YouTube electricians

[Dustydazzler]

I suspect it might be self selecting a bit - although the really bad jobs might make good videos, they also take much longer to fix so there may not be the time available that must be involved in putting together a decent video, which clearly is a bit of a time sink.

I doubt the income from youtube offsets anything like their hourly rate, so I don't blame them for choosing jobs that are 'video friendly' to film.

Most of the common ones I like to watch have already been listed, (JW, GSH, E5, Dave Savery) but a couple of lesser known ones from my subscription list that I think are worth checking out:

J Beck Electrical (pretty standard follow along on jobs type video but with some good insight)
Nick Bundy Electrical (ideal if you love flexible conduit - inside joke for those who have watched it.)
Artisan Electrics (Though I think he might be a bit marmite for some, he does cover some interesting installs - Wish I could charge enough to earn a Tesla too tbh)
Delroy the Sparks (An older guy who has some interesting videos on the less 'top end' realities of CU installs etc and not afraid to show mistakes as well as successes)

Then on a slightly tangential aside there is Big Clive and Electroboom of course (His vid on UK sockets/plugs is worth a watch if nothing else)

in one of his more recent videos he confesses to charging £800-£1000 per day , that’s some serious money right there ...
good on him if he can get away with them rates

 

[Dartlec]

in one of his more recent videos he confesses to charging £800-£1000 per day , that’s some serious money right there ...
good on him if he can get away with them rates

Yep - can't be doing bad if he can find people willing to pay that in the domestic sector - I think he has mentioned his hourly rate is £80 + vat. He clearly works hard at it too.

Presumably to get into that end of the market involves a lot of advertising costs to start with at least, until you build up the client list - so the profit is probably not quite as proportionately large.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Yep - can't be doing bad if he can find people willing to pay that in the domestic sector - I think he has mentioned his hourly rate is £80 + vat. He clearly works hard at it too.

Presumably to get into that end of the market involves a lot of advertising costs to start with at least, until you build up the client list - so the profit is probably not quite as proportionately large.

£1000 a day really is the upper end of most domestic work , there are posh roads near me where you could easily get away with £150-200 per hour and probably more than that. These are private roads where the cheapest houses cost £5,000,000

 

[Dartlec]

£1000 a day really is the upper end of most domestic work , there are posh roads near me where you could easily get away with £150-200 per hour and probably more than that. These are private roads where the cheapest houses cost £5,000,000

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)

 

[Dustydazzler]

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)

cautious yes but they are often happy to pay more for a good standard or work from a face they trust

 

[Dartlec]

cautious yes but they are often happy to pay more for a good standard or work from a face they trust

I probably need to find better clients - or change my face ?

 

[Julie.]

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)

As dad's army's private Godfrey said, 'the landed gentry are just like us, except it's harder to get them to pay their bills!'

 

[Micktw68]

We Cant have a proper celebrity youtuber conversation about electricians work without mentioning Chris the plumber sparks ...
I never watch his stuff anymore but I’m sure he is still out there fitting baths and the like ...

I started watching him, then came to realise all he does is slag off the previous sparks work. Makes for dull viewing . The Bundy chap is entertaining in a fashion but for informative and factual it has to be DS and JW.

 

[Micktw68]

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)what I call the Farnborough park effect. Same with a few clients I have in Oxted _

What I call the Farnborough Park effect .

 

[Lister1987]

Coincidentally @dseselectric and @ArtElectrics aware on here, legend has it Chris 'The Plumber' CJR is on here too, lurking in the shadows.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Lurcio = FH.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Who is FH ?

 

[westward10]

Frankie Howard.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Bloody hell he must be getting On a bit now

( Shame about Babs , what a legend)

 

[westward10]

Bloody hell he must be getting On a bit now

( Shame about Babs , what a legend)

Been dead for 28 years.

 

[Mike Johnson]

FH = Comedian

CJR = Lurcio therefore.......

 

[7029 dave]

David Savery swears too much, anyone else thinks he looks like Mr Gilbert from the inbetweeners.

 

[westward10]

His swearing and dramatics are a bit tedious.

 

[Mike Johnson]

His swearing is enough to put most people off, it's a shame because his content is quite good.

 

[ipf]

Been dead for 28 years.

OK, make us feel old then...