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College of Micronesia
PO Box 159
Pohnpei, FM 96941
Course title: Electrical Wiring I
Department & number: VEM111
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to basic concept of
residential wiring and provide a solid background of electrical principles required for wiring. The
students will develop the knowledge of identifying various voltages in various branch circuits as
well as identifying various types of branch circuits used in a dwelling. The students will also
become familiarized with the information and the specification to perform functional and safe
wiring practices.
Prepared by:
Lecture
Laboratory
Romino Victor
Hours/Week
3
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x
Purpose of Course
No. Of Weeks
16
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Degree Requirement
Degree Elective
Advanced Certificate
Certificate
Remedial
Other (Workshop)
State:
Pohnpei Campus
Total Hours
Semester Credits
3
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Total Semester Credits
3
48
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This course meets PLO#(S): NA
Prerequisite Course: Admission/VSP 121/ VEM 110
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Signature, Chairperson, Curriculum &
Assessment Committee
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Date Approved
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Signature, VPIA, COM-FSM
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Date Approved
VEM111 ELECTRICAL WIRING I
RECOMMENDED BY CAC: 1/18/12
APPROVED BY VPIA: 1/30/12
A. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):
The student will be able to:
1. Practice safety and occupational health procedures in the workplace.
2. Use electricity hand and power tools competently.
3. Test electrical equipment.
4. Interpret schematic wiring diagrams and waveforms.
5. Determine the amount of load per circuit.
6. Install residential wiring circuits according to given specification and plan.
B. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs) GENERAL:
The student will be able to:
1. Understand the electrical system and demonstrate the various installation methods.
2. Explain and identify electrical wiring schematic electrical symbols, conductors and
conductor sizes.
3. Identify and install electrical boxes, switches, recessed lighting and ballast.
4. Identify and demonstrate branch circuit, master bedroom, bedroom, and bathroom circuit.
5. Identify and demonstrate hallway, front porch, and entry circuit.
6. Identify and demonstrate kitchen, dining room, living room, study, rear entry and family
room circuits.
7. Understand and demonstrate electrical interrupters, suppressors and laundry circuits.
8. Explain and design garage, basement circuits and workshop circuit.
9. Demonstrate water pump and water heater circuit.
10. Identify and explain stove, oven, food disposer and dishwasher circuit installation.
11. Understand and demonstrate vent fan, electric heating and air conditioning circuits.
12. Recognize and demonstrate heat and smoke detector circuit.
SLO
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PLO1
I
I
ID
ID
ID
I
ID
I
ID
I
ID
ID
PLO2
I
I
D
D
D
ID
D
PLO3
I
I
D
D
D
DM
D
D
I,D
I
D
D
D
D
DM
PLO4
I
I
ID
ID
D
DM
DM
IDM
D
DM
DM
IDM
PLO5
I
I
DM
IDM
IDM
IDM
IDM
DM
IDM
ID
DM
IDM
PLO6
I
I
IDM
DM
DM
IDM
DM
DM
DM
IDM
IDM
I = Introduced
D = Demonstrated
M = Mastered
C. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs) SPECIFIC:
The student will be able to:
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General SLO 1: Understand the electrical system and demonstrate the various installation
methods.
Student Learning Outcomes
1.1 Understand the three parts of the electrical supply
system.
1.2 Explain the typical electrical voltage in the supply
system
1.3 Describe how the electrical wiring information is
conveyed to electricians using symbols.
Assessment Strategies
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
Practical Exercises/Test
.
1.4 Discuss the purpose of electrical specifications.
1.5 Explain the agencies responsible for establishing the
electrical code and standards.
1.6 Demonstrate safe wiring practices.
General SLO 2: Explain and identify electrical wiring schematic electrical symbols, conductors and
conductor sizes.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
2.1 Service power and protective devices
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
2.2 Two and three conductor wiring
Practical Exercises/Test
2.3 Sheathing and conductors
2.4 Explain outlets and recognize their symbols.
2.5 Describe switches and identify their symbols.
2.6 Explain conductors and their sizes.
2.7 Discuss various methods of insulations.
2.8 Explain conductor color-coding.
2.9 Use the NEC book, table 310-16 to determine the
allowable amperage for various cable sizes.
