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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Wiring: Upgrade Your Main Service Panel - Discover the Latest Wiring Products - Complies with 2008 NEC (Black & Decker Complete Guide)
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| Part No: | 1589234138 |
| Manufacturer: | Creative Publishing international |
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| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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- ISBN13: 9781589234130
- Condition: New
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One of the most daunting endeavors for any would-be do-it-yourselfer is dealing with the electrical--namely, electrical repairs, improvements, and wiring and rewiring projects. The reason for this is simple: mistakes can cause fires, major disasters and expense, and even death. But anyone can learn about safe and correct wiring in order to complete repairs or add new wiring to an aging and inadequate system. This is the book to show you how, from the basics of how electricity works and simple repairs and projects, all the way to complicated rewiring you might otherwise assume must be done by a professional. Included are the most up-to-date electrical code requirements; guides to evaluating, planning, and installing new electrical circuits; repair advice on switches, receptacles, and fixtures; and a detailed and well-illustrated lighting design section. A total of 288 pages of hundreds of illustrations and photographs and a comprehensive reference index make this an ideal book for the beginner, and an up-to-date refresher course for the professional.
--Mark A. Hetts
North America’s best-selling wiring bookânow even better
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In previous editions, The Complete Guide to Home Wiring sold more than one million copies, making it the all-time bestselling book on home wiring for consumers. In this newly revised and redesigned edition, the book includes everything that made the original the favorite of American homeowners, but also adds new projects, such as wiring a shed or gazebo, and includes important revisions to meet the 2008 National Electrical Code.Â
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The modern home can include dozens of electronic components unknown just a few years ago, and this book provides essential information on wiring for those devices. It includes information on security systems, home theaters and surround-sound systems, computer networks, and a host of kitchen amenities like espresso machines to grind-and-brew coffee machines. Tech savvy homeowners will appreciate the section devoted to Bluetooth and wi-fi technologiesâthe next wave of “wireless wiring”
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Once again, this book features more than 700 color photographs showing installation and repair projects with unsurpassed realism and clarity.Â
Earlier editions of The Complete Guide to Home Wiring sold more than 500,000 copies, and this expanded new book includes all the tried-and-true projects from earlier editions, updated to feature the latest fixtures. The book now meets the requirements of the 2005 National Electrical Code, including important changes for bathroom, kitchen and utility area wiring. No book is more complete when it comes to traditional wiring, but this is only the beginning. One of the biggest challenges facing homeowners today is hooking up the many electronic components they own-computers and printers, home theaters and surround-sound systems, CD and DVD and DVR units, to name a few. Getting electronics to operate together correctly has its own dedicated chapter on how to solve this common source of frustration. You'll learn everything you need to know about home media connections, including how to create a high-definition home theater with surround-sound. And the newest wave in home wiring is to lose the wires altogether. Technologies with names such as "Bluetooth" and "wi-fi" are creating homes with fewer and fewer wires and greater and greater freedom of movement and communication. The final chapter in this book covers this exciting technology, and will show you how to integrate computers, printers, telephones, audio and video equipment, and more-all with no wires attached.
| Black & Decker wiring guide | 2010-08-18 | 5 / 5 |
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| This book is saving me a lot of money. I dont hook up to electrical boxes but I do the inbetween stuff and have an electrician look it all over and hook up for me. It is very thorough and it has helped me identify electrical mistakes in my house from the previous occupants, such as reversed polarity on outlets which I was changing over to GFCI. This book is an excellent addition to any homeowners library and very much worth the 17 bucks. I live in an older house and I have had this book for a while now. It gets referenced every time I need to do electrical work. Even if I feel comfortable with what I am doing I still reference the sections pertaining to what I am doing just to make sure I am doing it right. |
| NO USE FOR THE UK | 2010-08-11 | 2 / 5 |
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Very disapointing as I didn't recognise any of the diagrams and looks like it was written for the USA/CANADIAN market NOT the UK.
This book is is of no use to me unfortunately, and would like to return it, if I knew how. |
| Instructor | 2010-06-23 | 4 / 5 |
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I am a Master Electrician and teach a class in Residential Wiring and I am always looking for good referance materials. This book has the best pictorials and easies reading that I have seen for a coule of years. I work basically with adults and they are finding the book helpful even after the class is completed. The book is clear and concise the chapters are well written. The only down side to the book is there are still items in the books both physical and written that do not meet or follow the 2008 NEC as advertized. The pictures are and can be misleading and the verbage can be also. None of the problems fall into the serious realm where someone can be hurt but they are just not the approved method of doing things today.
All in all the book is worth the money and the time that is takes to read it. It is easy to follow as I told the class that even a cave man can do it. I will purchase it or the next edition again.
Sincerely,
Larry Fadden |
| Home Wiring | 2010-05-10 | 5 / 5 |
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| This product is exactly what I thought it would be. I was looking for a basic book on home wiring. This covered everything that I wanted it to, and then some. It's also a great reference with all of the full color photos so I am able to see what my wiring is supposed to look like. |
| Highly recommend this one! | 2010-05-06 | 5 / 5 |
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| Whether your a novice or advanced in electrical this is a great reference. Always make sure you check with local building codes and if you do not feel comforatable with working with electric than leave it to a professional. However, if you have this book you will gain the knowledge you seek to get the job done. Good luck with you project. |
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