Course Description

BATTERY DIAGNOSIS AND SERVICING

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Understand terms and definitions     

Identify battery service tools

Describe five functions of the battery

Understand types of vehicle batteries and their descriptions

Understand ratings of batteries and their descriptions

Understand factors affecting correct battery selection

Explain safety rules for working with batteries

Describe connecting batteries in series, parallel, and series-parallel

Evaluate factors in selecting the appropriate battery for a vehicle

Maintain and restore electronic memory functions

Inspect, clean, fill, and replace a battery, battery cables, connectors, clamps, battery box, and hold-downs

Make a battery capacity (load) test

Determine battery state-of-charge using an open circuit voltage test

Slow and fast charge a battery

Diagnose parasitic (key-off battery) drain problems

Connect batteries in series, parallel, and series-parallel

Jump-start a vehicle

STARTING SYSTEMS DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR

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25

Understand terms and definitions

Explain types of starting aids

Understand parts of a starting system and descriptions of their functions

Describe major parts of a starting motor

Understand component parts and descriptions of their functions

Describe steps in a starting system operation

Understand conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy

Explain how a starting motor is kept running

Understand types of starter field circuits

Understand types of starter field circuits and current flow

Describe types of starting motor switches

Describe how to engage starter drives

Understand types of electromagnetic or lever shift drives

Understand operation of a series-parallel switch

Understand operation of a transformer-rectifier unit

Explain starting system test

Understand starting system test equipment and their connections

Diagnose starting system problems

Make a no-load starter current draw test

Make starter circuit voltage drop tests

Inspect, test, and repair or replace switches, connectors, and wires of starter control circuits

Inspect, test, and replace starter relays and solenoids

Remove and replace starter

CHARGING SYSTEMS DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR

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25

Understand terms and definitions

Explain purpose of a charging system, an alternator, and charging system output tests

Describe alternator charging circuit components and functions

Identify major parts of an alternator

Describe construction of stator windings

Identify types of alternator circuits

Describe characteristics of a brushless alternator

Describe operation of a brushless alternator

Describe operation of transistorized regulator

Explain safety rules for working with alternator charging circuits

Describe names of charging system tests with descriptions of the conditions evaluated by the tests

Describe charging system test equipment and their connections

Diagnose charging system problems that cause an undercharge, a no-charge, or an overcharge condition

Inspect, adjust, and replace alternator drive belts, pulleys, and tensioners

Make a charging systems output test; determine needed repairs

Make a charging circuit voltage drop test; determine needed repairs

Test an S.I. series alternator

Inspect, repair, or replace connectors and wires of charging circuits

Remove, inspect, and replace an alternator