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Electrical Blueprint Reading, Revised shows you how to read and interpret electrical drawings, wiring diagrams, and specifications for constructing electrical systems. It shows you how a typical lighting and power layout appears on a plan and how to execute the plan. This book tells you how to use a panelboard or heating schedule, and includes typical electrical specifications. Whether you're studying to be an electrician, or a seasoned professional looking to improve your blueprint-reading skills, this newly-revised manual will help you stay competitive in today's electrical job market. It shows you how to read and interpret all types of electrical drawings and diagrams used in residential and commercial construction. Electrical Blueprint Reading, Revised has details on electrical floor plans, lighting layouts, and schematics showing single line and block or power-riser diagrams for wiring circuits. You'll learn how to lay out an electrical project, what to look out for in dealing with construction specifications and drawings especially in terms of today's technology, how to use an engineer's scale for developing and reading site plans, and how to make up and use panelboard, connected-load, and other schedules. This new edition provides:
Electrical Blueprint Reading, Revised shows you how to get the information you need from the most complex electrical blueprints. Once you understand how to follow the pathways and interpret the scale and symbols, you can install the correct system the way the designer intended. Keep this book as a handy reference. Once you've learned the techniques it explains, you'll no longer face the bewilderment and frustration of having to build from electrical blueprints you can't read. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1 Electrical Drawing, 7 Types of Electrical Drawings, 7 Electrical Working Drawings, 11 Chapter 2 Layout of Electrical Drawings, 16 Preparing Drawings, 16 Architect's Scale, 17 Chapter 3 Electrical Symbols, 23 Lighting Outlets, 23 Switches and Receptacles, 25 Service Equipment, Feeders, and Branch Circuits, 26 Communication and Alarm Symbols, 26 Chapter 42 Types of Building Drawings, 28 Lighting Fixtures, 29 Lighting Circuits, 30 Chapter 5 Sectional Views and Electrical Details, 38 Sectioning, 38 Electrical Details, 42 Chapter 6 Electrical Wiring Diagrams, 50 Single-line Diagrams, 51 Riser Diagrams, 52 Chapter 7 Electrical Schedules, 61 Connected-Load Schedule, 62 Panelboard Schedules, 63 Electric-Heat Schedule, 64 Kitchen-Equipment Schedule, 64 Schedule of Receptacle Types, 69 Chapter 8 Site Plans, 70 Civil Engineer's Scale, 70 Developing Site Plans, 71 Practical Applications, 71 Underground Distribution, 76 Chapter 9 Electrical Specifications, 82 Chapter 10 Reproductions of Drawings, 111 Blueprinting, 111 Blueline or Whiteprinting, 111 Photocopying, 111 Microfilming, 112 Chapter 11 Equipment and Appliance Wiring, 114 Carrying Capacity of Conductors, 114 Reading Equipment Blueprints, 129 Color Codes, 131 Schematics for International Wiring, 133 Appendix A Practice Test, 146 Appendix B Final Exam, 152 Appendix C Answers to Assignments and Tests, 155 Appendix D Symbols and Abbreviations, 163 Appendix E Sample Forms, 184 Appendix F Glossary, 194 Index, 202 Includes: Book By: Taylor F. Winslow Revisions and new illustrations by: E. Glenn Engineering Published by: Craftsman Book Company ISBN: 0-934041-64-4 208 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11 |
