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EEE 103 - Electrical Faults and Troubleshooting
The primary goal of this course is to teach participants how to protect themselves and others from injuries coming, directly or indirectly, from electricity. Learning common-sense electrical troubleshooting techniques will help them to achieve this goal as well as keeping facilities and equipment up and running. This course covers the basic electrical and electronics including fundamentals of electrical principles and electrical practices and electricity problems.
Course Objectives
- Learning how to use electrical installation tools
- Being able to read control system schematics
- Learning how to recognize the elements and operations of circuits
- Being familiar with the types of faults
- Understanding the types of controls and their operation
- Practicing hands-on troubleshooting
Who Should Attend?
- Engineers
- Electricians
- Technicians
- Contractors
- Anyone aspire to increase his capabilities in this area
Course Syllabus
Day 1
- The importance of electrical safety and safe electrical practices
- Electrical references and tools needed for electric troubleshooting
- Source of fault current in an electrical installation
- Common fault statistics of electrical equipment
- Short-circuit rating of equipment
- Basic troubleshooting principles
Day 2
- Power system faults
- Faults calculation and using software for verification
- Partial discharge analysis
- Cables subjected to short-circuit currents
- Surge and lighting faults
Day 3
- Introduction to numerical relays
- ANSI code for numerical relays
- Motors faults represented by numerical relays
- Generator faults represented by numerical relays
- Fault current limiter
Day 4
- Power system faults
- Faults calculation and using software for verification
- Partial discharge analysis
- Cables subjected to short-circuit currents
- Surge and lighting faults
- Grounding system to increase power system reliabilities
Day 5
- Electrical requirements for control, protection, monitoring, and improper phase sequencing
- Troubleshooting AC motors and starters
- Fundamentals of three-phase AC motors
- Fundamental of single-phase AC motors
- Motor enclosures
- Motor terminal identification and connection diagram
- Motor rating and insulation types
- Operating a motor for forward and reverse operation
- Motor braking methods
- Motor testing
- Measurements used for a motor
- Motor failures and methods to extend its life
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