Pair o' I.R.SEOLES

Just a few days after we installed a swish new RCBO board in our last video and one of the circuits is already tripping off! What gives? A fishing expedition with an I.R. tester ought to point us in the right direction. Apologies for the 2018 camera work in a flashback segment – that was a job we captured on whatever shaky mobile phone we had with us at the time as it was before we started vlogging the day job, so the quality sucks and, yes, Nige did look like a freak with his short hair and long beard. Like a fine cheese, he gets better with age… up to a point. Eventually he’ll just turn blue and smell like feet. On that job, if I remember rightly, the shower was earthed via the water bonding, but its copper pipe wasn’t in contact with the damp wall as it passed through the hole. The rail was in contact with the damp parts via its screws, and the sink taps via their copper pipes which were attached to the wall before joining onto plastic pipework (islanding them from the water bonding). Thus, when the old immersion cable was compromised in the wall, it made the damp section live along with any metalwork bolted onto it. If you touched the shower and tap, you got 180V straight across your nipples. Affiliate links: For a shout out on an upcoming video and to keep me and Nigel in unhealthy habits, you can buy us a cigar here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dseselec... My Amazon storefront, if indeed it's even still there: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/davidsa... £50 off YourTradeBase: https://go.yourtradebase.com/refer/3M... SumUp credit/debit card processing: http://r.sumup.com/referrals/oBF5S £10 off your first Huel order when you spend £40 or more: https://huel.mention-me.com/m/ol/nm0s... Get £40 credit for switching to Zen Internet: https://zen.mention-me.com/m/ol/rt4lh... For web hosting, get £10 off at Krystal with the code DSESELECTRIC at checkout! https://krystal.uk/ That folding Unilite torch we rather like: https://amzn.to/3pQVWog Links: For sweary sparks, Jamie Blatant’s Information Torpedo channel is here:    / @actual_electrical_content