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Low-Voltage Motor Controls
36 Hours
Who Should Attend:
Field and shop technicians, field engineers, supervisors, plant electricians and others
responsible for the testing and maintenance of motor controls and circuits rated 208V
to 600V.
Course Description:
Students will learn safe and proper maintenance and testing procedures a variety of
motor controls and motor control centers. Starting with the proper maintenance and
testing of molded-case circuit breakers and thermal overload relays, students will
perform standard maintenance tests and interpret the test results.
In the motor controls, students will cover basic control circuits, two-wire, three-wire,
jogging and inching, sequence start/stop, automatic sequence starting, reversing, plug
stop and anti-plug, reduced-voltage and two-speed motor controls. Other types can
be substituted when done as an on-site training program.
Lab vs. Lecture Time:
Approximately 45% hands-on lab time vs. 55% lecture. This will vary
with the actual class.
Outline:
I. Introduction
A. Student introductions
B. Pre-Test
VII. Basic Motor Control Circuits
A. Two-wire
B. Three-wire
VIII. Control Circuits and Application
II. Safety Overview
A. Lockout/Tagout
B. Removal from service
C. Interlocks
III. Operation and Application
A. Jog/Inch
B. Sequence start and stop
C. Automatic sequence starting
D. Reversing
E. Plug stop and anti-plug
F. Two-speed
G. Reduced-voltage starting
A. Thermal overload relays
B. Molded-case circuit breakers
IX. Troubleshooting Motor Control Circuits
IV. Time-Current Characteristic Curves
A. Curve components
B. Standard test points
C. Interpreting time curves
V. Use of Test Equipment
A. Types
B. Using test equipment safely
C. Testing thermal overload relays
D. Testing molded-case circuit breakers
VI. Lab on Testing Protective Devices
A. Basic troubleshooting
B. Practical exercises
X. Lab Sessions on Motor Control Circuit Wiring