Electrical Faults in a Simple Air Conditioning System
Used as a training/exercise device for identifying electrical installation faults in an air conditioning system.
Learning objectives/experiment:
- Electrical design and operating principle of simple air conditioning systems
- Read and understand electrical circuit diagrams
- Design and operation of electrical components in an air conditioning system
- Components:
Start-up capacitor,
Start-up relay,
Overheat protection
Main contractor,
Automatic fuse,
On/off switch
Speed switch,
Thermostat
- Fault finding in electrical components
In idle state
Under mains voltage
Specification:
1. Experimental unit from the practical series for the training of mechatronics engineers for refrigeration
2. Simulation of the electrical circuit of a simple air conditioning system for cooling
3. Real control circuits with electrical components, simulates load circuits
4. Electrical simulation of compressor and fan
5. Temperature control with thermostat and compressor
6. Fan with 2 adjustable speeds
7. Operating state of the simulated components indicated via lamps in the circuit diagram
8. Circuit diagram depicted on the front panel
9. Identification of 15 faults: multimeter measures voltages or resistances at the lab jacks
- Includes manual book and experiment module
