Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance
Canadian Trainco
Delivery Method
Seminar
Target Audience
This seminar is a must for anyone who works with electrical equipment and systems at industrial plants, utilities or commercial and private building facilities
Summary
Teaching students common-sense electrical troubleshooting techniques so they can keep their facilities and equipment up and running is the primary goal of this seminar. Learning how to protect themselves from serious injury while doing it is a vitally important bonus.
Description/Agenda
Teaching students common-sense electrical troubleshooting techniques so they
can keep their facilities and equipment up and running is the primary goal of
this seminar. Learning how to protect themselves from serious injury while doing
it is a vitally important bonus.
This seminar is designed for anyone who needs to sharpen their electrical
troubleshooting skills in order to increase efficiencies and uptime at their
industrial plant or building facility. And more than just a "hands-on" training
course, we have analyzed the job of the maintenance technician and provide
training on some of the more commonly performed electrical troubleshooting
tasks. You can and should expect results from this seminar!
Attendees in this course will not be playing with trainers built for a
classroom but, instead, they'll be working with real world industrial components
found in their facility. They will be using CAT III industrial meters to
troubleshoot - just as they should in their facility. They will troubleshoot
industrial components from pushbuttons to relays and motor starters. They will
wire basic electrical circuits using wiring diagrams and then, once they
understand how they operate, they will troubleshoot faults inserted by the
instructor. They will use a phase-rotation meter, Megohmmeter and different
types of multimeters and voltage testers. They will see three-phase power in
action and learn to measure its values. They will learn what electrical PPE they
should wear and will even have the opportunity to try on Flame Resistant (FR)
clothing. They will try on different sizes and types of electrically rated
rubber gloves and learn what they should be using in the field.
Granted, we can't substitute years of experience in a day or two of training,
but we can show you how to safely and correctly troubleshoot electrical
components and circuits based on your career level. At American Trainco we
provide "Real World Training?for Real World Needs."
Who should take this course?
This seminar is a must for anyone who works with electrical equipment and
systems at industrial plants, utilities or commercial and private building
facilities. General maintenance personnel, workers in cross-training programs,
electricians and engineers will find this course extremely useful. Attendees
come from a wide variety of industries, skill-levels, company sizes, and job
titles, so if you're not sure you'll fit in or will benefit from the class,
don't worry - you will - as long as you work with electricity! People who will
benefit from attending this seminar include? ?
All maintenance personnel in:
- Manufacturing Plants
- Commercial Buildings
- Hospitals
- Waste Water Facilities
- Schools
- Government Buildings
- Research Facilities
- Shopping Centers
- Apartment Buildings
Including:
- All Building Maintenance Personnel
- All Plant & Facility Maintenance Technicians
- Electricians
- Mechanics
- HVAC Technicians
- Apprentices
- Boiler Operators
- Alarm & Low Voltage Technicians
- Stationary Engineers
- Building Engineers
- Maintenance Supervisors
- Multi-craft & Cross Training Personnel
- Electronic & Instrumentation Technicians
- Any person needing a basic course in Electrical Troubleshooting &
Preventive Maintenance
Training Outcomes
During this seminar you will perform the following basic electrical
maintenance tasks. When you return, you will be presented with a training
certificate indicating that you have successfully completed the following:
- Interpret the OSHA requirements for troubleshooting and working on
energized circuits
- Determine the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements for
electrical troubleshooting.
- Safely and correctly verify a circuit is de-energized.
- Perform basic circuit checks for shorts, opens and ground faults using a
multimeter.
- Read and interpret simple ladder and schematic diagrams.
- Perform continuity and resistance checks on relay coils and contacts,
overloads, fuses, circuit breakers, switches and other control circuit
components.
- Wire and troubleshoot basic electrical control circuits to develop a
logical, systematic approach to troubleshooting.
- Take clamp-on ammeter readings on 3-phase circuits and interpret
readings.
- Measure voltage on 3-phase Wye and Delta connected circuits and
calculate percent phase imbalance as part of troubleshooting motors.
- Test single-phase power distribution systems for correct wiring.
- Use a Megohmmeter to perform the following insulation resistance tests
used on motors and distribution systems: Spot Reading, Dielectric Absorption
Ratio, Polarization Index.
- Observe power quality problems and troubleshooting techniques for
facility distribution systems, three-phase loads and commercial lighting.
- Read and interpret basic PLC ladder diagrams.
- Measure VFD output characteristics and observe VFD operation.
- Be ready to read and interpret your facility one-line electrical
drawings and electrical floor plans.
- Identify components of a successful electrical preventive maintenance
program.
Course Outline / Agenda
BASIC SKILLS FOR ELECTRICAL TROUBLESHOOTING
- Safety First
- OSHA Requirements Regarding Troubleshooting and Qualified Persons
- Using Electrical Drawings
- Using Meters ( multimeters ) and Circuit Measurements
- Developing a Logical, Systematic Approach to Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING CONTROL CIRCUITS
- Relays, Motor Starters and Control Devices
- Reading and Interpreting Ladder Diagrams
- Power Loss
- Control Circuit Industrial Applications
- Electric Motor Drives
- Solenoid-Operated Valves
- Heating Elements
TROUBLESHOOTING MOTORS
- Most Common Motor Problems
- Electrical Problems
- Testing Windings for Shorts, Opens and Ground Faults
- Phase Unbalance
- Mechanical Problems
- Phase Rotation Testing
TROUBLESHOOTING POWER DISTRIBUTION
- Wye and Delta Systems
- Overcurrent Protection
- Branch Circuits
TROUBLESHOOTING POWER QUALITY PROBLEMS
- Sources of Power Quality Problems
- Test Equipment for Troubleshooting Power Quality Problems
- Harmonics
TROUBLESHOOTING LIGHTING CIRCUITS
- Lighting Terminology
- Types of Lighting Circuits
- Incandescent Lighting
- Fluorescent Lighting
- HID Lighting
TROUBLESHOOTING PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS ( PLCs )
- Overview of Programmable Logic Controls ( PLCs )
- Reading PLC Ladder Diagrams
- Status Indicators and Error Codes
- Force and Disable
- Startup Procedures
TROUBLESHOOTING VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES ( VFDs )
- VFD Terminology
- VFD Basic Operation
- Components
- Pulse Width Modulation
- Types of VFDs
- Common Problems and Corrective Action
ELECTRICAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
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