2330 Practical Exam: Can you give me some guidance?

[Mr Curnow]

I have wrote out my materials list today, my teacher told me what to write.

[Consumer Unit]
1X BSEN 60898 B6 MCB
1X BSEN 60898 B20 MCB
3X Blanks

[SWA Cable]
4m of 6mm 3 core SWA
Gland Pack
1m of 6mm blue sleeving
1m of 6mm green and yellow sleeving

[Sockets]
1X 13A Single Socket
3X Double Patress
4m of 6242YH 2.5mm
1X Single Patress
3X 13A Double Socket
1m of 3mm green and yellow sleeving
1X 20mm grommet

[Lighting]
3m of 20mm PVC Conduit
2X Saddle
5X 20mm female adaptors
5X switch drops
1X 20mm PVC through box
1X 20mm PVC end box
4X 4mm M4 Screws
2X 3 Plate Batten Holders
5X 1.5mm singles (CPC, Neutral, Line)
2X 1 gang yokes
2X 1 gang metal face plates
2X 2 way grid switches
2X 2 way switch metal box
Assorted screws and fixings

Have I missed anything out, or do I need to make any improvements?

Installing

With the conduit running to the 3 plate batten holders, how would I wire the singles.
Also I am not sure how to wire the 2 way grid switches. I am imagining I would wire -
Consumer Unit >Twin and earth> 1st 2 way grid switch >Twin and earth> 2nd 2 way grid switch >Singles in conduit> 1st batten holder >Singles In conduit> end batten holder.

How would I terminate into the batten holders, I only done it once today.

 

[rmc86uk]

If wiring in singles take a feed from the C.U to your first switch and neutral straight to the light fitting and then take a switch wire from the switch to the light fitting. I'm assuming that both lights to be switched to come on at the same time? If so take a switch wire and neutral from the first light to the second!

Is this for the level 2 install? I didn't think you had to tube the lights themselves just a straight drop and set into the C.U. I remember wiring it in twin and using loop in method.

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[i=p/u]

ive completed my planning last weel and have online exam and practical next two weeks.

they told us whatever materials you write down , thats what will be in your box for practical. but this is untrue because some got chance to rectify their mistakes , so just think logical as how your going to install it and take from there and youl get everything you need and chance to to put right if you've missed anything.

are pratical is easy and consists of main boad feeding a sub board in swa then onto 50x50 trunking and a ring circuit and a two way lighting circuit lighting two lighting points all in 20mm pvc pipe. no fp200 no pyro no steel conduit which we practised all year.....just install it in you head which is good if you can do. good luck

 

[rmc86uk]

Which exam are you both talking about the OP put 2330 practical and the post above sounds like the AM2?

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[i=p/u]

206 practical

 

[rmc86uk]

I don't remember there being any trunking and SWA feeding a sub board! It was all clipped direct and a tiny bit of 20mm conduit. The C.U was already mounted in the booth.

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[i=p/u]

the 204 practical was cliped direct, ive only worked with swa once and found it easy. thats 20mm swa you ever see the stuff in industrial plqant rooms , how they work with it , i dont know

 

[Phil]

Which exam are you both talking about the OP put 2330 practical and the post above sounds like the AM2?

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they have a few variations of the 2330 prac, it can consist of swa, metal conduit pvc cond, pyro or fp. a few different options ava to the college to choose

 

[Mr Curnow]

The trunking is installed before the exam, I have to wire the SWA cable to the double sockets and between the double sockets I use twin and earth.

 

[i=p/u]

suppose theres so much, they just pick certain pieces, but a long as you go through it all in the year, i pay for my course myelf so i get my moneys worth. no shyness these days when you paying for stuff

 

[john25]

the 204 practical was cliped direct, ive only worked with swa once and found it easy. thats 20mm swa you ever see the stuff in industrial plqant rooms , how they work with it , i dont know

The 204 is the Fluorescent luminaire practical

anyways all my 206 practical was a 4 socket radial with a FP200 spur and a 2-way intemediate light circuit.

 

[Adam W]

In my AM1 (2330 lvl 2 practical) the SWA came from a submain which was run along prefixed tray; there were 3 sockets wired in a radial (clipped direct) in t&e with a spur from the middle one.

The lighting circuit should all be wired in singles - take a live feed from the board to the first switch, 2 live strappers between the 2 switches, then a switched live from the 2nd switch to the light.
Neutral goes straight from the cu to the light.
Unless they want it wired 3 plate at the rose, but still do it all in singles.

 

[i=p/u]

the only thing i never got time to do this year was to work with tray, as i wasnt as fast as the fastest two or three. but ure if im shown once id get it maybe twice.

 

[Mr Curnow]

I will have to write down the tools that I will be using for the practical exam wouldn't I?