YouTube electricians

[Dustydazzler]

I suspect it might be self selecting a bit - although the really bad jobs might make good videos, they also take much longer to fix so there may not be the time available that must be involved in putting together a decent video, which clearly is a bit of a time sink.

I doubt the income from youtube offsets anything like their hourly rate, so I don't blame them for choosing jobs that are 'video friendly' to film.

Most of the common ones I like to watch have already been listed, (JW, GSH, E5, Dave Savery) but a couple of lesser known ones from my subscription list that I think are worth checking out:

J Beck Electrical (pretty standard follow along on jobs type video but with some good insight)
Nick Bundy Electrical (ideal if you love flexible conduit - inside joke for those who have watched it.)
Artisan Electrics (Though I think he might be a bit marmite for some, he does cover some interesting installs - Wish I could charge enough to earn a Tesla too tbh)
Delroy the Sparks (An older guy who has some interesting videos on the less 'top end' realities of CU installs etc and not afraid to show mistakes as well as successes)

Then on a slightly tangential aside there is Big Clive and Electroboom of course (His vid on UK sockets/plugs is worth a watch if nothing else)

in one of his more recent videos he confesses to charging £800-£1000 per day , that’s some serious money right there ...
good on him if he can get away with them rates

 

[Dartlec]

in one of his more recent videos he confesses to charging £800-£1000 per day , that’s some serious money right there ...
good on him if he can get away with them rates

Yep - can't be doing bad if he can find people willing to pay that in the domestic sector - I think he has mentioned his hourly rate is £80 + vat. He clearly works hard at it too.

Presumably to get into that end of the market involves a lot of advertising costs to start with at least, until you build up the client list - so the profit is probably not quite as proportionately large.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Yep - can't be doing bad if he can find people willing to pay that in the domestic sector - I think he has mentioned his hourly rate is £80 + vat. He clearly works hard at it too.

Presumably to get into that end of the market involves a lot of advertising costs to start with at least, until you build up the client list - so the profit is probably not quite as proportionately large.

£1000 a day really is the upper end of most domestic work , there are posh roads near me where you could easily get away with £150-200 per hour and probably more than that. These are private roads where the cheapest houses cost £5,000,000

 

[Dartlec]

£1000 a day really is the upper end of most domestic work , there are posh roads near me where you could easily get away with £150-200 per hour and probably more than that. These are private roads where the cheapest houses cost £5,000,000

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)

 

[Dustydazzler]

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)

cautious yes but they are often happy to pay more for a good standard or work from a face they trust

 

[Dartlec]

cautious yes but they are often happy to pay more for a good standard or work from a face they trust

I probably need to find better clients - or change my face ?

 

[Julie.]

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)

As dad's army's private Godfrey said, 'the landed gentry are just like us, except it's harder to get them to pay their bills!'

 

[Micktw68]

We Cant have a proper celebrity youtuber conversation about electricians work without mentioning Chris the plumber sparks ...
I never watch his stuff anymore but I’m sure he is still out there fitting baths and the like ...

I started watching him, then came to realise all he does is slag off the previous sparks work. Makes for dull viewing . The Bundy chap is entertaining in a fashion but for informative and factual it has to be DS and JW.

 

[Micktw68]

yet the clients I have who live in expensive houses are often the most cautious about spending money! (I guess that may be why they can afford the house...)what I call the Farnborough park effect. Same with a few clients I have in Oxted _

What I call the Farnborough Park effect .

 

[Lister1987]

Coincidentally @dseselectric and @ArtElectrics aware on here, legend has it Chris 'The Plumber' CJR is on here too, lurking in the shadows.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Lurcio = FH.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Who is FH ?

 

[westward10]

Frankie Howard.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Bloody hell he must be getting On a bit now

( Shame about Babs , what a legend)

 

[westward10]

Bloody hell he must be getting On a bit now

( Shame about Babs , what a legend)

Been dead for 28 years.

 

[Mike Johnson]

FH = Comedian

CJR = Lurcio therefore.......

 

[7029 dave]

David Savery swears too much, anyone else thinks he looks like Mr Gilbert from the inbetweeners.

 

[westward10]

His swearing and dramatics are a bit tedious.

 

[Mike Johnson]

His swearing is enough to put most people off, it's a shame because his content is quite good.

 

[ipf]

Been dead for 28 years.

OK, make us feel old then...

 

[7029 dave]

LAsparkTV Wire&Test , Rupert is very entertaining and eccentric far too honest thats what I like about him, out of them all I have subbed to his channel.?

 

[ipf]

Pre 1970's and years onward, plenty could have won Oscars for filming at work........if we'd had the facility.
If someone had turned up on site filming, like some of these jessies, they would have laughed at and kicked off.
Thinking.... I would have loved some photos, though, but there you go.
There was an old WW2 e-boat engine, used as a stand by genny, at one works.....Oh for a film of that starting up.

 

[Dustydazzler]

A D.S classic right here ...

his process of elimination is hilarious

 

[Ian1981]

A D.S classic right here ...

his process of elimination is hilarious

Junction box MF or not, is brutal buried in the wall like that.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Junction box MF or not, is brutal buried in the wall like that.

