The main objective of the Basic Electrical Generic Module is to give you the foundation knowledge and electrical ‘vision’ to fundamentally understand how and why an electrical system works and allow you to develop with confidence and competence.
Day 1 of the Basic Electrical Generic Module course
Fundamentals of electricity:
Electron theory including atomic elements and free electrons Charge and attraction Coulomb’s Law Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors Current Voltage Resistance Electrical symbols and mathematical prefixes. Day 2 of the Basic Electrical Generic Module course
Simple electrical circuit theory:
Ohm’s Law Using digital multimeters to measure resistance, voltage and current Practical workshop including the building a simple electrical circuits calculating the expected value of current and measuring the actual resistance, voltage and current DC series circuits, this follows the theory then practical route DC parallel circuits, again this follows the theory then practical route reinforcing the use of previously learnt techniques. Day 3 of the Basic Electrical Generic Module course
DC series - parallel circuits, following the same pattern as the previous day Power, solving power problems using power formulae Magnetism Electromagnetism and electromagnets. Day 4 of the Basic Electrical Generic Module course
Introduction to AC, sine waves, single and 3 phase supplies AC generation Frequency Voltage and current, peak, instantaneous and RMS values Relationship between line and phase voltage in a 3 phase system Transformer theory, calculation and practical. Day 5 of the Basic Electrical Generic Module course
Capacitance theory, calculation and practical Inductance theory, calculation and practical Impedance theory, and calculation of circuit impedance.
