Electrical Wiring Residential

Ray Mullin, Phil Simmons

• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781337101837
• eBook ISBN: 9781337516549
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Teaching Arts & Humanities

Featuring the latest industry standards and procedures, longtime market leader ELECTRICAL WIRING RESIDENTIAL, Nineteenth Edition, provides comprehensive, authoritative coverage of the 2017 National Electrical Code® (NEC®), as well as a thorough grounding in Electrical Knowledge and Applications. Drawing on decades of industry and classroom experience, the authors guide you step-by-step through the critical tasks and responsibilities you can expect as a professional electrician in both new construction and existing homes. Extremely reader friendly, the text offers detailed explanations without being overly technical, and content clearly relates the NEC to real-world installation processes used by today's professionals. Vivid Illustrations coordinate with the latest NEC regulations to provide further clarity, and foldout plans at the back of the text provide hands-on practice applying code requirements to prepare you for career success.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 General Information for Electrical Installations
• Chapter 2 Specifications, Electrical Symbols, and Outlets
• Chapter 3 Determining the Required Number of Branch Circuits, Lighting Outlets, and Receptacle Outlets
• Chapter 4 Conductor Sizes and Types, Wiring Methods, Wire Connections, Voltage Drop, and Neutral Conductor Sizing for Services
• Chapter 5 Conductor Identification, Switch Control of Lighting Circuits, Bonding/Grounding of Wiring Devices, and Induction Heating
• Chapter 6 Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters, Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters, Surge Protective Devices, Immersion Detection Circuit Interrupters, and Appliance Leakage Current Interrupters
• Chapter 7 Luminaires, Ballasts, and Lamps
• Chapter 8 Lighting Branch Circuit for the Front Bedroom
• Chapter 9 Lighting Branch Circuit for the Master Bedroom
• Chapter 10 Lighting Branch Circuit—Bathrooms, Hallway
• Chapter 11 Lighting Branch Circuit—Front Entry, Porch, Post Light, Underground Wiring
• Chapter 12 Lighting Branch Circuit and Small-Appliance Circuits for the Kitchen
• Chapter 13 Lighting Branch Circuit for the Living Room
• Chapter 14 Lighting Branch Circuit for the Study/Bedroom
• Chapter 15 Dryer Outlet, Lighting, and Receptacle Circuits for the Laundry, Powder Room, Rear Entry Hall, and Attic
• Chapter 16 Branch Circuits for the Garage and Outdoors
• Chapter 17 Recreation Room
• Chapter 18 Lighting Branch Circuit, Receptacle Circuits for Workshop
• Chapter 19 Special-Purpose Outlets—Water Pump, Water Heater
• Chapter 20 Special-Purpose Outlets for Ranges, Counter-Mounted Cooking Unit ▲G, and Wall-Mounted Oven ▲F
• Chapter 21 Special-Purpose Outlets—Food Waste Disposer ▲H, Dishwasher ▲I
• Chapter 22 Special-Purpose Outlets for the Bathroom Ceiling Heat/Vent/Lights ▲K ▲J, the Attic Fan ▲L, and the Hydromassage Tub ▲A
• Chapter 23 Special-Purpose Outlets—Electric Heating ▲M, Air Conditioning ▲N
• Chapter 24 Gas and Oil Central Heating Systems
• Chapter 25 Television, Telephone, and Low-Voltage Signal Systems
• Chapter 26 Smoke, Heat, Carbon Monoxide Alarms, and Security Systems
• Chapter 27 Service-Entrance Equipment
• Chapter 28 Overcurrent Protection–Fuses and Circuit Breakers
• Chapter 29 Service-Entrance Calculations
• Chapter 30 Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, and Hydromassage Baths
• Chapter 31 Wiring for the Future: Home Automation Systems
• Chapter 32 Standby Power Systems
• Chapter 33 Residential Utility-Interactive Photovoltaic Systems
• Appendix A: Specifications for Electrical Work— Single-Family Dwelling
• Appendix B: Schedule of Special-Purpose Outlets
• Appendix C: Useful Formulas
• Appendix D: Metric System of Measurement
• Appendix E: Architectural, Plumbing, Piping, Valves, and Sheet Metal/Ductwork Symbols
• Appendix F: Single-Family Dwelling Service-Entrance Calculations (Standard)
• Appendix G: AFCI/GFCI Check-Off List
• Appendix H: Glossary
• Code Index
• Subject Index