What will help me understand and pass my 2391-52?

[ppelec100]

Hi guys,

I’m looking to book my testing and inspection 2391-52, I have very limited experience on testing. I have completed my AM2 and the testing part was pretty easy.

Of course the 2391 will be more in depth etc and I’ve been hitting the books going through guidance note 3 and bs7671 and I’ve got The practical guide to inspection, testing and certification of electrical installations by Christopher kitcher which I will be going through.

Was thinking of putting a CU and some sockets switches lights etc on a bit of ply and wiring it up and have a go at just adding faults or getting someone else to and trying to find the faults

I’ve been watching mainly electrical on YouTube and paid for the subscription to get his full videos and have learnt quite a bit so far.

Might look at buying the napit EICR codebreakers…

What else can I add/do to gain more knowledge?

What are things in the exam that I might find quite tricky that I should try and cover or things that are basic but catch people out?

Any other tips?

Thanks

 

[westward10]

A lot of this comes down to knowledge and experience.
You have a multi-choice exam, written exam and a Coding paper where you Code faults. You then have the practical where the time allowed will fly by.

 

[ppelec100]

A lot of this comes down to knowledge and experience.
You have a multi-choice exam, written exam and a Coding paper where you Code faults. You then have the practical where the time allowed will fly by.

Thanks for the reply.

I feel like I might have enough knowledge but lack the experience but I know they do practical prep days which I think is for 2 days

What does the practical consist of?

 

[westward10]

The practical exam consists of doing an EICR and EIC. Faults will have been introduced and for the EIC you have to explain what it is, possible cause and how it should be rectified at which point if answered correctly the tutor removes the fault so you can continue because an EIC cannot be completed until all faults are rectified. The EICR follows the same procedure except the fault is not rectified by the tutor, you stop doing any further tests for that circuit and Code it as necessary in the final Report.
The set up is a three phase board and a single phase board next to each other but the scenario in your head is one board is in another room so you must not leave the cover removed from one board and work on the other.
You have to complete the paperwork for the EIC and EICR and both cover less than 10 circuits, the EICR will only be from one board the EIC covers both unless things have changed.

 

[ppelec100]

The practical exam consists of doing an EICR and EIC. Faults will have been introduced and for the EIC you have to explain what it is, possible cause and how it should be rectified at which point if answered correctly the tutor removes the fault so you can continue because an EIC cannot be completed until all faults are rectified. The EICR follows the same procedure except the fault is not rectified by the tutor, you stop doing any further tests for that circuit and Code it as necessary in the final Report.
The set up is a three phase board and a single phase board next to each other but the scenario in your head is one board is in another room so you must not leave the cover removed from one board and work on the other.
You have to complete the paperwork for the EIC and EICR and both cover less than 10 circuits, the EICR will only be from one board the EIC covers both unless things have changed.

Thanks mate this helps a lot, especially with the 2 board but real life scenario they being in separate rooms

 

[Mike Johnson]

Buy this and inwardly digest: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Inspection-Certification-Electrical-Installations/dp/1138613320

 

[ppelec100]

Buy this and inwardly digest: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Inspection-Certification-Electrical-Installations/dp/1138613320

Thanks for the recommendation I have already got it and finished it last week. Going to go over it again with GN3 again and make notes for each section