17th exam....

[HappyHippyDad]

My assessor last year said it was about time I took the 17th. I'd managed to avoid it for about 3 years which I thought was pretty good going.

Decided to do the exam only as I just couldn't get my head around paying £400 for a course to learn how to read BS7671. Turned up 15 minutes early only to be told I was 15 minutes late (their fault...grrr!!).

Got 80% which I was fairly pleased with although I'd been getting 90% in the mocks, the questions seemed just a little more obscure than in the mock exams. Still, it's a pass, the assessor will be mollified!

All the others there passed, noone got 100% and one person got 60%. They all finished 15 mins earlier than me and got noisy, I politely told them off, they looked surprised, then laughed, then went quiet :smiley2:

No real point to this post, just passing a little time.

 

[Pete999]

Well dome mate, in all honesty though it should be 100% pass rate, sadly for some it isn't

 

[Dave OCD]

I got 94% in 2014 , top of the class and the oldest as well. :smartass2:

 

[Leesparkykent]

When I took the 17th a sparks from T Clarke managed to fail the open book exam lol.

 

[Andy78]

I know of someone who even failed the ECS health and safety test.... lol.

 

[Pete999]

When I took the 17th a sparks from T Clarke managed to fail the open book exam lol.

Figures???

 

[Leesparkykent]

Figures???

Cant remember Pete tbh ;-) I know I didn't get 100% but then again I hardly used the book either and was the 1st one done lol

 

[ipf]

I know of someone who even failed the ECS health and safety test.... lol.

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Me too a couple of years back, time served and in his twenties. For single phase voltage he ticked 240v.:iamwithstupid:

 

[NDG Elecs]

You defo did the right thing just doing the exam. Bloody boring course from what I recall. I got 91 or 94% I think when I did the 17th. I lost 3% on a question about definitions, which is terrible really as the definitions are probably the easiest questions. In mitigation it was the night of the European cup final (man u vs Chelsea) and I wanted to get home pronto!

PS Well done Happy!

 

[NDG Elecs]

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Me too a couple of years back, time served and in his twenties. For single phase voltage he ticked 240v.:iamwithstupid:

Which is pretty much what it actually is despite all the EU harmonisation!

So in my book he was right!

 

[7029 dave]

Well done Steve.

 

[Paul.M]

Well done for passing and well done for not spending £400 on a course that most people do not need.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I remember a question from the 16th exam, for which I have never been able to find the answer in the book.
Start up current for fluorescent light fittings is 1.5 X, 1.8 X or 2.3 X running current.

 

[Andy78]

I remember a question from the 16th exam, for which I have never been able to find the answer in the book.
Start up current for fluorescent light fittings is 1.5 X, 1.8 X or 2.3 X running current.

I got taught to use a 1.8 multiplier when calculating FLC for discharge lighting circuits so I would have gone for that.

 

[Midwest]

Ditto, I did the course, which consisted of the trainer reading quickly through each chapter and then handing out mock questions. If a student got a question wrong, we were directed to the correct reg for the answer. Hardly instructional.

 

[Midwest]

My assessor last year said it was about time I took the 17th. I'd managed to avoid it for about 3 years which I thought was pretty good going.

Just as by the way, I thought 17th Ed was a prerequisite qualification for a Scheme membership or are we talking of another assessor?