title: A.C.Motors
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: This video examines the theory and practice of controlling the speed and direction of induction motors.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part II) running time 44 min approx.

title: Basic Electricity
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: the very nature of electricity, helping to build a firm foundation of electrical knowledge.

Foundation Level running time 27 min approx.

title: Checking it Out
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Checking it Out examines the subject of Portable Appliance Testing which was introduced as a result of the Electricity at Work regulations 1989.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible running time 20 min approx.

title: Completing the Circuit
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Completing the circuit is presented by popular presenter Dave Austin and is video number three in the practical skills series of videos. Dave examines the principles of installing wiring accessories such as lights, ceiling roses, switches and socket outlets.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I) running time 20 min approx.

title: Contractor Safety
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Contractor Safety is a generic safety induction video. This type of film is commonly shown to apprentices the first time they visit a site. Essential safety information is detailed.

City & Guilds 2360/2351 compatible running time 12 min approx.

title: D.C.Motors
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: dc motor control - dc motor starting, dc motor overload protection, dc motor automatic starters, dc motor reversal, dc motor speed control, dc motor electronic speed control

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part C) running time 30 min approx.

title: Demand Inspecting & Testing
A Domestic Installation
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: With the introduction of legislation focussing on the skills of people who undertake electrical work in the home, and the potential of the "Sellers Pack" possibly requiring an electrical inspection as part of an official survey, this video highlights some important considerations for inspecting and testing domestic electrical installtions.

City & Guilds 2360 PTI, 2351, 2391 running time 37 min approx.

title: Domestic Distribution
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: This video primarily deals with the domestic consumer unit. How these are wired, there configuration and options for circuit protection are examined.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I) running time 19 min approx.

title: Electronics and the Lamp
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Thyristor S.C.R, Triacs, Diacs, Quadrac, Radio Interference Suppression, Dimming Accessories, Low voltage lamps and dimming, Fluorescent Dimming

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part II section5) running time 23 min approx.

title: Electricity at Work
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: This video examines the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. It can be used as either a full introduction to the regulations or as a handy revision aid. Please note that some of the injury photo's shown in the video are not for the feint hearted!!

City & Guilds 2360 Pt 1 (3) 2351 (001)
2351 (007-13) C 2360-021 (1) running time 42 min approx.

title: Essential Electronics
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: RESISTORS -The fixed value resistor, carbon and metal film. Resistor colour code. E12 series preferred values. Resister IN LINE packages. Power Rating. Wire Wound Resistors. Resistor rating abbreviations 6k8 etc. BS symbols. SERIES and PARALLEL. CAPACITORS and INDUCTION. Diodes and Rectifiers

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I section 14) running time 32 min approx.

title: Finding the Fault
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: this film shows the procedures and considerations for fault diagnosis and rectification on existing electrical installations.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part II section 12/Part C section6) running time 30 min approx.

title: Inspection & Testing
to BS 7671
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Introduction to BS7671 update. Why Inspect & Test?, What do I need to know? What instruments are required? Continuity of Bonding Conductors - test method, consideration of test lead length. Continuity of Ring Final Circuit Conductors - Major updated section with regards to loading. Insulation Tests (at source)......

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part C section 13) also 2391, running time 66 min approx.

title: Installation Design, Planning & Verification
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: The video is mainly theoretically based and examines the varying systems and equipment available for specification by the designer, the task of Estimating and considerations for ensuring the quality of the work.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part C) running time 23 min approx.

title: Lighting by Design
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Colour rendering considerations, Lighting Schemes, Interior Lighting - Shops, Exterior Lighting - reasons for exterior lighting, road lighting BS5489. Emergency and escape lighting, standby power supplies, self contained luminaires - maintained, non-maintained and sustained. High Voltage Discharge Lighting - shop signs, neon-typical construction, fireman's switches.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part C section 10) running time 31 min approx.

title: Lighting by Law
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Lighting and Health. General Lighting, Localised Lighting and Local Lighting. Controlling light direction - Luminaries. Diffuser's and Louvers. Down-lighters. Up-Lighters. Hygiene requirements. Control of lighting, switching and sensors. Lighting and Visual Displays - Analysis of VDU workstations. Glare on screens and keyboard. Levels of lighting in Lux. VDU louvers for fluorescent luminaires. Positioning the workstation.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible running time 24 min approx.

title: Lines of Power Module I - Supplying the Network
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: The demand for power, typical seasonal requirements for power, placement of power stations. The evolution of the electrical network - The National Grid headquarters and its roll in ensuring constant demand. Emergency Power Generation. Structure of a power station alternator - the principle of A.C. generation. Step Up and Step Down Transformers. Grid Protection.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I) running time 15 min approx.

title: Lines of Power Module II - Crossing Land and Sea
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Power sharing with France - undersea cables, converter station at Sellindge in Kent. Varying peak demand times. The cable used (construction) and its route. d.c. Transmission - smaller cables, ease of synchronisation, no adverse effects on shipping. Cooling quadravalves (banks of thyristors). Voltages and transformation.
Pylons - 122kV, 400kV. Very tall pylons crossing the Thames at Dartford. Constructing pylons - land surveying and purchase, safety and the process of drawing the cable. The insulators used.
National Grid Laboratories - technology development, new insulation materials.
Costs - Overhead and underground. Voltage transformation. Supplying industrial and remote locations. Location of sub-stations.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I) running time 16 min approx.

title: Lines of Power Module III - Delivered to your Door
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: The pattern of loads and demands. Stepping down in voltage. Switching & Intermediate substations.
Cables & Safety - Flash-over from a power line to a person, construction of underground cables. 66 kV cables. Materials used for HV cables.
Local 33kV and 11kV Networks - distribution substation local supply ring, various insulation methods, 11kV cable, oil and paper, phase identification, primary winding Delta configuration, secondary winding Star configuration. 3 phase 4 wire system. 400-230v 3 core cables. Domestic consumers phase balancing.
Older installation cabling compared to modern equivalent
Overhead lines in rural areas, conductors used, local pole mounted transformers. Isolating local transformers. Earthing - why is it necessary?

