Course Outline
Fundamental Concepts
- Electricity
- Voltage
- Ground or common
- AC voltage & frequency load
Practical Applications
- Meters
- Signed numbers
- Safety
- Current
- Resistance
- Color code
- Conductors & insulators
- Wire size & type (AWG)
Units of Measurement
- Prefixes
- Technician's triangle
- Head calculations
- Ohm's Law
- Power
- Voltage drops
- Safety
- Ground faults
Circuits
- Series circuits
- Parallel circuits
- Voltage dividers
- Potentiometer
- Rheostat
Components
- Magnetic fields
- Coils
- Transformers
- Clamp-on meters
- Diodes
- Bridge rectifier
- Capacitors
- Filters
Fundamental Circuit Parts
- Power connections
- AC wiring
- Three-phase (Delta & WYE)
- Fuses & breakers
- Single-line diagrams
- Switches & relays
- Solenoid & contactors
- NEMA & IEC ratings
Ladder Diagramming
- Ladder symbols
- Low-voltage control
- Motor control centers
- Motor starters
- Thermal breakers
- Proximity switches
- Indicator lights
- Filters
Motors
- Fundamental concepts
- Rotors & armature
- Stators & fields
- Generator action
- DC motors
- Three-phase motors
- Single-line motors
- Meter checks on motors
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Electrical
Controls
Instructor-led
Training Course
Delivered at Your Location
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MaintenanceResources.com can now bring high quality instructor-led training to your facility to
help your staff more effectively work with and troubleshoot electrical
controls.
This course can be
tailored to address specific plant needs.
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In this forty
hour hands-on course you'll learn how to:
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Work safely with
electricity
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Use a clamp-on
meter to make AC current readings
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Read a resistor
value from the color code
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Use simple math to
calculate voltage drops, current and resistance
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Read single-line
drawings
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Read
control-circuit ladder diagrams
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Test relays,
solenoids, contactors, switches, and motor starters
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Understand basic
principles of AC and DC motors
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Use a multimeter to
make voltage and current readings
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Identify component
parts in schematics and ladder diagrams.
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| Who Should
Attend: |
Beginning electricians,
equipment operators and people in skilled trades who are cross-training
from other disciplines.
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| Length: |
40 hours.
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| Class Size: |
Up to 12.
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| CEU's Awarded: |
3.50
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| Format: |
Hands-on workshop. One
lab station for every two participants.
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| Course
Customization: |
Call
1-800-777-0753 for a detailed outline or for information about tailoring
this course to your specific needs.
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| Pricing: |
Dependent on
total number of training days delivered.
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| Course
Location: |
Your site.
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This
course is delivered at your location. For pricing information and
to schedule your on-site sessions please contact a Sales Representative
for our delivery partner, Learn
Maintenance, at 1-800-777-0753.
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