2.10 Describe the de-rating factors and restrictions for
conductors
General SLO 3: Identify and install electrical boxes, switches, recessed lighting and ballast.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
3.1 Identify boxes and describe how they are used.
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
3.2 Explain how boxes are installed.
Practical Exercises/Test
3.3 Demonstrate how boxes are wired
3.4 Discuss one pole switch operation and installation.
3.5 Describe three way switches operation and
installation.
3.6 Identify four way switches operation and installation.
3.7 Understand the voltages used in residential wiring and
the factors involved.
3.8 Describe recessed lighting
3.9 Understand and describe ballast.
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3.10 Describe ballast installation.
3.11 Identify the components used in the circuit.
General SLO 4: Identify and demonstrate branch circuit, master bedroom, bedroom, and bathroom
circuits.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
4.1 Explain how numbers of branch circuit is determined.
4.2 Discuss how you can determine the number outlets per
branch circuit
Multiple choice questions
4.3 Explain how to determine the number of lights per
Short
answer questions
circuit.
Practical Exercises/Test
4.4 Explain the methods used for group outlets.
4.5 Demonstrate the general wiring methods for bedroom and
how the receptacles are placed.
4.6 Explain how lighting fixtures are used in closets to meet
NEC requirements
4.7 Demonstrate the wiring method for master bedroom
4.8 Perform the two circuit receptacles
4.9 Explain the NEC requirement for paddle fans.
General SLO 5: Identify and install hallway, front porch, and entry circuits.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
5.1 Explain the lighting requirements.
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
5.2 Demonstrate three-way switch circuit
Practical Exercises/Test
5.3 Explain the entry circuit
5.4 Identify components used in the circuit
General SLO 6: Identify and demonstrate kitchen, dining room, living room, study, rear entry and
family room circuits.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
6.1 Explain the lighting requirements
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
6.2 Demonstrate split circuit application
Practical Exercises/Test
6.3 Identify the receptacle requirements for small
appliances
6.4 Explain track lighting
6.5 Install receptacles
6.6 Identify the use of valance lighting and surge
protectors
6.7 Demonstrate the grounding methods
General SLO 7: Understand and demonstrate electrical interrupters, suppressors and laundry circuits.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
7.1 Explain ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI)
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
7.2 Identify immersion detection circuit interrupters
Practical Exercises/Test
(IDCI)
7.3 Identify transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSS)
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7.4 Identify isolated ground receptacles (IG)
7.5 Understand the receptacle requirements
7.6 Understand the lighting requirements
7.7 Demonstrate the wiring method lights
7.8 Perform electrical dryer connections
7.9 Perform dryer frame grounding
General SLO 8: Explain and design garage, basement circuits and workshop circuits.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
8.1 Identify the receptacle requirements
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
8.2 Explain the lighting requirements
Practical Exercises/Test
8.3 Understand the grounding requirements
8.4 Demonstrate multi- outlet assembly
8.5 Perform the use and the NEC requirements for outdoor
outlets and wiring.
General SLO 9: Demonstrate water pump and water heater circuits.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
9.1 Explain the operation of jet pumps and submersibles.
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
9.2Perform the wiring for jet and submersible pumps.
Practical Exercises/Test
9.3 Identify the conductors and over current devices used
for jet and submersible pumps.
9.4 Understand the operation of water heaters
9.5 Demonstrate the wiring method for heaters
9.6 Identify the conductors and the protection devices
used for heaters.
General SLO 10: Identify and explain stove, oven, food disposer and dishwasher circuit installation.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
10.1 Explain the operation of a stove, oven, food disposer Multiple choice questions
and dishwasher.
Short answer questions
Practical Exercises/Test
10.2 Demonstrate the wiring method for stove and oven.
10.3 Demonstrate the wiring method for food disposer and
dishwasher.
10.4 Identify conductor and protection devices used.
General SLO 11: Understand and demonstrate vent fan, electric heating and air conditioning circuits.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
11.1 Explain the operation for vent circuit, electrical
Multiple choice questions
heating and air conditioning system.
