Hi looking for some assistance which tests would you remove an rcbos functional earth? Isit when you do your rcd tests?
And another one if anyone can help me clear this up when fault finding how would you go about splitting a ring?
What would you link out at the consumer unit?
Hi everyone. I sat my AM2 last week and passed everything except the fault finding.
They just tell u pass or fail not what u got right or wrong etc. I struggled on the faults I'll explain below. I know the faults will be different next time but would still like to know how to approach these...
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Hey, fellas does anyone have any resources regarding fault finding. Unfortunately for me i failed the AM2 due to lack of knowledge on this particular subject. Its just so difficult to find a tried and tested method. I can't believe it's all guess work. All you get issued for the exam is a low...
Hey all, really hopping someone will be able to help me with my issue. This problem relates to my personal home, but i can't seem to figure out the issue.
Quick background. The main switchboard at my house feeds into a sub-board in my shed. This sub-board then feeds into another sub-board which...
Hi all & thanks in advance for the time.
I'm due on Monday to complete my trade test. (FICA IN SCOTLAND) The part of my test i am to undertake is Fault Finding and rectification. For the test i will be put in a booth by the assessor and issued a job card that briefly describes the...
Hi all, hoping someone can offer some knowledge/experience of immersion heater fault finding.
My parents-in-law's imersion heater stopped working, on inspection I found the time switch had failed open. Also the isolation switch neon indicator was dead. The heater itself had a good resistance...
So I have city and guilds l3 in electrical installation as well as 17th edition and initial verification test and inspection all of which I achieved at college. However since I didn’t go down the apprenticeship path I’ve not had a lot of experience on the job apart from a few days helping out on...
Hi, I am new to the forum so firstly hello all. I have a basic understanding of auto electronics but have encountered a problem that is beyond me and need your help.
I am retrofitting a dynostart (startermotor/generator) to a dumper engine that was previously hand-crank start.
It is a Hitachi...
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I’ve had a headache of a fault and can’t think what to do next.
The house has an RCD main switch, and I’ve verified the circuit which has the fault to be the kitchen ring final. The RCD has tripped once without interference, and several times when a switched fuse spur is turned on...
Helping a friend out. The have lost all lights in the kitchen (around 15) they are 240v led downlights. They also have some under counter lights that have failed.
I've done some basic checks, circuit is love from the DB. Living room lights work and the loop is 240v. There is a feed into the...
A lot of these mock exam questions are not specific about armoured or non armoured multicore cables, flat twin or not etc, the correct table to use can be a bit of trial and error until you get the correct answer for Volt drop for example.
Hey, I'm wondering how to find your 1st ever electrician job. I'm looking to get level 2 and level 3 CG electrician qualification in a college. Every electrician mates job offer often requires a few years experience, so I am confused on how to get your first job as a mate. Whats the best sector...
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Is there a way to find XL without knowing the value of the Inductor?
I have a question where R is given as a value of 100v/10A = 10R
It then goes on to say the supply is changed to 100v~(rms) at 20ms (which is 50c/s) and the measured current is 6A. It then asks you to find the "overall...
The track in question is Eutrac single circuit (i think) and the offending fitting is hung from one of these.
EUTRAC - https://www.eutrac.de/3/262/en/products/~1_multiadapter_with_data_bus_option
There are three pendant fittings on this one particular section of track; the one either side of...
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Have a job for a long term customer, finding a pretty awkward fault. I'm almost to the point where I'm a bit stumped. Generally speaking IR testing, RCD testing and experience hasn't let me down in the past and I've found plenty of faults other 'electricians' haven't...
Hi all,
Sadly I have to retake the fault finding section of the AM2 next Monday.
We used a multimeter to determine faults.
There are millions of types of fault, however only 4 types of wiring faults are being tested:
Open Circuit = unambiguous/obvious = no ohm reading.
High Resistance =...
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This is my first post on any forum, I’ve been an electrician for 15 years and this fault finding job has got me stumped!
Attended a very old cottage, usual story of fuse blowin at the board. Turns out to be a 6amp 30mA RCBO, the circuit has a fluctuation neutral earth fault on it ranging...
Morning all..
I have a bugger of a ring problem to solve on monday. All the following faults are on the one ring.
It has a N-E IR fault which I have almost found.
It has an intermittant tripping 32A MCB which looks like an overloaded circuit (one ring for whole house) and...
It has a broken...
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