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...
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...
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...
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...
Hello all, I am currently a site manager for a private school and although I enjoy the job it is only part time and I am looking to start out on a the path as an electrician.
I have the basic electrical knowledge but obviously lack the quals.
2 problems though -:
1) I am 52, so not a spring...
I have a new breaker panel fitted (March), mostly new appliances, and some from an existing house.
The house is divided into 2 sections with an RCD for each, each section has a ring main and lighting as well as a couple of other breakers on it. One of the RCDs trips infrequently time between...
Has anyone got any examples of AM2 fault finding,
MCB trips when calling for hot water?
Will this be hot water valve?
Motor tenant complains of tingling feeling on DOL? Open circuit on CPC?
Hi, did much AM2 a few weeks back and failed on fault finding, the test centre don’t give you much indication what you failed on but rang them up and was pretty close with 4/7 faults and you need 5/7 to pass, the faults I had were these,
Data - just plug in tester
Bonding - open circuit
16A...
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