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The following safe isolation procedure could save your life. If you have no experience and/or knowledge then you can’t avoid the dangers that are present and you should not be working on any electrical circuits or equipment. If in doubt always consult a competent (electrically skilled) person. Select an approved tester (see GS38). Inspect to … Read more

Here are 6 random questions likely to show up in your City & Guilds 2382-15 exam. I’ll won’t give you the answers but I’ll tell you where to look… BS7671 does not include requirements for Have a look at Part 1 Chapter 11 Scope this is where you’ll find what the 17th Edition applies to … Read more

Online 17th Edition Training? Is online training for you? I have written this page to help you to decide. As a trainer who regularly teaches the City & Guilds 17th Edition in the classroom on 3 day courses and as someone who hosts and presents an online 17th Edition course I can see the main … Read more

“Every installation shall, during erection and on completion before being put into service, be inspected and tested to verify, so far as reasonably practicable, that the requirements of the Regulations have been met.” 610.1 “On completion of the verification, according to Regulations 610.1 to 610.5, a certificate shall be prepared.” 610.6 In plain language, every … Read more

As far as sockets are concerned what’s the best method to use? Although permitted by regulation 433.1.204 BS7671 the usual 2.5mm ring has become somewhat of a tradition, but maybe it has outlasted it’s use. Being involved in domestic periodic Inspection and Testing over the years I have noticed an alarmingly large number of so … Read more

One of my favourite study days is definitely Sunday. When going through your 17th Edition online course try to put a couple of good undisturbed hours together on a Sunday. This should help massively with your studies and if you are in no rush a couple of no-stress months made up of Sunday studies should … Read more

As far as the 17th Edition Exam is concerned, Inspection and Testing is not covered massively within the C&G 2382-15 course or exam and with only 4 questions in total, it doesn’t merit too much attention at the moment. However, Inspection and Testing is in my opinion the most important skill you can have as … Read more

Finally the new On-Site Guides have arrived and we have started to ship them out to our 17th Edition online students. Based on the latest edition of BS7671:2008+A3:2015 they are a helpful tool to studying the Wiring Regulations as well as a useful guide to have in the van. Useful bits are Section 4 and … Read more

Okay, currently we are offering a full 17th Edition online course with the option for the C&G 2382-12 exam (green book). From January 2015 we will be offering two full 17th Edition online courses – our current one (green book) and a full 17th Edition course with the option for the C&G 2382-15 exam (yellow … Read more

Hi, the easier way when doing your exam is to break the book ‘BS7671’ down… Ignore the first bit of the book it’s just faff and filler, your questions will start at Part 1. Part 1: Ch 11 – What BS761 applies to and what it doesn’t apply to and things to consider Ch 12 … Read more