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ELE 195 - Motor Controls

Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course will provide students with experiences related to electric motors, motor, and relay logic in an industrial environment. Students will learn to apply ladder logic diagrams to install, maintain, and troubleshoot motors and motor control circuits. Students will learn how to troubleshoot direct and alternating current motors and their control circuits. Motor replacement requirements are covered along with the NEC as it applies to motor circuits. The critical thinking skill learned through trouble shooting will aid the student in better decision making in their daily life after graduation. 

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: None

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes 

  • Identify the main types of DC, single phase, and three phase motors in use.
  •  Install multiple types of electric motors in lab situations.
  •  Identify various types of motor control devices.
  •  Install various motor control devices.
  •  Troubleshoot motor control and motor power circuits in an industrial-type setting.

Course Objectives

  •  DC motors, types, operation.
  •  AC Single Phase motors, types, operation and installation.
  •  AC Three Phase motors, types, operation and installation
  •  Three Phase busway circuits.
  •  Control transformers.
  •  Push buttons and selector switches.
  •  Limit switches.
  •  Contactors, motor starters and relays.
  •  Motor control panel layout and installation.
  •  Ladder diagrams
  •  Fuse holders and fuses


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