Practical electrical wiring : residential, farm, commercial, and industrial
Edition
20th ed.
Publication Information
Minneapolis, Minn. : Park Pub., c2008.
Physical Description
xxvi, 677 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Based on the 2008 National Electrical Code."
Contents
- pt. 1. Wiring principles
- 1. NEC, product standards, and inspection
- National Electrical Code (NEC)
- Product standards and certification
- Inspection
- Where do you fit in?
- 2. Numbers, measurements, and electricity
- Numbering
- Abbreviations
- Metric system
- Temperature conversion
- Arithmetic refresher
- Units of electrical measurement
- Reading meters and paying for electricity
- How we use wires to carry electricity
- Ohm's law : how current, voltage, and resistance interrelate
- Voltage drop : a price to be paid for using electric power
- Three-wire systems : two voltages for the price of one
- 3. AC and DC ; power factor ; transformers
- Direct current, alternating current, and nonlinear loads
- How transformers work and what they do for us
- 4. Basic electrical power utilization systems
- The service is the usual energy source
- Overload protection protects against sustained overheating
- Short-circuit and ground-fault protection prevents damage from electrical arcs
- Service conductors involve unique overcurrent protection problems
- Service disconnects, "readily accessible" and other NEC requirements
- Service and building disconnects
- Circuits
- Panelboards (and switchboards)
- 5. Basic devices and equipment
- Devices, fittings, and boxes, definitions
- Lamps for incandescent lighting
- Receptacle outlets for connecting loads
- Switches for controlling outlets
- 6. Overcurrent devices
- Fuses
- Circuit breakers
- Arc-fault circuit interrupters
- Breakers vs fuses
- Determining proper rating of overcurrent device
- 7. Selecting conductors
- Choosing a type of wire insulation
- Understanding wire sizes
- Understanding ampacity and the NEC ampacity tables
- Reducing voltage drop
- 8. Making wire connections and splices
- Remove insulation before connecting or splicing wires
- Terminals for connecting wires to devices
- Making splices
- Solutions to reliability problems of connections and splices
- 9. Grounding for safety
- Three types of grounding
- Grounding terminology
- System grounding
- Equipment grounding helps prevent electric shock
- Equipment grounding conducts must have low impedance
- Grounding-type receptacles increase safety
- Ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCI)
- 10. Outlet and switch boxes
- Boxes serve dual purpose
- Knockouts allow conduit or cable entry
- Types of boxes
- Installing boxes
- Calculating allowable number of wires in box
- 11. Wiring methods
- Wiring methods using tubular raceways (conduit and tubing)
- Cabled wiring methods
- Thermal insulation degrades wiring method ampacities
- Flexible cords are not wiring methods
- 12. Planning residential installations
- Factors in adequate wiring
- NEC emphasizes receptacle placement rules in dwellings
- NEC requires lighting, usually with switch control
- Special rules apply to receptacles
- Room-by-room wiring needs
- Putting your wiring plan on paper
- 13. Residential electrical distribution
- Install enough branch circuits for convenience and safety
- Size the service for present and future needs
- Service equipment must be suitable for its function
- Surge protective devices
- 14. Residential lighting
- Measuring light, how much do you need?
- What quality of light do you need?
- Layered lighting and special effects
- How to select incandescent lamps
- Fluorescent lighting saves energy
- 15. Residential and farm motors
- How electric motors are rated
- Types of motors commonly used
- Five requirements for every motor installation
- Maintaining residential and farm motors --
- pt. 2. Residential and farm wiring
- 16. Installing service entrances and grounds
- From the street (or utility right-of-way) to the building
- Service-entrance wiring on a building
- Service conductors entering buildings
- Location and wiring of service equipment
- Provide a safe grounding system for the service
- Bonding for water and other systems is required for safety
- 17. Installing of specific outlets
- Wiring simple device and fixture openings
- Wiring to recessed luminaires
- Wiring garages and outbuildings
- 18. Finishing : installation of switches, receptacles, and luminaires
- Installing conventional devices in interior locations
- Installing conventional luminaires
- Luminaires that don't mount directly to outlet boxes
- Paddle fans have special requirements
- Outdoor and other wet locations require special procedures
- Test your installation before energizing it
- 19. Limited-energy wiring
- Fire resistance of limited-energy cabling
- Workmanship
- Signaling and control wiring
- Communications circuits
- 20. Wiring for multiple circuits and specialized loads
- Three-wire circuits
- Three-phase, four-wire circuits
- NEC notations for voltage systems
- How the NEC classifies appliances
- Receptacles for appliances
- Appliance circuits
- Wiring methods for ranges and other special appliances
- Special applications
- Solar photovoltaic systems
- 21. Modernizing old work
- Wiring methods in old work
- Concealed wiring techniques
- Surface wiring techniques
- When to replace old wiring
- Methods for retaining existing panel(s)
- 22. Farm wiring
- How to set up the electrical distribution system at a farm
- How to wire branch circuits and outlets in farm buildings
- 23. On-site engine power generation and supply of premises wiring
- Engine generators and optional standby systems
- Emergency and legally required standby systems
- Interconnected power production
- 24. Manufactured homes, recreational vehicles, and parks
- Defining the terms used in this chapter
- Manufactured (mobile) homes and parks
- Recreational vehicles and parks
- Requirements for nonresidential uses of mobile homes and RVs
- 25. Wiring apartment buildings
- From simple to complex, start with a single apartment
- Requirements for service entrance for the building
- Wiring the service to a larger apartment building --
- pt. 3. Commercial and industrial wiring
- 26. Sizing conductors for all load conditions
- Middles and ends of wires require separate calculations
- Termination restrictions protect devices
- The middle of the wire, preventing conductors from overheating
- Choosing a conductor
- Wires in parallel
- 27. Nonresidential wiring methods and materials
- How to connect wiring to enclosures
- Nonresidential applications may involve different grounding rules
- What other wiring methods are you likely to use?
- 28. Planning nonresidential installations
- What are common nonresidential distribution systems?
- Grounding nonresidential systems
- What is a separately derived system and how is it grounded?
- How to install and protect transformers and their conductors
- What branch circuits can be used?
- What luminaires can be used on various circuits?
- What allowances does the NEC provide for temporary wiring?
- 29. Nonresidential lighting
- Group relamping
- Tungsten-halogen lamps
- Fluorescent lighting becomes more of a science
- Quality of illumination
- Modern control systems address energy concerns
- High-intensity discharge (HID) lighting
- Incorporate luminaire characteristics in the lighting design
- Remote source lighting (fiber optics)
- Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
- 30. Industrial and commercial motor applications
- Motor ratings and motor circuit terminology
- Start with the basics : one motor and no other load on a circuit
- Now add complexity : two or more motors on one circuit
- Hermetic refrigerant motor-compressors have their own NEC article
- Fire pump motor "protection" isn't like anything else in the NEC
- Industrial control panels
- 31. Wiring specific locations and occupancies
- Office spaces must provide floor-plan flexibility
- Retail stores, lighting as a merchandising tool
- Places of assembly are allowed comparatively few wiring methods
- Good schools showcase good lighting design
- Church lighting presents unique challenges
- Wiring in wet, corrosive, and outdoor locations
- Wiring for signs and outline lighting, unique grounding provisions
- Hazardous (classified) locations require very high workmanship standards
- Appendix.