Basic Wiring (Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Series) [Spiral-bound]

Time-Life Books (Editor)

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 128 pages
• Publisher: Time-Life Books (December 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783538626
• ISBN-13: 978-0783538624
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,002,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of accurate easy to understand diagrams, February 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Basic Wiring (Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Series) (Spiral-bound)

This book on basic wiring is outstanding. Unlike a lot of books with written explainations this book has accurate easy to understand and follow diagrams. If you hold an electrical outlet in you hand you can see exactly what it looks like in the diagram. This book takes away the fear of electricity.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent for beginners, March 12, 2001

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Roddy Erickson (Northwestern WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic Wiring (Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Series) (Spiral-bound)

This is easily the best basic introduction I've seen. Clear, well-illustrated, neither assuming prior experience nor treating the reader as a dummy, it can take you from Zero to rewiring branch circuits with confidence and safety.

I really can't recommend it highly enough! I already had experience, but picked up useful bits from it, and have loaned a copy to several friends.

The T/L Home Repair and Improvement series is good in general (more than I can say for most series), but especially this volume.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference., February 10, 2001

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"foolfortools" (Pomeroy, Washington USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Wiring (Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Series) (Spiral-bound)

I had done some wiring before I got this book, but I wanted a reference that I could use if there was something that I was at all unsure of. Once I got the book, I was very pleased with all the handy hints and illustrations. Definitely worth having it around if you're a novice electrician.