Short answer questions
Practical Exercises/Test
11.2 Demonstrate the wiring method
11.3 Identify conductor and protection devices used in the
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circuit.
General SLO 12: Recognize and demonstrate heat and smoke detector circuit.
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Strategies
12.1 Recognize the operation of a heat and smoke detector Multiple choice questions
system
Short answer questions
Practical Exercises/Test
12.2 Demonstrate the wiring method for heat/ smoke
detector system.
12.3 Identify the conductors and the safety devices used in
the circuit.
D. COURSE CONTENTS
I. Electrical system and installation
1. Three types of voltage
2. Typical voltage
3. Wiring symbols and specification
4. Electrical codes and standards
II. Electrical symbols, Electrical wiring schematic,
conductors and conductor sizing
1. Service power and protective devices
2. Two and three conductor wiring
3. Sheathing and conductors
4. Outlets and their symbols
5. Switches and their symbols
6. Conductors and their symbols
7. Miscellaneous symbols
8. Conductors’ sizes and types
9. Conductor insulation types
10. Conductor color-coding
11. Allowable amperage
12. De-rating factor
13. Restrictions
III. Electrical boxes, switches and recessed lighting, ballast
1. How electrical boxes are use
2. Box installation
3. How boxes are wired for outlets and switches
4. Standard One pole switch
5. Standard three pole switch
6. Standard four pole switch
7. Two pole switch
8. Voltage factors
9. Recessed lighting installation
10. Operation
11. Installation
IV. Branch circuit, Master bedroom, Bathroom and Bedroom
1. Number of branch circuit
2. Number of outlets per circuit
3. Number of lights per circuit
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4. Group outlets
5. Receptacle placement
6. Lighting requirement
7. Wiring methods for master bedroom
8. Receptacle placement for bathroom
9. Paddle fan
10. Lighting for bathroom
11. Grounding requirements
V. Hallway, Front, Entry
1. Three way switch
2. Porch circuit
3. Entry circuit
VI. Kitchen, Dining, Living, Study, Rear entry, Family room
1. Receptacle for small appliances
2. Split circuit
3. Lighting requirement
4. Grounding requirements
5. Track lighting and dimmer system
6. Receptacle requirement
VII. Interrupters, Suppressors and Laundry
1. GFCI
2. IDCI
3. TVSS
4. IG
5. Receptacle requirement
6. Dryer connection
7. Grounding requirement
VIII. Garage, Basement and Workshop
1. Receptacle requirements
2. Lighting requirements
3. NEC regulation
4. Multi- outlet
5. Ground requirements
IX. Water pumps and Water heaters
1. Jet
2. Submersible
3. Heaters
4. Wiring methods
5. Conductor sizing
X. Stove, Oven, Disposer and Dishwasher
1. Operation
2. Conductors
3. Current requirement
4. Wiring methods
XI. Vent fan, Heating and air-conditioning
1. Operation
2. Conductor sizing
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3. Current requirements
4. Wiring method
XII. Vent fan, Heating, and Air-conditioning
1. Operation
2. Conductor sizing
3. Current requirements
4. Wiring method
XIII. Smoke detectors
1. Operation
2. Conductor sizing
3. Current requirements
4. Wiring method
E. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
Lectures, group work/discussion, hand-out readings, assignments/classwork and experiments.
F. REQUIRED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS
Holzman, Harvey N,(2008) Modern Residential Wiring 8th Edition Based on the 2008 NEC
revision (or most recent edition).
a. CAI
b. Laboratory equipment with tools of the trade
c. Text, Teacher’s Resource Guide, workbook
d. Overhead project, transparencies
G. REFERENCE MATERIALS
NCCER Contren Learning Series, 2008, Electrical level 1, Published by Pearson Education, Inc.
(or most recent edition).
H. INSTRUCTIONAL COST
None
I. EVALUATION
Students in electrical program must achieve a grade of “C” or better to pass the course.
J. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
None
VEM111 ELECTRICAL WIRING I
RECOMMENDED BY CAC: 1/18/12
APPROVED BY VPIA: 1/30/12