EST 132 - Principles of Electricity AC Application

• Use basic electrical safety rules int he classroom, labs, and campus projects.
• Use tools and measuring instruments properly.
• Explain the relationship of resistance, inductance and capacitance in an AC circuit.
• Differentiate between single-phase and three-phase circuits, panels, and motors.
• Describe basic operating principles of three-phase motors.
• Compare and contrast single-phase and three-phase voltages.
• Determine branch and load circuits, over current protection, and wire sizing using National Electric Code standards.
• Select conductors for a branch circuit using the national Electric Code standards.
• Calculate capacitance and measure capacitors wired in series and parallel in circuits.
• Calculate the power factor correction for an AC motor.
• Connect a branch circuit to a panel breaker.
• Assemble a fused disconnect and select correct fuse for the load using National Electric Code standards.
• Assemble transformers in a Delta and Wye configuration for a load.
• Describe different types and operations of transformers.
• Analyze measurements of transformer winding outputs using turns ration calculations.
• Connect receptacles, single-pole, three-way, and four-way switch.
• Design a ladder diagram from a pictorial wiring diagram including a numbers on rungs and corresponding components.

1. Review of Electrical Safety
2. Electrical Quantities & Ohms Law
3. Measuring Instruments
4. Capacitors
5. Capacitance in AC Circuits
6. Resistance - Capacitive Series Circuits
7. Resistance - Capacitive Parallel Circuits
8. Resistance - Inductive - Capacitive Series Circuits
9. Resistance - Inductive - Capacitive Parallel Circuits
10. Filters
11. Three - Phase Circuits
12. Single - Phase Transformers
13. Three - Phase Transformers
14. DC Generators
15. DC Motors
16. Three - Phase Alternators
17. Three - Phase Motors
18. Single - Phase Motors