What You Ought To Know
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- What is Electricity?
- EMF and using voltage testers
- Electron movement and ammeters
- Resistance and using ohmmeters
- Watt’s and using wattmeters
- Ohm’s Law made easy
- Open circuits and short circuits
- Conductors and Circuits
- Wire sizes and insulation
- Series and parallel circuits
- Identify ac and dc circuits
- Test meters and 1? circuits
- Troubleshooting with meters
- Using equipment (safety)
- Using plugs and receptacles
- Switches and Transformers
- Select and connect switches
- Using switch terminology
- Use power tools safely
- Transformer types and connections
- Using adapters (suicide plugs)
- Common voltages and their use
- Lockout/Tagout procedures
- Fuses and Circuit Breakers
- Proper use of circuit breakers
- Types of plug fuses
- Types of cartridge fuses
- Types of circuit breakers
- Check and reset breakers
- Ground fault circuit interrupters
- Light Sources
- Energy conversion to light
- Lighting terminology
- Incandescent lamp operation
- Fluorescent lamp operation
- High Intensity Discharge (HID)
- Tungsten-halogen lamp
- Electromagnetism
- Troubleshoot solenoid valves
- Troubleshoot relays
- Schematics and ladder diagrams
- Troubleshoot contactors
- Line starters and overloads
- Troubleshoot line starters
- Induction Motors
- Working with 1Ø and 3Ø motors
- Testing motor capacitors
- Dual voltage and multi-speed motors
- Using Full Load Amps (FLA)
- Using Locked Rotor Amps (LRA) Read and use motor data plates
To learn how to work safely with electricity see Practical Electricity for Non-Electricians
