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MET 256 - Fundamentals of Instruments and Electricity

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MET 256 - Fundamentals of Instruments and Electricity

This text introduces the student to the fundamentals of electrical instruments and concepts required in commercial and industrial practice. Units of instruction include: fundamentals of electricity, Ohms law, use of voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, series and parallel circuits, wiring diagrams, and electromagnetic theory. Students will need to have access to a computer and the Internet and have some familiarity with a computer.

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Richard Gentry
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Sacramento City College
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Contents· 173 sections
  1. 01: Basic Concepts of Electricity
  2. 1.01: Static Electricity
  3. 1.02: Conductors Insulators and Electron Flow
  4. 1.03: What Are Electric Circuits
  5. 1.04: Voltage and Current
  6. 1.05: Resistance
  7. 1.06: Voltage and Current in a Practical Circuit
  8. 1.07: Conventional Versus Electron Flow
  9. 02: Ohm's Law
  10. 2.01: Ohms Law - How Voltage Current and Resistance Relate
  11. 2.02: An Analogy for Ohms Law
  12. 2.03: Power in Electric Circuits
  13. 2.04: Calculating Electric Power
  14. 2.05: Resistors
  15. 2.06: Nonlinear Conduction
  16. 2.07: Circuit Wiring
  17. 2.08: Polarity of voltage drops
  18. 2.09: Computer Simulation of Electric Circuits
  19. 03: Electrical Safety
  20. 3.01: The Importance of Electrical Safety
  21. 3.02: Physiological Effects of Electricity
  22. 3.03: Shock Current Path
  23. 3.04: Ohms Law (again)
  24. 3.05: Safe Practices
  25. 3.06: Emergency Response
  26. 3.07: Common Sources of Hazard
  27. 3.08: Safe Circuit Design
  28. 3.09: Safe Meter Usage
  29. 3.10: Electric Shock Data
  30. 04: Series And Parallel Circuits
  31. 4.01: What are Series and Parallel Circuits
  32. 4.02: Simple Series Circuits
  33. 4.03: Simple Parallel Circuits
  34. 4.04: Conductance
  35. 4.05: Power Calculations
  36. 4.06: Correct use of Ohms Law
  37. 4.07: Component Failure Analysis
  38. 4.08: Building Simple Resistor Circuits
  39. 05: Divider Circuits and Kirchhoff's Laws
  40. 5.01: Voltage Divider Circuits
  41. 5.02: Kirchhoffs Voltage Law (KVL)
  42. 5.03: Current Divider Circuits and the Current Divider Formula
  43. 5.04: Kirchhoffs Current Law (KCL)
  44. 06: Series-parallel Combination Circuits
  45. 6.01: What is a Series-Parallel Circuit
  46. 6.02: Analysis Techniques for Series Parallel Resistor Circuits
  47. 6.03: Re-drawing Complex Schematics
  48. 6.04: Component Failure Analysis (Continued)
  49. 6.05: Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits
  50. 07: Electromagnetism
  51. 7.01: Magnetic Fields
  52. 7.02: Permanent Magnets
  53. 7.03: Electromagnetism
  54. 7.04: Magnetic Units of Measurement
  55. 7.05: Permeability and Saturation
  56. 7.06: Electromagnetic Induction
  57. 7.07: Mutual Inductance
  58. 7.08: Electricity and Magnetism
  59. 08: Transformers
  60. 8.01: Mutual Inductance and Basic Operation
  61. 8.02: Step-up and Step-down Transformers
  62. 8.03: Electrical Isolation
  63. 8.04: Winding Configurations
  64. 8.05: Practical Considerations - Transformers
  65. 09: Circuit Components and their Schematic Symbols
  66. 9.01: Electrical systems
  67. 9.02: Conductors
  68. 9.03: Receptacles
  69. 9.04: Circuit Protection Devices
  70. 9.05: Circuit Control Devices
  71. 9.06: Lamps
  72. 9.07: Transformers
  73. 9.08: Solid state components
  74. 9.09: Capacitors
  75. 9.10: Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
  76. 9.11: Sealed Components
  77. 9.12: Cells and Batteries
