Failed AM2 Fault Finding 3 times!!! hope somebody can help me, I’ve spoken with the examiner, he said my fault finding itself is fine it’s just my writing/explanation. Can someone give me some examples of what to write so I can pass it this time!? Thanks
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My first post here, thought I'd see if it was possible to get some advice or tips...
Basically, I had a large amount of block paving and large concrete base laid at the far end (25m) of my garden a few months ago. Under this I had 3 core 16mm SWA laid.
(I most definitely can't vouch...
It's nice to see a real world fault-finding video that at least aims to follow a logical process. As we occasionally get posts about how to fault find I thought I'd share it. It's also realistic that there a few head scratcher moments where nothing quite makes sense, and the value of keeping...
Regular poster on here now! Like getting the opinions of more experienced electricians, my times not long out. Still find myself when I have to find a fault diving head first in and getting caught up in it, end up thinking the worst and most of the time it’s a simple fix. Please tell me this...
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Majority of the work I've done over the past 10 year or so has been new build full rewires and rewires of existing premises and because of this there are very rarely any faults to be found when carrying out the testing of the installations.
In a very short space of time, I've had...
I know you are not supposed to do a insulation test on circuits that are protected by an RCD at 500v because it may damage the electronic components inside the RCD so that's why you switch the RCD off before you test the individual circuits, however, what if the circuits are all protected by...
Any fault finding advice
It’s always been said to clients to unplug everything if a fault on socket circuits but can you
Turn off counter top fused spurs for e.g washing machine instead of the hassle to get to the back of plugs.
So I’m asking are fused spurs double pole.
Also the same question...
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Hi I have my fault finding resit in a couple of weeks.
the 3 possible faults are-open circuit short circuit and high resistance
how would I test for each of the above faults and what sort of resolute am I looking for on the tester
The test instruments I have is a low ohm continuity tester...
Hey guys , just been to a fault finding job and discovered what I think may be the problem but the consumer unit may be overloaded , please advise on the following ...
The shower circuit is on a 32a MCB (wrong should be 40a) which I think is causing the tripping of the rcd , my dilemma is that...
Hello everyone,
I have my AM2 fault finding resit on Friday and just wondering if anyone has any top tips as I don’t get to do any fault finding at work?
In the AM2 you get 7 faults which can be on these circuits:
1 usually on a data circuit
2 on earth bonding to extraneous parts water pipe and...
How would I pinpoint a fault on a ring circuit with very little resistances, and without any visual clues, only by measuring.
Say I have a break in neutral between db and first socket. How would I go about fault finding it?
1. I will use low resistance ohmmeter.
2. I will find that rn is not a...
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Done a condition report on a old mains board, everything good apart from ring final, got 0.55 nn 33.7ll and 3.8 on ee, changed board to main switch and rcbos, carried out a full accessory swap on all sockets and fuse spares in house, found some bad practice, twisted lives, n and earth's, no...
I spent 22 years in the RAF as a ground electrician. Essentially there are about 3000 different types of ground equipment used to keep aircraft and airfields running ranging from specialist fire engines designed exclusively for the RAF, hydraulic rigs and specialist 200v/400Hz generators to run...
ok, iv a domestic house with a shed 50 mtrs away supplied via 3x10 SWA on a B32A MCB. fault has been occurring the last few days which is the MCB in house tripping.
I arrive and open both boards and remove both PE and N conductors from terminals followed by IR testing and was getting very poor...
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