Spq13 Jared

Last week was spent studying about hydraulics and basic operations of different systems. Hydraulics are much like electricity. I spent some time on the board going through the assignments and quickly found things I didn't understand. I had to learn a few basic hydraulic symbols and their operation. One thing I learned is different valves that are restricted depending on different pressures or temperatures. Pretty cool stuff! After I figure out how to post videos I will add to this blog

Spq13 Witman

This week I continued wrapping my mind around the electrical. I focused a bit on transistors and their function. I find the transistor to be the most interesting piece of an electrical circuit that I have come across so far. Basic function that the base current can control and amplify the current between the other terminals. Wouldn't mind getting my hands on one this week and playing around with it a bit more.

I also spent time this week In the shop fabricating a hand rail and fixing downspouts we had previously built! Man!! Though it was not our mistake,patients is tried when you have to build things twice. I've Learned a lot this week about your mindset going into a job or project. It can either make or break your entire project if you come into it pissed off and mad or the opposite.

Shop hours: 42
Running total: 126

SPQ13 Jared

Last week I spent some time refreshing my memory with the test boards. Seems to have stuck with me. Although testing on the board always seems less complicated than on a truck! Another thing I worked on in class was taking apart an alternator and messing around with the slip rings and rotor. We calculated current using the ohms and our source voltage and hooked it up to create a magnet. I was brought back to what I had learned in ADTech learning about power generation and alternating current. Below are some pictures.

Shop hours:42
To date: 84

SPQ13-Jared

We started class again today Im excited to refresh my memory with some electrical. I spent a little time this evening going through some old schematics we had to color code and creating the new one for tommorow. I also was searching around the internet for some electrical videos and came across one that is pretty mind blowing. There is a bit of information out there on it but it seems to be fairly new technology that could literally change the way this world stores energy.

WOW!! The possibilities for this are endless....

This could make for some interesting topics in class?