DC Circuit Theory


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Target Audience
Expected Duration
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Overview/Description
This one-hour course is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of DC Electrical Theory. It is also intended to enhance your understanding of the operation and design of DC circuits, components, and sources. You will learn about basic DC electrical terms, equations and theory, and solve problems involving resistance, voltage, and current. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives for this course are to: define the following terms: Voltage, Volt, Current, Ampere, Resistance, and Ohm; describe Ohm's Law; solve problems using Ohm's Law; calculate the total resistance in a series circuit; and calculate the total resistance in a parallel circuit.

Target Audience
Personnel working with or around DC electrical distribution systems

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

DC Circuit Theory

  • define terms associated with DC circuit theory.
  • identify the best definitions of volt and voltage.
  • identify the meaning of letter symbols used in DC circuitry.
  • define Ohm's Law.
  • solve problems using Ohm's Law.
  • calculate the total resistance in both series and parallel circuits.
  • define Kirchoff's Voltage Law.
  • solve problems using Kirchoff's Voltage Law.
  • solve problems using Kirchoff's Current Law.
  • identify sources of DC electrical power.
  • identify hazards found in a DC battery room.
  • Course Number:
    FUND0304