Good Old Delroy, he gets all the best Jobs :)

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Srtaggering the Ring / Starring the ring as I have also heard it explained is a really old Skool method that I was shown when I was about 15 on site. The old guys who wire a ring odds and evens point 1-5 , 2-6 , 3-7 , 4-8. They said it would balance the load...
I never do it this way but some pople used to do

Also known as Chinese and leap frog.

Never had a need to install one, but everything has its place, it's knowing where that place is that counts.

 

[impish15]

Thanks all for the clarification

 

[7029 dave]

Srtaggering the Ring / Starring the ring as I have also heard it explained is a really old Skool method that I was shown when I was about 15 on site. The old guys who wire a ring odds and evens point 1-5 , 2-6 , 3-7 , 4-8. They said it would balance the load...
I never do it this way but some pople used to do

We used to call it the Chinese way, very common on horizontal conduit runs .

 

[LukeD]

We used to call it the Chinese way, very common on horizontal conduit runs .

I will do it given the chance .

 

[Dustydazzler]

We used to call it the Chinese way, very common on horizontal conduit runs .

It does kind of make sense if you are pulling singles through a single conduit , it avoids a long leg all the way back to the board

I knew what Del was trying to get across he just didn't explain it very well

 

[Petej999]

It's good that Del after 40 odd years is still learning.

Why does two shorts planks come to mind

he hasn't set yet mate, the blind leading the blind, to put it simply mot knowing what he is talking about, I wonder sometimes why he is called Del Roy the Spark Del the Chancer is more apt

 

[Aaron b]

Anyone here follow Cablesmith? He seems good and down to earth.

 

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Anyone here follow Cablesmith? He seems good and down to earth.

I saw one where he ran pvc trunking around the outside.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I have seen 1 or 2 Cablesmith vidoes and he seems to do a nice job of things , reminds me a bit of Bundy

 

[Dustydazzler]

Anyone here follow Cablesmith? He seems good and down to earth.

I think Cablesmith might be an auto electrician

 

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I think Cablesmith might be an auto electrician

I think an auto electrician would have used ip rated plastic sockets and CU due to it being a bit open to the weather.

 

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Del explains Tings about coding and bonding, Then towards the end of the video shows his special wicked torque screwdriver that never needs dat blood clat calibration.

 

[LukeD]

I hate the way his fingers get so close to the naughty bits !

 

[swaRRR]

After the last two weeks I've had I've considered starting a real-life sparks channel that shows some of the problems that never seem to occur on youtube. This mornings job was incredible. (new thread coming up). Messing around with camera's takes so much time though....!

Really, showing what can go wrong is the gold dust side of it - it's easy knowing how to do it right, it's overcoming problems that only experience gives you which is the ballache when it comes to anything.

 

[pc1966]

I hate the way his fingers get so close to the naughty bits !

I didn't think he posted that sort of video!

 

[Dustydazzler]

 

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Tidy is the word that comes to mind

 

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[goasis]

wheres the shoddy workmanship? all i see is del getting mildly confused (standard) and using the customer like an apprentice

 

[Petej999]

He started on 'The Council' wiring council flats

That explains it then thanks

 

[goasis]

Seeing as the threads been resurrected, have you seen the recent video where he conducts ze tests on a 3phase board while leaving all the outgoing circuits live.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Ah he is learning all the time.

 

[Petej999]

I just meant he seems to be getting as much coverage from here as he does on youtube

agree also 1st class bodge job

 

[7029 dave]

He's earning good money providing a service in the capital.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Del does what Del does, he provided a reliable call-out service in the Capital, probably earning more in a day than most building site sparks earn in a week

 

[LukeD]

Del does what Del does, he provided a reliable call-out service in the Capital, probably earning more in a day than most building site sparks earn in a week

True.... Turn up on time. clean work and nothing crazy cost wise and you can be in work every day in The nice parts of London

 

[timhoward]

The nice parts of London

ah but he lives in Leyton. (I used to live there). In fact he's suspiciously near to the fire station where they filmed London's Burning.

 

[LukeD]

ah but he lives in Leyton. (I used to live there). In fact he's suspiciously near to the fire station where they filmed London's Burning.

would not go there even in an armoured Range Rover !

 

[Petej999]

He started on 'The Council' wiring council flats

So a housebasher at best then????????????????????????????????????

 

[Petej999]

He's 65? Wow he's aged well, thought he was about 50.

he is as rough as a badgers -------

 

[davesparks]

So a housebasher at best then????????????????????????????????????

Whats wrong with that?

 

[7029 dave]

House bashing has its own set of skills don't knock it done it for years. Most would not know where to start on occupied rewires.

 

[DPG]

So a housebasher at best then????????????????????????????????????

Bit disrespectful to people who do domestic?

 

[Petej999]

He started on 'The Council' wiring council flats

Oh I see a wire slinger then??

 

[Petej999]

Bit disrespectful to people who do domestic?

no not at all mate

 

[Mike Johnson]

Oh I see a wire slinger then??

All electricians are wire slingers in effect.

 

[Petej999]

All electricians are wire slingers in effect.

dis agree with you there mate

 

[Aaron b]

Delroy seems a nice bloke and entertaining for one reason or another, I assume that's why this topic exists. Some of these comments are unnecessarily spiteful. With the egos of some on here, it's no wonder sparks get a bad name amongst trades.

 

[Dustydazzler]

All electricians are wire slingers in effect.

When I started in the indusrty in the mid 1990s I would say most of the older Sparks I came across on Domestic sites ALL came via a commercial / industrial background...They made the switch the switch to doing Domestic as they could earn £300 day as Subbies throwing T&E in the thousands of new builds going up in around London. They were all decent enough sparks back in then.
The birth of the Domestic installer / handyman Sparks over the past 20 years is where things tunred to Sh!t imo

 

[Dustydazzler]

Speak of the devil , drops another hit

 

[Mike Johnson]

Obviously earning a lot of money to afford a fish eye lens of that clarity, shame he does not have the same clarity in his dialog.

 

[rewireIT]

Obviously earning a lot of money to afford a fish eye lens of that clarity, shame he does not have the same clarity in his dialog.

He charges £100/hr

 

[rewireIT]

Speak of the devil , drops another hit

Jesus that is rough.

The trunking on the inside is what it is but once he gets outside it's clown school.

Chasing in the wall with an SDS chisel lol.

Why he wouldn't just buy a metre long drill bit and come from the recess behind the wall instead of fannying on running surface trunking and cables...well i don't know. He's also put the bell at waist height by the look of it.

Rough as toast.

 

[Aaron b]

This one was gold! A corded drill for fitting an outside light, next he will be chasing with a hammer and scutch.

 

[Dustydazzler]

This one was gold! A corded drill for fitting an outside light, next he will be chasing with a hammer and scutch.

I often still use my old Makita mains drill , been with me for over 20 years

 

[Aaron b]

I often still use my old Makita mains drill , been with me for over 20 years

I blew mine up a couple of months ago coring a wall. I might buy a cheap Titan one as a replacement for hole coring and breaking up concrete. The battery SDS's are perfect for short-duration stuff like sinking back boxes, clearing chases and fixings.

 

[rewireIT]

Balls to running in extensions, batteries all the way

 

[goasis]

Insightful

 

[rewireIT]

Insightful

I wish there was a facepalm emoji

 

[Dustydazzler]

I literally can not wait for the plug and socket tutorial