Course Overview
A course designed to provide you with the theoretical understanding and practical skills needed to test, troubleshoot, repair, and adjust power supply and generation components; electrical control and protection devices; monitoring circuits; electric motor systems; and single and multi-engine electric systems.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
6.0
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Test, troubleshoot, repair, adjust, remove and replace.
- Describe types of electrical control devices.
- Explain switches.
- Explain circuit control and protection devices.
- Perform troubleshooting of a given defect in an aircraft electrical system.
- Explain DC motor and generator principles.
- Perform servicing and testing of an alternator and generator.
- Explain AC generation theory.
- Explain AC motors.
- Explain light aircraft electrical power distribution systems.
- Perform testing, troubleshooting, repair, adjustment, removal and replacement of a motor, generator or alternator.
- Perform reading of electrical supply power generation systems.
- Explain aircraft alternating current systems.
- Perform tasks using diagram (s) and appropriate test equipment to troubleshoot an electrical power distribution system fault.
- Explain construction, maintenance and operation of constant speed drives and integrated drive generators.
- Explain large multi engine aircraft electrical power distribution systems.
- Describe various troubleshooting techniques.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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