AM2 - Sparky facts errors?

Hectorhill · Feb 18, 2014

Hi All

Revising for my up and coming AM2 exam. I have been using the sparky facts site as my kind of bible. When I have been flicking through this forum though some people have commented that there are plenty of errors on the sparky facts website. Has anybody else heard this & if so what are the errors.

Also know its a long shot but…..

any one know anywhere I can get my hand on (or at least view) a copy of the job description they give out when you begin the AM2?

any help much appreciated !

thanks

Phil L · Feb 18, 2014

You can download a PDF am2 guide of the web it was even on here once tells you everything you need to know about doing your am2

Sintra · Feb 18, 2014

Have a butchers at this https://www.dropbox.com/s/kh0aqxop9nb04no/AM2Guide.pdf

elliot123 · Feb 19, 2014

Is that old coz just had a look and said about pyro? I thought that had been dropped ?

Hectorhill · Feb 19, 2014

thanks for the PDF Sintra. you are a good bloke !!

I think that one is from 2001 though so I am thinking it is part of the old AM2 test (from what little I know)

Sintra · Feb 19, 2014

Sorry lad I attached the wrong one

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4yr5j9c6o4fohe5/AM2-Guide1.pdf

soulman · Feb 19, 2014

There's not much info on the AM2 & it's meant to be that way. You are to arrive on the day & be given wiring diagrams & instructions. You will wire an s plan heating system, motor, rfc, etc; You will work with swa, sy, fp200, data cable, etc; You will also be pulled off your install to do fault finding & an OL exam. After the installation you will test it.
I worried myself sick over the exam which was really unnecessary. The only advice i could give is, just remain calm follow the wiring diagrams which are straight forward. The time will fly, so use it wisely. Remember to double over your conductors where possible, as this will be checked.

shanky887614 · Feb 19, 2014

soulman said:
There's not much info on the AM2 & it's meant to be that way. You are to arrive on the day & be given wiring diagrams & instructions. You will wire an s plan heating system, motor, rfc, etc; You will work with swa, sy, fp200, data cable, etc; You will also be pulled off your install to do fault finding & an OL exam. After the installation you will test it.
I worried myself sick over the exam which was really unnecessary. The only advice i could give is, just remain calm follow the wiring diagrams which are straight forward. The time will fly, so use it wisely. Remember to double over your conductors where possible, as this will be checked.

Don't have a scooby about s plan y plan etc. It is suprising how many people don't follow panel drawings etc

Hectorhill · Feb 20, 2014

sorry but what does doubling up conductors mean?

thanks

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thanks too Sintra !

soulman · Feb 20, 2014

Doubling up your conductor when you terminate into a switch etc, to ensure a sound connection. I was told that your marks drop if there not.

Cheers

shanky887614 · Feb 20, 2014

soulman said:
Doubling up your conductor when you terminate into a switch etc, to ensure a sound connection. I was told that your marks drop if there not.

Cheers

No need if multiple cables into terminals though.

Try to get 3 x 2.5mm cables doubled up into a socket

soulman · Feb 20, 2014

That's why i said a switch & not a socket

Hilldog · Jun 16, 2014

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has anyone any idea if the 2 way and intermediate lighting listed on sparky facts is the conversion method? Spent ages learning it but just been on my am2 preparation day and they are saying it's got to be wired using the conversion method. I'm looking at it and it just doesn't some how look the same. All the provided was a really basic wiring diagram which is impossible to imagine as real wires and switches. I just can't get my head round it

Richard Burns · Jun 17, 2014

The diagram that the forum will not let you link to is the conversion method wiring also known as three wire intermediate (or two way) switching.
This is my diagram of two way switching (using different core colours for the connections than that diagram) that may show it in relation to switches better, perhaps.

[ElectriciansForums.net] AM2 - Sparky facts errors?

Trying to work out the path of the current is not easy as it goes back and forth all over, but a 3 core cable between switches (with the intermediate switch having a through link on one core) and switched line and permanent line connected to L1 and L2 of one of the switches is the easiest way to figure it.

Hilldog · Jun 17, 2014

Cheers for the response. So if I follow what they detail in sparky facts I will definitely not be marked down? (I get the circuit on sparky facts and feel comfortable with it but college just gave me a circuit diagram yesterday that totally threw me)