Title:
Electricity and electronics fundamentals for industrial maintenance
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Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005
ISBN:
9780131175983
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Table of Contents
1 Shop Safety and Shop Practices |
Introduction |
Safety Glasses, Protective Clothing, and Equipment |
Safety Mats and Equipment to Prevent Fatigue |
Safety Light Curtains and Two-Hand Start Buttons |
Safety Gates and Shields |
Checking Guards and Active Safety Devices |
Cleanliness and Shop Housekeeping |
Leaks |
Msds |
First Aid, CPR and Portable Defibrillators |
Fire Safety |
Electrical Safety |
Working Safely with Hand Tools and Power Tools |
Safety Briefings and Safety Meetings |
Safety Standards Organizations in the United States, Canada, and Europe |
2 Tools for Electrical Technicians |
Overview of Electrical Tools |
Electrical Meters |
Hole Punches and Hole-Cutting Tools |
Electrical Conduit Bending, Cutting, and Threading Tools |
Electrical Pliers, Wire Cutters, and Wire Strippers |
Screwdrivers for Electrical Installation and Maintenance |
Wrenches for Electrical Maintenance |
Tool Pouches and Tool Belts |
Proper Use of Tools |
3 Fundamentals of Electricity |
Overview of Electricity |
Example of a Simple Electrical Circuit |
Example of Voltage in a Circuit |
Example of Current in a Circuit |
Example of Resistance in a Circuit |
Identifying the Basic Parts of a Circuit |
Wiring Diagram and Ladder Diagram |
Equating Electricity to a Water System |
Using Ohm's Law to Calculate Volts, Amperes, and Ohms |
Ohm's Law Formulas |
Using Ohm's Law to Calculate Voltage |
Using Ohm's Law to Calculate Current |
Using Ohm's Law to Calculate Resistance |
Using the Ohm's Law Wheel to Remember the Ohm's Law Formulas |
Calculating Electrical Power |
Presenting All the Formulas |
Using Prefixes and Exponents with Numbers |
4 Voltmeters, Ammeters, and Ohmmeters |
Measuring Volts, Amps, and Ohms |
Measuring Voltage |
Measuring Electrical Current |
Measuring Milliamps |
Creating a Multiplier with a Clamp-on-Type Ammeter |
Measuring Electrical Resistance |
Reading the Scales of a VOM Meter |
Measuring DC Volts and Reading the VOM Scales |
Measuring and Reading the Milliamp Scales on the VOM |
Measuring and Reading Resistance Scales on the VOM |
Making Measurements with Digital VOM Meters |
5 Series Circuits |
Introduction |
Examples of Series Circuits |
Series Switches |
Adding Loads in Series |
Resistor Color Codes |
Decoding a Resistor |
Why Resistor Tolerance Is Important |
Variable Resistors |
Using Ohm's Law to Calculate Ohms, Volts, and Amps for Resistors in Series |
Solving for Current in a Series Circuit |
Calculating the Voltage Drop Across Each Resistor |
Calculating the Power Consumption of Each Resistor |
Calculating the Power Consumption of an Electrical Heating Element |
Troubleshooting Series Switches |
Review of Series Circuits |
6 Parallel and Series-Parallel Circuits |
Introduction |
Calculating Voltage, Current, and Resistance in a Parallel Circuit |
Calculating Resistance in a Parallel Circuit |
Calculating Power in a Parallel Circuit |
Reviewing the Principles of Parallel Circuits |
Review of Using Prefixes with Units of Measure |
Series-Parallel Circuits |
Series-Parallel Circuits in Factory Electrical Systems |
Review of Series-Parallel Circuits |
7 Magnetic Theory |
Introduction to Magnetic Theory |
A Typical Bar Magnet and Flux Lines |
Electromagnets |
Adding Coils of Wire to Increase the Strength of an Electromagnet |
Using a Core to Increase the Strength of the Magnetic Field of a Coil |
Reversing the Polarity of a Magnetic Field in an Electromagnet |
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