Residential Wiring to the 2005 NEC
Covers all Topics of Residential Wiring from Rough
Installation to Finish Wiring in New Installations, Alterations and
Additions
By Jeff Markell
Shows how to install rough and finish
wiring in new construction, alterations, and additions.
Complete instructions on troubleshooting and repairs. Every
subject is referenced to the
2005 National Electrical Code,
and there's 22 pages of the most-needed NEC tables to
help make your wiring pass inspection – the first time.
It's easy to install wiring that will carry
electrical power from the service entrance to outlets, switches and
equipment throughout a home. But installing wiring that complies
with the latest National Electrical
Code is harder, sometimes much harder. But that's the only
wiring sure to pass inspection -- and the only wiring that will give
safe, trouble-free service for the life of a home.
This is your complete guide to installing
residential wiring the right way -- from the tools and gauges you'll
need, through switch circuits and service entrances, rough and
finish wiring, to additions and alterations to old work,
troubleshooting, and repairs.
The author explains what every electrician
needs to know about electricity, how to select the right materials,
how to follow floor plans, types and spacing of outlets, and
permissible loading on general purpose circuits.
This book is for anyone who wants to make a
living wiring houses. Emphasis is on what the
2005 NEC allows and how to
avoid the errors new electricians often make. The book includes the
2005 NEC tables you'll need and use regularly --
over 20 pages of them.
The Author:
Jeff Markell has over 33 years of experience
in building construction, repair, remodeling and maintenance. He
holds both a General Contractor's License and a California teaching
credential.
Mr Markell designed, and taught for six years,
a practical course on electrical wiring for students entering the
trade. As an instructor, he recognized the need for a practical
manual that would bring together all the information apprentice
electricians can use -- and explain both wiring and the National
Electrical Code provisions that govern residential work. This
book was written to help his students, and anyone new to electrical
work, master the basics of residential wiring.
He is the author of several other books and
many articles which have appeared in both technical and popular
publications.
Contents:
1 Electrical Energy,
1 Historical Introduction, 1 The Composition of Matter, 2 Formation of Molecules, 4 Static Electricity, 6 Current Electricity, 8 Basic Electrical Circuits, 16 Effects of Electrical Energy, 20
2 Distribution of Alternating Current, 23 DC Sources, 23 Magnetic-Mechanical Generation and Alternating Current, 24 Induction and AC Generation, 30 Power in an AC Circuit, 41 Commercial Generation and Distribution of AC Power, 44
3 Tools and Safety, 45 Conventional Hand Tools, 45 Electrician's Hand Tools, 49 Power Tools, 53 Test Instruments, 55 Basic Wiring Techniques, 59
4 Conductors, 65 Wire Materials, 66 Insulation, 70 Ampacities, 73
5 Grouped Conductors, 75
6 Electrical Boxes, 87 Metal Boxes, 87 Single Gang Boxes, 88 4 Inch Square Boxes, 91 Multiple Gang Boxes, 93 Cut-in Boxes, 93 Octagon Boxes, 94 Weatherproof Boxes, 95 Plastic Boxes, 98 National Electrical Code Regulations Regarding Boxes, 100
7 Wiring Switch Circuits and Outlets, 105 Switch Types, 105 Wiring Switch Circuits, 111 Outlets, 125
8 Plans, 129 Types of Plans and their Uses, 131 Floor Plan Symbols, 131 Branch Circuits, 145 Cable Plans, 162 Wiring Diagrams, 163 Service Load Computation
9 The Service Entrance
Overhead Service Entrance
Underground Services Meter Box
Breaker Boxes Grounding
Sizing Grounding Electrode
System Overcurrent Protective Devices
10 Hough Wiring
Non-Metallic Cable BX Cable-Type
AC Flexible Metal Conduit -
Greenfield Liquidtight Flexible
Metal Conduit Electrical Metallic Tubing - EMT, or Thinwall Conduit
11 Finish Wiring of New Work
Receptacles Switches
Appliances Light Fixtures
12 Additions and Alterations to Old Work
Concealing Electrical Additions or Alterations Exposed Additions and Alterations
13 Troubleshooting and Repairs
14 Supplementary Systems
Signaling and Warning Systems
Communications Entertainment Systems
Appendix A National Electrical Code Tables
Appendix B Building and Floor Plans
Index
352 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
ISBN: 1-57218-153-2
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