Good Old Delroy, he gets all the best Jobs :)

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GLENNSPARK said:
As long as terminations are correct and showing no signs of overheating, CPC's are present and visual continuity is confirmed...and that barriers & enclosures are intact...
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Oh dear, just started watching this one, 1:27 in and he spots no earth to metal switch ... calls it a C1... doesn't mention the cpc has clearly been used for 2 way.... maybe he will in a minute, just paused to post 😅

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That was a tough watch....
 
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richy3333 said:
The obvious one that springs to mind was him taking down a wall and then jointing cables in a wago box and ----ing it up into the ceiling and calling it MF. The materials and method he used did not constitute a MF junction box. I politely noted it on his comments and he removed the comment ?
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Yes agree he don't like any critic
 
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I wonder what this "Del" bloke would think of the 38 joint boxes I pulled out of the ceilings in 2 rooms at a job I were at recently...?
Considering he likes stuffing joints into stud walls...
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The guys a clown, removes socket, no terminal block or anything on bare wires, turns circuit back on. Bad enough if your the only person on site but the customer is wandering about? And your filming this for everyone to see? Come on
 
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goasis said:
The guys a clown, removes socket, no terminal block or anything on bare wires, turns circuit back on. Bad enough if your the only person on site but the customer is wandering about? And your filming this for everyone to see? Come on
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I did raise an eyebrow at that myself.
 
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That was good, and he's a nice bloke with character. I think I'd be confirming the fault was cured with a quick insulation resistance test though rather than just switching back on - effectively the old 'bang test'. 🙂
In fairness I'm sure he'd have told the customer to stay well clear though.
 
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goasis said:
The guys a clown, removes socket, no terminal block or anything on bare wires, turns circuit back on. Bad enough if your the only person on site but the customer is wandering about? And your filming this for everyone to see? Come on
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Yes agree with you on this Mate, a complete clown, makes you wonder why he is under the auspices of Schneider, I only watch his videos for light entertainment when I'm feeling a bit down. I expect his Son will delete this post.
 
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Petej999 said:
I know Mate just that but read somewhere that he had comments or post doctored by someone, don't know who .how or by whom, thanks for your reply anyhow.
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Most of the YouTube sparky types edit/delete their posts, for instance if you post something derogatory on CJr's you will see it on the page, but you will be the only one who can.
 
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DPG said:
I remember the one where he was sorting some dodgy sockets under kitchen cupboards. He routed the cables around the cupboards and up the wall completely out of any prescribed zones and called it a good job.
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Love the way he reads his MFT and there is a random number, say 14.8 what is that 14.8 rabbits and it's all "cool" a joke in my book
 
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Mikegh said:
I'm coming round to liking delroy

His practical skills are probably about par with mine , I'd be more of a theorist

He doesn't seem to be a rip off merchant either
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That's some endorsement of your installation skills Mike! not ripping people off, he does that by posing as an Electrician, probably a nice bloke when he isn't bodging jobs. You sure about your statement?
 
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I like him. I don't always agree with the safety or efficiency of his fault finding methods but I'd sooner have Delroy in my house than a lot of people. He leaves things safer than he found them and knows what isn't ok.
We need to remember that he does a lot of absolute bottom price budget work, and he needs to get in and out to make any money. Most youtube sparks don't show this kind of work at all.

I'd like to see him doing some higher priced work and given the chance to take his time and use the materials he wants to use. But the area he covers doesn't lend itself to that.
 
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timhoward said:
I like him. I don't always agree with the safety or efficiency of his fault finding methods but I'd sooner have Delroy in my house than a lot of people. He leaves things safer than he found them and knows what isn't ok.
We need to remember that he does a lot of absolute bottom price budget work, and he needs to get in and out to make any money. Most youtube sparks don't show this kind of work at all.

I'd like to see him doing some higher priced work and given the chance to take his time and use the materials he wants to use. But the area he covers doesn't lend itself to that.
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I dont agree with most of what you say especially the "He leaves things safer than he found them and knows what isn't ok" because i recall a video of his where he turned a TT into a TN is that ok ?.
I've also seen jobs that he's done where he's wasted time and materials and also ended with the job looking crap.
He is entertaining and likeable, though.
 
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mainline said:
dont agree with most of what you say especially the "He leaves things safer than he found them and knows what isn't ok" because i recall a video of his where he turned a TT into a TN is that ok ?.
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Definitely not. I agree with you regarding that one - it certainly wasn’t handled right. Should have called DNO or investigated that earth wire that may have been an electrode.
Thinking about it there are a couple of other situations where he should have just stopped, like that former conduit mess rental.
But we do agree he’s likeable and entertaining!
 
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Dustydazzler said:
I think Del said in an older video that he no longer takes on full rewires or big jobs anymore as its too much for him , we have to remember that Del is north of 60 years old

He is an old skool sparks who imo is the best celebrity electrician on the web

Clean , tidy , gets the job done and moves on to the next
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He is about 65/66 years old, IMO he is the Fred Dibnah of the electrical world just old's school.

If Fred was still alive doing his steeple jacking, he would get stick with his working methods, not from me a great engineer, balls of steel to say the least.
 
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Dave OCD said:
So £4k a week. Very nice work if you can get it.
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Its call-out so in an 8 hour day in London you probably only do 5 invoice-able hours work (and thats on a good day)

Many moons ago I did call out jobs for an electrical company in South London , it could take over an hour to get from one job to the next. Some jobs I would have to park a 1/2 mile away from the job and walk the rest as literally no on site parking.
I got bus lane tickets and parking tickets which I had to pay for etc etc etc
£100p/h is the bare minimum I would charge doing emergency call-outs in London these days
 
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Dustydazzler said:
Its call-out so in an 8 hour day in London you probably only do 5 invoice-able hours work (and thats on a good day)

Many moons ago I did call out jobs for an electrical company in South London , it could take over an hour to get from one job to the next. Some jobs I would have to park a 1/2 mile away from the job and walk the rest as literally no on site parking.
I got bus lane tickets and parking tickets which I had to pay for etc etc etc
£100p/h is the bare minimum I would charge doing emergency call-outs in London these days
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I remember quite a few Thomas Nagy videos in which he stated parking tickets were expected in London and it was a bonus if you don't get one.
 
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