Loop troubleshooting effort -- fail

Each student, in nearly every lab activity, must troubleshoot a fault the instructor places into a measurement or control loop. They are given 5 minutes to isolate the type and general location of the fault, and more time (if necessary) to precisely identify and rectify it. The instructor begins by playing the part of a bewildered operator, telling the student (the technician) what the system isn't doing right. Throughout the exercise, the instructor asks the student to explains their reasoning and their diagnostic method to ensure they aren't just guessing theuir way through.
In this activity, the student's troubleshooting procedure was not rigorous enough to locate the fault in the allotted time, and he failed the exercise as a result. Being a "mastery" type of assessment, the student is given multiple opportunities to re-try and get it right (on a different loop, with a different problem each time).

[@kryan2231]

Loved seeing this. I've been out of school since the Summer of 2010. Tony has to be one of the brightest teacher's in the US when it comes to Intsrumentation. He is a brilliant guy, and knows the industry. I've been at Kapstone Paper since I've graduated and have since moved up to management. None of this would have been possible without Tony, and BTC.

[@aideainlancaster2086]

What a great teacher. His approach to getting the student to understand is perfect!

[@bigstallman5582]

Thank you so much for this video. Please post more. Thanks again.

[@PatrickStave]

Now that's a very good excercise! Thanks a lot for all your great videos, they have been a great help in my education. Regards, Norwegian automation apprentice.

[@MR-nl8xr]

The patience this Man had is Carbide Hard.

[@stockloc]

NO! NO NO NO NO NO! *throws phone at wall* I'm done sitting in my portapotty. Back to work with me.

[@khaleelsyed501]

Excellent

[@F00dTube]

Being a "mastery" type of assessment, the student is given multiple opportunities to re-try and get it right. I was like: "thank god"

[@KenMMark]

interesting. I am an avionics technician (troubleshot circuit boards with functional testers) and machine maint. tech turned I&C tech for the drinking water utility recently. Any tips on crash courses to adapt my current understanding to my new I&C role? It look like one main diff is that that TCs don't go directly to a Watlow. Their Vo gets amplified then converted to 4-20 mA, then sent to a PLC. I haven't taken apart any of the Rosemount or Foxboro P or T transmitters yet, but I've found your videos helpful. Thanks.

[@SB-dc9qb]

This is great. Thank you.

[@peloflex]

Awesome! .. great stuff!.. thanks for sharing.

Good

[@bigbadalphawolf9330]

Nice video.

[@PlanetFin]

Good effort, Electrics can be tricky

[@ponnembalam]

Why get shivering nd shivering while making videos !!!!!!!

[@metalz88]

thank you for this video.. very helpful

[@nayrbsworld3048]

this is gold

[@chabonk]

Nice.

[@kevin5843]

good video

[@manytoolsmike]

this is so painful to watch.