Overview
This course covers motor basics, including categorization, common termonology, and basic functionality. It also includes lessons on the different components of the motor as well as troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining the motor.
This course covers motor basics, including categorization, common termonology, and basic functionality. It also includes lessons on the different components of the motor as well as troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining the motor.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Electrical Technician
Identify the basic parts of a motor, recall basic ways motors are categorized, identify the meanings of common terms listed on motor nameplates, and identify basic functions of motor control.
Recall ways that stators use alternating current, identify basic types of induction motors, recall the basic operation of a synchronous motor, identify the characteristics of a universal motor, and identify common NEMA motor design classifications.
Recall the basic parts and operation of a brushed DC motor; identify shunt, series, and compound DC motor arrangements. recall the basic operation of a brushless motor and identify the two basic types; and recall the basic operating characteristics of a stepper motor and classify the three basic types.
Classify common types of mechanical and electrical motor problems, recall conditions to check while inspecting or troubleshooting a motor, and implement the correct tests to identify electrical problems.
Recall the steps to disassemble a motor, identify which way to properly clean the motor and its parts, and recall the steps to reassemble a motor.