Basics: Adding a Socket to Existing Circuit
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Practical information for apprentices when installing additional sockets to an existing circuit.
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Straight to the point mate. Love it. From a fellow kiwi here in Aus!! Doing a reno and can't get a sparky get out quick enough! Plumber by trade!
This is the real deal. I mean he literally set things up that even a simpleton like myself can understand and follow. Well done.
Amazing videos. Clear instructions, not too much fluff, right to the point and everything is demonstrated, love it.
Great work, very helpful. A lot of this isn't rocket surgery, but in Australia it's illegal to do so unlicensed which means correct techniques and tips are difficult to find
What a brilliant video! Perfectly succinct and no endless self-promotion! Thanks for taking the time to do this video.
Excellent Kiwi in Australia mate. Top quality explanation. Please do one for the people who wish to see one done in the middle of the plaster board, now that they know how to install it on the stud. Thanks well done.
Hi mate, your videos is Very useful for overseas electricians who work in nz like me
Dude, simple and getting the job done the real Aussie way. On ya mate!
You make a great teacher, thankyou 👍
absolute legend mate! I’m starting my apprenticeship and your videos are helping so much.
Awesome to see the Aussie ways, thanks for sharing your video 😊❤
Great video, to the point no excess talking or over production
Ultra practical and video time efficient.
Thx Kiwi Bro
Thanks Dave your a good instructor. Tell people to connect the earth first. Good to do I think. Also maybe add the testing at end. A lot of people would just start using without testing. Any way great stuff I subscribed.
Thanks mate.u’ve made my work easy.
cheers cobber, good info as usual
Precisely what I needed thanks.
champion. no fuss and to the point.
Hey love your channel, when you say a maximum of 6 socket outlets on feed to the breaker box - is that six single sockets (ie double sockets count as individuals or as a total of 3 on the feed?) - also when do you use pvc conduit and does it go through the dwang or just but it? ?
It's probably worth you including the most important part of the job into these videos; the mandatory tests.
Great work mate
Thank you, Dave again for an awesome great video.
Sparky Dave you fkn legend mate
Please a video on Australian 3 gang socket wiring and replacement
Excellent job mate keep it up. Thanks
Love your video just wonder if you had a video on how to wire in 2 light switch to turn on light in my shed
This one maybe? czcams.com/video/IerkJYNlEc8/video.html
How did you hammer a flush box to the stud if presumably there's a plasterboard wall in the way?
Maximum of 6 outlets, presumably that’s per plug not per unit? Are there 4 outlets shown in this video?
Nice one mate. 6 outlets max? How does that work with people plugging in massive power boards with all sorts of things plugged in? Cheers
Love your work! How do i know how many sockets connected to a switch board though? I wanna diy so i wanna make sure im doing it right.
Would I use this same process for adding an outside powerpoint connected off an internal point?
thank you
To clarify, when you said to avoid 6 outlets did you mean (for example) no more than 3 double GPOs? Love demonstration in the video btw!
Thanks mate u r doing good job
Great video. I've talked to a few people about limits to the number of sockets on a 16A circuit and get different opinions. One person said 4, another said no limit, so long as the load is under the 16A. You said a maximum of 6, which seems very reasonable. Is that a rule of thumb or an actual legal standard?
I want to know this too, as I love to put in waaaay too many outlets, not because i ever intend to use them all at the same time, but simply because I like always having one super near me whatever I'm doing
I'm a non practicing Electrician. Been out of the game for a long time, but am dipping back in. Doing my Regs course next week. I'll ask the question about the number of socket outlets and see what the tutor says. Not really looking forward to exams again, but have to do it. @@Niberspace
Great video! How to upgrade a switch to a double socket with switch or add a double socket near the switch in NZ?
Thanks mate, is there any possibility for ceiling fan and chandler..very good informational video..
Love your vids been a great help. Any chance you could explain how to install a 15a circuit say for using a table saw in a garage?
Same as a normal GPO, except you need to use 4mm2 wiring, can only install one 15A GPO on the circuit, it must be an uninterrupted home run back to the switchboard and have a dedicated MCB rated 16A or higher.
thanks for this mate..what size breaker should we use for a string of 10amp outlets? cheers.
Hi, is there one on your channel about how to add the wires from a new socket to an existing junction box?
