The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electrical Repair is a basic instruction manual on home wiring and repair. The book covers AC/DC, volts, watts, fuses, and circuit breakers, national and local codes, and caution signs and safety concerns. Learn when it's best to do-it-yourself and when you need to bring in the pros. Also covered are extension cords and multiple strips, switches and receptacles, installing fixtures and adding new circuits, and working around existing wiring.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electrical Repair
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electrical Repair is a basic instruction manual on home wiring and repair. The book covers AC/DC, volts, watts, fuses, and circuit breakers, national and local codes, and caution signs and safety concerns. Learn when it's best to do-it-yourself and when you need to bring in the pros. Also covered are extension cords and multiple strips, switches and receptacles, installing fixtures and adding new circuits, and working around existing wiring.
About the Author
Terry Meany has been a professional home restorer for two decades. A talented amateur who picked up wiring skills as a homeowner and from observing electricians on remodeling jobs, his work has included adding numerous circuits in two houses and replacing ones with new, grounded cable. The author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Remodeling Your Home, Care for Your Home The Lazy Way, and Working Windows: A Guide to the Repair and Restoration of Wood Windows, Terry lives in the Seattle area.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Authors
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of money,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electrical Repair (Kindle Edition)
Don't buy this book. It contains little useful information and is poorly illustrated. I bought this book because I want add a new panel to my house and am considering doing most of the wiring myself. After reading the book, I still don't know how to wire light switches in different parts of a room to control the same light fixtures, how to wire 220V circuits, what type of wire to use for different amperages, etc. The wiring drawings are scanned drawings done on paper and there are no diagrams at all telling you what wires to connect where. The photos are black and white and on the Kindle you can't really see anything. Honestly, the authors need to read The Complete Idiot's Guide to writing Complete Idiot's Guides.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
I once had a client who was installing some light fixtures in his Seattle home. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new service panel, unmonitored system, additional receptacles, voltage tester, electrical improvements, service mast, grounding conductor, aluminum wiring, terminal screws, circuit map, service conductors, grounded receptacle, electrical jobs, recessed ceiling lights, hot conductors, polarized plugs, neutral wire, zone heating, dedicated circuit, old wiring, electrical inspector, electrical box, existing wiring, wire nuts, screw terminals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bright Idea, Electrical Elaboration, The Least You Need, National Electrical Code, Department of Energy, Progress Lighting, United States, Thomas Edison, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Light Fixes, More Wall Talk, New York City, The Complete Idiot's Guide New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
I once had a client who was installing some light fixtures in his Seattle home. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new service panel, unmonitored system, additional receptacles, voltage tester, electrical improvements, service mast, grounding conductor, aluminum wiring, terminal screws, circuit map, service conductors, grounded receptacle, electrical jobs, recessed ceiling lights, hot conductors, polarized plugs, neutral wire, zone heating, dedicated circuit, old wiring, electrical inspector, electrical box, existing wiring, wire nuts, screw terminals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bright Idea, Electrical Elaboration, The Least You Need, National Electrical Code, Department of Energy, Progress Lighting, United States, Thomas Edison, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Light Fixes, More Wall Talk, New York City, The Complete Idiot's Guide New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
1
book
cites this book:
- The R.A.T. Real-World Aptitude Test: Preparing Yourself for Leaving Home (Capital Ideas) by Homer E. Moyer Jr. on page 226
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
So You'd Like to...
|
|
