Course Outlines
Introduction to electrical equipment maintenance, testing and troubleshooting
- Why maintain and test
- Overview of electrical preventive maintenance and testing
- Planning an EPM program
- Overview of testing and troubleshooting methods
- Review of dielectric theory and practice
Electrical safety, switching practices and precautions
- Introduction
- Electrical fire emergencies
- Effects of electrical shock
- First aid
Direct current voltage testing of electrical equipment
- Direct current voltage testing of insulation
- DC testing methods
- Transformer
- Cable and accessories
- Electrical switchgear and circuit breakers
- Motors and generators
- Evaluation of test data readings
- Precautions when making direct current test
Alternating current voltage testing methods
- Power factor and dissipation factor test methods
- Description of the power factor test equipment
- Basic test connections (test modes) for PF testing
- Safety precautions with
- PF testing PF testing of electrical apparatus insulation
Maintenance of electrical equipment
- Preventive maintenance of transformer
- Transformer testing
- Maintenance of cables
- Cable failures and their analysis
- Electrical switchgear maintenance and care
- Infrared inspection of electrical equipment
- Motor and generator maintenance
- Testing of motor and generator
