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Module1: Selectt
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mposeasacondi ti
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CAL
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NSTALLATIONAND
MAINTENANCE
Modul
e1:Sel
ectt
heWiri
ngDevicesUsedfor
Fl
oorandGr
oundFaul
tCur
rentInter
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oduct
oryMessage
Fort
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aci
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itat
or:

Wel
cometotheElect
ri
calI
nst
all
ati
onandMai nt
enanceSel
f-
Inst
ruct
ionalLearningMat
eri
al
onSel
ectt
heWir
ingDevi
cesUsedforFl
oorandGroundFaul
tCurr
entInter
rupter.

Thi
smodulewascol l
aborati
vel
ydesigned,developedandr eviewedbyeducatorsbothfrom
publ
i
candpr iv
ateinsti
tut
ionstoassistyou,thet eacherorfacil
it
atori
nhelpi
ngt hel
earners
meetthestandar
dssetbyt heKt o12Cur ri
culum whi l
eov ercomingthei
rpersonal
,social
,
andeconomicconstrai
ntsinschool
ing.

Thislearni
ngr esourcehopestoengagethelearnersintoguidedandindependentlearni
ng
acti
vi
tiesattheirownpaceandt i
me.Furt
her
mor e,thisal
soaimst ohel
plearner
sacqui r
ethe
needed21stcent uryski
ll
swhil
etaki
ngint
oconsider at
ionthei
rneedsandcir
cumst ances.

I
naddit
iont
othemat
eri
ali
nthemai
ntext
,youwi
l
lal
soseet
hisboxi
nthebodyoft
he
modul
e:

Not
est
otheTeacher

Hello,dearteacherofl earni
ng!You ar eluckyt o havethislear
ning
materi
alintendedtoeasi
lydeli
verthelessonsforourlearnersandenhancethei
r
knowledge on Wi ri
ng Devi
ces Used f orFloorand Gr ound Faul
tCurrent
Int
err
upter.Pleasehel
pthem achieveourlear
ningobjecti
ve.

Pl
easeadvi
seourlearnerstor ead,under st
and,anal
y ze,andansweral
l
t
heact
ivi
ti
esandquesti
onsser i
ouslyast hismat er
iali
sdesignedandmadef or
t
hem.Thi
sisalsotoi
nform ourlearnerst otakesomepr ecaut i
onar
ymeasures
i
nwri
ti
ngthei
ranswer
sinthi
sl earni
ngmat eri
al.

Thisisj
ustaremi
ndermydeart
eacherofl
earni
ng,donotgobeyondour
obj
ect
ivesandmaingoal
forourl
ear
ner
s.Beanagentoflear
ning.Hav
efun!

Asaf acil
it
ator,
youareexpect
edt oorientt
helear
nersonhowtouset hi
smodul
e.Youal
so
needt okeept rackofthelearners'progr
esswhi l
eall
owi
ngt hem tomanagethei
rown
l
ear ni
ng.Furt
hermore,
youareexpectedt oencour
ageandassi
stthelear
ner
sastheydot
he
tasksincl
udedinthemodule.

Fort
hel
ear
ner
:

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i
Welcomet
otheEl
ect
ricalI
nstal
lat
ionandMaint
enanceSelf
-I
nst
ruct
ionalLearni
ngMater
ial
(
SILM)Modul
eonWir
ingDevicesUsedforFl
oorandGroundFaul
tCurr
entInter
rupt
er.
Thehandi soneoft hemostsy mbol i
zedpartofthehumanbody.Itisof
tenusedtodepict
ski
ll
,acti
on,andpur pose.Throughourhandswemayl ear
n,creat
e,andaccompli
sh.Hence,
thehandint hi
slearni
ngr esour
cesi gni
fi
esthatyouasalear
neriscapableandempowered
tosuccessfull
yachievether el
ev antcompetenci
esandskil
lsaty ourownpaceandt i
me.
Youracademi csuccessli
esi nyourownhands!
Thismodul ewasdesi gnedtoprov
ideyouwit
hfunandmeaningfuloppor
tuni
ti
esf
orguided
andi ndependentlear
ningatyourownpaceandt i
me.Youwi l
lbeenabledtoprocessthe
contentsofthelearni
ngresour
cewhil
ebeinganact
ivel
ear
ner
.
Thi
smodul
ehast
hef
oll
owi
ngpar
tsandcor
respondi
ngi
cons:

Thi
s willgiveyou an i
dea ofthe ski
l
ls or
WhatINeedt
oKnow competenci
esyouareexpect
edtolear
ninthe
module.

Thi
spartincludesanacti
vi
tythataimst ocheck
WhatIKnow
whatyoualreadyknowaboutthel essont otake.
I
fy ougetal ltheanswerscorrect( 100%),you
maydecidetoskipthi
smodule.

Thi
sisabr i
efdr
il
lorrev
iew t
ohel
py oul
i
nkt
he
What
’sI
n
cur
rentl
essonwi
ththepr
evi
ousone.

Inthi
sporti
on,t
henewlessonwi
l
lbeintr
oduced
What
’sNew
toyouinvari
ouswayssuchasastor
y,asong,a
poem,a pr obl
em opener,an acti
vi
ty or a
sit
uat
ion.

Thissecti
onpr ovi
desabriefdi
scussionofthe
Whati
sIt
l
esson.Thi s ai
ms to hel
py ou discoverand
under
standnewconceptsandski
ll
s.

This compr ises activ

iti
es for independent
What
’sMor
e
practi
cetosol i
difyy
ourunderst
andi
ngandski ll
s
ofthet opi
c.Youmaycheckt heanswerstot he
exerci
sesusingt heAnswerKeyattheendoft he
modul e.

WhatIHaveLear
ned This i
ncl
udes questi
ons or bl
ank
sentence/
paragr
aph t
o be fi
ll
ed i
nto pr
ocess
whaty oul
earnedfr
om t
helesson.

i
i
i
 Thissect
ionprovi
desanact i
vit
ywhichwillhel
p
WhatICanDo
youtr
ansferyournewknowledgeorski
lli
ntoreal
l
ifesi
tuat
ionsorconcer
ns.

Thi
sisataskwhichai
mstoeval
uatey
ourlev
elof
Assessment
master
yinachi
evingt
hel
ear
ningcompet
ency.

I
nt hi
spor t
ion,anotheract
ivi
tywil
lbegi vento
Addi
ti
onalAct
ivi
ti
es
y
ou t o enr
ich yourknowledge orskil
loft he
l
esson lear
ned.Thi s al
so tends r
etenti
on of
l
earnedconcepts.

