Fitting an armoured cable gland in 60 seconds
SWA armoured cables are used when extra mechanical protection is required. You'll find them used for underground electrical supplies and for power distribution within an industrial electrical installation. The steel wire armour (SWA) is also used for a CPC/ Earth connection.
The armoured cable gland is an essential item to make a reliable electrical connection.
The SWA cable gland in this video is a BW type for interior applications.
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I have absolutely no idea what I’m looking at but I watched it twice anyway. Well done!(probably)
The bag they have is called a splicing kit and it's for high voltage electrical wire. It's used to connect two lines, just guessing from the size of the wire, perhaps 19,000v-30,000v... This demo is a bit sloppy and would probably fail if ever energized, but I'm sure this was all for a video and not actual work
@@user-ho9gt3ly6b After 8 long months my curiosity has finally been sated. Thank you sir
@@user-ho9gt3ly6b This is a steel wire armored cable for low voltage application. Typically used for 230v single phase or 400v three phase installations. This video is just covering the installation of the cable gland that attaches to the enclosure, the gland provides a strong mechanical and electrical connection to the steel armoring, both securing the cable to the enclosure and earthing the steel.
@@user-ho9gt3ly6b es manguera de 1000v con cables de 750v, no será más de 16mm y se emplea para líneas de 230v / 400v
@@user-ho9gt3ly6byou couldn't be more wrong about everything you've said there 😂
I’m over here complaining about coax when this fresh hell exists
Couldn't be a surgeon with those shaky hands lol
@MegaSkilla I know it is I was just joking. I've been in t he industrial electrical trade for 15yrs.
@@fordharley37 most doctors are addicts. They don’t have steady hands.Their handwriting alone exposes that myth haha 🤣 That’s also why sooo many get SUED REGULARLY!
Look up OPGW Fiber Splicing. That shit is the perfect balance of aggression and delicate. Ripping apart transmission ground wire to the core wrappings just to break open metal tubes inside with fiber in them lol
Depends on the coax size. Tv cable is rough but when you gotta put connectors on 1 5/8” or 2 1/4” or larger it’s a real pain
These speaker cables and connectors are really starting to become overkill…
My dad once had a dude tell him he shouldn't use different lengths of wire to speakers...
@@Milesfem he is _technically_ right, seeing as different lengths of wire would have different resistances, but tbh human hearing isn't precise enough for a few centimeters of cable to matter.
Speaker cables whatever happened to speaker wire? Hello
@@Milesfem If you connect two different impedances of speaker (adding wire length increases the impedance if its not also thicker to compensate) the amplifier will provide more power to the speaker with a lower impedance. You can usually adjust left and right pan on receivers these days though so as long as youre happy with the max volume youre getting from the quieter speaker you can just match it on the other side
@@atom6486when he said size he meant the gauge of the cable not the length, if you have the same gauge cable, length wouldn’t make a difference on impedance however gauge will!
Now do it upside down, 20ft in the air and on a freezing cold winter day. Without swearing.
Dead easy on a bench, nice and warm. Anybody else find that swa sheaths especially the inner jacket so much more difficult than it really should be? Zero chalk etc.
Depends who made the cable and the temperature- put the heat gun on the case 😂
Gotta love cheap cable on a cold day 🤣🤣🤣
Tell you the truth . I think it took him a lot longer than 60 Seconds . It took about 90 seconds that short looks like it was edited
@@mikemalone4013 definitely mate, I’ve been doing armoured cable for years it takes more than 60sec 🤔🤔
Yeap some virtually bonded to in core's 😭
Thought this was going to show you fitting the gland in 60secs unedited! Maybe a speed challenge for a future vid? 🤪
sounds like a challenge
@@efixx me too. I was very excited. SWA takes me ages...
What's the set up?, cable size?, on the bench or real world etc.
Actually seeing something like this done properly in a steady average time is more impressive than any speed run could be.