Ah , but it works so must be fine ...

(me personally would have hacked out the old Mabel and pulled in a new leg)

 

[nicebutdim]

David Savery swears too much, anyone else thinks he looks like Mr Gilbert from the inbetweeners.

I almost get the impression that he doesn't care much for what people think and I don't mean that to be dismissive of your point.

He maintaned a blog full of his experiences and learning for many years, on his website, that few will ever have read or cared about and his videos aren't much different from his writing.

 

[Ian1981]

Ah , but it works so must be fine ...

Ah , but it works so must be fine ...

(me personally would have hacked out the old Mabel and pulled in a new leg)

Mabel or the cable? ?

 

[Dustydazzler]

Came across this video of another youtuber sparks , nice to see a youtuber showing a bit of a commercial electrical installation

(rather than just Chris the old plumber mate picking holes in domestic wiring which is pretty dull if I’m honest)

 

[Zerax]

Ah , but it works so must be fine ...

(me personally would have hacked out the old Mabel and pulled in a new leg)

I think it must be Cockney rhyming slang... Mable & Mellor were an old music hall double act before the war... Mable & Mellor = Fella ? (but don't quote me on that...)

 

[Electrics]

The others I would not employ for free.

Why not? I watch a lot of the main 'offenders' and to a relative newcomer they seem to know what they're talking about and do neat work etc.

Can anyone point out exactly what these people are actually doing wrong? So far i just see people saying they are tedious or boring or they wouldn't employ them but never actually saying why.

Do you have some examples of what they do that is unforgiveable? Because to me their work seems neat and tidy and it all tests ok, so I can't see the problem in it?

I appreciate they might not have the knowledge of some others but they are qualified, and if they do neat, safe work, where is the problem?

 

[westward10]

The plumber fella reinstated some swa cables and didn't bother to earth the armour he treated them like high tuff.

 

[Electrics]

The plumber fella reinstated some swa cables and didn't bother to earth the armour he treated them like high tuff.

Ok well that's one thing, but the rest of his work? What's so bad about it? What about the other sparks?

 

[Dustydazzler]

Poor old Delroy put Henley blocks inside a fuse box ...

not his finest hour but still a massive fan of his vids

 

[Dustydazzler]

The plumber fella reinstated some swa cables and didn't bother to earth the armour he treated them like high tuff.

that’s because he is a plumber ... ?

 

[gazdkw82]

The plumber fella reinstated some swa cables and didn't bother to earth the armour he treated them like high tuff.

Although that was a very bad decision and one that he wont ever live down, the majority of his stuff is alright. Not great but ticks the boxes (most the time)

 

[Electrics]

Although that was a very bad decision and one that he wont ever live down, the majority of his stuff is alright. Not great but ticks the boxes (most the time)

I guess the problem there is that he knows that he should have done it in the first place. That's just shoddy. Like when someone on a recent video I saw had put grommets in only one of the 4 board knockouts. He knew he had to do it otherwise he wouldn't have done the first one, but he's seen the other three and thought 'can't be arsed'. Very poor.

As for the plumber, most of his work seems alright to me. There is a tendancy of other tradesmen especially online to rip the work of others to shreds when in reality there's nothing wrong with it.

I've seen literally perfect work on youtube by some carpenters get some joey in the comments who just has to complain and say how poor it is and how they can do it better. I think it's just the need by some to feel knowledgeable and important. At the end of the day some are out grafting, earning, and some are sat criticising behind keyboards.

 

[loz2754]

I guess the problem there is that he knows that he should have done it in the first place. That's just shoddy. Like when someone on a recent video I saw had put grommets in only one of the 4 board knockouts. He knew he had to do it otherwise he wouldn't have done the first one, but he's seen the other three and thought 'can't be arsed'. Very poor.

As for the plumber, most of his work seems alright to me. There is a tendancy of other tradesmen especially online to rip the work of others to shreds when in reality there's nothing wrong with it.

I've seen literally perfect work on youtube by some carpenters get some joey in the comments who just has to complain and say how poor it is and how they can do it better. I think it's just the need by some to feel knowledgeable and important. At the end of the day some are out grafting, earning, and some are sat criticising behind keyboards.

Maybe so, but I would suggest that anyone who puts their work on show deliberately for all to see, needs to be exceptionally careful to make sure they follow the rules and produce work to a high standard. Otherwise they get what they deserve in the way of criticism.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I might go on YouTube and do an absolutely shoddy installation with loads of carp practices like tape joints and cables outside zones etc

just for the laughs I get from the comments

 

[Zerax]

Maybe so, but I would suggest that anyone who puts their work on show deliberately for all to see, needs to be exceptionally careful to make sure they follow the rules and produce work to a high standard.

Exactly !! That's why you'll never see any of my work on YouTube...

 

[gazdkw82]

Maybe there is some respect to be given to anyone willing to film themselves and then upload to YouTube.

Almost like boxers, no matter how poor, got to give them respect for having the nuts to put themselves wide open