Revised 12-4-08

OEET 115 Wiring
Bruce McDowell
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Fall 2008

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Homework

Assignment
No.		 Date Assigned

Date Due

 Points  Reading Problems
 HI02-11 9-2 9-7 -- pp. 31 to 33, starting with "How We Use Wires to Carry Electricity;" pp. 36 to 37, starting with "Operating Voltage." On or after the due date, we could have a surprise quize on this material.
HJ07-08 10-7 10-14 15 pp. 43 to 46; pp. 48 to 54, starting with "How transformers work . . ." Click here to get the problems.

Lab Work & Class Exercises
 Note: Class exercises cannot be made up.

Assignment
No.		 Assignment Name

Date Assigned

 Date Due Points Class
Exer-
cise		 Real Multi-
Sim		  Description
HH18-18 Switch and receptacles 8-21 8-21 10 X Handout. First look at example handout HH18-17.
HH18-19 Familiarization with electrical parts 8-21 8-28 7 X Sort supplies that have been recently purchased into piles of identical parts.
GI06-19 Switch and two receptacles 8-26? 30 X Handout. Conduit in mock-up room.
HH27-20 Wiring practice 8-28 9-4 20 X Handout. Wiring at a table.
HH27-21 Extra credit 8-28 9-11 10 Go to www.wikipedia.org and find out information on one of the following. Ask the instructor for one of these that no one else has chosen:
  • Lineman
  • Circuit breakers
  • Arc-fault circuit interrupter
  • GFCI
Spend about five minutes telling the class the more important things that you learned about your topic.
HH28-13 Wiring errors on a schematic 8-28?   10 X Handout
HI02-10 Wire stripping 9-2 9-9 10 X Strip 1/2 inch of insulation off of both ends of  five short pieces of  12 AWG wire. Check for nicks yourself, and re-do any stripped portions that have nicks. Then, give the five wires to another student for them to inspect. Finally, give the wires to me.
GH28-18 10
GH28-19 10
GH30-19 5 X
GI13-16 [Moved to further down on this page] 10
GI06-19 30
HI09-10 Wiring practice 9-9 9-16 15 X
  • Click here to download the Multisim file and then choose Save from the menu.
  • Save the file on your flash drive.
  • After the file has been saved, choose Open from the menu. (This should open the file in Multisim.)
  • Wire up the lights and switches.
HI09-12 Electricity cost 9-9 9-9 15 X Handout sheet
HI09-13 Conduit bending 9-9 9-17 10 X Make a 1-foot, 90 degree bend
HI09-15 Hall light switches 9-9 9-16 7 X Handout
GH30-17 10
GI27-15 15 X
HI11-10 10
HI16-10 Conduit bending, two boxes 9-16 9-23 50 X
  1. Mount two boxes, each on a separate stud, and each at the same height from the floor. 
  2. Bend a U-shaped piece of  1/2" conduit to connect the two boxes together.
  3. Put a switch in one box and a receptacle in the other.
  4. Using 14 gauge wire, wire up the switch and receptacle so that the switch controls the receptacle.
  5. Connect your circuit to the breaker box using Romex cable.
Class
Exer-
cise		 Real Multi
-Sim
HI18-11 Two relays, a switch, and a light 9-18 9-25 15 X Handout
HI18-14 Contactor coil and pushbutton 9-18 9-18 10 X Verbal explanation
GJ30-16 15
HI18-01 Breaker box and 5 branches with faults X Handout. [Paper is missing.]
HI18-02 Breaker box and 5 branches with faults 15 X
  1. Right-click here
  2. Choose Save Target As from the menu
  3. Save the file on your flash drive
  4. Open the file
  5. Use voltmeters to troubleshoot the circuit.
HI23-08 Latching relay 15 X Handout
HI30-11 Breaker box and 5 branches to wire up 9-30 10-7 15 X
  1. Right-click here
  2. Choose Save Target As from the menu
  3. Save the file on your flash drive
  4. Open the file
  5. Wire up the branch circuits so that each set of lights is controlled by the switch near them.
HI30-01 Pushbutton, contactor, motor 9-30? 10 X Verbal directions
HI30-02 Troubleshooting branch circuits in mock-up room 9-30 9-30 15 X Verbal directions
HJ02-11  Tear down stuff in mock-up room 10-2 10-2 15 X Verbal directions
HJ02-10
HW02-10		 ON/OFF and emergency stop 10-2 10-9 25 X X Handout
GJ04-15 15 X
GB07-01 10
HJ07-12 15 X
HJ09-12 15 X
HJ09-14 Switch, outlet, & plywood 10-7 10-16 60 X Verbal directions
HJ16-08 10-16 10-23 20 X Handout
GI13-16 Measuring socket voltages 10-21 10-28 10 X Handout. Measuring actual voltages on a wall socket.
HJ23-10 Mock-up troubleshooting 10-23 10-30 30 X Directions
HJ23-13 Motor start-stop relay ckt. 10-23 10-30 15 X Handout
HJ28-08 Breaker box, branches, and conduit 10-28 11-4 25 X Right-click here to get the file.
HJ28-11 Transformers 10-28 10-28 10 X (Whiteboard photo)
HK04-08 Internet research 11-4 11-11 15 Directions
HK04-09 Extra credit: 2nd Breaker box--DONE 11-4 11-11 15 X Mount the second breaker box on the outside of the mock-up room, and near the existing breaker box. Connect this breaker box to one of the breakers in the existing breaker box.
HK04-10 Safety light--DONE 11-4 11-11 20 X Light to indicate when mock-up room power is on
HK04-12 Class exercise 11-4 11-4 10 X Transformers; line voltages; ground-neutral connections. (Whiteboard photo)
HK18-15 Conduit project 12-1 60 X Switch, receptacle, and ceiling light using conduit (except to ceiling light). [verbal directions]
HK06-14 Fluorescent light voltages 11-4 11-11 15 X Draw a pictorial wiring diagram of the shop light. Using sharpened probes, measure voltages at various points and record them on the diagram.
HK06-07 Class exercise 11-6 11-6 10 X Solar power system calculations
HK11-14 Elec. car charger 11-11 11-18 15 Choosing parts (see whiteboard photo)
HK18-02 Extra credit 11-18 11-18 15 Tools & parts roundup
HK18-03 Phone plugs 11-18 11-25 10 X Crimp a phone plug onto each end of a 4" piece of flat phone cable. [verbal directions]
HK18-13 Hall light 11-18 11-25 30 X Hall-light switches and receptacle for light using Romex. Tapped into HK18-15 conduit circuit. [Handout sheet]
HK18-14 Relay, button, and light 11-18 11-25 15 X Directions
HK18-15 Switch, receptacle, & light using conduit 60 X Verbal directions
HK20-12 Wiring exercise 11-20 11-26 15 X Right-click here to get the file
HK25-12 Bending 1" conduit 11-25 12-4 10 X Verbal directions
HK25-21 Hall light switches in mock-up room (Romex) 60 X Verbal directions
HK27-01 Wire up the electric car charger 15 X Verbal directions
HJ02-10 Two relays and four lights 12-2 12-4 15 X Directions
HJ02-12 Transformers & relays 12 X Board problems (see photo)
HL04-08 Class exercise 15 X Review problems
HL04-12 One relay controlling 2 others 20 X Directions

Reference
Handout sheets:
  • HI18-17 Residential wiring
 Things to Remember 1 Things to Remember 2