Textbooks

BC Campus Electrical Open Textbook collection  by various (Varies).

Fundamentals of Electricity by Andreas Vrettos (CC-BY-NC-SA).

A google drive created by Andreas Vrettos, containing a textbook and unit resources for ELECT 1101 – Introduction to Electronics at the College of DuPage.

Lessons In Electric Circuits, Volume I – DC  by Tony R. Kuphaldt (CC BY).

It was out of frustration that I compiled Lessons in Electric Circuits from notes and ideas I had been collecting for years. My primary goal was to put readable, high-quality information into the hands of my students.

Libretexts Electronics Technology Textbook collection (various licenses).

Smart Grids by Jim Trepka (CC BY).

This textbook covers smart grids, a range of technologies that allow for more complex interactions between the utility (electricity) and consumer. Some of these interactions include better monitoring of energy generation, transmission, and usage so that a utility can better predict demand, pinpoint outages, and serve its customers. A smart grid allows for better integration of consumer generated power such as solar panels or turbines. In addition, a smart grid could result in lower utlity rates for customers through automating electical demand such as controlling charging car batteries when utility usage is low.

Videos

The Electric Academy  by The Electric Academy (CC BY).

Sometimes electrical theory can come across as confusing. These videos are simple and to the point. This series of dozens of easy-to-understand videos was created by Chad Flinn when he was a trades instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Electrically Controlled Systems playlist by Jim Pytel, NSF ATE CREATE and Columbia Gorge Community College (50+ free online lectures on YouTube).

This playlist examines hard wired relay based ladder logic techniques used to start, stop, change direction and modify operating characteristics of actuators. The playlist explores ladder logic, contactors, relays, overloads, solenoid operated valves, switches, indicators, manual motor starters, 2 wire magnetic motor starters, 3 wire magnetic motor starters, jogging circuits, friction brakes, reversing magnetic motor starters, plugging circuits, reduced voltage starters, timers, and more. This playlist is a first in a series of three and is intended to be followed by the “Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)” and “Motor Drives” playlists.