Blueprint Reading: Electrical Print Reading


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number

Overview/Description
The units in this course will cover tracing circuits, difference between serial and parallel circuits, elementary diagrams, control logic tracing, power system wiring, equipment location and specifications, and installation of PLC prints.

Target Audience
Individuals working with machinery or involved in maintenance of machinery..

Expected Duration (hours)
3.2

Lesson Objectives

Blueprint Reading: Electrical Print Reading

  • Read title blocks and legends.
  • Identify the dimensions on a print.
  • Trace the wiring in a circuit from the print.
  • Distinguish between series and parallel configurations of electrical circuits.
  • Read elementary diagrams.
  • Trace the control logic in an elementary diagram.
  • Trace the power system wiring from a power schematic drawing.
  • Find out how power is distributed from the load center and identify the circuit breakers from the power schematics.
  • Identify the location and installation of equipment from a layout drawing.
  • Read power system layout drawings.
  • Read complex layout drawings.
  • Explain the function of a PLC.
  • Identify the output wiring of a PLC in a drawing.
  • Trace PLC input wiring from drawings.

    • Course Number:
    en_US_15729_ng