Complete Lab Manual for Electricity

As a retired electrician and proficient instructor with over 30 years of practical experience, Stephen L. Herman is known for his reader-friendly approach. A seasoned author, Mr. Herman has written leading books on electricity and mathematics that are popular with students and instructors alike. For two decades, Mr. Herman served as lead instructor for the Electrical Technology Curriculum at Lee College in Baytown, Texas, where he received an Excellence in Education Award from the Halliburton Education Foundation. He also taught at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, North Carolina, for nine years and helped pioneer an electrical curriculum for Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His additional publications include ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL, ELECTRICITY AND CONTROLS FOR HVAC/R, INDUSTRIAL MOTOR CONTROLS, UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRICIANS, ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, DIRECT CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY FOR USE WITH LAB VOLT EQUIPMENT, THE COMPLETE LABORATORY MANUAL FOR ELECTRICITY and PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS FOR ELECTRICIANS.

Section 1: MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND BASIC ELECTRICITY. Measuring Instruments. Ohm''s Law. Series Circuits. Parallel Circuits. Combination Circuits. Resistor Color Code. Section 2: ALTERNATING CURRENT LOADS. Inductance. Resistive-Inductive Series Circuit. RL Parallel Circuits. Capacitance. Resistive-Capacitive Series Circuit. RC Parallel Circuits. Resistive-Inductive-Capacitive Series Circuits. Resistive-Inductive-Capacitive Parallel Circuits. Power Factor Correction. Section 3: TRANSFORMERS AND MOTORS. Transformer Basics. Single Phase Transformer Calculations. Transformer Polarities. Autotransformers. Three Phase Circuits. Three Phase Transformers. Three Phase Motors. Section 4: MOTOR CONTROLS. Start-Stop Push-Button Controls. Multiple Push-Button Stations. Forward-Reverse Control. Sequence Control. Jogging Controls. On-Delay Timers. Off-Delay Timers. Changing the Logic of an On-Delay Timer to an Off-Delay Timer. Designing a Printing Press Circuit. Sequence Starting and Stopping for Three Motors. Hydraulic Press Control Circuit. Design of Two Flashing Lights. Design of Three Flashing Lights. Control for Three Pumps. Oil Pressure Pump Circuit for a Compressor. Autotransformer Starter.