Thi
s contai
ns answer
sto al
lact
ivi
ti
es i
nthe
AnswerKey
module.

Att
heendoft
hismodul
eyouwi
l
lal
sof
ind:

Ref
erences Thi
sisalistofal
lsour
cesusedi
ndev
elopi
ngt
his
module.

Thef
oll
owi
ngar
esomer
emi
nder
sinusi
ngt
hismodul
e:

1.Uset
hemodulewi t
hcare.Donotputunnecessar
ymar k/sonanypar
toft
hemodul
e.
Useasepar
atesheetofpaperi
nansweri
ngt heexer
cises.
2.Don’
tfor
gettoanswerWhatIKnow bef
oremov
ingont
otheot
heract
ivi
ti
esi
ncl
uded
i
nthemodule.
3.Readt
hei
nst
ruct
ioncar
eful
l
ybef
oredoi
ngeacht
ask.
4.Obser
vehonest
yandi
ntegr
it
yindoi
ngt
het
asksandchecki
ngy
ouranswer
s.
5.Fi
nisht
het
askathandbef
orepr
oceedi
ngt
othenex
t.
6.Ret
urnt
hismodul
etoy
ourt
eacher
/faci
l
itat
oroncey
ouar
ethr
oughwi
thi
t.
Ifyouencounteranydif
fi
cult
yinanswer
ingthetasksi
nthi
smodul
e,donothesi
tat
eto
consul
tyourteacherorf
acil
i
tator
.Al
waysbeari
nmi ndt
haty
ouar
enotalone.

Wehopet
hatt
hrought
hismat
eri
al,y
ouwi
l
lex
per
iencemeani
ngf
ull
ear
ningandgai
n

i
v
deepunder
standi
ngoft
her
elev
antcompet
enci
es.Youcandoi
t!

v
 WhatINeedt
oKnow

Thi
smodule cont
ainst
he “
know”and “
do”uni
t n sel
si ect
ing el
ect
ri
calpowerand
hy
draul
ict
ool
s.

Itcoverstheknowledge,ski
ll
sandat t
it
udeinpr epari
ngelectri
calpowertool
sneeded
beforestar
ti
ngwor k.Toolsarei
nspect
edanddamagedt ool,i
fany,mustber epor
tedt
ot he
teacherandservi
ced.Properchecki
ngmustalsobedonebef orecommencingwor ksothat
l
ubr i
cati
onsandaux i
li
arypart
sareperent
erpr
isespecifi
cat
ions.Properst
ori
ngmustalsobe
practi
ced.
Thi
smodul
edi
scusses;

 Selectwi
ri
ng devi
cesused f
orf
loorand gr
ound f
aul
tcur
renti
nter
rupt
er.
(TLE_I
AEI
10WD- I
a-I
Ij
-1)

Af
tergoi
ngt
hrought
hismodul
e,y
ouar
eexpect
edt
o:
1.i
nter
pretpl
an/
drawi
ngs f
ort
he sel
ect
ion ofwi
ri
ng dev
ices based on t
he j
ob
r
equir
ement
;
2.i
dent
if
ythecor
rectquant
it
yofwi
ri
ngmat
eri
alsanddev
icest
obeusedbasedonj
ob
r
equi
rement
;
3.sel
ectt
ool
sandequi
pmentt
obeusedbasedonj
obr
equi
rement
;and
4.sel
ectappr
opr
iat
ePer
sonal
Prot
ect
ionEqui
pment(
PPE)

WhatIKnow
Dir
ecti
on:Matchthetool
sinCol
umnAt
oit
snamei
nCol
umnB.Wr
it
eyour
answeronasepar
atesheetofpaper
.

ColumnA Col
umnB
1.Whichofthef oll
owingelectr
icalmateri
alsaremadeof a.Weat
herproof
metalorplasticandhast hecapabil
it
yt obemounted
onawal lorstud.
2.Thisi
susedf orext
eriorswitchesorrecept
acl
e. b.Cei
l
ingBox
3.I
tisal
soknownasf aceplat
esorcov ers. c.Wal
lplat
e
4.Thisi
salsoknownasaj unctionboxorspli
cebox. d.Wal
lbox
5.Whichofthemater
ialsarecommonl
ymadeof e.Gem Box
box,usual
l
yin2”wide,3”hi
ghand21/2”deepand
madeofmet al
.
 What
’sI
n

Di
rect
ion:Chooseyouranswerf
rom t
hewor
dsi
nsi
det
hebox.Wr
it
ethel
ett
erofy
ouranswer
onaseparatesheetofpaper
.

1-
5CHOI
CES 6-
10CHOI
CES 11-
15CHOI
CES

a.LongnosePl ier
s a.Electri
cian’
sKnife a.Ci r
cuitBreaker
b.Hammer b.Fuse b.Connect ors
c. Li
neman’ sPli
ers c. MalePlug
c. Conduits
d.Por t
ableElect
ri
c
d.Wi restr
ipper d.Junct i
onBox
Dr
ill
e. Phil
ipsscrewdr i
ver e. Al
lenScr ewdr
iver e. Uti
li
tyBox
f. Standar
dScr ew f. St
ubbyScr ewdriver f. SquareBox
dr
iver

_
___
_1.Whatmat erial i
susedf orgr ippi ng, holding, cutt
ingel ectr i
cal wiresand
cablesandev ensmal lnail
s.Usual l
yusedbyl i
nemeni ndoi ngheav ytask?
_
___
_2.Whi choft het oolsi susedf orcut t
ingandhol dingf inewi res?Thi scanr each
ti
ghtspaceorsmal lopeni ngwher eot herpl i
erscannotr eachandal sousedin
maki ngt ermi nal l
oopsofcopperwi res.
_
___
_3.Whatt ypeoft ool hasacr osst ipresembl i
ngaposi t
ive( +)si gn.Itisusedt o
drivescr ewswi thcr osssl otheads?
_
___
_4.Ifyouwantt odr iveandpul loutnai l
s, whatt ool willyouused?
_
___
_5.At ool usedf orr emov i
ngi nsul ationofmedi um si zedwi resr angingf r
om gauge
#10t ogauge#16.
_
___
_6.Thist ool i
susedi nmaki nghol esonmet alsheet sandconcr etewal l
s.
_
___
_7.Thist ool i
susedt ot urnscr ewsi nt ightspacewher est andar dscr ewdr iv
er
cannotbeused.
_
___
_8.Usedbyl i
nement or emov ei nsul ationofwi r
eandcabl esi nl owandhi gh
voltaget ransmi ssi onl i
nes.
_
___
_9.Adev icei nsertedt oaconv eni enceout lettoconductel ectriccur rent.
_
___
_10.Thi sisaci rcui tprot ectivedev i
cet hataut omat icall
ybl owsandcutt he
currentwhenanov erl oadorshor tci r
cuithappens.
_
___
_11.Ar ect angularshapedmet allicorpl astic( PVC)mat erial i
nwhi chf l
usht ype
conv enienceout l
etorswi tchi sat tached.
_
___
_12.Electrical mat erial usedast hepassageofwi resf orpr otect ionand
i
nsul ation.
_
___
_13.Usedt oat tachmet alli
cornon- met alli
ccondui ttot hej unct ionorut i
li
ty
box es.
_
___
_14.Thi sisapr otectiv edev iceusedt oaut omat i
callycutof fthecur rentwhen
troublei ntheci rcui tsuchasshor tci r
cuitorov erl oadoccur s.
_
___
_15.Anoct agonal shapedel ect rical mat erialwher et heconnect ionsorj oint
sof
wi r
esar ebeingdone.
 What
’sNew

