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Alternating Current

  • Type: e-Learning
  • Technology: Craft Skills
  • Category: Understand
E-Learning Course Catalog

Overview

This course introduces the fundamentals of Alternating Current (AC) circuits.  The course will cover theories (basic AC laws associated with transformers and generators, Ohms, Kirchoff's),  troubleshooting steps, repair steps, and designing basic AC circuits. 

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Who Should Attend

Instrumentation & Control Technician

Objectives

   Explain basic A.C. theory, explain the theory of operation associated with transformers and generators, define hertz (Hz), inductance (L), inductive reactance (XL), impedance (Z), and capacitance (C).

   State Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws involving Alternating Current (A.C.) circuits.

   Describe the basic steps for troubleshooting A.C. circuits.

   Evaluate the performance of an A.C. circuit.

   Determine A.C. circuit outputs from specified inputs.

   Describe the basic steps for repairing A.C. circuits.

   Construct basic A.C. circuits.

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