BASICS OF INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICITY AND
TROUBLESHOOTING ELECTRICAL CONTROL CIRCUITS
Learn how to effectively diagnose electrical control
circuit problems. You will experience live circuit
faults in a real world scenario. Become a confident
and safe troubleshooter from techniques presented.
Understand the basics of electricity generation and
delivery. Learn to safely use the proper measurement
instruments and tools to understand the characteristics
and properties of electrical signals. The terms voltage,
current and impedance (resistance) will become
standard in your electrical conversations.
Work hands-on with the same control circuits and devices
commonly used on HVAC systems, pump systems,
hydraulics, conveyors and automated machines.
This program is ideal for apprentice electricians just
starting out, journeymen wishing to upgrade their
skills, or any engineering, maintenance, operations,
or management personnel who come into contact
with electrical control systems in the course of their
daily activity. They will benefit by being able to find,
understand and fix electrical problems more easily,
thereby reducing downtime.
Training
CLASS FORMAT:
Lab + classroom
The participant is able to “learn-by-doing” in the course;
this knowledge can be transferred to the workplace.
STANDARD CLASS SIZE:
NTT recommends a course size of 12 participants for
the best results.
NTT PROVIDES:
• 5-Days (40 contact hours) of on-site instruction
• Textbooks, “Troubleshooting Electrical Control
Circuits,” and “Basics of Industrial Electricity,”
“Safety Awareness” and lab manuals
• Classroom consumables
• Completion certificates
• Shipping and instructor travel logistics
CLIENT PROVIDES:
• The classroom, with easy access, of 750 square feet
or greater
• Projection screen, white board and/or flip chart(s)
• A dock facility or forklift
• A pallet jack to move the crates around after they
have been unloaded may also be needed
• The equipment needs to be relocated to the
training room for the NTT instructor to test and set
up prior to the course start
SHIPPING:
Six Cases at 2050 lbs
• 1 @ 58” x 47” x 62”
• 5 @ 47” x 22” x 17”
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COURSE AGENDA
BASIC ELECTRICITY SOLID-STATE DEVICES
• Current, voltage, and resistance • Resistor color codes
• Ohm’s Law and calculations • Resistor board*
• Series-parallel circuits • Diodes and continuity*
• Kirchhoff’s Laws and corollaries • Rectifiers
• Capacitor sine waves
BASICS OF MULTIMETERS • Capacitor check*
• Analog and digital multimeters • Solid-State switches
• Solenoid meters • Checking a solid-state switch*
• Accessories
PROTECTIVE DEVICES
ELECTRICAL SAFETY • Fuses and disconnect switches
• Basic safety guidelines • Circuit breakers, panels, and switchgear
• Lockout/tagout • Overload devices
• Test safety equipment • Checking protective devices
• Electrical shock • Ground-fault protection
• Arc flash • Grounding and isolating
• Arc blast • Phase reversal
• Surge protection
ELECTRICIANS’ TOOLS AND TEST EQUIPMENT
• Coordination and selectivity
• Tools for conduit
• Phase-rotation meter LIGHTING SYSTEMS
• The megohmmeter • Incandescent and fluorescent
• Voltage and continuity testers • HID lamps
• Lighting circuits
GENERATORS AND TRANSFORMERS
• Series, parallel, and series-parallel lamps
• DC power sources and voltmeter
• Measuring DC volts* COMMON WIRING DEVICES
• AC generators • Receptacles
• Generators sinewave voltage • Specification grade, isolation, and hospital grade
• 3-phase AC • NEMA locking
• Current lag/lead waveform • Wiring a receptacle, troubleshooting receptacles & GFCI
• Transformers including Control Transformers • Lighting outlets—switches and dimmers
• Transformer voltages* • Switch operation and installation
• Wyes and deltas • 3- and 4-way switches
• Measuring a wye • Testing and installing 3- and 4-way switches

*Lab Exercises

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COURSE AGENDA
CONDUCTORS AND RACEWAYS BASICS OF INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICITY HANDS-ON
• Insulation and ampacity LAB EXERCISES
• Solid and stranded cable • Basic trainer set up
• Conduit-metal and nonmetallic • Series circuit
• Splices: wirenuts, crimps, terminal blocks, split bolts and • Parallel circuit
solder • Series-parallel circuits
• Conductor and box fill • DC voltage
• Parallel conductors • Transformers
• 2-, 3-, and 4-wire circuits • Resistors
• Capacitor
ELECTRICAL DRAWING AND SYMBOLS • Rectifiers
• Drawing symbols • Problem receptacles
• Blueprints • Single-pole switch multiple-way switches
• One-line drawings
• NEMA symbols ELECTRICAL SCHEMATICS
• Schematics • Power circuits
• Ladder diagrams • Control circuits
• Physical layout
MAPPING CONTROL CIRCUITS—
RELAYS LADDER DIAGRAMS
• Motor Starters • Power rails and wire colors
-- Basic Parts to a motor starter and their function • Control element arrangement
-- MCP – motor circuit protection • Load arrangement
»» Replacing overloads • Circuit protection arrangement
»» Adjustable trip breaker settings • Line numbers
• Wire numbers
MOTORS • Tag names and common electrical symbol abbreviations
• Single-phase, three-phase and DC
• Connection diagrams CONTROL ELEMENTS, SWITCHES
• Motor construction AND SYMBOLOGY
• Theory of operation • Relay contacts—normally open, normally closed
• Basic Parts of a motor • Solid-state relays
-- Motor types • Timing relays
-- De-terminating the motor via motor terminal box • Overload relays
-- Motor replacement - Dismounting and mounting
-- Reconnecting the motor SUPPLEMENTARY CONTACT SYMBOLS
-- Checking and correcting AND TERMS
• Phase/Rotation • Breaks, poles, throws
• Single break, double break
• Single pole, double pole
• Single throw, double throw

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COURSE AGENDA
MANUAL SWITCHES—FUNCTIONALITY HANDS-ON LAB EXERCISE CIRCUITS
AND SYMBOLOGY • Two-wire control and hands-off/auto
• Selector switches • Three-wire control—start/stop
• Push buttons • Jog/inch circuits
• Drum and foot switches • Sequencing start and stop circuits
• Timing circuits
AUTOMATIC SWITCHES • Automatic sequencing circuits
• Limit switches • Forward/reversing circuits
• Temperature, pressure, flow, and float switches • Plug stop and anti-plugging circuits
• Motion switches • Two-speed motor control
• Proximity and photo switches • Reduced voltage starting circuits
TROUBLESHOOTING SUGGESTIONS
• Measuring ohms, voltage, and current
• Open faults vs. shorts
• Using the proper tools and meters
• Logical and sequential troubleshooting methods
• Meter categories and types
• Safety and precautions

GROUND-FAULT & OVERLOAD PROTECTION

• Conductor sizing
• Ground-fault protection devices and sizing
• Motor starter sizing
• Motor overload protection sizing
• Disconnect sizing

MOTOR OVERLOAD PROTECTION

• Thermal overloads
• Bimetallic overloads
• Magnetic overloads
• Solid-state overloads

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