Guide to make test board... similar to colleges powered by ring circuit

[LabourForApprenticeship]

Afternoon chaps, is there a guide anywhere on this forum to make a test board similar to what you would use in college?

I need to re-train myself, get some practice in testing circuits.

Any appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Deleted account]

Why use a test board when you can use you own home circuit.

 

[LabourForApprenticeship]

Why use a test board when you can use you own home circuit.

Sadly I dont live on my own, have to take others considerations.

 

[Pete999]

Sadly I dont live on my own, have to take others considerations.

A Ply board, some sockets, a lighting circuit, cooker circuit controlled by a small CU wuth a lead as the tails plugged into the House RFC, Oh and a couple of short lengths of copper pipe to represent the Water and Gas pipes, all mounted on a frame, keep it in the Garage or Shed. Only problem will be that when you come to the RCD test it will tip the house RCD if there is one if not you're quid's in.

 

[Taylortwocities]

A decent "college" test environment will include some sneaky resistors so that some random faults can be introduced for you to find. That's what would make it interesting, otherwise you'll build the board. test it (it will be 100%) and that's all you can do. Test it again in a month's time and it will still be 100%.

Hardly worth the effort, IMO

 

[Pete999]

A decent "college" test environment will include some sneaky resistors so that some random faults can be introduced for you to find. That's what would make it interesting, otherwise you'll build the board. test it (it will be 100%) and that's all you can do. Test it again in a month's time and it will still be 100%.

Hardly worth the effort, IMO

Agree, but this isn't college is it? it's somewhere the OP can practice simple testing, could always get a mate to stick some faults on the board and not tell you what has been altered is there?

 

[Taylortwocities]

I guess.

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[Pete999]

I guess.

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[Deleted member 105166]

I can see a practice board could be useful for a trainee for understanding two way and intermediate lighting circuits in a consolidated setup, where you can see and experiment with the whole circuit on one board.
I would connect the practice board via an isolation transformer, to prevent tripping upstream RCDs.
Also, Pete's idea to get a mate to set up some practice faults sound like a winner to me.