APPARENTLY IT'S EASY, CONSUMER UNIT INSTALL. ELECTRICIAN UK

HI I seriously need some advice. I am aware that you can connect internet through mains cabling. I believe this has been done in my home without my knowledge. It was done by a paedophile ring locally. The camera was in my shower. They got to the camera ( I live in local authority housing so I have to let them in) before I could remove it myself. However I believe that there are remnants of the system within the wiring of the house. is there anything obvious I should look for either in the consumer unit or elsewhere? I have some basic electrical knowledge but do not want to go poking around in the house circuit as I have no experience of that. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. My wife and I are very concerned by all this. It all stems back to a guy I knew years ago who was a plumber. He was jailed for some horrific things but part of his case was hidden cameras. he connects to the local authority and has been out of jail for a decade. We believe they also did this before in our previous (housing association) home. This is causing us a huge amount of stress but we have no proof so nobody will listen to us. What should I be looking for. This quite urgent as the council are demanding they are given access to the electrical system. It is strange as there was a full rewire not so long ago.

Main earth is rubbish. No serrated washer so you should be fitting a flying lead off the frying pan washer. RAF

Why do you have to put the dB so low 😢😢😢😢

Enjoyed the video as im still learning. Just a question....Did you cut down the excess on the busbar afterwards?

Thought that was a band😅

your videos very important for my future because I am going to sturdy something about wiring works. God bless you dude..!!

Hi, nice work there, wanted to know, what gasket did you use on the cable inlet on the back of the CU?

Hi an Aussie electrician here, just wondering why is it so low, is that a law or some other reason. Thanks

You funked up putting that 25mm earth on the right side mate should of ran it right behind at the back plus connect all your earth's before putting an rcbo in you'd take too long doing a consumer unit for me that's 2 hours work max

My brother is a sparkie and done a bit of work on my house and he shows me all the bits because I have a genuine interest in electronics. Honestly, I would not want to install one of these. Thankfully, the law does not permit my stupid ass from doing it! I’ll stick to doing bulbs and switches!

It is easy! Use the plastic ones and get customer to install 90 min rated enclosure

Might be a silly question so I apologise before hand, but how do you know what to mark up the cables as if nothing is fitted in yet?

Good job , I’d would of filed the paint of the consumer unit before fitting the SWA to get a good earth connection on armour

Nice fart bro

SWA not bolted to CU 😮😅 ?

The terminal bar can be reversed so the big cable comes in at the left

I have 22 years experience as a power electrician.

Как интересно. Гильзы на синие многожильные провода надел, а зеленый провод заземления без гильзы под винт.

Good Job Dav. I'm from Srilanka.

I'm English but moved to Germany and did my qwals as an electrician here, watching out of curiosity how it is back home and there a quite a lot of differences from the stuff done here despite similar SOPs. Can't say I've even seen an armoured cable here and was curious there is no better way of terminating the armoured splices. Also that the consumer unit has 1 row as standard. Any patient english electrician around to discuss it ? Plus I never see a mains switch in consumer units in the UK, is that just down to costs ?

You live the busbar just there with free prongs hanging out beside the RCDs?

Good video!!! I was always wondering why the recruitment agencies always advertise commercial and domestic electrician, now I understand why after seeing this gentleman terminating the SWA gland! Overall very good video!

I've been in the automotive trade for around 40 year sand have forgotten the amount of times people have said that they have read on forums or the internet or from a mate down the pub that their specific job needing doing is easy,usually without them or their mate having a clue about what they are talking about. I used to argue the toss every time,now I just say,"yep,maybe so but its still that price if you want me to do it,if not get your mate to do it,it's easy!"

Neat board, will the banjo be done later?

I have done hundreds of swa glands and at the end of my apprenticeship I could do one in 3 mins blindfolded!

You can take off multiple wires at a time when scored (I always use a junior hacksaw to get a deeper score to make this easier and faster). Plus, when you wind out the galvo wires always do them in the direction of the wind as they lay in the cable as this will prevent the ragged dispersion you got when you went the wrong way. A few tips to make this easier I hope. Liked the video. Nice work. When you come back will you seal the entry with intumescent foam into the cavity?

I think schneider are a bit behind the times with their domestic stuff considering they are the daddy ofncommercial. They used to be good value when it was all split load stuff. But now they are trying to punt you full height Rcbos with fly leads for 25 odd quid a piece

how come the cables arent marked with the correct colour from the start? like blue and PE?

LOve the mirror ! very neat trick .

Swapping over a consumer was very easy....That was until RCBO's popped along and would find more faults in a system than an Indian Mother in law could ever do . Modern Boards and old wiring are not a great match .

Why is it so low?
It should be eye height.

Plaster board fixings?! Please tell me this was a joke? I stopped watching after seeing that

Fuse boards should not go under wooden stairs if anything goes wrong it takes out a escape route

Exellent job sir

Very nice mate love your little gadgets mate topman DB is very tidy too 🙃

What cable strippers are you using mate?

і нащо заморочуватися про запас хоча б ввідного кабеля????😂

Why oh why do they make the boxes so small. That would have been just right for standard mcb’s there should be a larger option now for rcbo’s. If it’s tight when a new install it’s going to be a mess in 10 years after an electric shower or hob have been added. Having spent my working life in industry I hate this 2 part armoured glands they are so
Cheap shit no other word for it. Whilst not necessary the CW glands or at least a 3 part with a lock ring are so much better. Yes cost a little more but quality does

Looks like a new build, how have you got around the Rcbo switch heights? Definitely aren’t between 1350-1450

It went down hill after using those horrible plasterboard fixings and putting them in with an impact driver 😨 still love your videos...

Why would you mark the outside cables , and then remove the isolation rendering the previous process pointless? or am i missing something

Nice dude. Main Earth would be good over the other side of the bar out of the way of any circuit protection.

Great to see these videos though, being informative to help consumers know the difference between a reputable electrician and someone who cares about how it functions and works!

Just a quick comment, that you are the spitting image of the golfer Justin Thomas.. the likeness is a little uncanny!

Its easy when you know how . The problem with electrics is everyone thinks they can do it but usually end up cocking it up. This is amplified by the dumbing down of the industry by any old dickhead passing a course in a couple of months and calling themselves a spark.

Of course it's dead easy! Right amps for conductor diameter, right voltage for cable insulation and only three signals,live neutral earth.And STILL qualified electricians get it wrong!

The decorator did a grand job of masking the armoured cable

Great video 👍🏻 weird question, what music you tend to listen to when youre doing your consumer units?

Irish sparky, we can't fit consumer units under stairs fite hazard, our regs don't allow us . Min height new fuseboard new project 1400 mm to bottom but we use double stack boards , 2150mm to top highest mcb/rcbo

Hi Mate, can you supply a link for the armoured tools you used also the light. Brilliant video 👍