Are pigtail connections permitted in wall sockets? I think some other countries actually require the earth to be a pigtail connection in mid-run wall sockets.
How much outlets per feed is recommended?
Quick question ----> you stated you're running 2.5mm cable to your wall sockets, but I've read elsewhere (and I guess everyone has an opinion) that some people like to use 4mm cable for wall socket circuits.
From what I've read, 2.5mm cable (e.g. 2.5mm Twin & Earth Flat Cable) is rated somewhere between 16-20A and most appliances (I would 99%+) running off a wall socket (e.g. kettle, toaster, vacumm cleaner, desk lamp, TV, etc) are rated under 2400W (or 10A). So this preference to use 4mm cable seems kind of illogical (apart from the hell of just wanting to over-size your cables).
Your thoughts on 4mm cable for wall sockets? Overkill or is there some rational to it?
2.5mm is the smallest allowed for GPO circuits.
If there is a long distance from the switchboard to the last socket-outlet on the circuit, then the volt-drop of the cable can become too much. Other factors such as the cable tightly packed with other cables, or the cable route through insulation in the walls and ceiling, etc. There are tables and calculations within the electrical standards to work this stuff out.
So yes, there comes a point that 2.5mm isn't big enough and 4mm is required.
Also, the circuit protection needs to be selected in order to protect the cable.
Dude what type of plier is best for this? one without teeth?
Why 6 outlets per breaker?I've heard some electrical companies do no more than 10. I mean, all domestic sockets are rated to 10A anyway so I get that outlets can be single, double or quad but I mean is it in the standard that says 6 outlets max?
Yeah 6 outlets seems a bit on the low side. It’s not like you’re plugging a heater into each outlet. You might have a phone charging off one and a lamp in another. One room could have 3 outlets in it.
6 outlets per breaker, 12 per rcd max 18...dunno. I mean I can see absolute worse case scenario in a kitchen, air fryers, jugs, microwaves, toasters, sandwich press all at once and the outlets burning out before the breakers trip but that seems at the extreme side of worse case scenarios.
6 outlets is a reasonable average recommendation, but no this isn't the rule in the electrical regulations or the electrical wiring rules (standard).
It comes down to what is 'fit for purpose':
In a hallway or bedroom, you might use one heater or fan sometimes, or a vacuum cleaner, or a lamp. Probably not all at the same time. However you can install multiple socket-outlets in several locations to allow for rearranging furniture etc. Nothing wrong with having 20 socket-outlets on one circuit, because you won't be using them all at the same time.
However in a kitchen, it's feasible to have several high power appliances operating at the same time.
Kettle, toaster, microwave, air-fryer, blender, etc.
So it's wise to have at least 2 dedicated circuits for the kitchen bench area.
Wow didn’t realise you can wire up to 6 outlets. I thought 3 would be too much lol
I find you can pretty easily just rip the sheath off instead of cutting it. Depending on the age of the cable.
Is this legal for a homeowner to do in nz?
Its illegal to do without a full unrestricted electical license.
I never knew there are countries where it's actually illegal to do your own electrical work. In The Netherlands you can do anything you like, no one will even check it by law. In Belgium you can DIY it but it's required by law to have it inspected, although these inspections are not enforced. It's a good idea for the fire insurance to have the inspection OK though.
NZ homeowners are allowed to do some limited electrical work, although there are restrictions (including some types of work requiring Electrical Inspection, which is just as costly as engaging an Electrician to do the job).
Search online for the free document "NZECP 51:2004".
NEW ZEALAND ELECTRICAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOR HOMEOWNER/OCCUPIER’S ELECTRICAL WIRING WORK IN DOMESTIC INSTALLATIONS
This document explains what you can and can't do as a homeowner.
Awesome instruction videos, please can you upload a video on how to connect a power socket using an existing light switch power supply.
How do I test if I can add another PowerPoint. Do I do a resistant test before? Or how do I know
Hey SparkyDave, you are a genius mate. Very helpful video. Here you added a socket (power point switch) from an existing socket. Can I ask you, how to add a power point switch from a light switch?
You don't. Putting power points on lighting circuits can burn your house down or electrocute someone.
oi mate
Decent video. Recommend: better video, close up and better orientation (you could be closer to the job without the camera getting in the way). And please don't shout :)