Black & Decker Advanced Home Wiring: Updated 3rd Edition * DC Circuits * Transfer Switches * Panel Upgrades Author: Editors of Creative Publishing | Language: English | ISBN:
B0089EN1FA | Format: PDF
Black & Decker Advanced Home Wiring: Updated 3rd Edition * DC Circuits * Transfer Switches * Panel Upgrades Description
Current with Codes through 2014
A carefully selected group of home wiring projects that goes beyond the basics of adding a receptacle or rewiring a lamp. With the information in this book you can take your skill in working with electrical systems to a new level. Projects include: adding a stand-alone, direct-current circuit powered by the sun; installing an automatic standby power system; replacing a main service panel; grounding and bonding your electrical system; installing a radiant flooring system; and working with 240-volt and three-phase power.
- File Size: 13906 KB
- Print Length: 128 pages
- Publisher: Creative Publishing international; Third edition (August 15, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0089EN1FA
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Lately I have been thinking about installing a backup generator for my house. I already own
Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Wiring, 5th Edition, with DVD: Current with 2011-2013 Electrical Codes (Black & Decker Complete Guide) and really liked the clear instructions and pictures that it contained. So, when I saw that this book description listed that "projects include...installing an automatic standby power system" as part of the book, I decided to pick it up.
Well, for "installing an automatic standby power system" this book tells you to have it professionally installed. There are instructions to install a manual transfer switch and there is advice about sizing a generator, but that hardly qualifies as "installing an automatic standby power system".
That misleading part aside, this book is laid out in a clear fashion and provides some good information, but it contains very little that isn't already in the B&D Complete Guide to Wiring and it contains far fewer projects and less information then that book. (Advanced Home Wiring is 127 pages and Complete Home Wiring is 351 pages and includes a DVD.) In fact the only thing that I can see in Advanced Home Wiring that isn't in Complete Guide to Wiring is a section on using a multimeter to trouble shoot. (Taking a voltage reading, taking a current reading, checking continuity, finding/fixing and open neutral, finding/fixing a short.)
In the end, I recommend going with the Complete Guide to Wiring instead of Advanced Home Wiring, it costs a little more ($16.29 vs $11.43 at this time) but contains far more content.
This book seems targeted at those doing new construction or undergoing a remodel who already have a fundamental understanding of electrical wiring. For those who do not meet this criteria, the other B&D book (
Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Wiring, 5th Edition, with DVD: Current with 2011-2013 Electrical Codes (Black & Decker Complete Guide)), is likely a better choice - see my review there for more details why.
The reason why this book is more for those doing new construction is due to a number of assumptions about unencumbered installation, eg. Little mention of pulling cables through existing runs, and most diagrams showing how to install against studs before drywall is hung.
I bought this book to diagnose a wiring fault in a recent house purchase. It fulfilled this task very well: The diagrams on the likely layout of existing circuits proved incredibly useful and showed that I a) needed to create my own wiring maps for this house and b) from the showed where the existing wiring layout was flawed. That definitely saved a LOT more than 10 bucks if I'd have brought in an electrician...
I bought this for Kindle and I believe this worked better than the printed book due to the usual portability considerations as well as the ability to zoom into the diagrams by clicking on them. A color device obviously works best.
Hope this helps
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