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ecti
on:Compl
etethedatai
nthetabl
ebel
owbywr
it
ingt
hecor
rectnumberofl
i
ghtand
out
let
,si
zeofwi
reandbranchr
atng.
i

THELOADSCHEDULE

Br
anchci
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tNo. Si
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 Whati
sIt

PECPROVI
SIONI
NINSTALLI
NGELECTRI
CALBOXES
El
ect
ri
calbox’
sprimaryfuncti
onistohouseelect
ri
calconnect
ions.Thoseconnect
ions
mi
ghtbetoaswitch,
ar ecept
acle,
theleadsofal
i
ghtfixt
ure,orot
hersetsofwi
re.

El
ectr
icalcodesrequi
rethatal
lwireconnect
ionsorcabl
espli
cesbei
nsideanapproved
metalorplasti
cbox .Andev er
yboxmustbeaccessi bl
e–y oucannotburyinsi
deawal l
.
Theseprotect
sy ourhomefrom thedangeroffi
reandmakeiteasi
ertoi
nspectandupgrade
yourwi
ringinthefutur
e.

Codesgover
nhow manyconnecti
onsyoucanmakewi t
hinabox,dependi
ngoni
ts
si
ze.I
fyoumustmakemoreconnect
ions,
youmustuseal
argerbox.

Boxesf
orswitchesandrecept
acl
esser
veasworkhorsesinanyel
ectr
ical
instal
l
ati
on.
Someofthemetalonescanbegangedi ntodoubl
e,t
ri
ple,orlar
germult
ipl
esbyr emoving
onesi
deandli
nki
ngthem toget
her.

CHOOSI
NGTHECORRECTBOXSI
ZE

Ty
peofBox Si
zei
ninches Maxi
mum numberofwi
resal
l
owed

i
nbox

(
lengt
hxwi
dth 14gauge 12gauge 10gauge

xdept
h

Swi
tch/ 3x
2x1½ 3 3 3

Recept
acl
e 3x
2x2 5 4 4

3x2x2¼ 5 4 4

3x2x2½ 6 5 5

3x2x2¾ 7 6 5

3x2x3½ 9 8 7

Ut
il
it
y 4x
2⅛x1½ 5 4 4
 4x2⅛x1⅞ 6 5 5

4x2⅛x2⅛ 7 6 5

Fi
xtur
e/ 4x
1¼r
oundor 6 5 5
Junct
ion oct
agonal

4x1½r
oundor 7 6 6
Oct
agonal

4x2⅛r
oundor 10 9 8
Oct
agonal

4x1¼squar
e 9 8 7

4x1½squar
e 10 9 8

4x2⅛squar
e 15 13 12

Box esshouldbei nst

alledsot hattheout sideedgesar eflushedwiththefinishing
mat er
ial.Pr esumably ,y ouknow whatmat eri
alsy ouwi l
lbeusing,butmakesur ethaty ou
knowt het hicknessofanypanel i
ng,wall
board,orcombi nati
ons.(For3/8-i
nchdr
y wal
l plus¼
-i
nchpanel ing,forexampl etheboxshoul dst i
ckout5/ 8-i
nchf r
om thefrontoft
hef r
ami ng.
)
Thecodeal lowsboxest obeasdeepas½ i nchbehi ndt hesurfaceofnoncombust ibl
e
mat er
ials,suchasgy psum wal lboar
d,bri
ck,orconcr et
ebl ock.Thismaycauseapr obl em;
howev er,li
ningupt her eceptacleandcov erplate,sohav etheoutsideedgesfl
ushwi tht he
fi
nishi
ngmat er
iali
nall cases.

Mount
ingBoxes
Therear
eagr eatmanydi f
fer
enttypesofelectr
icalboxes,butbasical
lyt
herear eonl
y
two waysofat t
achi
ng them to wall
sand ceili
ngs. Theeasi estmet hod used al
most
uni
versal
lyi
nnew constr
uctionistonailtheboxdirectl
yt otheframingofthenew wor k
bef
oreanyfi
nishi
ngmaterial
sareatt
achedtowallsorceil
ings.

Themostconv enientbox esar eequippedwi thmount i

ngbr acketsweldedt ot hebox
i
tself
.Si mplynailt
hrought hebr acketint
ot hefrontorsidesoft hestudsorjoistbottoms
with1-i
nchr oof
ingnai
ls.Ot herbox esarenailedwith8d(8-penny
)nai l
sint
ot hesidesofthe
studsthroughpr oj
ecti
onsi nt het oporbot tom,ort hr
oughholespr edri
ll
edi nt heboxes
themselves.Somebox es,
usual l
ypl ast
icones,comewi thnail
salreadyatt
achedt hroughin-
l
ineprojecti
ons.

