EMC Lesson 5: Preventive Maintenance and Troubleshooting Control Circuits

This program covers the most fundamental and important troubleshooting skills needed in the plant. It’s not enough to know what the different components do—your people need a quick way of identifying and solving control circuit problems.

Combine this program with Product #711 Understanding Electrical Diagrams and Control Circuits for a complete control circuit toolkit.

Get Back On-Line Fast—Cut Production Losses

• Follow our systematic approach to troubleshooting electrical systems both at the power source and the control circuit
• Find short circuits and faulty components quickly—get back up and running fast
• Install power and phase monitors to detect dangerous conditions before causing costly motor damage
• Perform dynamic and static preventive maintenance inspections
• Troubleshoot control circuit logic using ladder and wiring diagrams
• Learn how a phase imbalance will make your motors run hot—solve the problem and prevent insulation breakdown