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May 06, 2024
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ELE 170 - Power Distribution
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2020
2 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 0
Total Lab Hours: 60
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course will allow the skills and knowledge to be gainfully employed in their given career field. The course will cover conduit bending and conduit theory, advanced circuit theory, and 3-phase electrical concepts. With these skills, it will create a great opportunity for career success in their electrical career.
Corequisites: none
Prerequisites: ELE 164 - Residential Wiring with a grade of C or better
Recommended(s): none
Prerequisites/Corequisites: none
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: Course Materials: $75.00
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Student Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the raceway wiring methods.
- Install raceways and install circuits.
- Size circuits, overcurrent devices.
- Troubleshoot circuits in an industrial-type setting.
- Course Objectives:
- Safety
- Complete a general shop safety quiz.
- Use a cutting-crimping tool.
- Set up and use a hacksaw.
- Cut rigid conduit with a pipe cutter.
- Ream rigid conduit.
- Bend EMT conduit and rigid conduit.
- Explain the lockout/tagout procedure.
- In-Plant Distribution
- Sketch transformer connections of in-plant voltage distribution systems.
- Power Interrupting Devices
- Calculate the size of fuse and a circuit breaker.
- Test cartridge fuses and circuit breakers.
- Wire load center on breaker panel.
- Remove and install buckets in a MCC (Motor Control Center).
- Using the National Electrical Code
- Use the National Electrical Code table of contents.
- Use the National Electrical Code index.
- Find information in the National Electrical Code.
- Determine the maximum number of conductors needed a conduit.
- Determine the maximum size of conductors allowed in a conduit.
- Determine the minimum size of conduit needed for differentinstallations.
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