Course Description

Through structured classroom and hands-on skill building, the student will learn small sources of electricity, basics of alternating current, AC circuits containing inductance, AC circuits containing capacitors, AC circuits containing resistance-inductance-capacitance, three-phase power, transformers, DC machines, and AC machines. Group 2 course.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

4

Lecture Hours

2

Lab Hours

2

Required Prerequisites

ELE 121

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Identify the Fundamentals AC electricity.
• Describe traits associated with AC electricity circuits.
• Explain how to work with equipment and machines that use AC electricity.

Application:

• Calculate the effects of AC electricity in different circuits.
• Implement skill building on different AC circuits with transformers and motors.
• Predict the effects of inductance and capacitance on a circuit.
• Solve issues of power factor.

Integration:

• Discuss power distribution and its functional uses.
• Synthesize previous course knowledge into advanced AC applications.

Human Dimension:

• Estimate how to do work quickly with as little impact as possible to meet customer needs.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Appraise the complexity of our current power distribution system.

Learning How to Learn:

• Adapt course knowledge to better question current electrical uses.