Susan Brown

[Susan Brown]

Hi Ronny,

The Samurai just misspoke at that point (~ 18:58). Just go by what is written on the slide! He does go on to say that resistance increases as temperature increases, and that it is a mathematically “direct” relationship.

Sorry for the confusion!

[Susan Brown]

Ah – he’s talking about the cabinet being “out of square” which means the right angles of the cabinet aren’t exactly right angles. In other words, slightly warped in some way so the doors don’t seal properly.

[Susan Brown]

Hi Everardo,

Sure – I just set you back to that quiz.

We’ve got a Quiz and Exam reset request page that you should use if this happens again – you’ll find it in the sub-menu under “Contact Us” in the main menu. Here’s the direct link:

https://my.mastersamuraitech.com/quiz-exam-reset-request/

Basic Electricity is a challenging module – we’re happy to help you here in the Forums if you need it – just start a topic.

[Susan Brown]

That’s what we’re here for!

[Susan Brown]

Figure 1 is the schematic – it won’t show what the error is. You have to use the measurements to determine what is going on – just like in real life! You aren’t able to see the entire circuit in the appliance – you are using measurements to deduce them.

In Figure 2, we deliberately disconnect a wire in order to do the half-splitting technique. That’s not the same thing as showing you where the fault was in Figure 1.

When we have an L1-L2 circuit, and there is an open on one side or the other, you cannot tell from measurements which side is open because both sides have a hot line.

In an L1-N circuit, you would be able to tell without half-splitting. If you measured 120v on one side of the load wrt N, you would know that the open was NOT on the L1 side, otherwise the voltage wouldn’t be felt at the load.

If you measured 0 volts from both sides of the load wrt N, you would know the open IS on the hot side.

But with both sides being hot, you can’t tell from the scenario in Figure 1 which side is at fault without disconnecting the circuit and re-measuring.

Do you see how that works?

[Susan Brown]

Yep! So, that’s the important bit of info that Figure 1 is giving us. Do we know – in Figure 1 – where the open is?

[Susan Brown]

Good!!

What is the general cause of current not flowing, even though there is some voltage present?

[Susan Brown]

Correct again!

However, the measurement from L1 to L2 in Figure 1 is zero. So, we have no heat and no voltage drop. Does this change your mind about current flowing in the circuit?

Remember, you can measure voltage (potential) when current isn’t flowing.

[Susan Brown]

Correct. Yet, we are getting no heat in this dryer.

But there is another effect that we see when current goes through a load – it’s something you measure with your meter, and we had a whole unit on it…

[Susan Brown]

What happens when current flows through a load?

The element is a load. If electrons are moving in this circuit (current flow), then they’ll be going through the element. What would that cause?

[Susan Brown]

I’m glad I asked!

If current is flowing in L1, is it also flowing through the element and on the L2 side?

[Susan Brown]

Hi Daniel,

Yes, that’s exactly it.

Let’s go even further to help you understand this scenario. Based on the information we give you, is current flowing through the circuit in Figure 1?

[Susan Brown]

I’ve asked our Appliantology admin to help you out.

You could also review the unit in the Appliantology 101 course about searching for manuals, and how to request a manual if the search doesn’t turn up what you need.

https://my.mastersamuraitech.com/module-1/searching-manuals-appliantology/

[Susan Brown]

confirming:

The first scenario – that the freezer seems cold – is not saying that the freezer is at the proper temps. It is just stating the way the customer usually observes the failure sequence. They rarely know what the actual temperatures are. The first place they notice the failure is in the fresh food compartment, because it only takes a few degrees of warming to get into the food spoilage zone there.

Question 12, we are telling you that the freezer temperatures are normal, which would not be the case if the defrost system were failing.

Hope that helps!

[Susan Brown]

Hi Robert,

I think you are talking about Unit 4 – correct?

There are two correct answers to this one.

You chose one of them correctly – Through L1 to H1 in the infinite switch

And as you said above, the other path for L1 is through the bimetal switch.

So – your explanation is correct.

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