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Essential Electrical Switches and Receptacles Guide

Learn to identify and list different wall switches and receptacles for home wiring. Enhance knowledge in electrical circuits with focus on types and parts. Explore the uses and advancements in electricity for homes, farms, and industries.

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Essential Electrical Switches and Receptacles Guide

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  1. UNIT: ELECTRICAL SWITCHES AND RECEPTACLES W. C. “BUSTER” HOUNSHELL SPRING 2002 Virginia Tech

  2. OBJECTIVES: • Performance Objective: Students will be able to identify and list the different types of wall switches and receptacles commonly use in electrical wiring for the home or farm stead

  3. Enabling objectives: • Given the instruction in class, laboratory, and assignments- • Students will be able to list and identify the different types of wall switches, receptacles and their parts commonly used in wiring electrical circuits with a 70% accuracy:

  4. Single pole Three-way switch Four-way switch Double switches Pilot light switch Switch/receptacles Timer switches Automatic switches Motion- sensor switches Programmable switches Time-delay switch Dimmer switch Switches to list and identify:

  5. Normal receptacles 15 amps, 125 volts 15 amps,125 volts (grounded) 20 amps, 125 volts 15 amps, 250 volts High –voltage 30 amps 125/250 volts 50 amps, 125/250 volts Receptacles to list and identify:

  6. Interest approach: • The uses of electricity are numerous and new developments are appearing nearly daily. • Electricity provides our homes, farms, businesses and industries with valuable resources that would otherwise be unavailable to us. • Science, medicine, transportation and even communications have been fortunate to make rapid technological advancements related to our understanding of electricity.

  7. Interest approach: (Continued) • All phases of modern agriculture depend on the benefits of electricity • To better understand and benefit from the application of electricity • There are basic principles that one should become comfortable with.

  8. Technical Content PowerPoint Presentations • Electrical Switches • Special Purpose switches • Electrical Receptacles • GFCI Receptacles

  9. Evaluation: Receptacles and Switches

  10. Identify the following switch • 1. A. three way B. single pole C. four way

  11. Identify the following • 2. A. three way B. single pole C. four way

  12. Identify the following • 3. A. three way B. single pole C. four way

  13. Label the following: • 4. A._____grounding terminal B._____switch lever C._____screw terminals 1 2 3

  14. Label the following: • 5. A._____traveler screw terminal B._____common screw terminal 1 2

  15. Label the following: • 6. The correct name for No.1 and No.2 are: A. Common terminals B. Travel terminals 1 2

  16. Label the following: • 7. A._____mounting straps B._____amperage and voltage rating C._____wire gauge rating D._____wire compatibility rating 2 1 3 4

  17. Identify the following • 8. A. Switch/receptacle B. High voltage receptacle C. Duplex receptacle D. Pilot receptacle

  18. Identify the following • 9. A. Switch/receptacle B. High voltage receptacle C. Duplex receptacle D. Pilot receptacle

  19. Identify the following • 10. A. 15amp/125volt B. 15amp/125volt with ground C. 15amp/250volt D. 20amp/125volt w/ground

  20. Identify the following • 11. Color, neutral, hot, ground. A._______, _______ B._______, _______ C._______, _______ D._______, _______ b c d a

  21. Identify the type circuit • 12. A. High voltage B. Normal voltage C. 125 volts D. 250 volts E. Both A & D F. Both A & C

  22. Identify the following • 13. A. Duplex receptacle B. Grounded duplex receptacle C. Ground-fault circuit-interrupter receptacle D. Ground-fault circuit-interrupter circuit breaker

  23. Test Review

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