the rail.

Thanks for another great video Gaz. Bad news...I've just been fettling some 50 year old 2L2.5 MICC. I probably bent the cable a little more than I should have (although not more than the radii mentioned in your video) when I was doing the fettling, but now I've pulled the cable straightish again, I seem to have a short across the live, neutral and earth on the cable in question. Is this a common problem and is there anything that I can do to try to rescue the cable?

What's the general opinion on mcb/rcbo position in the CU? Taking into consideration voltage drop/circuit impedance, surely its good practice to put higher current devices further up the busbar near the main switch?

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Turn the board off then there is never ever an ark or a flash that’s nonsense. Pulled 100s of them what would you rather do pull the tails out the meter live instead lol

I am not even taking my electrician exams, but this is really useful to understand what a mess my current house wiring is in. Great video.

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Can you explain the fusing factor please? Is this the breaking capacity for this particular fuse? Thank you

Yes .seen all sorts of wire installed in them 😮

Not just that but those rewirable fuses sprayed molten copper out when they blew,without the fuse box lid on.

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And will it protect anything ? can it be tested ? can it prove it protects anything ? and if something blows up, what recourse is there against the person who fitted it telling it will protect the customer....when in reality, it probably wont

No electrician on price work would spend this amount of time flattening a cable and positioning clips like this. Never. Ever

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If one of these SPD’s should ever operate, is it possible that, thereon-in, it could leak current?

I fit these as standard with new boards of any size - and all RCBOs. I explain to customer what they're for: they ask how do they check it - look if windows show red, then it needs replacing... Good look with that. Most customers don't check their RCD/RCBOs regularly or even look under flap of the CU for years, unless there's a trip. So if a line of storms come through and one spike takes out the SPD, the house is open to the next surge. Without in-built alarm that SPD has failed this 'basic' format of SPD is one adjacent to useless.