today we're going to take a look at d-line's safety adjustable cable clips
well this range from d-line has been around for some time obviously since the 18th edition we
obviously started to worry more about premature collapse of cable systems but what we're going
to look at today is how d-line have expanded the range to cope with the needs of the ev installer
and the booming ev installation market now we've recently used these clips on the installation
behind us well you can clearly see there what a beautiful installation these clips give shall
we take a closer look what comes in the packets yeah well here's our new pack that we've got here
for the ev installer okay yeah so it includes includes the clips itself we've got some fixing
screws and even a drill bit gary all right so provide you with what is that a five mil SDS drill bit
in order to drill the holes for the screws do the screws themselves need any plugs no they don't so
you can obviously use the screws let's just take a closer look at them so you don't need yes you can
fix these direct to most surfaces including sort of brick and block work and that ties in nicely
with the 18th edition and the premature collapse so no plastic plug to worry about in those okay
and what i like so if you look at the screw in there so here's the clip yeah so you'll probably
remember these from you know back in the day again i did use the odd buckle clip during my training
process to toughen up the skin on my hands yes yes basically drop the screw in yeah all i like is
actually the screw sort of snaps into place right okay oh yeah so that's held in the clip oh right i
like that they come in different sizes as well see we've got all three sizes here so we'll just go
through the first the smallest one what diameter cable sizes for that 10 to 15 millimeter camera
okay and this one 16 to 21 mm this one and 22 to 26 millimeters right okay two different finishes
as well we've got obviously um galvanized then covered in black by the looks of things and then
the plane galvanized as well yeah well obviously the black for the ev market because most of the
cables you're probably going to be installing are steel wire armored or the tough sheath type cables
that we featured on a previous video okay so yeah they've got the diameter of the cable sorted and
it's ideally suited to those cables we know we're going to be using for ev chargers i'll take it
we're going to need to show this being used aren't we gordon well it's time to hand it over to our
tame grumbling electrician off you go Gary thank you very much so select the appropriate d-line
ev cable fix impact based on the diameter of the cable using it comes already with the five mil sds
drill bits that's a really nice touch remember we only need to drill the holes out there's no
need for a plug of any variety we're going to screw straight into the fabric of the building
i'm going to put a couple of clips in just to show you the process so we drill these two out
and then it'll be a case of getting those screws those screws themselves are 35 mil long and the
width of the head is a 10.8 mil so find them in the packet they're in an individual packet
within the actual set itself and it's nestles in super tight inside the actual clip itself
just screw it into the fabric of the building it'll grip really well so tighten these up you
can almost see how much it's biting into the actual fabric of the building as i screw it up
so it's nice and tight to a couple of these and then i'm going to introduce my ev ultra
just to show you how you just wrap over the clip in order to give an almost invisible
fixing so fold it round it's all metallic along with the screw so we've got no plastic at all
so fold it around and that is the clips done for demonstration purposes on that eva ultra cable
just pull back and see how nice that is that's almost like i said invisible fixings we've used
other fixings on the channel and the feedback from those was that obviously you're making a
bit of a statement with this style of fixing so i believe the ones we just used look a lot neater
a lot of the cable systems for ev are probably not going to need the premature collapsing element of
it especially if it's attached to the outside of building on my low level inside of the building
gordon yeah again you're right depends on where you're installing obviously our demo
installation did behind us titled underground car parks but again not in a residential setting
so not as much of an issue but yeah most of that time ev booming market it's going to be
at the front of your house and and people have watched probably in our previous videos
i have a yeah i don't like to see cables on the house and i certainly don't like to
underline the fact that i've got an ev charge point with a black cable and some cable clamps
yeah and we saw that didn't we when we did our easy ev charging video and if you haven't seen
that i'll recommend you check it out that actually the one thing people said to us was them clips
were a bit obvious one yeah it looked a little bit agricultural and obviously this is where this
clip comes in so if you you know i mean this is almost invisible right should i take a closer look
yeah yeah it just just blends into the cable so all you're going to see is just yeah essentially
a nice smooth line of the cable on the house and no not making a feature of those cable cleats so
as well as giving that almost invisible clip well there's another element that we really like as
well gordon it's because it's bridged is it it doesn't send it dead flat to the surface you'll
bring handcam in behind us and have a little closer look at this it's really good look there
yes obviously in some installations if you've got an uneven wall yeah just that tiny gap behind the
cable a bit like you'd get with a normal sort of space bar saddle on the conduit so as we come down
here is a good advantage and let's just bridge that off there because obviously we've just come
into the actual Easee ev charger that was another nice feature because some of them aren't there on
the market actually go dead flush with the surface don't they yeah and that's obviously a challenge
when you're going into accessories or stairs we said on even walls yeah as always we're interested
in your comments are you currently fitting a lot of ev chargers and you're strapping cables the
outside of buildings using a different fixing are using this one from d-line what's your feelings
on it is there anything we've missed out you can add to the comments below to help the community is
there a top tip that you'd like to give when using these clips we're always interested in
those comments please leave them below and we'll try and get back to as many as we can