Occasionall
yaboxmustbel ocatedawayfrom t
heframingmember s.Thi
sisof
tentrue
ofcei l
ingf i
xtur
es,andsomet i
meswal lf
ixt
ures,whenexactplacementismoredesir
able
thaniti sforaswi t
choroutlet.Innew work,usewoodcleats,metalmount
ingst
raps,or
adjustablebarhangers,whi
char enail
edi
ntothestudsorjoist
soneachend.Theboxcan
thenbesl idandlockedinpl
aceattheopti
mum locati
on.
Ol
dWor
k

Wheny ouar eworkingwi thex i

sti
ngwallsorceil
ing,boxmounting,l
i
keev er
ythi
ngelsein
oldwork,isalitt
lemoredi ff
icult
.Whent heproperlocati
onoftheboxisdet er
mined,ahole
i
scuti ntothewal l
boardorpanel ingtoacceptt henew box.Makeapaperorcar dboard
templ
ateoft heboxbyl ay i
ngi tfacedownandt raci
ngar oundi
t.(Someboxmanuf actur
ers
suppl
yat empl at
ewitht hebox ).Tracearoundthetempl at
eontothewal lt
omar ktherough
openi
ng.I fonlyoneort woboxesar einv
olved,i
tmaybesi mpl
yjusttoholdtheboxitsel
fto
thewallandtracearoundi t
.

Ifthewal l
sconsi stofgy psum wal l
boar dorpaneling, dri
llhol
esabout½i nchi ndi ameter
atthecor nersoft heboxopeni ngandcutoutt heopeni ngwi thakey hol
esaw.Whent he
wallsar emadeofr ealplaster,chiselawaysomeoft heplasternearthecent eroft hebox
fi
rst.Ift hereismet alorgy psum lathbehi ndtheplast er,proceedasabov eforr egul arwalls,
butuseaf ine-t
oothedbl ade,suchasahacksaw bl ade,t oav oi
ddamagi ngt hepl aster
.I n
homesbui l
tpriortoWor ldWarI I
,youwi llprobablyfindt hewoodenl at
hbehindt hepl aster.
I
fso,chi pawayal itt
lemor eunt i
lyouex poseacoupl eofpi ecesofwoodl ath.Thenadj ust
theboxl ocati
on, i
fnecessar y,sothatt hetopandbot tom, oftheboxeswi l
lfallint hemi ddle
ofthel athst ri
ps.Thel athst ri
psar eabout1½i ncheswi de.Cutoutt heopeni ngasabov e
withaf ine-toothedblade.Thenchi pawayabout3/ 8i nchmor epl
asteraboveandbel owt he
openingt oall
owdi rectmount ingoft heboxt othewoodenl athwit
hNo.5woodscr ews.

Speci
alMount
ingDev
ices

Forallotherwall
s,speci almounti
ngdeviceswillbeneeded.Ther ear eseveraltypes,
manyofwhi char eattachedt otheboxesthemselves.Somehav ecl
ampl i
kedev icesthat
hug thebackoft hewal lboard whentheat t
ached screwsaret ur
ned. Box eswi thout
mount i
ngdevicescanbeat tachedtowall
boardsorthinpanel
ingwith“
Madi sonclips,”which
aresli
ppedbet weentheboxandwal lonbothsides,thenbentbackov ertheinsidesoft he
boxes.( Thelongerlengthatt opandbottom keepst hecli
psfrom fall
ingout.) Ont hick
paneli
ng,boxescanbescr eweddi r
ectl
ytothewood.

Cei
l
ingboxesi
noldworkshoul
dbemount
edf
rom abov
ewher
epossi
ble,asi
nanat
ti
c,
usi
ngadjust
abl
ebarhanger
s.

I
nst
all
i
ngwi
ri
ngi
nwoodf
rami
ng

Receptacl
eandcei l
ingboxinstal
lati
on.Chooseboxesthatar
eeasyt oinst
allsot
hat
theywil
lbef l
ushwiththefini
shedwal lsurf
ace.Themostcommont ypeofboxesusedin
resi
denti
aloccupanci
esaret henon-met al
l
icpre-
nai
led“
Nail
-on”t
ype.Posi
ti
ont heswi
tch
andreceptacl
eboxesatunif
orm ei
ghts.

Dr i
ll
ingholesinthestuds.Dri
ll
holesatthecent
erofthestuds,sothatt
heedgesarenot
l
esst hanoneandone- f
ourth(1+1/4)i
nchesfrom t
heedge.Iftheholeiscl
osert
ot heedge
ofthest udorify ouhavetomakeanot chi
nsteadofahole(wher ewiri
ngmustgot hr
ough
cornerframing,forexample)
,thentheNM cablemustbeprotectedfr
om nail
sbyinstal
l
inga
protecti
vemet alplat
e.
 Fi
gur
e1.I
nst
all
i
ngwi
ri
ngi
nwoodf
rami
ng

Ty
pesofEl
ect
ri
cal
Box

1. Wal
lboxes
 usedf
orhousi
ngswi tchesandr
eceptacl
es.
 madeofmetalorplasti
candhav et
hecapabi
lit
ytobemountedtoawallorst
ud
 thehol
esint he side ofthe boxwheret he condui
tent
ersthe boxare cal
l
ed
knockout
s.I
nmet
albox
es,
condui
tcanal
sobesecur
edt
othehol
es.
 onet
ypei
saFour
-I
nchSquar
eboxt
hati
sonl
y1½”or2”deepf
orpl
acest
ooshal
l
ow
t
omountast
andar
dbox.

a. Handyboxi
ssur
facemount
edandhasr
oundedcor
ner
sforsaf
ety
.

Fi
gur
e2.Exampl
esofhandybox

b. Dr
ywal
lboxhasex
pandabl
ear
msandcanbemount
edonadr
ywal
l
.
 1. 2.

Fi
gur
e3.Exampl
esofdr
ywal
lbox

c. Pl
asticboxi
sbestf
ornewi
nst
all
ati
onandof
tenhasanai
lbui
l
t-i
nforqui
ck
at
tachmentt
othestud.

Fi
gur
e4.Exampl
esofpl
ast
icbox

d. Gem boxi
scommonlymadebox ,
usual
lyi
n2”wi
de,
3”hi
ghand21/
2”deepand
madeofmetal
.Deeperboxesar
eavail
abl
e.

Fi
gur
e5.Exampl
eofgem box

2. Cei
li
ngBox
 Alsoknownasaj uncti
onboxors pl
i
cebox
 Usedtoanc horcei
li
ngf i
xtur
esands ervesasajunct
ionboxwherewiresc anme
etand
runtootherareasoftheroom.
 Theyareeither4”octagonalorr
ounds haped,
andeit
her1-
1/2”or2-
1/8”deep.
 Theymayal
soi
ncl
udeadj
ust
abl
emount
inghange
rst
hatat
tac
htor
aft
ersi
nthec
eil
i
ng
 andal
l
owt
heboxt
obepl
acedany
wher
ebet
ween.
 Hanger
sal
sopr
ovi
det
hes
hor
tni
ppl
eort
hreadedr
odt
hats
ecur
esl
i
ght
ingf
ixt
ures
.