Use a tie wrap on the black sheathing while you use your hacksaw to score the armouring. Holds it all nice so the cores don't wiggle around
Few layers of insulation tape does the job too
Or you can use a pipe cutter 😱 it's almost like it was designed to do something very similar
Great video showing the correct method doing a BW gland, can you show a CW gland ? Remember you youngsters speed is not required doing this task. Getting it right without damage to the cable cores or the gland is what's required
Sy gland would be good to see aswell
No with corporate greed SPEED IS LIFE
Even being careful that shit is hard to do.
Ok boomer
Yes! Employers want quantity these days, not quality. Everything wears out or breaks down at some point. Less repair=less waste.
Hope you could do another video nice and slow, so people like me can learn something, time is never an issue when it comes to watching you great lessons.
We have a web site packed full of learning - www.efixx.co.uk/knowhow
You can slow it down and also the pause button is your friend.
Please don’t start trying to do this unless qualified to do so.
May not be working on a hot line, still wears protection. Smart man
It's an advertisement.
Love to see all those KNIPEX tools!
I love your brand new tools Gary Thanks you all for. Great clips
Finally someone with a video without all the over the top fancy and unnecessary tools. Proper job done the proper old normal way. 👏🏻
Fantastic. Now, what's an armoured cable gland?
Yep!! I did it so many times like this. I used to train my aprentices this way, some of them are "champions" in doing it. I did the biggest one in les than 10 minutes.. 😎 Thanks for sharing, you guys are amazing shooting all this so informative videos
Thanks 👍🏻
I wish all important cables, especially internet, were as tough and protected as this. I'd rather pay $100+ to hook up internet than experience outages.
Here you go - www.cablemonkey.co.uk/cat6-cable/13117-armoured-external-cat6-utp-solid-cable-price-per-metre.html
Although internet outages are rarely due to damaged cables :) you could live in a bunker and still experience outages! Turns out ISPs aren't always reliable...
Back when I was a student I used to live in a farm just outside the city. The freaking moles would break the underground internet line into the house every once in a while. We would usually be left without internet for a week or two until our ISP would admit defeat and actually send someone to fix it.
knipex tools! ❤️😎🤘
Is it me or are tools just not as good as they used to be , more on screw driver ends , for example bought a new set of irzola drivers and on the second day took a corner off my terminal driver , and was only doing a socket , and dont get me started on socket terminals ,yet I was given a set irzolas from back in the eighties and Ive hammered them and they've still got they're corners , but that said I do love a good wago
All shiny and new!! 😜😎
You put the locking nut on before the box 😂😂 I'll shut up now
Who says it’s going in a box 😂😂😂
Exactly how I do mine. I see the pipe cutter method, but still prefer this method. Old skool
1st year stuff. Very basic task. Try doing it on the Aberdeenshire coast 60 times in a row in -7, 45mph winds and ex glands.
The only reason it took me 45 mins was because I didn't pay attention to this video... Excellent work 👍
Here in Ireland that gland has to be tight to the pvc.
The same as the rest of the world, except this blokes job site.
That is why you shouldn't learn stuff off youtube lol
Beautifully done sir
Now I’m a journeyman. Thank you!
I remember doing this in tech school it sucks when you're all finished and see the shroud still sitting there on the work bench
Very satisfying
Yeah when you edit the video!
Thank god for editing ;)
I've been taught that when using a knife to cut a cable, to angle the knife blade sideways around 45 degree instead of straight. By doing this method I have yet to accidentally cut the cores by doing this method.
Soooooo youre increasing the sirface area in contact with the blade.... all you're doing is creating more work for yourself than is required.
@@williamweaver1862 I think it so the wire doesn’t get nicked too much. Some may be acceptable but I don’t know what the spec is.
