Learn how to diagnose and isolate your vehicle’s electrical faults in this free online automotive electronics course. This course provides an ideal foundation for diagnosing electrical issues on your car or truck. Each lesson builds on your knowledge of circuits and rules, demystifying automotive electrical schematic diagrams and establishing a foolproof process for quick and accurate diagnosis of electrical faults. Enroll now to gain a solid understanding of how to interpret basic car electrical problems using wiring diagrams.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘voltage’, ‘current’ and ‘resistance’ • State what every basic electrical circuit needs to operate • Describe the four types of faults that can affect electrical circuits • Explain the differences between series circuits and parallel circuits • Label the expected voltage measurements on voltmeter worksheets • Recognize how schematics can be drawn differently but still be equivalent electrically • Analyze automotive schematic diagrams to determine what parts of a faulty circuit are working based on the condition • Explain the process of elimination approach to diagnosing electrical faults |
| Course Code | 4312 |

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