My experience of the AM2 taken at Birmingham

[LMT]

I’d practice doing both methods (global and individual) and do the one you feel most comfortable with as on the day you need to show that you’re confident. So I disconnected the carbon, luminaire, rcbo (neutral and earth fly leads) and ensured that the spur was off for the heating system. The carbon and luminaire they give you push in connectors so easy to just pull out for testing purposes. For the motor, I tested up to the DOL (top of contactor) and then from the bottom of the contactor to the motor. They don’t give you a motor just a blank box with points to test on so no worries there.

I’m happy to do either IR test, I know the procedures for each test, it’s just I wasn’t sure what to disconnect during this process and particularly the motor circuit. That is very helpful, thank you Adam.

 

[LMT]

And if there's a dimmer in the light circuit (?) I would bypass it.

There are no dimmer switches in the AM2.

 

[Dave OCD]

You know with over 35 years of experience in this trade I think I'd struggle to do that lot properly in eight and a half hours !
I think you youngsters have done extremely well to complete this successfully, it's encouraging that there will still be some good Sparks out there in the future.

 

[LMT]

You know with over 35 years of experience in this trade I think I'd struggle to do that lot properly in eight and a half hours !
I think you youngsters have done extremely well to complete this successfully, it's encouraging that there will still be some good Sparks out there in the future.

The eight and a half hours is only for the install, if you didn’t know? Without trying to sound patronising. It doesn’t sound that long but it’s not a big board, so hopefully I should be okay for time.

I believe you get around 3 hours for testing the installation and 2 hours for fault finding.

 

[Dave OCD]

Ah that's not so bad, I thought all of the above had to be done in that timescale ! In my day [which is far more recent than one or two on here ] the different types of installation work were done throughout the course over a period of time and assessed individually, I'm sure with preparation you can sail through the AM2 but it does seem a bit daunting initially.

 

[SparkyChick]

Some of us aren't so young Dave

I just got my results... Pass

@LMT ... if you're a trainee, sign up for the trainee section... I've just posted about the AM2, what to expect and a load of tips.

You can find out how to sign up here:-

APPLYING FOR TRAINEE FORUM ACCESS - https://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/threads/applying-for-trainee-forum-access.123576/

 

[Dave OCD]

Yes SC but I'm getting on a bit now, 55 next Feb.

 

[SparkyChick]

Yes SC but I'm getting on a bit now, 55 next Feb.

I'm not that far behind you

 

[LMT]

Some of us aren't so young Dave

I just got my results... Pass

@LMT ... if you're a trainee, sign up for the trainee section... I've just posted about the AM2, what to expect and a load of tips.

You can find out how to sign up here:-

APPLYING FOR TRAINEE FORUM ACCESS - https://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/threads/applying-for-trainee-forum-access.123576/

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[SparkyChick]

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