La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CV-2503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section CV-2503 - Electrical Principles

A. General

1. Understand and apply the principles of alternating and direct current.

2. Understand and recognize the common single-and three-phase voltage system including 231v, 60hz, single phase; 208v, 60hz, three-phase; and 460v, 60hz, three- phase systems.

3. Understand and apply the principles of series-parallel and compound circuits.

4. Understand and apply the principles and relationships of Ohm's, Kirchhoff's, and Watt's Laws as they apply to series-parallel and compound circuits.

5. Read and interpret voltage, ampere, ohm, megohm, and wattmeters.

6. Read and interpret schematic drawings.

7. Develop schematics from electrical label/line diagrams.

8. Read and interpret electrical codes.

9. Understand and apply the properties and behaviors of electrical conductors and insulators.

10. Understand and apply the principles of electrical circuit protection including fuses, circuit breakers, and disconnect switches.

11. Understand and apply the principles of single-and three-phase transformers.

12. Understand and apply electrical grounding principles.

13. Understand and apply the principles of electrical measurement.

14. Troubleshoot electrical circuits.

15. Install electrical power and control circuits.

16. Install and connect the components of electrical circuits.

B. Electric Motors

1. Understand and apply the operating principles of electric motors.

2. Understand and recognize the application of various types of electric motors.

3. Understand and recognize the application of various types of capacitors.

4. Understand the principles and operation of electric motor protection devices.

5. Understand and interpret electric motor specifications.

6. Install and connect electric motors.

7. Perform electrical motor maintenance.

8. Troubleshoot electric motors.

C. Controls

1. Understand and apply the principles of safety and operating control devices (e.g., pressure switches, thermostats).

2. Understand and apply the principles of electromechanical control devices (e.g., relays, contactors, magnetic starters, timers, sequences).

3. Understand and apply the principles of electronic control devices (e.g., ignition modules, electronic timers).

4. Understand and apply the principles of safety and control circuits.

5. Install/service mechanical control devices.

6. Install/service electromechanical control devices.

7. Troubleshoot mechanical control devices.

8. Troubleshoot electromechanical control devices.

9. Troubleshoot electronic control devices.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CV-2503

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Trade and Industrial Education, LR 32:596 (April 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10) and R.S. 17:10.