Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance Virtual Instructor-led Training
TPC Training
Course description
Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance Virtual Instructor-led Training
This Electrical Troubleshooting training course aims to bring students up to speed in their electrical troubleshooting skills as quickly and safely as possible. Students will engage in a hands-on electrical program, designed to cover the most commonly performed electrical troubleshooting tasks a maintenance technician faces in their job every day.
This course can also be adopted as part of a company’s regular Qualified Electrical Worker program.
Would you like to take this class from home or your worksite? TPC Training offers this course as a Virtual Instructor-Led. A Virtual Instructor-Led is a course format that allows you to interact with a live instructor.
COVID-19 Update
In light of COVID-19, this provider is now delivering some or all of their courses online. Contact them for more information!
Who should attend?
This training course is aimed at new and experienced electricians seeking a no-nonsense, practical and real world systematic approach to electrical troubleshooting.
Training content
The content of this training course is structured as follows:
Day 1
- Basic Skills for Electrical Troubleshooting
- Safety First
- OSHA Requirements Regarding Troubleshooting and Qualified Persons
- Using Electrical Drawings – Hands-on Exercise
- Using Meters ( multimeters ) and Circuit Measurements
- Developing a Logical, Systematic Approach to Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Control Circuits - Hands-on Exercise
- 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 – Hands-on Exercise
Day 2
- Troubleshooting Power Distribution – Hands-on Exercise
- Wye and Delta Systems
- Overcurrent Protection
- Branch Circuits
- Troubleshooting Power Quality Problems
- Sources of Power Quality Problems
- Test Equipment for Troubleshooting Power Quality Problems – Hands-on Exercise
- Harmonics
- Troubleshooting Lighting Circuits
- Lighting Terminology
- Types of Lighting Circuits
- Incandescent Lighting
- Fluorescent Lighting
- HID Lighting
- Troubleshooting Programmable Logic Controllers ( PLCs )
- Overview of 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 Preventative Maintenance
- Why Perform Electrical Maintenance
- Overview of an Electrical Maintenance Program
- Building Your Own Walk-Through Inspection Checklist
About TPC Training
TPC Training - The leader in live, instructor led maintenance training
TPC Training is the leader in maintenance, repair, and operator training, with complete solutions for a 21st century workforce to acquire, apply, and adapt essential technical and safety skills. With 2000+ classes annually, including 100+ cities, on-site at customer facilities, and online anywhere,...