Fi
gur
e6.Exampl
esofcei
li
ngbox

3. Weat
her
proofBox
 Alsoknownasanout doorbox
.
 Usedf orexter
iorswitchesorr
ecept
acl
es.
 Thickerthaninter
iorboxesandhasarubbergasketbet
weent
hecov
erandt
heboxt
o
keepoutwat
er.
 Cover
sar
escr
ew-
onorsnapon.

Fi
gur
e7.Exampl
eofweat
herpr
oofbox

Wal
lPl
ates

 Al
soknownasfacepl
atesorcov
ers.
 Afl
atmetal
,pl
ast
icorwoodenpiece
t
hatcov
erstheopeni
ngsi
nthewall
madebyrecept
acl
esandswit
ches.
 Theopeni
ngsi
nthecov
ermat
cht
he
t
ypeandnumberorr
ecept
acl
esor

Fi
gur
e8.Exampl
eofwal
lpl
ates
 swi
tchesbei
ngcov
ered.Bl
ankcov
ersar
eal
soav
ail
abl
e.

TYPEOFWI
RINGDEVI
CES

A devi
ce,basedf rom t heNati
onalElect
ricalCode(NEC)def i
nit
ion,i
sauni tofan
el
ectr
icalsyst
em thatisintendedtocarr
y,butnott outi
l
izeelect
ri
cener gy
.Thiscov
ersa
wi
deassor t
mentofsy stem component
sthatinclude,
howevernotl
imit
edt othef
oll
owi
ng:

 Swi
tch
 Rel
ays
 Cont
act
ors
 Recept
acl
es
 Conduct
ors

Howt
osel
ectwi
ri
ngdev
ices?

1.Sel ectaknowni ndust rymanuf acturer .

2.Lookf oramul t i
-y earpr oductwar rant y.
3.Makesur et hatt her eisaneasyandcl earwayt ocont actt hemanuf actur
erssupport.
4.Checkf oraconnect edequi pmentdamagewar ranty .
5.Al way saskf ormanuf acturer ’
smanual .
6.Sel ectwiri
ngdev iceswhi char ewel l
-madeanddur able.
7.Sel ectmat erialst hateasyt ouseandi nstall.
8.Sel ectwiri
ngdev icesaccor dingt ot hej obr equir ement s.
9.
Gr oundFaul tCi r
cui tI nt
errupt er(GFCI )Inf ormat i
on
Thenat i
onalEl ectri
calcode( NEC)def inesGr oundasZer oVol tage.Thepur poseof
groundingtheci rcui ti st of i
xper manent lyazer ov olt
agepoi nti nt hesy stem.Thegr ounded
l
ineofaci r
cuitshoul dnotbebr okennorf used t omai nt ainasol i
danduni nt
errupted
connectionstot hegr ound.Anest abli
shedgr oundaut omat ical l
ybecomest herefer
encef or
allvol
tageinthesy st em.
Groundingcoul dbeaccompl ishedby :
1.Connect ingt oabur iedcol dwat ermai n
2.Connect ingt oagr ound
3.Connect ingt oabur iedgr oundpl ate
Thecoder equi resthat ,“Al lnewi nstall
at i
onsshal lusegr oundedout l
etssuchasGFI
andGFCIdev i
cesonal lappl i
anceci rcuitsmor epar ti
cularlyonout doorsandbat hroom
l
ocat i
onsofout lets”
Reasonsf orGr oundingt heCi rcui tSystem
1.ToPr ev entasust ainedcont actbet weent hel owv ol
tagesecondar yli
neandt he
highv oltagepr i
mar ylineincaseofi nsul at
ionf i
re.
2.Topr ev entsi nglegr oundsf rom bei ngunnot icedordet ect eduntilasecond
groundoccur swhi chcoul dt otall
ydi sabl ethesecondar yli
ne.
3.Tof aci litat einlocat ingt hegr oundf aults.
4.Topr ot ectagai nstashor tsuddenr ushofel ectri
ccur rentintheci r
cuit
.
5.Toest abl i
shaneut ralatz eropot ent i
alnott obei nterruptedbyswi t
chesorot her
 dev i
ces.
6.Toconnectt heser viceent r
ancet ogr oundonl yatonepoi ntandt ousecol or ed
wiresf oreasyi dent ifi
cat i
on.
Outdoorr ecept aclesaswel last hosei nkit chens,bat hrooms,andany wher eelsenear
wat ershouldbet hegr oundf aul tcircuitinterruptingt ype( GFCI)
AGFCIi sagr oundf aultcircuitint err
upt er.Iti samodest l
ypr i
cedel ectr
icaldev i
cet hat,
when i nstall
ed inr esident i
alel ectricalci rcuits.Two- thir
dsofabout300 el ectr
ocutions
happeni ngeachy eari nandar oundt hehomecoul dhasbeenav oidedwi t
ht hi
sGFCIdev ice.
TheGFCIi sdesi gned t o guar d peopl e and pet sf r
om sev ereand somet i
mesf atal
el
ect ri
calshock.AGFCIdet ectsgr oundf aultsandi nterruptst hef l
ow ofel ectri
ccurr ent.
Pictureahai rdr y
er( blowdr yer)t hati sacci dent allyknockedof fofabat hroom count erand
i
ntoabat htubf i
ll
edwi thwat er.TheGFCIwi l
lstopt heflowofel ect r
ici
tywithi
nmi l
li
seconds-
oft hehairdr yerhit t
ingt hesur faceoft hewat er .Ifsomeonewasi nthebat ht ub,apai nful
shockmayst i
llbef eltbutt heGFCIwi llpreventt hei rel
ect r
ocutionorser i
ousi njury.

HowaGr
oundFaul
tCi
rcui
tInt
err
upt
erwor
ks

TheGFCIcont i
nuall
ymeasur eselectri
cit
yflowing
wit
hinaci rcuittodet ectanyl ossofcur rent.Ifthe
curr
entpassingt hroughthecir
cuitfl
uctuatesami nute
amountfrom t hatr et
urni
ng(tocompl etethecircuit
),
theGFCIi nstantaneouslyswitchesthepowerof fto
theaff
ectedci rcuit
.TheGFCIi nter
ruptspowerwi t
hin
mill
i
secondst opr eventalet
haldoseofel ectr
ici
ty.

