Maricopa Community Colleges  ABC267   19962-20046 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/28/95
ABC267 19962-20046 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Specialty Lighting and Signaling Systems
Calculations for installation and measuring of specialty lighting and signaling systems according to National Electrical Code (NEC) standards. Includes decorative, roadway and sign lighting. Also fire alarm and security systems. Troubleshooting and maintenance. Prerequisites: (Indentured status with the Arizona Builders Alliance) or permission of the apprenticeship coordinator.
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ABC267   19962-20046 Specialty Lighting and Signaling Systems
1. Determine illumination requirements for specific lighting applications, describe installation of lighting fixtures and calculate illumination of existing lighting installations. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
2. Select and size lamps for specific lighting applications and size branch circuits. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
3. Describe and diagram a wiring schematic for specific lighting applications including required overcurrent protection. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
4. Interpret NEC Article 600 (Electric Signs and Outline Lighting) and describe electric lighting installation using standards prescribed by Article 600. (VI, VII)
5. Define trade terms and describe the operating principles of signaling systems. (VIII)
6. Identify the components of fire alarm and security systems. (VIII)
7. Explain the NEC requirements pertaining to signaling systems according to specific articles and sections. (IX)
8. Describe the installation of heat, smoke and motion detectors. (X)
9. Describe maintenance procedures on specific signaling systems including fire alarm systems and field devices. (XI, XII)
10. Design and describe the installation of a complete security/fire alarm system for a specific commercial project according to NEC requirements. (XIII)
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ABC267   19962-20046 Specialty Lighting and Signaling Systems
    I. Specialty lighting
        A. Trade terms
          1. Absorptance
          2. Ballast
          3. Diffuser
          4. Lumen
          5. Maintenance factor
          6. Polarization
          7. Reflectance
          8. Refraction
          9. Other
        B. General floodlighting calculations
          1. Beam-lumen method
          2. Watts per square foot method
      II. Point-by-point lighting calculation method
          A. Candlepower distribution curves
          B. Trigonometric calculations ABC267Effective Term:
        III. Sports lighting
            A. Lighting for indoor sports
            B. Lighting for outdoor sports
              1. Baseball fields
              2. Football fields
              3. Race tracks
              4. Tennis courts
              5. Driving range and miniature gold
            C. Underwater lighting
              1. Fountains
              2. Water effects to be lighted
              3. Heights to be illuminated
            D. Swimming pool lighting - NEC Article 680
              1. Recommended layouts
              2. NEC requirements
          IV. Residential outdoor lighting
              A. Entrance
              B. Porches, patios and terraces
              C. Outdoor lighting equipment
            V. roadway lighting
                A. Required illumination
                B. Typical applications
                  1. Major streets/downtown
                  2. Intermediate areas
                  3. Outlying areas
                  4. Collector streets
                  5. Local and minor streets
                C. Highway, freeway and expressway applications
                  1. Highway interchange lighting
                  2. Underpass lighting
              VI. Sign lighting
                  A. Billboards
                  B. Location of lighting fixtures
                  C. Blacklight uses
                  D. Flashing
                  E. Billboard lighting design
                VII. Electric signs and outline lighting
                    A. NEC requirements
                    B. Branch circuits ABC267Effective Term:
                  VIII. Signaling systems
                      A. Trade terms
                        1. Annunciator
                        2. Attenuation
                        3. Auxiliarized protective signaling (fire alarm) system
                        4. Control unit
                        5. Initiating device circuit
                        6. Remote station protective signaling system
                        7. Other
                      B. Basic considerations
                        1. Classification of signal circuits
                        2. Closed circuit/open circuit systems
                      C. Fire alarm systems
                      D. Components of security and fire alarm systems
                        1. Power supplies
                        2. Contacts and conductive foil
                    IX. National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements
                        A. Article 725
                        B. Article 760
                        C. Articles 500, 516 and 517
                        D. Article 300
                        E. Article 250
                      X. Basic fire protection signaling systems
                          A. Basic components
                            1. Control unit
                            2. Initiating device circuits
                            3. Indicating appliance circuits
                            4. Power supply
                            5. Supplementary circuits (optional)
                          B. Control unit operation
                          C. Alarm initiating devices
                            1. Heat sensing fire detectors
                            2. Heat sensitive cable
                            3. Rate compensating detector
                            4. Rate-of-rise detector
                            5. Pneumatic rate-of-rise tubing
                            6. Spot type rate-of-rise detector
                            7. Smoke sensing fire detectors
                            8. Photoelectric light obscuration smoke detectors
                            9. Projected beam smoke detector
                            10. Photoelectric light-scattering smoke detectors
                          D. Wiring installations
                          E. Alarm indicating appliances
                            1. Bells
                            2. Chimes
                            3. Speakers
                            4. Sirens
                            5. Other ABC267Effective Term:
                        XI. Maintenance of fire alarm systems
                            A. Relays
                            B. Pilot lamps
                            C. Capacitors
                            D. Resistors and rheostats
                            E. Transistors
                            F. Overcurrent devices
                            G. Batteries
                            H. Wiring
                            I. Control cabinets
                          XII. Maintenance of field devices
                              A. Noncoded manual stations
                              B. Coded manual stations
                              C. Automatic transmitters
                              D. Heat detectors
                              E. Rate-of-rise detectors
                              F. Smoke detectors
                              G. Horns and bells
                            XIII. Commercial/industrial signaling systems
                                A. Low-voltage controls
                                B. Visual aids for schools
                                C. Fail-safe alarm system
                                D. Industrial applications
                                E. Motel management
                                F. Home protection
                                G. Nurse call system
                                H. Nursing homes
                                I. Travel trailers and yachts
                                J. Office use
                                K. Modular housing
                                L. Restaurants
                                M. Signal and communication systems
                                  1. Electric chime
                                  2. Intercom
                                  3. Telephone
                                  4. Bank alarm
                                N. Designing
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