Welcome to your
Electrical subject guide.
This is your go-to place for online resources for your course. These resources are in addition to the print course materials you will have received by post.
Click on the relevant links to access the resource/s you need.
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Year 1
The following videos are relevant to topics for Year 1:
AS/NZS 3000
How to Find Information in AS3000 [8.59 mins] - Dale West, 2019
How to use AS/NZS3000 Wiring Rules [3.31 mins] - Infinispark, 2018
EMF Production – Batteries
How Batteries Work - Battery electricity working principle [19.00 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2020
Electromagnetic Theory
Ohms Law Explained - The basics circuit theory [9.59 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2019
How electricity works - working principle [10.10 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2017
Generator Construction and Operation
AC Electrical Generator Basics - How electricity is generated [5.55 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2021
Hydropower 101 [3.12 mins] - Student Energy, 2015
Year 2
The following videos are relevant to topics for Year 2:
Transformers
How does a Transformer work - Working Principle electrical engineering [6.30 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2018
Electronics - Rectifier
Full Wave Bridge Rectifier + Capacitor filters + half wave rectifier [2.56 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2021
Power factor
Power Factor Explained - The basics what is power factor pf [11.08 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2018
AC Motors
How does an Induction Motor work how it works 3 phase motor ac motor [10.47 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2017
Year 3
The following videos and online resources are relevant to topics for Year 3:
Programmable Logic Controllers
Zelio simulators
PLC Zelio soft 2 introduction [video, 4.57 mins] - Electrotechnology NZ, 2022
PLC Zelio soft 2 simulate [video, 5 mins] - Electrotechnology NZ, 2022
List of free online PLC simulators and How to use an Online PLC simulator - Automation Forum: Sundar, 2021
Transformers
How does a Transformer work? - Working Principle electrical engineering [Video, 6.29 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2018
Motor Control
How does an Induction Motor work how it works 3 phase motor ac motor [Video, 10.47 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2017
Industrial control basics: Motor control starters & magnetic motor starters - C3 Controls, 2022
Star Delta starter
Star Delta Starter Explained - Working Principle [Video, 11.07 mins] - The Engineering Mindset, 2019
EWRB & Aspeq Exams
EWRB old exam papers
Electrical Theory - EWRB, 2013-2018
Electrical regulations - EWRB, 2013-2018
EWRB website
Electrical Workers Registration Board
Aspeq exams
Electrical Workers Registration Board Aspeq examinations
Aspeq exam guide
Candidate information for computerised examination delivery and question format [Video, 12.21 mins] - Aspeq (n.d.)
Additional guides and certificates
Legislation & Standards
Electricity Act 1992 - NZ Parliamentary Counsel Office
Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 - NZ Parliamentary Counsel Office
Employment Relations Act 2000 - NZ Parliamentary Counsel Office
WorksafeNZ Website - Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa
About the AS/NZ 3000 standard
How to Find Information in AS3000 [Video, 8.59 mins] - Dale West, 2019
How to use AS/NZS3000 Wiring Rules [Video, 3.41 mins] - Infinispark, 2018
To access the AS/NZ 3000 standard
Due to strict copyright restrictions by Standards NZ, we can’t upload the standard here directly. You need to follow the steps below to access this standard.
- Go to our Library Databases page.
- Scroll down and click on Standards, Statistics & Reports
- Click on Standards NZ Online Library
- Sign in with your Open Polytechnic username (your OP email address) and password.
- Ignore the Search the site search box and instead scroll down and enter ‘AS/NZS 3000’ in the Online Libary subscription search box.
- Click on View PDF to access the standard (you might need to scroll down).
* If you have any issues accessing this standard, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Open Polytechnic Library.
Books
Check out the ebooks and print books below.
ebooks
The following ebooks may be useful during your study. Sign in with your Open Polytechnic username and password.
(If you are new to using ebooks, you might find this quick guide helpful - you can skip step 1.)
Advanced electrical installation work : City and guilds edition / Trevor Linsley.
Audel electrical trades pocket manual / L.W. Brittian.
Electric motors and drives: Fundamentals, types and applications / Austin Hughesm, Bill Drury.
Electrical installation calculations. Basic: for Technical Certificate Level 2 / A.J. Watkins, Chris Kitcher.
Electrical installation calculations. Advanced: for technical certificate and NVQ level 3 / Christopher Kitcher and A. J. Watkins.
Understandable electric circuits: Key concepts / Meizhong Wang.
Print books
Here are some recommended print books to help you learn.
You can request these - see how under Membership & borrowing.
Basic electronics 8th Ed / Bernard Grob
Electrical trade principles / Jeffery Hampson, Steve Hanssen
Electrical wiring practice: AS/NZS 3000:2000 Vol. 1 / Keith Pethebridge and Ian Neeson
Electrotechnology principles & practice 2nd Ed / Open Polytechnic
Fundamentals of lighting / Susan M. Winchip
Lighting applications for domestic interiors / Karen Wardell
Lighting / D. C. Pritchard
Lumens Watts & Lux / Karen Wardell
Mastering electronic and electrical calculations / Noel M. Morris