ACl assicExampl eoft heGFCIatWor k.Your

toasterisol d and hasal oosebar ewi rei nsidei t
touchingt heout ermet alhousi ng.I fthet oast eri s
pluggedin, t
hehousi ngischar gedwi thelectr
icity.You
arecleaningt heki t
chenandmov i
ngcount ert
opi t ems
around.Wheny out ouchthet oasterhousi ngwi thonehandwhi letheotherhandistouching
agr oundedmet alobject,l
ikeaki tchenfaucet, youwi l
lrecei
vealif
e-t
hreateni
ngshock!Ifthe
toasterwaspl uggedi nt
oaGFCIpr otect
edout l
et, thepowerwillbeturni
ngoffbefor
eaf atal
shocki sdeliveredthroughy ourbody .

Ty
pesofGr
oundFaul
tCi
rcui
tInt
err
upt
ers

Receptacl e GFCI. This GFCIis used in place ofa regularwal lout l

etor"duplex
recept acl
e".ThisGFCIi snor mall
yf oundthroughoutt hehousei nplacesl i
kebathrooms,
kit
chens,gar ages,outdoorareasandot herlocati
onswher edampcondi t
ionsdoorcoul d
exist.Ther eceptacleGFCIfit
sintothestandardout l
etboxandpr otect
sy ouagainstground
faultswhenanel ect
ri
calproducti
sconnect edtot heGFCIprotectedoutlet.Modernhomes
user eceptacle-
typeGFCl sthatprotectotherelectri
caloutl
etsconnect edont hebr anch
cir
cui t.

Tempor ar
y/Portabl
eGFCI.Whenper manentGFCl sarenotpracti
cal,temporaryGFCls
areused.Tempor ar
yGFCIscont
aintheGFCIcir
cuitryi
nanenclosur
ewi thplugprongsatthe
backandr eceptacl
eplugsinfr
ont.Itcanbepl uggedint
oanunpr otectedoutl
et,thenthe
el
ectri
calappli
ance/devi
cei
spluggedintot
het emporaryGFCI.Por
tableGFCI si
ssi mplyan
ext
ensi
oncordcombi nedwithaGFCI .I
taddsfl
exibil
it
yinusingrecept
acl
est
hatarenot
pr
otect
edbyGFCl s.Extensi
oncordswithGFCIprotecti
onincor
porat
edaregr
eatforuse
whenpermanentorport
ableGFCIprot
ect
ioni
sunavail
able.

Ci
rcui
tBr eakerGFCI:Residencesequi
ppedwi t
hcircui
tbreaker scanhav eci
rcui
tbreaker
GFCIprot
ectioninstal
ledi
nt hepanelboxt ogi
vepr ot
ecti
onf orspecifi
ccir cui
ts.Thecircui
t
br
eakerGFCIser vestwofunctions.Theci
rcui
tbreakerGFCIwi llshutoffpowert othecircui
t
i
ntheinstanceofagr oundfaultplustheGFCIprotect
edcircuitbreakerwillturnpowerof fi
f
ashortci
rcuitoroverl
oadisdet ect
ed.

Fi
gur
e9.Ty
pesofGFCI

Phi
li
ppi
neEl
ect
ri
cal
Code(
PEC)pr
ovi
sionf
orci
rcui
tpr
otect
ion

Conduct
ors-
Maxi
mum ampaci
tyandsi
ze

a.Gener
al–Br
anchci
rcui
tconduct
orsshal
lhav
eanampaci
tyofnotl
esst
hant
her
ati
ng
ofthebr anchci rcui
tandnotl esst hant hemax imum l oadt obeser ved.Cable
assembl i
eswithneutralconductorssmallerthantheungr oundedconduct orsshallbe
marked.
b.Househol drangesandcooki ngappliances.Br anchesci rcuitconduct or
ssuppl y
ing
householdranges,wal l
-mountedov ens,countercooki nguni tsandot herhousehold
cookingappliancesshallhav eanampaci tynotl esst hant her ati
ngoft hebr anch
ci
rcuitandnotl essthant hemaxi mum loadt obeser v ed.Forr angesof8¾ Kw or
morer ati
ng,t
hemi ni
mum branchci r
cuitr
atingshal lbe40amper es.
c.Otherl oads.Br anches cir
cuitconduct ors supply i
ng l oads ot hert han cooking
appli
ancesascov eredshallhav eanampaci tysuf fi
cientf ort hel oadsservedand
shall
notbesmal l
erthan2.0mm2.

Fuses

Af usei st
hesi mpl estci
rcuitprot
ecti
ondev i
ce.It
snamei sderi
vedfr
om theLat i
n
word" f
usus,"meaning"tomel t.
"Fuseshav ebeenusedalmostf r
om thebegi
nni
ngoft heuse
ofelectr
ici
ty.Theearl
iesttypeoff usewassimplyabar ewirebetweentwoconnect
ions.The
wir
ewassmal l
erthant heconduct oritwasprotect
ing.Theref
ore,i
twouldmeltbeforethe
conductoritwasprotectingwashar med.
 Some" copperfuselink"typesar
est i
l
l i
nusedbutmostf usesdon’tlongerusecopper
asitselement(thepartofthef usethatmelts).Afterchangi ngfr
om coppert oothermetals,
tubesorenclosur esweredev elopedtohol dt hemel t
ingmet al
.Theencl osedf usemade
possibl
etheaddi ti
onoffil
lermat eri
alwhichhel pstocont ainthearct hatoccurswhent he
elementmelts.Formanyl owpower sused,thef i
nermat eriali
snotrequired.Asimpleglass
tubeisused.Theuseofagl asstubegivestheaddedadv ant ageofbeingablet oseewhena
fuseisopen.Fusesoft hi
sty pearecommonl yf oundinaut omobilel
ighti
ngci r
cuit
s.Fi
gure2-
1showssev eralfusesandthesy mbolsusedonschemat ics.

Fi
gur
e1-
1.Ty
pical
fusesandschemat
icsy
mbol
s.

Pr
inci
plesandOper
ati
onofFuses

Afuseisbasi
callyashortlengthofmet alri
bbonmadeofal l
oywi t
halow mel
ting
pointofasizethatwi
llcarr
yaspecifi
edcurrentindefi
nit
ely
,butwhichwill
meltwhenal
arger
currentfl
ow duetoeitherover
loadorshortcircuit
.Whent her
ibboninsi
dethefusemelts,
thef usemaybl ow.Wheni tbl
ows,t heci
rcuitisopenj ustasifawi rehadbeencutora
switchopenedatthefuselocat
ion.

