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Electrical Safety Engineering
About this book
Revised byD.A. Dolbey JonesSenior Engineering InspectorElectrical Safety Engineering deals with the theory and practice of the safe design, installation and operation of industrial electrical equipment. It is well established as the leading comprehensive source of reference on electrical safety.This third edition incorporates revisions that cover the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, EC Directives on safety matters and many recent developments in safety legislation and guidance publications. W Fordham Cooper drew on his long experience as HM Electrical Inspector of Factories and a consultant to the Insurance Technical Bureau to write this wide-ranging work. D A Dolbey Jones, who has revised this classic for its third edition, adds his own insights gained as an HM Senior Electrical Inspector with the Health and Safety Executive, responsible for steering the project on the Electricity at Work Regulations and the official Memorandum of Guidance on the Regulations;and as a Senior Engineering Inspector with the Department of Energy (now the DTI). Published guidance and other useful reference material is signposted throughout the book. Two new appendices deal with essential up-to-date publications.The comprehensive reference work on electrical safetyDraws on a wide range of incidents and investigationsNew paperback version brings this classic within reach of a wide professional readership
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviated titles
- Part 1: General
- Part 2: Breakdown and failure of electrical equipment
- Part 3: Circuit protection
- Part 4: Switches and control systems
- Part 5: Fire and explosion hazards
- Part 6: Industrial supply and distribution
- Appendix 1: List of Health & Safety Executive Publications
- Appendix 2: European Community Directives
- Index