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Electrician videos on Youtube. Are they dangerous to all?

David Stone

I was watching a bit of a Youtube video, which showed a DB with very "tidy" wiring, of the type that now appears to be in vogue. A large number of circuits were all bundled and cable tied into a very neat cable form of the type found inside Electronic equipment. The length of this was probably a couple of feet, so comes under the regulations for derating of cables in close proximity, and the overall rating of each circuit was probably 1/4 of that the designer expected. The cables inside switchgear should all be loose and as far as possible in free air to keep temperatures within limits, and as you know DBs get quite hot even with this arrangement. How have we got to this situation of incompetence? I did leave a comment, but this will probably be removed!

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    Interestingly, I had a conversation with a forum regular a short time ago where we were discussing the benefits of using the IET's Wiring regs forum over many of the other forums for electricians (not going to mention any specific competitors here but I'm sure you'll know where I mean Wink) . 

    For me personally, I've always thought that if you want to get the word from the horses mouth, then you go to the stable. So why would you ask questions related to BS7671 Wiring Regs on another forum rather than going directly to a forum provided by the organisation that publishes the Regs? We have forum regulars answering questions on here that are members of the JPEL 64 committee that produces the Regs so surely you can't get more 'horses mouth' than that? There are certain regulars on here that I know if they've provided an answer it can be relied upon to be the correct one Slight smile

    Also, in forums and social media networks you can never be sure of someone's credentials. In EngX you may have noticed that we have profile badges so you can be assured that you're talking to a member of the IET if you see one of our membership badges on their profile page. We also badge for qualifications too, CEng and IEng etc so again if you receive an answer from someone sporting an FIET badge and a CEng  badge then you know that they are a Fellow of the IET and also a chartered engineer. 

    Their answer to any engineering question I may have will carry much more weight with me than that of a random stranger on Facebook or YouTube.... Wink

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    Interestingly, I had a conversation with a forum regular a short time ago where we were discussing the benefits of using the IET's Wiring regs forum over many of the other forums for electricians (not going to mention any specific competitors here but I'm sure you'll know where I mean Wink) . 

    For me personally, I've always thought that if you want to get the word from the horses mouth, then you go to the stable. So why would you ask questions related to BS7671 Wiring Regs on another forum rather than going directly to a forum provided by the organisation that publishes the Regs? We have forum regulars answering questions on here that are members of the JPEL 64 committee that produces the Regs so surely you can't get more 'horses mouth' than that? There are certain regulars on here that I know if they've provided an answer it can be relied upon to be the correct one Slight smile

    Also, in forums and social media networks you can never be sure of someone's credentials. In EngX you may have noticed that we have profile badges so you can be assured that you're talking to a member of the IET if you see one of our membership badges on their profile page. We also badge for qualifications too, CEng and IEng etc so again if you receive an answer from someone sporting an FIET badge and a CEng  badge then you know that they are a Fellow of the IET and also a chartered engineer. 

    Their answer to any engineering question I may have will carry much more weight with me than that of a random stranger on Facebook or YouTube.... Wink

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