14 Days (84 hrs) 4 Credits

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See you in class!

John

NO CELL PHONES IN CLASS!

Note: Please remember that all assignments (including labs) are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Any work turned in after class has started will have a 5% deduction from your score (you may be asked to leave the room if we are discussing work that you have not completed). Any work turned in, or tests not taken without prior arrangements, more than one school-day late will receive a 0% score. Online tests, when announced in the class page, will be opened only for the time period specified.

Day 1:

*Access Service Matters website (see link below) and open the "Apartment Maintenance Series" book in the job aid section (AM5). Read the "Theory of Drying" section on pages 71 and 72.

*Discussion and demonstration on drying theory.

*Demonstration on component access on a Whirlpool electric dryer.

Day 2:

*Discussion on the 3 basic elements of mechanical clothes drying and demonstration on related components.

*Using the AM5 manual, trace out the air flow pattern for both the top and front filter housing styles on page 83 and 84.

*Demonstration on proper moving techniques, installation, and safety on electric dryer installation. *Retrieve a Whirlpool (or Kenmore, Roper, or Kitchen Aid) built electric dryer from the outdoor storage cage and set it up in the laundry lab station. Follow the installation instructions in the AM5 manual for 27" electric dryers and test the unit for proper function:

-discharge air cycling between 100 degrees F. and 200 degrees F. (approximately).

-drum turning at 48 to 52 RPM's.

-no grinding, squealing, squeaking, rumbling, or thumping noises, timer advancing.

!!!IMPORTANT!!!

*USE PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES, MOVING EQUIPMENT, AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHILE INSTALLING DRYERS!!!

*USE SAFETY GLASSES AND GLOVES!!!

Day 3:

*Demonstration on dryer teardown.

*Discussion on air-flow, electrical system, and mechanical system.

*Tear-down your unit and identify system components and how they relate to the three drying elements (example: heating element provides the heat source and is part of the electrical system).

Day 4 through 6:

*Demonstration on diagnostics on electric dyers, finding problems and accessing service modes and error codes.

*Practice tracing circuits and schematic reading (trace all circuits) on you unit (you may have to look up your specific tech sheet on the Service Matters web site).

*Practice "bugging" the machines (see instructor for help with this).

Day 7:

*Hands on diagnostic test (find the "bug" the instructor has installed in your machine within the time limit allowed). Re-assemble machine back to proper working order and put it back in the storage cage where instructed.

*Set up/install gas dyers from storage cage and test for proper operation.

Day 8 through 10:

*Set up and install at least two different brand electric dryers (other than the Whirlpool) such as Maytag, Electrolux/Frigidaire, Bosch, GE, etc. Go through them and be prepared to explain component access and any special diagnostic procedures to the instructor.

*Reassemble, check operation and put all the electric dryers back in the storage cage as per instructor’s directions.

Day 11 through 12:

*Demonstration on leak testing combustible gases with TIF 8800 detector and liquid solution.

*Retrieve and the gas dryers in the storage cage and install as per instructions in the AM5 manual.

!!!IMPORTANT!!!

!!!LEAK TEST ALL FITTINGS BEFORE OPERATING UNIT!!!

*Follow electrical circuit in dryer using technical sheet from manufacture. Use technical contact sheet with passwords (see instructor).

*Demonstration on regulator conversion NAT to LP and back.

*Demonstration on gas pressure testing with dial type manometer.

*Practice gas conversion using kits supplied.

Day 12:

*Demonstrate proper conversion per manufacture's instructions to the instructor.

Day 13:

*Review for written and hands on test (see rubric hand out). *Set up for gas or electric hands on test, make sure all machines are operating correctly.

Day 14:

*Written and hands on test.

*Test all machines for proper operation and put away into cage as per instructors directions.

!!!CLEAN-UP EVERY FRIDAY AT 1:30PM!!!

!!!PART OF YOUR SHOP GRADE!!!

*Service Order

*Shop Report