U need to watch the cores under the inner sheath m8
Amazing termination
It's more of an artwork doing these than anything lol
Thanks 😃
I like working with SWA I the way you show , nothing fancy just basic hand tools, and a sense of satisfaction that you have done a good job 👍 👍👍👍❤️⚡️ Fantastic video as always
i come back to this video bout every month 😁😁😁😂
I would love to see your tool collection
Working under these perfect conditions doesn't reflect the actual difficulties you face at site where glanding plate area is full of other glanded cables and the area for your cable to move is restricted.
Someone that gets it!!
I sucked at cutting these cables in the Air Force but hopefully I can do this soon.
No clue what’s going on here but it looks like a job well done.
This guy knows how to handle a glans.
Oy mate, got a license for that knife
So much technology goes into making large cables smaller and small cables larger. Who knew!
Electrician ASMR when?
Have you tried using some pipe cutters instead of a hacksaw? Should give an even cut on the shielding wires
Why am I watching someone do something I do most weeks
My hands are busted just from watching this.
Instead of using hacksaw, use rigid pipe cutter
Brings me back must have done thousands of these🙂
Brand new set of gloves, that means he's only got them on for the video 😂
🙊
Were not allowed to leave any swa showing, we can't use the shrouds either to show Workman ship
Nice and proper technique
Look at them shinny new tools , wonder if they will get used in anger or just more of these videos
Excellent video just fitted my first one very easy with your help
I have an idea let's make a video and cut up our deck at the same time 😂 👌. 🤦
Oh cool, a video I can relate to.
Deep breath in, 1, 2 ,3 breathe out
Well done sir.
Electrician ASMR
Never in a million years did you do that in 60 sec
Idk what I exactly watched but it looked skillful
Nice work, Bill.
Fixed blade Stanley knife all day long!
They are not always that easy especially if the gland is a bit to big for the cable 😂👍👍👍
Seems like it took you a lot longer than 60 seconds.
So we'll taught .You have got it down to t. Good video Thanks for sharing your experiences
Personally I think you have taken too much outer insulation off. Boots are so short these days it will hardly cover the wire. The outer often shrinks back over time as well. Can’t see is it one of those crappy 2 part glands or a 3 part. I like CW glands better personally cost more but well worth it on the plant end of the cable
Holy effing fuck. That's a large cable. What is that for specifically?
Used for power distribution around buildings in the UK 🇬🇧- can be buried directly in the ground
So the weakest part of the armored cable is at the connection
Стоимость работы миллион $. Ходят слухи, что он до сих пор это делает😂
Perfect electric
Europeans surely have different electrical standards for sure.
Breathing into the mic the whole time
Clean work as always
Electric is weird in the uk
I get anxiety when I see people with shaky hands cut things.
That's not how i would have done it
Someone’s done that once or twice before.
1000’s of times
very very good job
This didn’t take you 60 seconds
Darth Vador makin a vid here
Oh so that’s what the metal wire is for I usually just cut it off right at the end I stripped it
My man took the "wobbly ha d" meaning to a whole New level
That was a lot of cuts for 60 seconds.
Cute Fischer price saw
All tools are Knipex
Под прямым углом провода не надрезают.
Slide that shroud up!!!!, Cut far too much sheath off 😀😀😀😀
Try the ck armaslice, once you get the routine they’re great..
Divides the Efixx team
neat tool liked
Been doing hawke glands for so long this hurts my eyes
60 sec to show how to not end a video
Damn is that 0 gauge wire?
🤣👍🏻
4 AWG
Old school, go on son 😎
No way that’s done in 60 seconds lol
🏃♂️
Oddly satisfying sounds )
Why is there that insulation gap?
Yes you did it in just 60 seconds lamao
nice, but do you need to cut the out insulation back so far from the gland fittings?
Gland fix but not use carbon grease.
All the knipex tools
I wouldn't recommend pipe grips for tightening cable glands.
They weren't pipe grips mate
@@alemgas go on
@@garethatkinson7765 they are water pump grips ( proper name ) pipe grips normally called stillsons ,I'm a heating engineer maybe plumbers would call them pipe grips, but you know how thick they are .keep safe
60 seconds with editing Haiyaa.