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    Failed my AM2 fault finding 3 times….please help!?!?

    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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    Portfolio Fault finding unit

    Hi was just wondering if anyone has been doing/has done the city & guilds fault finding unit in the portfolio they could send me please?
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    Intermittent fault finding

    Is there anything more frustrating than an intermittent fault
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    Fault Finding

    AM2 exam bonding high resistance higher than 0.05 ,connection is loose or corroded. What is the rectification rewire
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    Buried SWA cable fault finding

    Hi all, 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...
  6. timhoward

    Rather interesting fault finding video

    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...
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    Fault finding

    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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    Tips for Intermittent Fault Finding

    Good evening! 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...
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    Is it ok to do insulation resistance test on RCBO at 500v?

    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...
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    Fault finding advice

    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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    Fault finding in the am2

    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...
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    Tripping shower (fault finding)

    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...
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    UK AM2 Fault Finding

    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...
  14. mak

    AM2 ring fault-finding headache

    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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    Guidence on some fault finding for am2 please

    Guidence on fault finding am2 please
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    Fault finding ring final RCBO

    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...
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    Control Circuit Fault Finding

    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...
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    FAULT FINDING

    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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    UK What sequence to do when doing fault finding (AM2)

    Hi everyone just to let everyone know that I did my AM2 last week and I only failed on the fault finding part. I was very confident before going into the fault finding test but I lost my way and the pressure got to me. I'm so chuffed that I pass everything else. Just to explain what the test...
  20. SparkyChick

    Fault Finding Brain Teaser

    Trainees... need some help... I got called out the other night by a lady complaining she had no power through out the house. I attended and this is what I found... The circuit in question supplied a number of sockets, both upstairs and downstairs. With the power on, some sockets tested were...

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