well we've got a world exclusive for you this morning because we've got a hands
on the new metrel mi3152af now metro have pulled it out of the bag for this
new version because it's got some absolutely fantastic features that have been seen on no other
tester before gary what have we got first up AF arc fault protection AFDD it's a big topic isn't it the
AFDD may well come in as an absolute requirement in amendment 2 of the 18th edition so they've got
ahead of the game the ability to test our fault detection devices that's probably the least of the
features that we've actually wanted to see look at it but again i've never seen any multi-function
tests that can test arc fault detection devices but that way something else actually now has
inbuilt internet connectivity fantastic now yeah well we delved into it and we spoke to people at
metrel they said this is so obviously you can access their website and more datasheets video
content you get stuck doing stuff they're going to do all kinds of back office stuff to help you with
obviously testing EICRs etc but it isn't just limited to that you can actually surf
the internet can't you you can you can if you really wanted to you want to keep up to date
with what's going on at eFIXX you can actually watch youtube videos on the device itself
so we're back at our smart home takeover we've got ross from rs electrics beyond us
busily working away what is he doing gordon we're changing the consumer unit today gary
now we're going to go into the reasons why we're changing the consumer because what we set out to
do is install an EV charger and they're supposed to be really easy yeah we are so we're going to
give you four reasons why the board behind us is being changed as well as looking at the equipment
so you had a bit of fun there we played one of our own videos we can see how powerful it
is to be connected to the internet they've got another step now they've put a built-in camera
so of course now you're thinking built-in camera what's that there for
obviously electrical installation condition reports you come across an area that you want
further investigation c1 c2 etc not only can you take photographs you can take video clips
of them store them and download them in the future yeah i mean that is great but
actually but there's another advantage of that because you've got your internet connectivity
you've got that forward-facing camera so it looks out of the screen at me now
obviously these days a lot of electricians you've got a lot of vlogging electricians out there
you have yeah trying to craft themselves a little career on youtube actually filming
themselves at work so we took the camera that i think mattrell wanted you to be video and
filming stuff to store in the back catalog when doing eicrs and we used it to do a bit of a vlog
okay ready here we go so our earth conductors are here and they're connected into our earth
bar where the earth's are connected we've got the brown and the blue being connected into our
rcbo the brown being the live conductor the blue being the neutral conductor
that is a fantastic feature yeah i mean yeah great for those surveys and things like that
but yeah being able to do your vlog direct up there yeah upload it from the mft that's
pretty amazing yeah there's one additional feature of logo that everyone's gonna love
yeah well when we say additional this is on top of what they're gonna give you with the new 3152 af
fault okay they're gonna give you that they also give you the ability to
insert a sim card and what does that mean it becomes actually you can use it as a phone
what do you mean craig gifford's got the job the blokes a millionaire he doesn't need more
work he's stacked out I can't believe this gonna have to phone somebody else about this
i mean this this is almost like you know one of those steve jobs moments at apple really i mean
we've always said for a long time that this is the iphone of the multi-function testers
gary and in true apple what they would say on stage they're in true apple form
there's just one more thing going one more thing one more thing one more thing yeah
they've actually also built in to this is a printer so you can actually print your labels
off for your distribution board consumer label i can't believe on the device itself wow
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