Understanding Motor Controls, Cengage International Edition - Softcover

Herman, Stephen; Seiler, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798214129464

Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning, 2025

Synopsis

Herman/Seiler's UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, Cengage International Edition, is designed for students with no previous motor control experience. It introduces basic principles and common motor control components to build simple control circuits. Illustrations depict troubleshooting circuits using basic types of meters and test equipment. While the use of modern equipment is highlighted throughout the book, legacy types of timers and other motor control devices are included for reference. Updates include the most recent edition of the National Electrical Code®, clearly illustrating how to select overloads and protect the control circuitry. Motor control components and hands-on laboratory experiments enable students to practice and apply the concepts, starting with simple circuits and advancing to more complicated circuits involving timing relays, electronic control devices and auto-transformer starters.

About this title

About the Authors

Stephen L. Herman was an electrician and proficient instructor with over 30 years of practical experience and was known for his reader-friendly approach. A seasoned author, Mr. Herman wrote leading books on electricity and mathematics that are popular with students and instructors alike. For two decades, Mr. Herman served as lead instructor for the Electrical Technology Curriculum at Lee College in Baytown, Texas, where he received an Excellence in Education Award from the Halliburton Education Foundation. He also taught at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, North Carolina, for nine years and helped pioneer an electrical curriculum for Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His additional publications include ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL, ELECTRICITY AND CONTROLS FOR HVAC/R, INDUSTRIAL MOTOR CONTROLS, UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRICIANS, ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, DIRECT CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY FOR USE WITH LAB VOLT EQUIPMENT, THE COMPLETE LABORATORY MANUAL FOR ELECTRICITY and PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS FOR ELECTRICIANS.

With three decades of both in-the-field and instructional experience, Frank Seiler is able to convey practical installation requirements as well as code compliance in his teaching and writing. Mr. Seiler has been a member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors for almost 30 years, teaching for the local Eastern Washington chapter as well as on occasion for IEC, IBEW and motor controls in the Electrical Maintenance and Automation department at Spokane Community College. Prior to working in academia, Mr. Seiler served as a lead electrical inspector for the Department of Labor and Industries of Washington State. Seeing a need for more extensive training opportunities, he has been the director of INW Industrial Training LLC since 2011, where he continues to teach continuing education classes, test preparation and electrical safety for onsite customers.

Edition details

• Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798214129464
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 657