Ty
pesofFusesAccor
dingt
oConst
ruct
ion:
1.Plugtype
2.Ferrul
et ype
3.Knifebladetype
4.Screwt ype

Import
antRat i
ngswhenChoosi ngReplacementfuses:
1. Volt
ager at
ing.Therati
ngmustmat chorexceedthevol
tagerati
ngoftheci
rcui
t.
2. Amper erati
ng.Ther at
ingoff useshouldmat chtheful
lloadcurrentr
ati
ngoft he
equipmentorampacityofconductorasclosel
yaspossibl
e.
3. Int
errupt
ingcapaci
ty.Thet ot
alcurr
entinwhichthefusecani nt
err
uptwit
houtbeing
damaged.

NECrequi
rement
stobeobser
vedbyanel
ect
ri
cianwheni
nst
all
i
ngpl
ugf
uses,
fusehol
der
,
andadapt
ers:
1.Theyshal lnotbeusedi ncircuit
sexceedi ng
125 v ol ts bet ween conduct ors,excepton
syst ems hav ing gr ounded neut ralwi th no
conduct orshav i
ngmor et han150v oltsto
ground.Thi s si tuati
on int he 120/ 208-volt
syst em i nt hecommer cialbuildi
ngcov eredin
thist ext ,ori nt he case of120/ 240-vol
t,
singl e-phasesy stem.
2.Theyshal lhav eamper erat i
ngsof0t o30
amper es.
3.Theyshal lhav eahex agonalconf i
gurati
on
forr atingsof15amper esandbel ow.
4.Thescr ew shel lmustbeconnect edtot he
l
oadsi deoft heci rcui
t.
5.Edi son- basepl ugf usesmaybeusedonl yas
repl acement si nex i
sti
ngi nstall
ationswher ethereisnoev i
denceofov erf
usi
ngor
tamper ing.
6.Allnew i nstallat i
onsshal lusef usehol dersrequir
ingTy peSpl ugfusesorf use
hol derswi that y peadapt erinsert
edt oacceptTy peSf usesonly
.
7.Ty peSpl ugf usesar eclassifi
edas0t o15amper es;16t o20amperes;and21to30
amper es.

Ty
pesofSaf
etyswi
tchencl
osur
es

a.NEMA1(
indoor
)

Note:NEMA 1saf et
yswi t
chenclosuresmaybeeasilyidenti
fi
edbecauseoft
he
pr
esenceofconcentr
icknockout
sont hetopoft
heencl
osures.

b.NEMA3R(
rai
npr
oof
)

Not
e:NEMA3Rsaf
etyswit
chencl
osur
esmaybeeasi
l
yident
if
iedbyt
hepr
esenceof
ahubpl
ateont
het
opofthesaf
etyswi
tch.
 c. NEMA4X(wat
ert
ight,corr
osi
onresi
stant)
Not
e:NEMA4Xenclosuresar
egener
allyconst
ruct
edofst
ainl
essst
eel
.

Test
ingFuses
Asment i
onedatt hebegi nningoft hismodul e,t
heOccupat i
onalSaf etyandHeal t
h
Act( OSHA)cl ear
lyst atest hatel ectri
calequi pmentmustnotbewor kedonwheni tis
energized. There hav e been t oo manyi nj
uries tothose i
ntenti
onal
lywor ki
ng on the
equipment“hot”ort hi
nkingt hepoweri soff,onlytofindoutthatiti
sstillenergized.Ifthe
equipmentistobewor kedon“ hot”thenpr opert r
aini
ngandprotecti
vegear( rubberblankets,
i
nsulatedtools,goggles,rubbergl ov es,etc.
)needt obeused.Asecondper sonshouldbe
presentwhenwor kingelectricalequi pment“ hot”OSHAhasspeci fic“l
ock-out ”and“ t
ag-out”
rul
esf orworki
ngonener giz
edel ect r
icalequipment .

Whenpoweri stur
nedon. On“ l
i
v e”cir
cuits,ext
remecauti
onmustbeexerci
sed
whencheckingf
uses.Therearemanydifferentvol
tagereadingst
hatcanbet
aken,
suchas
l
ine-
to-
li
ne,l
i
ne-t
o-gr
ound,l
i
ne-t
o-neut
ral
,etc.

Usingavolt
met er
,thefi
rstst
epistomakesurethatt
hescaleissethighestv
olt
age
set
ti
ngs,thenchanget oal owerscal
eaf t
erassuri
ngthatiti
swi t
hint herangeoft he
vol
tmeter.Forexample,whentesti
ngwhatyoubeli
evetobea120Vcircuit
,iti
swisetofi
rst
usethe600Vscale,t
hent r
ythe300Vscale,
andthenusethe150Vscal
e,justtobesure.

Takingav ol
tagereadingacrossthebottom (loadside)offuseseit
herf use-
to-fuse,
fuse-t
o- neut
ral
,orfuse-t
o-groundcanshowv ol
tagereadingbecauseev enthoughaf usei s
open,t herecanbe“ feed-
back”t hr
oughtheload.Youmi ghtcomet oawr ongconcl usion.
Takingav olt
agereadingfrom theli
nesideofthef usetot heloadsideofaf usewillshow
“open-circui
tvol
tage”whichwaycauset hefusetobl owwhi l
eloadisstil
lconnected.Thi s
mayal sobet heresultofawr ongconcl
usion.

Readi
ng f
rom l
i
ne-
tol
oad si
de ofa good f
useshowszer
ovol
tageorel
sean
 ext
remel
ysmal
lvol
tageacr
osst
hef
use.

Al
waysreadcar
eful
lythei
nst
ruct
ionsf
urni
shedwi
thel
ect
ri
calt
estequi
pmentsuch
asv
olt
meter
s,ohmmeter
s,etc.

Whenthepoweri sturnedof f
.Thisisthesafestwaytot
estfuses.Removet
hefuse
fr
om t
heswi t
ch,andthent akear esi
stancereadi
ngacr osst
hefuseusinganohmmeter
.A
goodfusewillshow zerotov er
ymi nimalresi
stance.Anopen( bl
own)f usewi
l
lgener
all
y
showav er
yhighresi
stancereading.

