RESIDENTIAL WIRING

INSTRUCTOR

Randy Dertinger

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Course Description: Students will go through the process of wiring a residential building, reviewing plans, specifications, and computing the load requirements. Students will learn about the installation of branch circuits, switches and receptacles, fans and appliance circuits, services, lighting, and overcurrent protection.

Textbooks: 1) Modern Residential Wiring (10th edition)

2) The 2014 NEC (Handbook) published by NFPA

Recommended: EZ Tabs for the 2014 National Electrical Code

Ugly's Electrical References (2014)

Please note: This class is code intensive!

MEETING TIME & LOCATION

Main Campus

Tuesday - JW172/169 7:30 PM to 10:24 PM

Students will complete a “My House Survey” research project (using code talk), during the semester with a table of contents including-

  1. Smoke Detectors – describe, list, and test (dated journal entry)
  2. GFCI’s– describe, list, and test (dated journal entry)
  3. Exercise Breakers – test and describe results (dated journal entry)
  4. Service (Utility side) – describe and illustrateAerial drop or Lateral drop; transformer?
  5. Service – Customer Equipment – describe from utility connection,type of service, AWG of wire, Panel – brand, size, etc.Provide sketch or picture
  6. Branch Circuit Labeling – legend and illustrate lay-out
  7. OCPD Listing – type, size, and coordinated with legend
  8. Conductor sizing – AWG of wire coordinated to OCPD; do they match?
  9. System Grounding (service) – describe and illustrateGrounding electrode(s) and conductor
  10. Receptacle Configurations – all sketched and illustrated with NEMA configuration number
  11. General Inspection – safety observations, to-do list, attic, basement, crawl space, etc

*Students will take an individual field trip to an electrical supply store.

*Students will obtain an electrical permit form from the AHJ.

*Students will be assigned lab wiring exercises, and will purchase parts (your own

money) to make a portable GFCI which they will keep.

GRADING POLICY

The grading will be as follows:

Class participation = 30%

Quizzes/Homework = 50%

Final = 20%

Class attendance/participation - You can't participate if you're not here.

2% penalty per class meeting absence is used to determine your final grade.

Also, any combination of tardies or left-earlies totaling 2 is equal to 1 absence.

GRADING SCALE

94% to 100% 4.0

89% to 93% 3.5

84% to 88% 3.0

78% to 83% 2.5

72% to 77% 2.0

66% to 71% 1.5

60% to 65% 1.0

55% to 59% 0.5

0 to 54% E

A 2.0 or "C" is a passing grade. Only courses with passing grades count toward graduation or a certificate. Other colleges transfer in only courses with passing grades. Many financial aid sources, including most employers, require passing grades. Additionally, earning less than a 2.0 in a class results in not being able to participate in the next level of classes in a discipline, which requires this course as a pre-requisite. If you attempt to register for the next course sequence and have not passed the pre-requisite course, you will be dropped from that class.

IMPORTANT DATES
No Class (convocation) – Feb. 12
Mid-semester break – Feb. 29 – Mar. 6
Last day of classes – May 8
Refund/drop with no W – Jan. 28
Drop with W – Jan. 29
Withdraw last day – Apr. 29

SPECIAL NOTES

Attendance and participation = most important requirements of this class.

It is expected that the student will complete and turn in all assigned work on time. There is no make-up for pop quizzes or points awarded for class activities. Show all work on your tests, labs and homework! Label answers showing engineering units. Partial credit for late work may be awarded (with a 20% penalty) at the next class meeting. Partial credit is better than no credit.

HOMEWORK

Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Typically the assignment is due the following week at the start of the class period.

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Attendance: Zero absences are acceptable. (We only meet 14 times) Two absences will be tolerated (barely). Additional absences will decrease the final grade by .50 for each occurrence. Any combination of tardies or left-earlies totaling 2 is equal to 1 absence. In addition, each absence will affect the participation grade by 2%. This reduction applies to the final score determining the course grade. (You can’t participate if you are not here.)

