TROUBLESHOOTING

2014

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 1

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Overview Electrical equipment plays an important role in the safe transmission and distribution of electrical power.

The equipment needs to be operated in a safe manner securing continuity of supply to consumers.

This requires the equipment to be:

Operated, and maintained in a safe manner Controlled and within an effective management system Aware of the need of maintenance and troubleshooting techniques balanced against equipment

downtime.

This course covers the fundamentals and techniques of troubleshooting and maintenance of electrical

equipment and connections. It reviews state of the art practices in the maintenance of power substations,

motors and fault protection systems. Actual maintenance problems are introduced for group discussions.

Participants are invited to bring their equipment problems to the course.

Course Outcome

To gain an understanding of the electrical equipment and their maintenance and to use troubleshooting

methods. At the end of this course you will be able to analyze and maintain electrical equipment.

Who Should Attend? This course has been designed for maintenance mechanics and plant electricians responsible for

performing day to day servicing and repairing of a company’s electrical equipment.

This course will also benefit plant and maintenance engineers, and process engineers. In addition

personnel involved in plant operation and design as well as engineering contracto equipment specialists,

should also find the course beneficial.

Scope:

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Course Content:

Introduction Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance

Overview of typical power systems Drawing, diagrams and symbols Review of basic laws – Ohms Law, resistance, capacitance inductance

Maintenance of Electrical Equipment Power substations and transformers Switchgear fuses molded case breakers, low voltage and medium voltage circuit breaker AC Motors DC Motors Motor control centers

Understanding the Complete Power Systems Use of capacitors in power factor correction Grounding and grounded fault protection Fundamentals of systems analysis

Field Tests Essential to Planned Maintenance Program Identification and review of measurement and test instruments Methods and interpretation of insulation testing Current injection testing of circuit breakers Low resistance measurements

Developing a Sound maintenance Program Record Keeping When to call in AN EXPERT

Safety in Electrical Maintenance Proper use of test equipment Safe work practice and procedures

Course Review and Feedback

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Training Techniques’: Presentation. Discussions. Practice - Workshops

Language of Instruction

Unless otherwise stated the program instruction is in Standard Day-to-Day English. Participants can

request the instructor to provide a program vocabulary which will ensure they have no problem

understanding the content and can be facilitated a little bit by using Arabic language when necessary.

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Registration:

Date:

06 April , 2014

Venue:

EBC Training Center , Muscat

Duration:

4 Days

Registration Fees:

OMR 450

Fees Include:

Training Materials ( Soft & Hard Copies )

Coffee Breaks

Course Certificate