UTIL212

This course provides the advanced knowledge and skills to safely perform high level maintenance in electrical substation and switchyards. Students will understand and apply the proper cable pulling/bus work techniques and learn to install substation conductors/wire and switches and apply grounding techniques. Included are advanced electrical skills training, as applicable to the use and installation of batteries, fuses, transformers, regulators/reclosers, circuit breakers, and capacitors. A within-depth study of Fault/Load Interrupting equipment is accomplished. A complete inspection of Oil Circuit Breakers which includes Circuit Profilers training, Circuit Breaker control schemes, Circuit Breaker Time Travel Characteristics and Analysis are included in this course. All functions are performed according to the Substation Preferred Practices. NOTE: This course is offered only in the Spring term. (Prerequisites: UTIL-211)