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I) running time 19 min approx.

title: Maintaining the System
(a look at FP Cables)
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Why do we need FP cables?
MIMS or MICC cables - pros and cons.
Introduction to modern FP cable
BSEN testing of FP cables.
The manufacture of FP cables.
Installation considerations.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I) running time 17 min approx.

title: Making the Choice
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Characteristics of the supply - mains voltage, nature of current & frequency, earthing arrangement and type. The duties of the electrical supply company. Supply Systems - TNS, TNCS, Typical values for Ze, TT system. Selecting the Circuit Protective Devices. Short circuit disconnection. Protection against earth fault currents.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I section 14) running time 48 min approx.

title: Making the Connection
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: The tools required for electronic assembly and safety considerations. Soldering Techniques. De soldering. Wire wrap. Insulation displacement. Multi-pin and co-axial connectors. Oscilloscopes and test meters.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part II) running time 18 min approx.

title: Motor Magic
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: How d.c. Motors work - magnetic fields, creating an electro-magnet, Fleming's rules for motors. Flux Density & Teslas, F=BIL, brushes and commutators, field coils and armature coils,
Construction and parts - Dave at a motor manufacturers.
d.c. Motor Types and their Characteristics - Series, Shunt and Compound Motors. Performance - rating, continuous, short time rated. Copper & Iron Losses, Hysteresis and Eddy currents. Mechanical losses.
Ventilation and Enclosures - radial ventilation, axial ventilation, protection against dust.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part C section4) running time 25 min approx.

title: Motors with a Mission
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Types of Industry where these motors are found - the different dusts and gasses that pose a hazard, Group I equipment, Group II equipment. Lower and upper flammable limits.
Flash point temperatures - Auto Ignition temperatures. Temperature Classes.
Zones - Zone 0, Zone 1 & Zone 2 how they are classified and distinguished from each other
Flameproof Enclosures (Exd) - flamepaths
Enclosure Groups - Gas sub-divisions IIa, IIb, Iic. Increased safety terminals EExde, Mex, Rating plate breakdown of information. BASEEFA.
Flameproof Motor, Increased Safety Motor Ex e, impact testing of components, windings de-rated, limiting maximum surface temperature.
Non Sparking Motor Ex nA - air gap, terminals.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part C) running time 18 min approx.

title: Periodic Inspection & Test
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Why do we need to periodically inspect and test electrical installations? Practical example of periodic inspection in an industrial premises. Legal Responsibilities .

City & Guilds 2360 compatible running time 50 min approx.

title: Regulations and Reasons
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: IEE 16th Edition Wiring Regulations, overview of the publication, index, appendices. Guidance Notes. Numbering System

City & Guilds 2360 compatible running time 50 min approx.

title: Safety at Work
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: The important safety issues that every electrical apprentice needs to know. Portable Appliance Testing. Using Equipment Properly. Access Equipment. Manual Handling.....

City & Guilds 2360 Pt 1 (3.1)
2351 (001) (007-13)

title: Sources of Light
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: How is light produced from electricity - the three main types of lighting. Incandescent Lamps. Tungsten Halogen Lamps. Low Pressure Discharge Lighting.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part II section 5) running time 31 min approx.

title: Special Installations
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: the selection of electrical equipment for installation in hostile locations and the requirements for alarm and emergency lighting systems. Lightning Protection is also considered.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part C) running time 41 min approx.

title: The Mighty Motor
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Construction of an a.c. Induction Motor. Principle of Operation - electromagnetism, effects of a current flowing through a conductor. Fleming's left hand rule for motors. Fleming's right hand rule for generators. 3 Phase Wound Rotor Motors - A.K.A. slip ring motors. Single Phase Induction Motors - How to emulate a rotating magnetic field using a single phase supply.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part II section 4) running time 35 min approx.

title: The Plastic Route
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Manufacture of Plastic Conduit. Manufacture of Plastic Accessories. Different types of conduit and fittings available. Working with Plastic Conduit. Compact Mini Trunking.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I section7) running time 31 min approx.

title: The Protection Factor
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: the fundamental requirements for electrical circuit protection. Small installations, all insulated 4 way consumer unit, All insulated systems, siting the consumer unit. Metal clad systems. Intake terminals, double pole main switch, Residual Current Circuit Breakers, Miniature Circuit Breakers, typical circuits, short circuits, over-currents and over-loads.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I section 2) running time 25 min approx.

title: That's Communication
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: This videos explores industrial communication processes and typical requirements for record keeping.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part I) running time 25 min approx.

title: Wiring Systems
resource type: electrical installation training video

contents: Basic Wiring Methods - PVC/PVC, plastic and metal conduit and trunking, zero halogen low smoke, Armoured Cables, Glands, Power Cables, Mineral Insulated cables. Other fire resisting cables Firetuff OHLS.

City & Guilds 2360 compatible (Part II section 3) running time 51 min approx.