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did he immediately disintegrate?

Thanks for making videos on this mate, legend

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Nice old bit of machinery there lad. Could one of the contactors been for reverse ? All the best man.

I started my apprenticeship in a joinery factory in 1988, we had to slowly swap all the star delta machines over to DOL as they each failed, this meant they would not start on load. So if you got a massive plank of oak stuck in the planer, you would have to wind it out manually or swap two phases over to reverse it up. So yeah, the covers were off the controls and full of dust mostly.

Why you need to use the f word all the time

what type of meter?

Hi Jamie, so you are having a go at old sods now are you?🤣🤣Just so you know I'm still taking note of all your shenanigans, whoever rewired that motor before you hasn't got a clue, I'm assuming it must have been wired correctly in the first place. Regards from the old sod.

inherited a colchester student lathe from my dad - wiring was shocking, tided it up a bit - but she’ll see me out and im in my 50’s

Ah, 7:30, warms the cockles of me 'art, that does.

I use to work on a lot of control and pump motors that date from the 1950s that were still in use . Lovely old oil pots and contactors . Spent time cleaning them up for annual maintenance and inspections. Good days . Now they have been all ripped out to new cheap Chinese crap

Good video lad.

You are a top Sparky

Its crazy to see the size difference between the old and new contactors. Great content!

Beautiful work

Love this sort of stuff. You have to be pragmatic when working on this older gear, for older chaps. They have lived to a good age, around high risk machinery, because they aren't fcukwits wrapped in cotton wool! You could encourage them towards a nice little VSD to tidy this up. More offensive stuff is always good too! You are right.......some 'sparks' would run away from this and cry!!

Good to hear the wisdom that comes with experience, and not just the knowledge of how it should be in a brand new perfect world. Thanks for the content

love the comment 8 mins in

Thank you Jamie. Clear messages and straight to the points.

Best fucking electrician with best fucking tools, apart from the very Savery crisp packet of a man that your dad is. This is from a place of love not hate

The heat generated at the poor contact is P=I²R, so you don't need much resistance to generate a kW of heat if you've got a good flow of current. All that heat is generated right at the point of resistance, so it gets extremely toasty in a hurry.

Piper Alpha. A tragic loss of many lives

This is teaching 😅

Rest in peace Gentleman!! After every trip offshore I’d go to hazlehead park (where the memorial is) and pay the 167 men who never made it my respects!, Gentlemen you maybe gone but you will never be forgotten! (Personally I never want to go back offshore but I’m sure their are many who do/have to, so stay safe)

As long as you uphold your duties with regards to PUWER your black work tool is fine....PUWER requires that equipment provided for use at work is: suitable for the intended use. safe for use, maintained in a safe condition and inspected to ensure it is correctly installed and does not subsequently deteriorate. used only by people who have received adequate information, instruction and training. 😅

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i worked away from late teens to my 40s .. no wife nothing like that! it's a terrible way to live. end up just being a sad sack at weekends feeling exhausted and doing very little. so working away and going out on jollys with your work buddies sounds good but there is a sacrifice. single sparks (or in my case software engineer) beware :)

Just a miserable insight into the industry.

I know you like your paperwork for your accounts, but don't you think that makes it difficult and time-consuming for yourself, if you were doing it electronically you can easily do your "books" when you're away. You don't need to splash the cash for something fancy, I use something called Freeagent that you get free with certain high street banks business accounts. it does your estimates, invoices and matches income and expenditure coming in and out of your bank account, time spent for me doing my accounts is next to nothing, and I can do it anywhere. Aside from that, I enjoy your unique take on a working blog, keep it up

Labour will be good for fuck all, apart from the sale of dinghys in France

EVERYTHING is a business expense

Will labour be good for the electrical trade?

Say it as it is. I'm surprised Heat Geek sold out so quick but was also curious as to how he crawled out of the pit so easy as well. Money always goes to money. Screw the folk who really do the work. Really quite disappointed by this unholy alliance of greed and self interest.

Unfortunately Octopus are handpicking the easy heat pump jobs that suit their algorithm, these customers are simply not getting heat pumps at all after being told that a heat pump isn’t suitable for their home by octopus- which is incorrect in alot of cases. We will be quoting any leads directly without octopus giving any estimates - i do think we won’t convert many of the leads at all due to Octopus’s saying they can fit a heat pump for £500 after the grant which is ridiculous if you are trying to install them to a high standard achieving high efficiency’s. If we are going to decarbonise most of the heating in UK homes everyone has to work together which is the main reason for this “partnership”. With regards to the kickback off leads i find the majority of people we go to are already on an octopus tariff already 😂 I would be interested to know more about what octopus have done to electricians in regards to EV chargers etc?

Damon blakemore is the worst of them all

You are so wake Jamie. thank fuck you are a voice for us sparks

Sat on Greg's rod. No lube. Balls deep

All industries are the same, people sat at desks making up shite to justify their jobs and 10% companies all wanting a slice of the cake.

This is class entertainment Jaime 😂

Into em Jamie

Been installing heat pumps for years and solar. Dual trade, full apprenticeship route for both. Supporting the mass takeover of octopus is devaluing the market for both trades. Its a wolf in sheep's clothing, trojan horse whatever you will. Now I just stick to servicing as I sit back and watch the race to the bottom unfold. Sad really.

Well done Jamie.

You got some balls buddy. Well done

Mr octopus why can I not get a good tariff you have none for me. I cannot have a smart meter asci live rural but company's and yours will not give me a good tariff. Heat geek and Mr octopus and many others make huge amounts of money. Who is interested in giving cheap electric. Heat pumps cost huge amounts of money to run. Heat geek will blind you with its the installers have not calculated a Heat pump correctly . They use electricity big time.

How right are you lol

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Go on Jamie... ..let that dickhead have it

Jamie you are the ferkin best. Nothing needs adding