Instruction emphasizes whole numbers, fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion, and transposing formulas. This course is designed to prepare the industrial electrician, millwright, stationary engineer and maintenance technician with the knowledge and skills to diagnose and repair electrical circuits. Instruction emphasizes DC electrical theory through structure of matter, atomic theory electrical charges, electron theory, how electricity is produced, electric current, effects of electricity, electromagnetism, resistance, and Ohm's Law. This course prepares students with electrical fundamentals.
Instruction emphasizes series and parallel circuits.
Utilizing Kirchhoff's Laws, student will develop knowledge and skills to calculate power, current, voltage and resistance. This course emphasizes AC and DC wave forms, frequency and capacitive reactance. Students calculate power factors and capacitive loads in both series and parallel circuits. This course covers electrical schematics, controls and switches used by the industrial maintenance industry. Students are introduced to the ammeter, voltmeter, ohmmeter, wattmeter, multi meter and direct digital meter.