You are adults and I am not your mother, so reminders and warnings will not be issued.

Periodically I will report your attendance/participation to the Registrar’s Office. Definitions include: “H” – the student is not doing acceptable work and needs “help” to be successful, “Q” – the student has not participated/attended and the instructor believes they have unofficially withdrawn, and “V” – the instructor “verifies” that the student is participating/attending and doing acceptable work. You will be able to review these scores from JCC’s Web page.

EXTRA HELP

Additionalservices for academic success can be accessed by calling 796-8415 or by stopping by the Center for Student Success, Bert Walker Hall Room 123. Students requiring special assistance (including those affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act) should contact the Center for Student Success. This is the first step in acquiring the appropriate accommodations to facilitate your learning.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The student is responsible for the material covered in a missed class.

INCOMPLETES

No incomplete grades will be given in this class except under extraordinary circumstancesand if the student has completed at least 75% of the work and has at least 2.0 in the course. The grade of “I” is not awarded to students who did not attend, or seldom attended, or to those who simply are not pleased with their final grades. Students receiving an “I” may submit the remaining work during the next class offering by attending the remainderof the class. Or, talk tomeabout specific arrangements to complete the remaining work in a manner that is acceptable to me. Students do not redo work that had already been graded. Of course, students can drop the class up to the drop deadline as specified on the website calendar.

ACADEMIC POLICY

Academic honesty is expected of all students. It is the ethical behavior that includes producing their own work and not representing others’ work as their own, either by plagiarism, by cheating, or by helping others to do so. While JCC encourages students to collaborate in study groups, work teams, and with lab partners, each student should take responsibility for accurately representing his/her own contribution.

Plagiarism is the failure to give credit for the use of material from outside sources. Cheating means obtaining answers/material from an outside source without authorization.

Faculty members who suspect a student of academic dishonesty may penalize the student by taking appropriate action up to and including lowering the final grade by 0.5 for a minor offence and assigning a failing grade for the paper, project, report, exam, or the course itself. Instructors will document instances of academic dishonesty in writing to the Dean of Faculty.

CONDUCT

The JCC Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook is available on the JCC website.

Students are expected to behave in a mature, respectful manner in the classroom

and laboratory. Cell phones and pagers will be turned off during class discussions or lectures. Cell phones will be set to vibrate during lab activities. A break will be provided at about 1 ½ hour. If you receive a call during lab, very quietly exit the room to conduct your conversation.

In the event of a student dispute, both student(s) and faculty should follow the Conflict Resolution Policy. This policy is presented in Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook and the faculty Master Agreement.

WITHDRAWAL

See date on your registration form for the withdrawal date for this course. Students who stop attending class without completing a withdrawal form will receive a grade of 0.0. It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw from a course. You should initiate a withdrawal at the main campus Registrar’s Office or at any JCC center if you cannot complete the course. You should also contact me when considering a withdrawal.

AUDIT/CREDIT

Students who do not wish to receive a grade from the course may opt for an “audit,” which means they will not receive a grade. They may turn in their work and take tests for evaluation. Students who sign up to “audit” and now wish to receive a grade must contact the Registrar’s Office at main campus or personnel at the extension centers by the drop/add date listed on your registration form.

COLLEGE CLOSING

Usually the college does not close due to inclement weather. Any cancellation of classes will be announced over local radio stations, JCC web page or the student can check by calling 787-0800. College receptionist or a recorded message will generally be available.

ASSOCIATE DEGREE OUTCOMES

The Jackson Community College Board of Trustees has developed a list of essential skills which all of its associate degree graduates will enhance during their college experience. The Board has said:

“JCC's goal is to prepare students to live productive and meaningful lives. Implicit in this goal are efforts to prepare students to: (a) live and work in the twenty-first century, (b) be employed in situations which will require retraining several times during a productive life, and (c) function in a rapidly changing informational society.”

ADO 9— Working In Groups:Students will participate in paired activities, code discussions, and teams in the laboratory assigned with installing wiring in wood frame walls.