HELP 204 practical element to 2365 hints, tips, suggestions

[Paul.M]

I'm at college doing mine now! Just popped out for a cuppa then back in to start it proper. We already did a mock version of it a couple of months back for practice

Good luck Pennychew although you are still in the exam at this moment. Post back and tell us how you did?

(ps, hope it does not involve LED drivers cough cough )

 

[SPARK2B]

If you are pulling multiple cables through then you will find that pulling dry PVC over dry PVC will wear through the insulation very fast.

i was planning on getting sum of thst .....is it yellow 7......or 77 ?

was told its good...and safe

thoughts ?

SPARK2BE

 

[telectrix]

have used lard before now, on a hospital job. lard supplied by hospital kitchen. came in handy for threading conduit an all.

 

[pennychew]

Good luck Pennychew although you are still in the exam at this moment. Post back and tell us how you did?

(ps, hope it does not involve LED drivers cough cough )

I had my last theory exam this morning, the 203 module (electrical installations technology) which i scored 100% in and got a distinction. Only had a couple of hours in the workshop after that so we were just putting the bits on the wall that need to be in place before the timer starts and you do it properly, that comes next week.

Yeah very good! it was the driver that had blown, changed about 20 cabinets worth of LED strips and never had that happen yet. I've told them the LED drivers will have to be changed alongside the strips in all the cabinets from now and they're ok with that.

 

[Paul.M]

I had my last theory exam this morning, the 203 module (electrical installations technology) which i scored 100% in and got a distinction. Only had a couple of hours in the workshop after that so we were just putting the bits on the wall that need to be in place before the timer starts and you do it properly, that comes next week.


Congratulations on the 203, 100%!!! I've just checked my old certs and I only got a Credit :nonod: Good luck for next weeks "Bay in a Day".

Yeah very good! it was the driver that had blown, changed about 20 cabinets worth of LED strips and never had that happen yet. I've told them the LED drivers will have to be changed alongside the strips in all the cabinets from now and they're ok with that.

"Yeah very good!" Not bad for a busy food place @ 3pm Saturday bank holiday weekend, fault finding whilst up ladders in the customers eating area then on my knees behind the counter!!! No, I did not look once at the legs of the lovely lady's serving coffee & donuts..... I looked several times :yes: :freak: :dead: :lol:


Glad it is now sorted mate, told you I'd find the fault Nice bit of follow up work as well, good for you.



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[SPARK2B]

i got the 203 tomorrow.....

wish me luck


SPARK2B

 

[SPARK2B]

"yeah very good!" not bad for a busy food place @ 3pm saturday bank holiday weekend, fault finding whilst up ladders in the customers eating area then on my knees behind the counter!!! No, i did not look once at the legs of the lovely lady's serving coffee & donuts..... I looked several times :yes: :freak: :dead: :lol:


Glad it is now sorted mate, told you i'd find the fault Nice bit of follow up work as well, good for you.



(post 8000!!!!!! arty:

8000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pennychew]

Paul I'll give you a bell about that job tomorrow mate, non stop at the minute!

 

[happysteve]

i got the 203 tomorrow.....

wish me luck


SPARK2B

Good luck!

 

[0mega]

Hmm, I just did this in March but yours looks easier than mine lol
I had to build the whole lot from scratch and the diagram had measurements. Everything had to be within 5mm.
Took me about 4-5 hours to build all the trunking and conduit etc. and about 1 more to do the wiring and testing.
Frankly I was surprised to have passed seeing as I'd never touched any tray or trunking prior!

Anyway, good luck with it!

 

[Paul.M]

i got the 203 tomorrow.....

wish me luck


SPARK2B

Good luck for tomorrow.

Secure fixings for the C/U, back boxes, tray etc. They look at everything so double check every termination, nut and bolt. A spirit level and tape measure are your friends, make sure everything is level and at the same height as per the instructions. Plan out stage by stage what you are going to do, may be tonight?

But most of all dont panic. If you come across a problem, get flustered or frustrated just take a few minuets and get your head back into the game. Concentrate on one task at a time and make your install perfect. Good luck again from all of the staff.

 

[pennychew]

i got the 203 tomorrow.....

wish me luck


SPARK2B

Good luck mate!

Theres a few questions on earthing and bonding, make you sure brush up on exposed vs extraneous, what is the function of the main bonding conductor? there was about 5 questions you need to look in the OSG for the answers.. you'll need to find the tables for the multicore PVC current capacities and also the voltage drop tables as it asks for figures from these tables.

I usually blast through answering the ones i definitely know first off and just flag any that I'm unsure of as this way you don't feel like you are running out of time. After this go back and start the flagged up ones, go through them all again slowly when you have finished, checking anything you aren't sure of and make full use of the time til you know its right. Ive seen loads of people rattle through them and be finished in ten minutes but not end up with a very good score!

 

[happysteve]

Here's my attempt (not finished, obviously!).



Do you not have to do a bubble set?

 

[pennychew]

Hmm, I just did this in March but yours looks easier than mine lol
I had to build the whole lot from scratch and the diagram had measurements. Everything had to be within 5mm.
Took me about 4-5 hours to build all the trunking and conduit etc. and about 1 more to do the wiring and testing.
Frankly I was surprised to have passed seeing as I'd never touched any tray or trunking prior!

Anyway, good luck with it!

As far as i know every college has to work to that exact drawing, there is a disclaimer on the side to say the drawing isn't to scale and dimensions can be changed to suit the bay or area you are working in as obviously each college workshop is different

 

[pennychew]

Here's my attempt (not finished, obviously!).

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Do you not have to do a bubble set?

If you read down the right hand side the conduit has to have a set in it from the trunking to the first saddle, no mention of a bubble set and its not drawn on either. Like you say though what you guys did was harder!