Electricity for HVAC/R

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Teaches fundamental knowledge of electricity as it relates to the HVAC/Rindustry. Lecture topics include electrical and workplace safety, Ohm's law,voltage, current, resistance, power, series and parallel circuits, circuit protectiondevices, electric motors and starting components, relays and switches, andcircuit/component troubleshooting. In the laboratory portion of the course,students will construct basic circuits, learn to use various pieces of electricaltesting instrumentation and learn the basics of electrical circuit and componenttroubleshooting. (1 hr. lecture, 2 hrs. laboratory) No prerequisite.