Starting off

[MrJim007]

I am just finishing my 3rd year at college and would recommend getting Electrical Installations Level 2&3 published by Heinemann, well laid out and covers everything in the syllabus, although it does apply to the C&G 2330 which I believe is changing to something else next year!! I guess they will probably update it to the new course anyway. I found it cheap on Amazon.
Also, its worth getting 'The electricians guide to good electrical practice' which is the Amicus guide to the wiring regs (BS7671), it is much faster to find the info/tables you will need in the exams and lessons. You can get it at Technical Training Solutions - Electrical, mechanical and instrumentation engineering skills courses and its only £7 as opposed to about £50/60 for the full regs book. I have got through all 3 years with this and only just got the full regs book to sit my 2382 exam!

 

[chris gray]

my 1st day at work i turned up with a swagger and a smirk, my boss bought me everything i needed and deducted a bit each week from my wage to pay him back.
id get two pairs of cutters 1 cheap and 1 knipex
cheap for when its 'probably dead'
knipex for when its deffo dead.

 

[Jason Smith]

laughed my socks off at that one !probably dead. My trainer at college did actually once tell me that if you cannot find which circuit a wire is on, use a cheap pair of snippers and then go see which fuse has blown. Not only do you find the circuit, but you also create a new pair of wire strippers. If you are still alive, they could come in handy.

 

[Sintra]

laughed my socks off at that one !probably dead. My trainer at college did actually once tell me that if you cannot find which circuit a wire is on, use a cheap pair of snippers and then go see which fuse has blown. Not only do you find the circuit, but you also create a new pair of wire strippers. If you are still alive, they could come in handy.

I wonder what section of the brb that describes that method of isolation.

 

[scotsparky]

Well if you hold the brb up over your face you wont see the flash

 

[Jason Smith]

IT WASNT ME WHO SUGGESTED it !! - obviously our new colleague has understood by now that "probably dead" just does not exist in any book.