Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for ELT 201 Winter 2025


Course Number:
ELT 201
Course Title:
Electrical Motor Control
Credit Hours:
2
Lecture Hours:
10
Lecture/Lab Hours:
20
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Provides knowledge and skills needed to design, install, maintain, service and troubleshoot electric motors. Focuses on the operation and installation of control systems, specifically motor starters and controllers. Covers electromagnetic controls, a variety of AC motors, and transformers. Includes lab activities using electrical test equipment to analyze electric motor control malfunctions. This course is also offered as APR 201, a student who enrolls in this course a second time under either designator will be subject to the course repeat policy. Prerequisites: FMT 111 or APR 104 or department permission. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description

This class covers the current year code book in these areas: 430.40 – Overload Relays, 430.24 - Several Motors or a motor(s) and other loads, 430.14 Location of motors, 430.16 – Exposure to dust accumulations, 430.7 Markings on motors and multi motor equipment, 430.81 – Motor Controllers, 430.82 – Controller Design, 430.83 – Ratings, 430.2 – Definitions, 430.39 Motor Controller as overload protection, 430.248 – Full load currents in amperes. Single phase AC motor, 430.250 – Full load current, three-phase AC motors, 110.26 – Dedicated Equipment space,110.21 – (A) (B) markings,

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Design, analyze, install, and repair alternating current motors, motor starters, and control circuits.
  2. Use industry specific terminology to explain or discuss motor operations with industry professionals.
  3. Demonstrate safe working conditions in accordance with state and federal regulations. *

* required for Statewide Apprenticeship Degree
 


 

Course Activities and Design

A lecture-laboratory course in which the student may come from a wide variety of occupations.  The emphasis of the course activities will depend on the needs of the students.  Laboratory activities will utilize electrical test equipment to analyze electric motor control malfunctions. Students are required to supply their own meter.
 

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Procedures will be discussed at the first class session and the instructor's grading policy will be reference on the class syllabus.  Assessment will be based on attendance, participation, homework, lab activities and assignments, short quizzes and written examination.
 

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the general principles of electric motor control and the common types of starters.
  2. Demonstrate understanding of the function of control pilot devices as a component of motor control.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of the common electrical symbols, connections and layouts.
  4. Demonstrate understanding and ability to install or repair selected basic control circuits.
  5. Demonstrate understanding of the reasons for the use of reduced voltage starting.
  6. Demonstrate understanding of the operating principles on which the squirrel cage motor is based
  7. Demonstrate understanding of the advantages of an AC three-phase wound rotor, or slip ring, induction motor.
  8. Demonstrate understanding of the operation and application of a synchronous motor.
  9. Demonstrate understanding of direct-current motors and their use in a variety of industries.
  10. Demonstrate understanding of several methods of repeated closure of a circuit.
  11. Demonstrate knowledge of the installation of motor drives and how to calculate the size required.