Updated 12-1-14 

OEET 115 Wiring
Bruce McDowell

Fall 2014

  
Syllabus
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Homework, Lab Work, & Class Exercises (partial listing)
 H = homework, LR = lab using real components, LM = lab using Multisim, CE = class exercise. (Note: Class exercises cannot be made up.) Boldface = added recently
Type Assignment
No.		 Assignment Name Max.
Pts.

Date
Assigned

Date
Due

 Directions/Description
CE pp. 3 & 4 Wiring diagram 20 8-25
LR NH27-30 Wiring 7 8-27
LR NH27-31 Hallway switches 15 8-28
LR NI08-30 Romex wiring in mock-up room 20 9-8 Using Romex, wire up a switch and two receptacles. The middle receptacle should be always on, and the farthest one should be always off.
LM HI30-11 Breaker box and five branches to wire up. 10 9-10 Right-click here and download.
LM GJ18-02 Breaker box and five branches with faults. 15 9-11 Right-click here and download.
CE NI14-30 Class exercise 15 9-17
CE NI15-30 Wire-fastening practice quiz. 5 9-17 Strip and fasten onto receptacles as many wires as you can (up to 8) during the allotted time.
LM FI20-30 Breaker box and five branches with faults. 15 9-17 Right-click here and download.
LR Conduit bending (first exercise) 5 9-18
LR FI22-30 Mock-up room troubleshooting #1 7 9-22 Use a meter to find out what's wrong with the wiring in the mock-up room.
LR NI22-30 U-shaped conduit bend 7 9-22
LR NI25-30 Three switches controlling a light 20 9-25 Do in lecture room
LM G11-18 Single-phase vs. three phase 5 9-25 Right-click here, download, run the simulation, and study it. Then, call the instructor over.
LR NI28-30 3-phase motor conrolled by a contactor and a switch 30 9-28
H "Assign. 4" Types of insulation 20 10-6 See whiteboard Handout sheet 12 0212
LR Latching 5 V. relay 20
LR NJ05-30 Start-stop buttons using a contactor 35 10-6
CE Troubleshooting game 10 10-8
LR Mock-up room troubleshooting #2 20 10-9
LR p. 53 Missile launch controller using 5 V. relays 20 10-9
LR p. 42 Button light-switches using 5 V. relays 25 10-9
LR NJ12-30 Mock-up room conduit wiring 50 10-13 Handout sheet
H NJ12-31 Read about conduit wiring. --- 10-13 10-22 10-27 (surprise quiz sometime after this date) Reading: 
  • pp. 167-168 (starting at beginning of ch. 11 and stopping at "Rigid Metal Conduit")
  • pp. 171-182 (starting at "Bending" and stopping at  "Liquid Tight Flexible Metal Conduit.")
H NJ22-30 Read about photovoltaic systems. --- 10-22 11-05 (surprise quiz sometime after this date) Reading: pp. 400-406 (Solar Photovoltaic Systems)
H NEC Assignment 5 Solar Power 20 10-27 See whiteboard Handout sheet
LR NJ28-30 Solar power system design for Cheyenne, Wyoming
40 10-29 Get handout sheet.
Use these links:
H NK03-30 Calculations 40 11-3 See whiteboard Handout sheet
LR LC13-28 ON, OFF, and buzzer 20 11-5 Handout sheet
LR LD26-38 Burglar alarm 20 11-5 Handout sheet
H NK09-30 Videos to watch 11-9
  • Quiz on Wednesday 11-12-14.
  • The questions will not be highly detailed, and will be mainly to determine if you watched the videos.
 Watch the following two YouTube videos by clicking on the underlined links.
  1. Working on live high-voltage lines.
  2. Power generation.
LM JB24-39 3-phase furnace 15 11-11 Right-click here and download the Multisim file.
LM GC05-19 Power factor correction 10 11-11 Handout sheet
LM LI28-33, -34 Switch and relay logic 5 11-16
  • Get handouts LI28-33 and LI28-34
  • Right-click here and download LI28-33
  • Play with the switches and understand how the circuits work.
  • Right-click here and download LI28-34 
  • Play with the switches and understand how the circuits work.
  • Call the instructor over when you've finished.
LM LI05-35 Switch logic 20 11-16 Handout sheet
LM LI12-31 Conveyor system 50 11-19
LM NL01-30 Four switches and two motors 40 12-1 Handout sheet


Grading Curve for Point Totals (as of 10-7-14)
Note: this curve is only to give you an idea where you stand. The actual grading curve will be made at the end of the semester.
Point Total
(including attendance points)		 Score
>= 455 100
400 - 454 90
375 - 399 85
355 - 374 80
335 - 354 75
320 - 334 70

Letter-Grade Curve
Score Letter Grade
95 - 100 A
90 - 94 B
70 - 89 C
60 - 69 D
0 - 59 F

Reference
Things to remember Circular Mils
 Wire-Size Calculator
 Switch Logic (JC09-27), Multisim File
Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee for the Electrical Industry ELT265 Wind Power, Fall 2009
 NREL Wind Prospector Energy.gov's small wind power systems page