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  • in reply to: MidTerm – Retakes #25682
    Susan Brown
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      You can continue on, since we grade those pretty quickly (same day, usually) and you can then use your second attempt. It’s just best not to go *too* far until you’ve passed it, just in case.

      in reply to: Module 3 unit 6 timer #25681
      Susan Brown
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        You’ll see at least one like that in Module 4 (unit 2).

        in reply to: What does Half-Split mean? #25677
        Susan Brown
        Keymaster

          No problem! You’ll see it mentioned again in the Troubleshooting module.

          in reply to: Defrost Heater Question on Quiz #25671
          Susan Brown
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            Hi John,

            The question is, ” What would happen to the evaporator coil if the defrost heater failed open?” There is no “to” before “open”. An important difference!

            For a heater to “fail open” means that it is electrically open somehow, and electrons are not able to move through it. Often the heater material has a break in it.

            Make more sense now?

            in reply to: Module 6 unit 5 #25662
            Susan Brown
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              If the entire appliance is unresponsive (no lights or anything), the very first thing you check is to see if 120v is present at the wall outlet.

              in reply to: Basic circuit question #25639
              Susan Brown
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                Good! Glad to help.

                in reply to: Basic circuit question #25634
                Susan Brown
                Keymaster

                  Because L1 and L2 are 180 degrees out of phase with each other. When one is +120v, the other is -120v. We first describe this in Mod 4, unit 6, then I talk about it some more in that video in Mod 4 unit 9.

                  in reply to: Basic circuit question #25632
                  Susan Brown
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                    In a *functioning* 120v circuit, with one load, you will have line (hot) on one side of the load, and neutral (ground potential) on the other. So when you are measuring for voltage drop, you will put your probes on either side of the load (or EEPs corresponding to either side of the load) and see if you get voltage. If current is flowing through that load, you will measure a voltage drop, which should equal the source voltage (because we’re talking about a circuit with one load).

                    If current is not flowing through the circuit, because it is open somewhere, then you will either not have line or neutral present at the load. In either event, you would measure 0v across the load because you would be actually measuring line wrt line, or neutral wrt neutral, depending on which side of the circuit is open. In this case, you could then do a measurement of voltage with one probe at one side of the load, and one probe on a known-good neutral. If you get line voltage here, then you know the open has to be on the neutral side of the circuit, because we only get voltage from the line, or hot, side of the circuit.

                    If you have a 240v circuit, these things are a little different. Do you remember Question 9 on the Midterm exam where we had to disconnect one side of the circuit so we could figure out which side was open?

                    Does this help?

                    in reply to: Basic circuit question #25627
                    Susan Brown
                    Keymaster

                      Hi Jon,

                      It’s good to be thinking through these things!

                      In the first instance, with the light off, you were measuring the voltage potential at the outlet.

                      In the second, with the light on, you were measuring the voltage drop across the load (the light).

                      You are correct that if you measure across a closed switch you would expect to measure 0v, but you didn’t have your probes just on either side of the switch – you had them on either side of the working part of the circuit – the light bulb.

                      Does that make sense?

                      in reply to: 2-7 front load washers #25610
                      Susan Brown
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                        Thanks! I just added an exception to that “Pro-tip” (if the valve has a removable plastic filter, you can clean or replace that)

                        in reply to: Module exam question 27 #25606
                        Susan Brown
                        Keymaster

                          They do, but one half of it can trip without tripping the other side. We aren’t saying it happens a lot, but it is common enough that you always want a customer to check it if they report certain things.

                          in reply to: Module exam question 27 #25604
                          Susan Brown
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                            240v appliances experience all the same types of problems as a 120v appliance (failed loads, switches, or boards), but a unique issue that can happen is that one of the breakers will trip and the appliance will only receive 120 V AC. A classic example is when an electric dryer will tumble but have no heat.

                            in reply to: LoZ option #25592
                            Susan Brown
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                              My first suggestion is that you rewatch the AC Voltage measurement video in Mod. 4, unit 7.
                              https://my.mastersamuraitech.com/module-4/basic-electricity-electrical-measurements-in-appliance-repair/

                              And also read the section further down in that unit about Loading meters.

                              The point of a loading meter is to allow more current to flow in the circuit to eliminate the possibility that you are reading “ghost” voltage.

                              Do you recall where that video is that you are referring to?

                              in reply to: Midterm Exam for Core Q#9 #25589
                              Susan Brown
                              Keymaster

                                Correct.

                                in reply to: Midterm exam ( question #8 ) #25588
                                Susan Brown
                                Keymaster

                                  Hi Tracy, you are on the right track. Main coil is shunted by the closed switch, so 0v.
                                  The Safety is easy to see – it is an independent circuit with one load, in *parallel* with the others, so 120v.

                                  The Ignitor and the Booster are in parallel – why would they split up the voltage?

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