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Overview

This short course provides general but pertinent information on inverter duty motors. This course is intended for engineers in general and can be helpful for electrical engineers as well. It provides general information about inverter duty motors and related aspects. This information may be most suitable for engineers who want to become familiar with or intend to make use of variable frequency drives or inverter duty motors.

The information gained from this course will help an engineer apply the right approach and avoid equipment mismatch. The information is presented in concise and general terms that most engineers are expected to be familiar with. Technical details or mathematical formulas are avoided so that the ideas are covered in a simple manner. This course is not to be considered as comprehensive and is intended to be a refresher or introductory course.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  · What is an inverter duty motor?
  · Applications when an inverter duty motor is needed
  · Inverter duty motor types
  · Comparison of the features and benefits of inverter duty motors with standard AC induction motors
  · Special considerations for specifying inverter duty motors

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.