ELT 209 - Motor Controls I

3 Hrs.

Prerequisite: ELT 117 and ELT 118
Corequisite: ELT 122
This course covers the use of motor control symbols, magnetic motor starters, running overload protection, push button stations, sizing of magnetic motor starters and overload protection, and complex ladder diagrams of motor control circuits. Topics include sizing magnetic starters and overload protection, the use of push-button stations, ladder diagrams, and magnetic motor starters in control of electric motors, wye-delta starting, part start winding, resistor starting and electric starting devices. Upon completion, students should be able to understand the operation of motor starters, overload protection, interpret ladder diagrams using push-button stations and understand complex motor control diagrams.