Fica

[cornelius80]

I am having to re-sit my fica next week. I passed everything apart from the booth.
It was the motor i was having problems with.
I was just looking for some info to help me out.

 

[Marvo]

What type of motor do you need to know about and what type of connection are you expected to provide for it (star-delta, DOL, VFD, SOFT-STARTER)?

 

[Knobhead]

And we’re looking for some information to help you out.
Based on what you’ve given, we’ve no chance!

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Hi, welcome to the forum. As the other guys have said, we need more information from you.

 

[baldelectrician]

Your local college should have a mock up booth set up

You could ask them to do the motor bit.

You could ask for more feefback on what you got wrong on the motor section

What actually happened?

 

[Smudge]

i sat the fica about 5-6 years ago? can't remember what was involved in the motor, but i'm sure it wasnt in depth at all. If i remember rightly, you only test down to the isolator (off) to stop you getting readings through the windings? I'll ask one of the younger lads that has sat it in the last year or so if you give us a little more details.

 

[Smudge]

^^^^^in fact, forget the above!! ^^^^

its to do with the wiring of the stop/start station if thats what you failed on. I remember being baffled by the diagram aswel, but if you don't get drawn into it too much, the terminal numbers are all clearly marked. Make sure you are familiar with a simple DOL control circuit, and this will help shed a lot of light on it. Hope i'm helping from my waffle??

 

[cornelius80]

sorry for lack of communication. my internet connection has been down. re-sat the fica and passed. happy days. sorry i missed all the messages.

 

[Marvo]

Congratulations Cornelius and glad to hear your internet is back on as well.

 

[Engineer54]

What's a Fica, when it's at home??? Never heard of this term...

 

[telectrix]

is it the female of the species Mica?

 

[baldelectrician]

It's the Final Integrated Competency Asessment (the Scottish version of AM2)

 

[Engineer54]

It's the Final Integrated Compotency Acessment (the Scottish version of AM2)

OK, thanks for that... Learn something new every , ..lol!!

 

[supasparxs]

What's a Fica, when it's at home??? Never heard of this term...

I was going to ask the same question