ELTR 1090 Syllabus

Subject Code

ELTR

Course Number

1090

Course Title

Commercial Wiring II

Prerequisites

Provisional admission

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered Fall and Summer

Credit Hours

(1-4-3)

Course Description

This course is a continuation of the study in commercial wiring practices and procedures. Topics include conduit design and installation practices and system design concepts. Students must pay a $30 supply fee when registering for this course.

Course Outcomes

Transformer Connections

  Order       Description

1           Identify and discuss the principles of Wye and Delta transformer connections.

2           Explain the operating principle three-wire single-phase connections.

3           Properly connect wiring to a low voltage door chime system.

 

Low Voltage Systems
  Order       Description

1           Name and describe the components of a low voltage system.

2           Identify the NEC codes that are applicable to commercial low voltage systems.

3           Design a low voltage system for a commercial application.

 

Conduit Design and Installation
  Order       Description

1           Measure, chisel, cut, and/or drill the structure for a conduit system.

2           Measure, cut, run, and/or terminate wiring through a conduit system.

3           Identify rigid conduit.

4           Identify special purpose conduit and connectors.

5           Properly ground a conduit system.

6           Identify hazards of working with conduit systems.

7           Install PVC conduit and boxes to structures.

8           Identify PVC conduit and connectors.

9           Identify EMT connectors.

     10          Measure, cut, run, and/or terminate wiring through conduits to junction boxes or receptacles.

11          Thread rigid conduit.

12          Identify rigid couplings.

13          Identify permissible uses for flexible conduit.

14          Identify flexible connectors.

15          Discuss the use of modular wiring systems in residential and commercial housing.

16          Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of modular wiring systems.

 

Systems Designs Concepts
  Order       Description
     1           Identify and discuss the procedures to install wireways, raceways, and surface metal raceways.
     2           Ground raceways according to NEC requirements.
     3           Plan an installation of a raceway, wireway, and surface metal raceway.