  78. 10: Wiring Diagrams
  79. 10.01: Symbols Used in Schematic Diagrams
  80. 10.02: Types of Electrical Diagrams
  81. 11: Common Circuit Characteristics
  82. 11.01: Series Circuits
  83. 11.02: Parallel Circuits
  84. 11.03: Voltage Source Circuits
  85. 11.04: Three-wire Power Supply System
  86. 12: Basic AC Theory
  87. 12.01: What is Alternating Current (AC)
  88. 12.02: AC Waveforms
  89. 12.03: Measurements of AC Magnitude
  90. 12.04: Simple AC Circuit Calculations
  91. 12.05: AC Phase
  92. 13: Electrical Meters
  93. 13.01: Use and Storage of Electrical Meters
  94. 13.1.01: Describe the use and storage of meters
  95. 13.1.02: What is a Meter
  96. 13.1.03: Meter safety precautions
  97. 13.1.04: Digital Multimeters
  98. 13.1.05: Introduction to voltage measurements
  99. 13.1.06: Introduction to current measurements
  100. 13.1.07: Introduction to resistance measurements
  101. 13.02: DC Metering Circuits
  102. 13.2.01: Voltmeter Design
  103. 13.2.02: Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit
  104. 13.2.03: Ammeter Design
  105. 13.2.04: Ammeter Impact on Measured Circuit
  106. 13.2.05: Ohmmeter Design
  107. 13.2.06: High Voltage Ohmmeters
  108. 13.2.07: Multimeters
  109. 13.2.08: Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement
  110. 13.2.09: Bridge Circuits
  111. 13.2.10: Wattmeter Design
  112. 13.2.11: Creating Custom Calibration Resistances
  113. 13.03: AC Metering Circuits
  114. 13.3.01: AC Voltmeters and Ammeters
  115. 13.3.02: Frequency and Phase Measurement
  116. 13.3.03: Power Measurement
  117. 13.3.04: Power Quality Measurement
  118. 13.3.05: AC Bridge Circuits
  119. 13.3.06: AC Instrumentation Transducers
  120. 13.04: Use meters to analyze simple circuits
  121. 13.4.01: Use meters to analyze simple circuits
  122. 13.4.02: Troubleshooting principles
  123. 13.4.03: Polarity in a parallel circuit
  124. 14: AC Motors
  125. 14.01: Introduction to AC Motors
  126. 14.02: Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors
  127. 14.03: Single-phase Induction Motors
  128. 14.04: Other Specialized Motors
  129. 15: Wiring Connections
  130. 15.01: Conductors
  131. 15.02: Soldered Connections
  132. 15.03: Solderless connectors
  133. 16: Useful Equations And Conversion Factors
  134. 16.01: DC Circuit Equations and Laws
  135. 16.02: Series Circuit Rules
  136. 16.03: Parallel Circuit Rules
  137. 16.04: Series and Parallel Component Equivalent Values
  138. 16.05: Capacitor Sizing Equation
  139. 16.06: Inductor Sizing Equation
  140. 16.07: Time Constant Equations
  141. 16.08: AC Circuit Equations
  142. 16.09: Decibels Equations
  143. 16.10: Metric Prefixes and Unit Conversions
  144. 17: Color Codes
  145. 17.01: Resistor Color Codes
  146. 17.02: Wiring Color Codes
  147. 17.03: Wiring Color Codes Infographic
  148. 18: Conductor And Insulator Tables
  149. 18.01: Copper Wire Gauge Table
  150. 18.02: Copper Wire Ampacity Table
  151. 18.03: Coefficients of Specific Resistance
  152. 18.04: Temperature Coefficients of Resistance
  153. 18.05: Critical Temperatures for Superconductors
  154. 18.06: Dielectric Strengths for Insulators
  155. 19: Circuit Schematic Symbols
  156. 19.01: Wires and Connections
  157. 19.02: Power Sources
  158. 19.03: Resistors Types
  159. 19.04: Capacitor Types
  160. 19.05: Inductors
  161. 19.06: Mutual Inductors
  162. 19.07: Switches Hand Actuated
  163. 19.08: Switches Process Actuated
  164. 19.09: Switches Electrically Actuated (Relays)
  165. 19.10: Connectors
  166. 19.11: Diodes
  167. 19.12: Transistors Bipolar
  168. 19.13: Transistors junction field-effect (JFET)
  169. 19.14: Transistors Insulated-gate Field-effect (IGFET or MOSFET)
  170. 19.15: Transistors Hybrid
  171. 19.16: The Thyristor
  172. 19.17: Integrated Circuits
  173. 19.18: Electron Tubes