Course Description:

This course covers the fundamentals of electrical equipment, such as power generation, power distribution, transformers, circuit breakers, switches, safety with electrical equipment, motor fundamentals, AC motor fundamentals, AC motor parts and functions, AC motor controllers, AC motor startup and operating checks, DC motors and motor controllers.

Course Goal:

To enhance the participant’s knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to understand the fundamentals of electrical equipment

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course the participant will be able to:

1. Understand power generation and distribution.
2. Understand transformers operation, components, and responsibilities.
3. Be familiar with circuit breakers.
4. Be familiar with switches.
5. Be familiar with safety with electrical equipment.
6. Understand motor fundamentals.
7. Understand motor controllers.

Course Outline:

• Power Generation

• 1. Off-site power generation.
  2. On-site power generation.

• Power Distribution
• Transformers.

• 1. Transformer operation.
  2. Transformer components.
  3. Operator responsibilities.

• Circuit

• 1. Circuit breaker operation.
  2. Resetting a tripped breaker.
  3. Racking out a breaker.

• Switches.

• 1. Pushbutton switches.
  2. Rotatory switches.

• Safety with Electrical Equipment.

• 1. Electrical hazards.
  2. Electrical shock.
  3. Electrical fires.

• Motor
• AC Motor Fundamentals.
• AC Motor Parts and Functions.

• 1. External parts.
  2. Internal parts.

• AC Motor Controllers.

• 1. Motor controllers and motor control centers.
  2. Parts of a typical motor controller.
  3. Motor controller operation.

• AC Motor Startup and Operating Checks.

• 1. General startup procedure.
  2. Operating checks.
  3. Shutdown.

• DC Motors and Motor Controllers.

• 1. DC motors.
  2. DC motor controllers.