Course Description

This electrical maintenance and inspection course assists participants understand electrical theory in its many diverse applications form residential and commercial construction and maintenance to heavy industrial power and control installations. They apply the latest technology and codes to diagnose, test and repair electrical equipment including appliances, motors, generators, transformers and control circuits

Course Goal:

To enhance the participants’ Knowledge, Abilities and Skills necessary to apply the latest technology and codes to diagnose, test and repair electrical equipment including appliances, motors, generators, transformers and control circuits

Course Objectives

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

1. Understand the terminology of maintenance and inspection
2. Demonstrate the different maintenance philosophies and strategies
3. Understand the inspection concepts, stages and records
4. Understand how to select the maintenance strategy for certain equipment
5. Demonstrate how to apply the reliability centered maintenance on different electrical equipment.

Course Outlines

• Introduction to Maintenance Strategy

1. Objective of Maintenance & Inspection Strategy
2. Polices & Asset management
3. The importance of uninterrupted power
4. Test and inspection of new equipment
5. Determining maintenance requirement
6. Maintenance personnel
7. Inspection records
8. Inspection check list
9. The daily maintenance schedule
10. Maintenance testing

• Scope and Intervals of Maintenance & Inspection

1. Stages of Maintenance & Inspection
2. Frequency of Inspection
3. Inspection Types
4. Other Equipment
5. Case Study ( Records &  Reports)

• Testing and inspection of electrical installation .

1. Electrical wiring diagram
2. Color coding
3. Conductor and cables
4. Planning an installation
5. Inspecting circuit installation
6. Panel board selection and installation

• Troubleshooting faults in electrical installations

1. Short circuit between poles
2. Open circuit (broken wires)
3. Electrical repairs replacements
4. Troubleshooting power distribution

• Circuit breakers

1. Miniature circuit breaker
2. Air blast circuit breaker
3. SF6, oil, and vacuum circuit breaker
4. Maintenance and inspection of circuit breaker
5. Checks – testing

• Application of Maintenance Policy on Equipment:

1. Maintenance and troubleshooting of three phase system
2. Maintenance of electrical motors
3. Maintenance management in power transmission and distribution networks
4. Maintenance of overhead lines and underground cables

• Power transformers

1. Testing
2. Commissioning tests
3. High voltage tests
4. Impulse tests
5. Load test – no load test
6. Oil test – polarity test