The problem with this video, is that we don't know how many hundreds of inexperienced people who watch this video, and follow those steps.
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- Stick to the correct colour code for wiring. Not only for yourself, but also for any 3rd party (electrician or whatever) who needs to do any repairs/when selling the house.
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Stick to the correct colour code for wiring. Not only for yourself, but also for any 3rd party (electrician or whatever) who needs to do any repairs/when selling the house.
In fact it's mandatory to put them through a PVC pipe in many other countries.
like he said in the video, if he shuts the main breaker down, he wouldn't have any light to shoot the video ...
Stick to the correct colour code for wiring. Not only for yourself, but also for any 3rd party (electrician or whatever) who needs to do any repairs/when selling the house.
He did.QuoteIn fact it's mandatory to put them through a PVC pipe in many other countries.
It's against code to put Romex in a conduit in North America.
I think you should avoid trying to translate local practices to a totally different jurisdiction. Every country has different codes and different traditions.
Safety ratings on meters are not for those who know what they are doing or want to be careful, but rather for fools and the uneducated.
Romex is a brand name, generically it is NMD90 cable, and it is definitely allowed inside conduit.
Even in Germany I have seen people working on 3 phase 400 V panels without turning them off.
And then even use non insulated screw drivers
Stick to the correct colour code for wiring. Not only for yourself, but also for any 3rd party (electrician or whatever) who needs to do any repairs/when selling the house.
He did.QuoteIn fact it's mandatory to put them through a PVC pipe in many other countries.
It's against code to put Romex in a conduit in North America.
I think you should avoid trying to translate local practices to a totally different jurisdiction. Every country has different codes and different traditions.Romex is a brand name, generically it is NMD90 cable, and it is definitely allowed inside conduit.
Different color code in the US, black is hot here, cold is neutral red is second hot for 220 or switched hot for a three way switch. And inside of floors and walls no conduit so what he's doing is up to code.
Even in Germany I have seen people working on 3 phase 400 V panels without turning them off.
And then even use non insulated screw drivers
I have seen men working on 415 3 phase power lines in a water filled hole in the road in pouring rain while the power is still on, working hot is safe as long as you know what you are doing and have the requisite safety equipment and precautions in place.
Y'know, I really can't remember the last time I hit some wires in a wall with 'something big'...
And.. no, shoving that type of wire in a conduit doesn't make things easier..
Until you've spanned a few generations and worked with sparkies that have "been around" it's far too easy to denigrate what was perfectly acceptable practices in other jurisdictions or from another earlier time.
Example
When power came to our part of the world in 1935 ALL installation was in steel conduit, the pitch and cotton covered conductors were drawn though from inspection cover to inspection cover that was mandatory at Tee junctions or 900 bends.
There were NO earth cables, instead the steel conduit was the earth.
I still have circuits like this in my house that give zero problems after all this time.
Matthias is smart enough not to get into a lot of trouble with it
Matthias is smart enough not to get into a lot of trouble with it
What does intelligence have to do with it? You're only driven by intelligence until the right distraction comes along.
Fuck ups are a given in the long run, prevent them from happening as much as feasible, prevent them from having bad consequences as much as feasible ... and have a will.
What possible purpose was there in placing his finger on a live busbar is beyond me. Matthias is a clever guy and his videos typically focus on his clever contraptions. I can't help but think he thought it would be "clever" to show him touching a live busbar without getting shocked.
I'm not convinced behind his reasoning for sharing the neutrals in his additional 120v sockets as well.. If the power factors of the loads are different then it is possible to exceed the rating of the cabling.
I'm not convinced behind his reasoning for sharing the neutrals in his additional 120v sockets as well.. If the power factors of the loads are different then it is possible to exceed the rating of the cabling.
I'm not convinced behind his reasoning for sharing the neutrals in his additional 120v sockets as well.. If the power factors of the loads are different then it is possible to exceed the rating of the cabling.
Not sure about the USA, but in the UK if you use a black wire for live you should mark it such at both ends, for example by putting a ring of red tape around it. We don't use split phase supplies but the same situation arises with light switches where there is a switched live.
Until you've spanned a few generations and worked with sparkies that have "been around" it's far too easy to denigrate what was perfectly acceptable practices in other jurisdictions or from another earlier time.
Example
When power came to our part of the world in 1935 ALL installation was in steel conduit, the pitch and cotton covered conductors were drawn though from inspection cover to inspection cover that was mandatory at Tee junctions or 900 bends.
There were NO earth cables, instead the steel conduit was the earth.
I still have circuits like this in my house that give zero problems after all this time.Aaaah, the good old days, it was all copper conduct here.
Like, really, looking for the worst solutions EVER!
I can also remember my grandma asking that everything she touched tickled, lol, jeeze.
When I was in the trade for a short while, we used brown heatshrink sleeving, so at the point of termination it looked very obviously like a live wire (and it can't fall off, like tape).
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For example, some countries don't work with a real earth/ground fuse/switch, but they only detect the imbalance of live and neutral. That is just asking for trouble. Not only is it possible to have accidentaly both shorted to ground (which means there is still nothing out of balans), it also doesn't care if there are any issies with the secundary side. Which can lead to very dangerous situations.
(I have even showed people these situations)