Master the latest industry standards and procedures with longtime market leader ELECTRICAL WIRING RESIDENTIAL, Twentieth Edition. In addition to comprehensive, authoritative coverage of the 2020 National Electrical Code® (NEC®), this trusted text will give you a thorough grounding in essential electrical theory 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.

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Teaching Arts & HumanitiesTable of contents
- Cover
- 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
- 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 Branch 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, and Wall-Mounted Oven
- Chapter 21: Special-Purpose Outlets.Food Waste Disposer, Dishwasher
- Chapter 22: Special-Purpose Outlets for the Bathroom Ceiling Heat/Vent/Lights, the Attic Fan, and the Hydromassage Tub
- Chapter 23: Special-Purpose Outlets-Electric Heating, Air Conditioning
- 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: Feeder and Service-Entrance Calculations
- Chapter 28: Installing Feeders and Service-Entrance Equipment-Grounding and Bonding
- Chapter 29: Overcurrent Protectio-Fuses and Circuit Breakers
- Chapter 30: Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, Hydromassage Baths, and Electrically Powered Pool Lifts
- 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
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