The video was at least surprising well researched , and the electrical terminology wasn't too butchered. But the whole stance of "Just don't do it, ever! Even if you're an electrician!" just doesn't resonate, and is maybe a little presumptuous for a middle aged cooking mum channel.
Just to be clear, Ann Reardon is NOT a basic “middle aged cooking mum”. She’s a professional food scientist and dietician, worked in food service, as well as being extremely skilled in both food styling and photography. The quality of her videos is
spectacular, both in terms of production quality (of the videography) and of the amount of effort and technical skill she puts into the foods shown. (In her debunking videos, she replicates everything they do, no matter how much work it causes, and then shows how to do it properly.) I don’t think I can actually think of any other studio-based YouTube channel that is so well done. Many have high production value but mediocre content quality. Others (like eevblog) don’t bother much with production value, but have superb content. The only other contenders I can think of off the top of my head are Alex (French Guy Cooking), Technology Connections and Techmoan, but I think Ann Reardon is just a bit ahead.
Pretty much the only part that’s unscripted is her feeding her victims, er, I mean, her husband and sons, the awful recipes from the content farm how-to videos.
As for “don’t do it, even if you’re an electrician”: I completely agree. The only people whose training truly prepares them for this is linemen and maybe industrial electricians. Standard domestic/office electricians don’t work on kilovolt circuits, AFAIK.