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When I started you had the YTS scheme where you went to college one day a week and the other four days you were on a placement with an electrical contractor. you were not employed by the contractor and you were paid by the YTS (and I think the electrical contractor was paid a bit for training you) In most cases I know that after your time came to an end the company would take you on if they could. The problem I hear a lot is not being able to get apprenticeships and as said going to college full-time or day release and then a part-time job. After they have done the formal qualifications then calling themselves an improver and go from job to job via agencies. There doesn't seem to be a lot of structured practical learning on the job

Interesting conversation. This is among the reasons Apprentice 121 exists. Now working in the industry of things and among grass roots week to week. Nearly 5 years, over 7000 into employed trainee positions, 100k plus of support to training providers and lots more. Was always my hope others in industry would start to do more.

The IR test is also worth doing to test the cable for possible manufacturer defects. Apparently there is a lot of poor quality cable or fake cable out there. I think Aaron Walstow at Doncaster Cables done a youtube video on it with Gaz from eFIXX.

One disadvantage of a radial i can think of would be loss of cpc near the circuit start- all sockets and connected loads beyond lose their earth and the customer wouldn't know. Another disadvantage is the need for bigger boards. I wired my new kitchen in a 4mm ring on a 32a rcbo, The thinking behind it for me was any loss in ring continuity wouldn't be an issue as the cable is big enough for a 32amp device where as a 2.5mm ring isn't when a break occurs. also i could get a really long ring and just have one rcbo saving space.

In the practice where I worked, they installed the monitor but it's blank when the outside end rings so we can't actually see the person ringing. Also the exit button doesn't open the door at all. Is there something we are missing? Thanks

Yes would have sufficed

My AM2 is a week today, I'm one of the people who just ticked 'i am confident' on every box just to try to pass the AM2. If I don't go in for the AM2 i'll stay at the current job where I dont get the opportunities to practice on things im not too confident on as I can't find any other job as every where want qualified sparks - its a catch 22 really, hopefully i pass on monday

8:38 - POAG quantities for Group 1 and 2 locations stated the wrong way round. Group 1 is 1 per patient location, Group 2 is min of 4 and not less than 25%

The reason why we switched from Radial to Ring was it used less wire and has less connections in the FB. Now manufacturers want to sell you bigger FB/CU and more wire. Regards cable sizes, sparkies have always used oversized cables because they can't do the maths. You can run an electric shower off 2.5mm with no more overheating than you can detect in a kettle lead.

Can this exact system be connected to your mobile phone in anyway ?

Screwed terminals ! No thanks

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I trained in France where it is all radial and dual pole breakers. Ring circuits with 32 amp breakers sounds like a recipe for disaster. Way to high with much potential to go wrong. Keep the breaking points low and the amount of sockets on each circuit defined. Simple and safe. Not perfect but compared to ring mains....?

I every where of rhe world the contractors hiring operatives with not care about the certification.. some ones with lots of struggles get certification , this is an umblance mindset. I borne as Electrician at 10 years once I got my university Electrician degree ontherones without qualifation took my post, same here , I got my C&G eelctrical qualification to get a job and another one with CSCS card is hired intead one who has ECS card.every time When I see my diplomas hanging on the wall , I thing are just a frustrated dream.

Some DSO/DNO say 2.5 meter max. Then it's time for. Kvm

I'm surprised LED bulkhead lights haven't been banned from being installed on vertical walls. The glare is blinding for a light that was intended to be fitted on ceilings.

If you send me 7 of them i will fit in my bathroom

Most if not all countries use radial and not ring. The danger of the ring is heavy louds are plugged in inadvertently at the origin or near origin of the ring the cable can easily be overloaded due to most of the current taking the shortest route back to the distribution board

Design and placing of end of radial socket could be taken into account. vis a vie overloading....and if it could.. maybe be a biggish load .. dedicated circuit ?

The customer owns the meter tails from the meter to the consumer unit. The dno doesn't care what size they are, it could be a bit of string and they wouldn't want anything to do with it. The section from cut out to the meter is theirs, and they rarely upgrade that either. I've fitted ev chargers where there are 16mm tails in place, they've upgraded the fuse to 100a and left their 16mm in place.

Interesting 4mm cable in radial … 👍🏼 rewired my house using the ring main method as I was advised that option.

My house is fed by overhead cables, one of which is at least 10 meters long as it goes to my neighbours house. They break their own rules. My meter tails are over 4 meters long and have been for over 20 years.

I love this Regulation as a standard and if is interpreted correctly like you did here nice video 👍

Instead of the switch you show in the video....could I use a time delayed RCD or even a RCBO in its own enclosure as a switch as it also provides greater fault protection and faster disconnection speed of my longer tails?

Do these come in male?

1:47 How do you do the AM2 without an NVQ? I thought AM2 is the final unit in the NVQ when everything else is complete?

Love the way electricians say, ring final or even ring final circuit but never radial final or radial final circuit, they are both final circuits you idiots

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Good stuff guys. Would be nice to see how an adult would change career or retrain to become an Electrician.

Thanks too guys. Do you think at 53 I’m too old to start to learn.

The colleges need to do a better job of telling lads that they need to get the portfolio and AM2 done after the level 3. Ive spoken to people who are telling me they are a spark with just a level 2 and 3 and the colleges have told them this

Good stuff

You tend to see them in the adjacent corridors. Usually right by the main doors to a corridor 🤣🤣

Ive been thinking about it. Ive thought about becoming an electrician and im 32. Awesome video

How do I format the internal hard drive, my system can’t seem to find it

Nice one

Thanks very informative

Impressive stuff. Do you have Wifi extenders in any of them?

Nice.

Looks good

7:34 when do you think that all outdoor power. Comes along with EV chargers and have automatic disconnection of all live conductors and the CPC.? RCDs started for sockets. where tools could be outside. Now we have all sockets and lights connected to RCDs.

Split boards 🤢

Looks to be a good range, I found the link via the Professional Electricians Wholesaler magazine.

why are sockets and switches different colours

These guys are goofs id avoid any centre they assess

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In my opinion only, SPDs should be installed in a domestic setting at the very least when a board change is happening. So many manufacturers have now come out with bundle boards combining type A RCBOs with SPDs. It's a very easy upgrade option that will look after the customers equipment in the event that those pesky transient voltages go wandering where you don’t want them. It does make sense to talk to the customer about the option of with or without. Hopefully, the installer can get across how beneficial these are, and they won't get left behind as the world gets upgraded!

I personally don't think SPD requires a conversation with a customer. They protect electronics to a certain extent. Now how many devices in your home or business premises can you find that don't contain electronics?