Hi, I’m Adam Lee, Director of Maine Electrical Institute and we are pleased to offer this video training for your continued learning.
Adam has been in the electrical industry for almost 20 years and has a passion to pass on to the next generation those things that he has learned.
Course Curriculum
WHAT THIS CLASS IS AND HOW IT WORKS
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UNIT #1- ATOMIC STRUCTURE
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- Atomic Structure- What is Electricity? (Part 1) (7:55)
- Atomic Structure- Part 2 (6:51)
- Electron Orbital Movement (6:48)
- Electron Movement Between Atoms (12:07)
- Insulators, Conductors and Semi-Conductors (7:11)
- Electromotive Force... or Voltage- What is it? (6:10)
- Positive & Negative Charges (6:18)
- How Batteries Work (12:58)
- 5 Ways Voltage is Created (7:42)
- Magnetism and Electricity (Part 1) (5:46)
- Magnetism and Electricity (Part 2) (7:42)
- D.C. vs. A.C. Electricity (4:03)
UNIT #1- QUIZZES
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UNIT #2- ELECTRICAL QUANTITIES & OHM'S LAW
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- Electromotive Force- Voltage- What is it? (11:33)
- What are Amps? (8:59)
- Understanding Amps (Continued) (7:05)
- Ohm's Law Introduced (6:24)
- Understanding Resistance- Ohms (6:18)
- A Final Note On Resistance (1:58)
- Watts? What's a Watt? (10:13)
- Introduction to Metric Prefixes (3:59)
- Using Metric Prefixes (11:32)
- How to Use Ohm's Law Wheel (9:46)
- Order of Operations- PEMDAS (9:28)
- Squaring and Square Roots (9:34)
- PIE & EIR (7:24)
- Practicing Ohms Law Calculations (9:31)
- Practice (continued) (9:33)
- Practice (continued) (8:22)
- Conventional Vs. Electron Flow Theories (10:31)
- Understanding Safety Concerns by Using Ohm's Law (11:01)
UNIT #2- QUIZZES
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UNIT #3- STATIC ELECTRICITY
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UNIT #3- QUIZZES
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UNIT #4- MAGNETISM
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UNIT #4- QUIZZES
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UNIT #5- RESISTORS
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- Introduction to Resistor Types (9:26)
- Not all Resistors are Created Equal (10:45)
- "Power Rating" of a Resistor (9:02)
- Reading "Band" Resistor Charts (11:37)
- Reading Bands (Practice) (11:49)
- Reading "Standard Resistance" Charts (10:07)
- Understanding Tolerance & Percentage (9:57)
- Working with Percentages (practice) (7:04)
UNIT #5- QUIZZES
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UNIT #6- SERIES CIRCUITS
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- Components of Circuit (8:36)
- Rule #1- Voltage (7:10)
- Understanding Voltage drops (9:48)
- No Pressure After the Last Resistor? (10:24)
- Rule #2- Current (7:48)
- Rule #3- Resistance (9:53)
- Rule #4- Watts (5:29)
- Using the Rules to Calculate Series Circuits (12:09)
- Example #1 (7:39)
- Example #2 (7:49)
- Example #3 (7:23)
- Example #4 (6:55)
- Example #5 (7:43)
- A Note about "Rounding" (7:28)
- Example #6 (11:45)
UNIT #6- QUIZZES
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UNIT #7- PARALLEL CIRCUITS
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- Parallel Circuits Defined (11:00)
- Rule #1- Voltage (10:53)
- Rule #2- Current (6:29)
- Rule #3- Resistance (8:23)
- Understanding "Product over Sum" (7:23)
- "Product over Sum" (Continued) (9:59)
- Practice Opportunity #1- Solving for Resistance (7:51)
- Practice Opportunity #2- Solving for Resistance (9:48)
- Rule #4- Watts (6:28)
- Using the Rules to Calculate Parallel Circuits (8:45)
- Example #1 (5:57)
- Example #2 (11:38)
- Example #3 (6:22)
UNIT #7- QUIZZES
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UNIT #8- COMBINATION CIRCUITS
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- Combination Circuits Defined (9:43)
- Solving for Total Resistance in a Combination Circuit (11:50)
- Example #1 (7:52)
- Example #2 (9:34)
- Example #3 (11:31)
- Example #4 (7:27)
- Example #5 (5:34)
- Example #6 (8:07)
- Solving Other Values in a Combination Circuit (9:22)
- Solving for other values (continued) (7:05)
- Solving for other values (part 3) (7:11)
- Kirchoff's Current Law Introduced (9:15)
- Kirchoff's Voltage Law Introduced (5:40)
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UNIT 9- MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
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UNIT #9- QUIZZES
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UNIT #10- USING WIRING TABLES AND DETERMINING CONDUCTOR SIZES
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UNIT #10 QUIZZES
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UNIT #11- CONDUCTION IN LIQUIDS AND GASES
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UNIT #11- QUIZ
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UNIT #12- BATTERIES & OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY
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UNIT #12- QUIZ
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