Customer Reviews

Electricity for Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

This book was used in my "Fundamentals of Electricity" course in a technical college air-conditioning (AC) program. It was selected because it was the only text specifically for AC. We used the first third of the book. I'm an older student, have two years of university credits, and have seen a lot of technical and vocational training material. This book is simply awful. I have never had to struggle with a textbook so hard as with this one. Grammatical errors were abundant. The review questions were poorly written. Illustrations were occasionally mis-labeled, out of sequence or just plain wrong. Where the material raised a question, it was often left unanswered, but unasked questions were answered in excruciating detail. I had to use 4 other books to fill gaps left by this one. Most insulting was the price: $108. There are better books that cover basic electricity, some aimed at HVAC. I used Proctor & Mazur's books from ATP to fill some gaps. Additionally, ARI's "Refrigeration and Air Conditioning" has a good treatment, which is clearly written.

I love the way the author set this book up. You gradually build on what you learn and never really feel that you are being thrown in to hard. The writing is fantastic. Not to difficult in technological terms for the novice and yet levels with the seasoned veteran just right. When you complete a chapter , you are introduced to a " In the field scenario" service call. You imagine yourself at the call working out the problem in the component. You see how to step by step, use the common sense approach to troubleshooting and gain good skills in those procedures. The calls vary from simple to very complex. One thing is for very certain. You will enjoy having this book in your professional HVAC/R library.

This book cost $108.00 and is full of errors. The instructor of my Intro To Control Class has contacted the publisher but to no avail. I am struggling in a course that I have always wanted to take and although my instructor is fanstastic this book gets a big fat F- from me. This book has failed and I hope that anyone who is forced to pay for this book isn't stuck paying full price. It's just not worth it!

I found this book to be helpful in breaking down what the different components are, diagrams and more. I highly recommend this book to those who are just starting out. I plan to keep this book in my library in case I have to refer back to it. There are some typos but who cares!! The knowledge given to the reader is invaluable!

I needed it for my class I take at my community college for HVAC Electrical Motors and Controls class I'm taking. The book seems like it's alright. I've used better

I am currently attending HVAC school and found electricity to be challenging. The manual has proven to be very helpful and clarified many areas.

The book has many errors and confusing or incomplete diagrams. the review questions range from redundant to wanting way too much info. there is a lot of repetition, including repeating the same sentences right after one another but reworded. this book made the classes much more difficult than it needed to be. this is the 7th edition i can only shutter at how bad the first book was.

I still have not received this book in the mail as promised by seller. DO NOT BUY anything from this seller. He didn't forget to take my money for it though.

I ended up getting the international edition it is the same, it was in very good shape and the prise helped out my check book.

After you order book, they send you an E-Mail telling you that book is the International Edition not U.S. Edition.