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Summary
Summary
Through the use of a lively writing style and frequent examples, RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY: ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, 2E covers the important topics that readers need to know to become residential electricians. The author, Stephen L. Herman, logically presents the basic electrical principles from safety to motors and discusses how to go from theory to application. This text helps users learn the work skills, functions and activities included in the Residential Electrician Skill Standards developed by industry leaders for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). With its supplemental multimedia this text provides an integrated teaching solution directly linking your education/training program to the residential construction industry.
Table of Contents
| Section I Basic Electricity |
| 1 Safety |
| 2 Basic Electrical Theory |
| 3 Electrical Quantities and Ohm's Law |
| 4 Resistor |
| 5 Series Circuits |
| 6 Parallel Circuits |
| 7 Combination Circuits |
| 8 Measuring Instruments |
| 9 Using Wire Tables and Determining Conductor Sizes |
| 10 Magnetic Induction |
| Section II Alternating Current |
| 11 Alternating Current |
| 12 Inductance in Alternating Current Circuits |
| 13 Resistive-Inductive Series Circuits |
| 14 Resistive-Inductive Parallel Circuits |
| 15 Capacitors |
| 16 Single-Phase Transformers |
| 17 Single-Phase Motors |