What
’sMor
e
Directions: Chooset hebestanswerf rom thegi v enopt i
ons.Wr i
tey
ouransweronasepar ate
sheetofpaper .
1.Howf usei sdescr i
bedast ocost ?
A. Cheap
B. Ex pensi ve
C. Cheapr elativetoamper age
D.Ex pensi v eint helongr unofuse
2.Howdoesaf user eactt oat roubleini tsprotect edci r
cuit?
A.I tbl owsof f
B.I tsf il
lersheatup
C.I tscopperconduct orinsidemel tsdown
D.I tscopperconduct orwi thst andi mbal ancei nthecircui
t
3.Thef ollowi ngar eav ai
lablefuser at
ingex ceptone.Whi chofi t?
A.15A
B.20A
C.35A
D.50A
4.Jamesi sgoi ngt obuyf oranewf useasar eplacement ,
whatcany ouadv i
sehimtochoose
forther ightf use?
A.Checkt hecol oroft hef usef irst
.
B.Checkt heex pensivenessoft hef use.
C.Lookf ortheI CCmar kont hebodyoft hef use.
D.Lookf ortheamper ageandv olt
ager atingont hef use.
5.Car l
oneedst osel ectther ightencl osur ewher ehei sgoingt omountfuses.Hewill
inst
all
t
heencl osur eout sidet hei
rhousef orsomei mpor tantreasons.Whatshallhechoose?
A.NEMA1
B.NEMA3R
C.NEMA4X
D.Panel boar d

WhatIHaveLear
ned
Dir
ections:Gi
vent
heli
stoft
hewiri
ngdev i
cesbel
ow,sel
ectwhatt
ypeofwir
ingdevi
cesthey
belongfoll
owi
ngthef
ormatgiv
en.Selecty
ouransweri
nsi
dethebox.Wri
teonl
ythelet
terof
youransweronaseparat
esheetofpaper.

a.Swit
ch d.
Recept
acl
e

b.Rel
ay e.Cont
act
or

Wi
ri
ngDev
ice Ty
pes
1.Flatcord
2.Outlet
3.Magnet i
c
4.Rotary
5.Polari
zed

WhatICanDo

Di
rect
ions:Usi
ngthegivenwir
ingpl
anbelow,i
nter
prettheplanbyli
sti
ngdownt
het
ool
s,
mater
ial
sandequi
pmentneededf
ortheinst
all
ati
onoft
hecircui
t.

Wor
kingdr
awi
ng
Twoconnect
edci
rcui
tsi
npar
all
elcont
rol
l
edbyasi ngl
epol
eswi
tchwi
thdupl
exconv
eni
ence
out
let
.
Pr
ocedure:
1.Analyzethegivenworki
ngdrawing.
2.Determinethetypeofwir
ingmet hodt
obeused.
3.Listdownal lt
henecessarytool
sneededforthei
nst
all
ati Uset
on.( het
abl
eatt
henext
page)
4.Listdownt herequir
edinstr
ument stobeusedi nwiri
ngthecircui
t.
5.Listdownt heneededmat erial
ssuchasel ectr
icalboxes,wiri
ngsuppor
tsand
fit
ti
ngs; electr
ical
conductors;swi
tches;andlampsocket s.
6.Identif
yt hePPEr equir
edfortheinstal
l
ation.
Materi
als,Tool s,
EquipmentandPer sonalPr ot
ecti
veDev i
ces(PPE)

Assessment

Dir
ect
ion:Readandunderst
andcar
eful
l
yWr i
teyouransweronaseparat
esheetofpaper
.
TestI
.Multi
pleChoi
ce.Chooset
hebestanswerfr
om thegi
venopti
ons.

_
___
____1.Whatisthemai npurposeofgr oundingtheci rcuit
?
Atof ixper manentl
yaz er
ov olt
agepoi ntinthecircui
t
B.tohav eastrongconnect iontothegr ound
C.tointer r
uptconnectionst otheground
D.tor efervolt
ageintheci rcuit
_
___
___2.Whereist heappr opri
atelocationofGFCIi nstall
ation?
A.Diningr oom
B.Gar age
C.Livingr oom
D.Out door s
_
___
___3.Whichoft hef oll
owingisnotar easoni
ngr oundi ngsystem?
 A.t oconnectl i
v ewi rest ogr oundatonl yonepoi ntandt ouse
i
dent ical wi resforaneasyi dent i
ficati
on.
B.t oest abl i
shaneut ralz er ot hatisnott obei nterruptedbyswi tches
orot herdev ices.
C.t of aci litateinl ocat i
nggr oundf aul
ts.
D.t opr ot ectagai nstashor tsuddenr ushofel ectri
ccur rentin t he
circui t.
_
___
___
4.Whati st hef ast estt imewher eGFCIi nterr
upts?
A.hour
B.mi ll
iseconds
C.mi nut e
D.seconds
_
___
___
5.Whati st hemai nf unct ionofGFCI
cir
cuitbr eaker ?
A.Ci rcui tbr eaker swi llnotbe
int er r
upted
B.Cur rentwi llfl
owont he
circui t.
C.I tmakescur rentgohi gher
D.Shut of ft hepowert ot he
circui tini nstancet ot hegr oundf ault.
_
___
___
6.Whatt ypeoff usei scommonl yusedont hehousehol d?
a.Fer rol ty pe
b.Kni febl adet ype
c. Pl ugt y pe
d.Scr ewt y pe
_
___
___
7.Whatar et het hi ngst obeconsi der edwhenr epl aci
ngf uses?
a.PowerandResi stancer at i
ng
b.PowerandVol tager ating
c.Resi st anceandAmper er ating
d.Vol tageandAmper erat ing
_
___
___
8.Whi chamongt hesaf etyswi tchencl osureisident i
fi
edast hepr esenceof
concentrateknockout sont het opoft heencl osur e?
a.NEMA1
b.NEMA2
c.NEMA3R
d.NEMA4X
_
___
___
9.Whi chencl osur ei sgener all
yconst ructedbyst ainl
ess-steel?
a.NEMA1
b.NEMA2
c.NEMA3R
d.NEMA4X
_
___
___
10.Whati sthesi mpl estpr otectiondev ice?
a.Fuse
b.Lamp
c.Recept acl e
d.Swi tch
TestI
I.Uset
her
iserdi
agr
am bel
owt
oident
if
ythef
oll
owi
ng:

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___
___
___
11.Thesi
zeoff
usef
orbr
anchci
rcui
tnumber1.

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___
___
12.Thesi
zeandt
ypeofwi
reuseofci
rcui
tnumber5.

_
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___
13.Thet
otal
numberofci
rcui
tbr
anchseenont
her
iser
.

_
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___
___
14.Theamper
ecapaci
tyofbr
anchci
rcui
tno.2.

_
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___
__15.Thet
ypeofser
vice

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ti
onalAct
ivi
ti
es
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ecti
ons:I
dent
if
ythepar
tsofFusi
blel
oadcent
er.Wr
it
eyouransweronasepar
atesheet
ofpaper.

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18.Pull
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19.Linel
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