Electrical Wiring: ResidentialStudents can learn all aspects of residential wiring and how to apply them to the wiring of a typical house from this, the most widely-used residential wiring text in the country. It's loaded with more examples, photos, illustrations and wiring diagrams than any other textbook. Accurate and comprehensive, it covers just about every residential wiring task an instructor may wish to cover and students might need to know. Students learn safe practices required by OSHA and methods and materials required by the 1999 NEC all within an applied "on-the-job" context. |
Contents
Code Use of Metric SI Measurements | 9 |
Positioning of Receptacles | 41 |
Switch Control of Lighting Circuits Receptacle | 116 |
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