TRAINING COURSE:
Multiple Street Lighting Systems
Course Category: Transmission and Distribution
Course description: The purpose of this course is to teach the basic principles of operation and maintenance of a multiple street lighting system. The course presents the fundamental theory of operation and identifies the equipment typically found in a multiple street lighting system. Approaches to detecting and correcting common problems are also shown. At the conclusion of this course, participants should have a basic understanding of how multiple street lighting systems work, what equipment they use, and how they are controlled. Participants should be able to detect and correct common problems in a multiple street lighting system.
Course syllabus:
- Theory of Operation
- Identify the two basic electrical circuit configurations for street lighting systems and describe the operation of each
- Identify the basic components of a typical multiple street lighting system and describe the function of each
- Describe the characteristics of an incandescent lamp and explain how it operates
- Identify common types of gaseous discharge lamps and describe how each operates
- State the function of a ballast transformer and describe its principle of operation
- Using wiring diagrams, explain how a ballast transformer may be connected to a multiple street lighting circuit
- State the function of a self-contained luminaire and describe two general types of luminaires
- Describe the operation of a basic relay
- Identify two types of photocells and explain how each type operates in a multiple street lighting system
- Describe one way in which a street lighting system may be controlled from the primary side of a distribution transformer
- Using a wiring diagram, describe how the components of a multiple street lighting system can be connected
- Given a circuit or circuits on a wiring diagram, identify the source, path, load, and control
- Troubleshooting Multiple Street Lighting Circuits
- Describe general steps that can be used to troubleshoot problems in multiple street lighting circuits
*This course is discounted for NATE members.
