Top 10 Courses: Electrical

 Solar Electric Generation: Technologies

5 Hours | Only $134.75
Rolling blackouts in California in 2000 and 2001, low hydro generation in the Pacific Northwest in 2001, and a power plant construction boom in Texas have all drawn attention to electricity issues in the West. Solar conditions are optimal for the production of solar energy in the desert southwest – and yet solar energy remains underutilized. See how the sun’s power can be harnessed with different types of solar generating technologies, and take a look at the area’s potential for producing clean, renewable, affordable energy.

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  Basic Electricity 1

2 Hour | Only $77.90
Can you recognize series vs. parallel circuits? Calculate the energy consumed by an electrical load? Calculate voltages, currents, and power in simple circuits? Learn how with this useful introductory course, which defines and explains basic electrical terms and illustrates the applications of Ohm''s law.

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Arc Flash Hazard Analysis - The Basics

1 Hour | Only $26.95
Unless you can travel at the speed of light, you need to know how not to put this particular brand of sizzle in your life! Workers frequently exposed to live electrical equipment need to understand what an arc flash is, how it happens, and how it can be prevented.  The exponential heat buildup of an arcing fault can cause an explosion in a fraction of a second, leaving destruction and death in its wake. Learn to perform an Arc Flash Hazard Analysis to help predict the possibility of an arcing fault, and know what PPE you need to be wearing to protect you if an arc flash occurs.  Understanding this hazard and how to avoid it is a matter of life and death.

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 Engineering Economic Analysis

5 Hours | Only $249.75
We’ve all heard that time is money…but do we know how long is how much? This popular and well-liked course reviews engineering economy analysis concepts and even makes them palatable! Basic economic analytics are covered, including the time value of money, cash flow diagrams, and present value methods. Methods for converting annual values to present values, future values to present values, and future values to annual values are shown with their complement equations; and both discrete compounding and continuous compounding factors are discussed.
Several different analysis methods are reviewed including Present Worth, Annual Cost, Capitalized Annual Cost, Payback, and Multiple Alternative Analysis. The effects of taxes, including depreciation effects are explained and shown in examples.

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Renewable Sources of Energy: Wind Power

3 Hours | Only $80.85
Funny how the answers to one of the biggest crises facing humanity – the need for renewable, clean energy – may literally be above our heads (the sun) and in the air (the wind). This course answers the question, "Why are consumers and utilities choosing wind power as a Renewable Source of Energy?" by explaining the economic and environmental benefits of wind power to both the consumer and distributor of electricity. You’ll learn what wind energy is and how it is converted to electricity through the mechanics of wind turbines, and address such issues as Net Metering and Interconnection Requirements, the Renewable Portfolio Standard, Renewable Energy Credits, and Green Power as they pertain to utility-scale wind turbines.  The course will also familiarize you with developments in Wind Power in conjunction with the Wind Powering America Initiative.

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Clean Energy: Recycled Energy Technologies

1 Hours | Only $26.95
We’re not just recycling plastic and paper anymore! Conventional methods of producing energy often have residual energy waste streams, and there are ways to recycle them into useful energy services. This course examines 19 diverse, clean recycled energy technologies, with a focus on harnessing the energy in residual fuel from conventional fuel production, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The utilization of biogas formed from the decomposition of organic matter on farms, landfills and wastewater treatment plants is also discussed.

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Renewable Energy Generation

1 Hours | Only $26.95
Think about it: If just15% of the power generation in the United States came from renewable sources, CO2 emissions would be reduced by 15 trillion pounds. With consumers becoming more insistent that utilities develop environmentally friendly generation sources and several states already requiring utilities to generate at least part of their power from renewable sources, this course simply makes sense. It covers seven of the most promising sources for renewable energy: bioenergy, hydrogen fuels, ocean energy, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and solar.  Each is explained, the state of the technology is reviewed, and the factors that affect its application detailed.

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2008 NEC Changes Part 1: Introduction

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Commercial Building MEP Design

 1 Hour | Only $38.95
The design effort in commercial building is typically very fast-paced. When funding becomes available for commercial building work, there is usually an urgent need for the construction to take place, the building to become occupied, and for revenue to begin being generated. This course goes over the steps you need to know to accomplish the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) design of a typical commercial building quickly and properly! Sources of information, design parameters, and the requirements of various local jurisdictions in the review of MEP documents for the issuance of building permits are all provided discussed. Understand the steps that should be taken to begin the MEP design of a commercial building.

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2005 NEC: Cable Types

1 Hours | Only $38.95
To all those who would like to sort through the voluminous code regulations of the NEC and find and understand their desired information as quickly and easily as possible: This course is for you! This particular course explores portions of Chapter 3 of the NEC and provides thorough, easy to understand explanations of the codes that pertain to Articles 320 - 340:  Cable Types. Dig in!

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