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Wiring a House (For Pros by Pros)

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Manufacturer: Taunton

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This classic reference book on home wiring for homeowners, electricians and apprentices has been completely updated to reflect changes to the electrical code since it was first published in 1996. New material on home generators, lightning protection and wiring "above code" has been added to this edition. New design and color photos and illustrations throughout are featured.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.31924
EAN: 9781561585274
ISBN: 1561585270
Label: Taunton
Manufacturer: Taunton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2002-08-23
Publisher: Taunton
Release Date: 2002-08-23
Studio: Taunton


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Great Resource -
I am a female who is planning to be the general contractor for a new 8,000 square foot home. With no previous experience, I am learning everything I can so that I am able to choose contractors who are qualified and so that I will have the knowledge to ensure the work is done properly. I loved this book as it has tons of useful information. Although some complained it is not a beginner book, I had very little background and am able to understand most of the book without a problem. It is well written and clear. Although I will not be doing any wiring myself, I can now confidently specify materials and the way I want things done. I can also distinguish between electrical contractors who try to get away with the minimum and those who pride themselves on a high quality job. I have been reading dozens of books on every trade, and this is one of my favorites. If you will be building a house and want to be involved, this is a must have.

Very Good Book -
This book covers so much about wiring and can help you do some of the hardest electical jobs yourself. It describes in detal how to do things and explanes things about electrical wiring and circuits. Truely a must book for the do it your self person around the house.

For Pros by Pros... DIYer's will need supplements -
Would like to give this 3.5 stars. It's a good book, but it is written towards someone with a moderate level of electrical experience. There are plenty of how-to chapters that include handy tips and tricks, but its coverage of NEC and minor renovations needs work.

The book is a great guide for anyone wiring a home they are building or doing a major, whole house rennovation (i.e. tearing down all drywall and starting over). There's are many good rules-of-thumb as to how to design your panel, where to use CGFI's, what gauge wire to use, etc.

It tries to include some practical tips on how to work with wire and some ways to avoid scrutiny from a code inspector (i.e. clamps vs nuts, etc). Most of the tips are only useful if you've done some amount of professional electrical work. DIYer's will need more fundamentals than this book has time to provide.

The two biggest weaknesses of the book is that it tries to give you advice to always "exceed code", but it rarely tells you what the code was at time of publication nor does it explain enough about the code you are exceeding to reasonbly infer how to handle different situations. In some places, it simply omits code or isn't really correct.

For example, it mentions the need to strap cables every few feet and within a certain distance of the box. However, the distances given are actually borderline within code and don't apply when fishing cable down walls. Another example: he spends a decent amount of time on grounding, but spends little time on explaining how to properly ground low-voltage items such as antennaes, dishes, and other wiring. In another spot, it talks about places to use CGFI, but it's advice is inconsistent: must have one light in a garage, other place says don't use CGFI on lights or other safety equipment. Just tell me what the NEC says.

As far as rennovations, it spends little time on the related code and practices for adding electrical to an existing system. How do I get a wire past a fireblock? How do I get wire down an exterior wall? What are some of the gotcha's? Most of my electrical work has always been on already-finished projects. The author is adamant that you fasten all wires, but how do you do this when the drywall is already up? Or for that matter, do I even need to? These kind of omissions make it less useful for the DIY project on a finished home.

Other tips in the book are "useful", but not always true. There's a section condeming the use of QuickWire connectors, telling tale after tale of electrical disasters... yet he spends insufficient time on the proper technique and *necessity* for carefully wrapping wire around a screw properly. Having lived in tract housing all my life, I can provide tale after tale of electrical disasters because lazy electricians didn't tighten a screw, didn't bother to hook the wire around the screw, or used a power screwdriver on a switch and cracked it.

That said, there's still plenty of useful info. Interesting illustrations and a good place to start. This is not a referfence book nor is it comprehensive. You will still need a guide to the NEC.

Very well done. -
Wanting to build a home in the future, also being very involved in any project under way I needed a basic foundation of knowledge. That way, atleast I understand what I am being told and then able to ask informed questions.

Placing a sub panel on the upper level primarily to save labor & material costs; any multi story homeowner would like as you will not have run to the basement when a breaker trips.

His methodology makes common sense and is easily understood. I'm not an electrician and don't play one on TV. Knowing that materials used are good quality vs poor is a plus, and if a switch or outlet is damaged being able to resolve it is too.

At best I may pull cable and put up boxes. Unless I was formally trained I would not be so presumptuous as to feel like an expert having read a book no matter how well written.

Very good treatment, but incomplete and confusing in scope -
I'm a pretty experienced do-it-yourself electrician. As my projects get more advanced, I've struggled to find a good book that goes beyond the basics and explains some of the harder problems, and offers solutions and tricks for tricky parts of wiring.

Taking care of work within a box isn't that hard; replacing a switch or outlet, for example, are things that most of the beginner books cover. The book includes good advice for pulling wire around different carpentry features, and for fishing wires in blind hole situations. These are great tips, and very useful in practical wiring when doing a remodel.

The book was published in 2002, and is compatible with the 1999 NEC. Because of the aggressive changes in the NEC, a few aspects of the book are out-dated. However, the illustrations are clear and show modern tools and parts, and the fundamental techniques are not out-dated.

The book is most valuable to me because of its advice about fishing and working around carpentry. It has a little bit of coverage about other advanced topics, like using water proof fittings, choosing wire connectors, and using some conduits. While it has a whole chapter on doing service and meter wiring, it doesn't go into any detail about the other subjects, and that suggests to me that the author was a littel confused about the priorities of his audience. There's not enough information here to safely wire an air conditioner, a jacuzzi, or a spa; but the information on installing a service panel is very complete.

There are several places where only just enough information is provided to do a "by the book" installation, such as planning wiring for a kitchen. If you have a very large kitchen or an odd collection of appliances, you'll need to look up the code to figure out what to do. The same goes for sizing wire for branch circuits, finding box sizes, and so on.

This is a great book, and perhaps the best DIY book you'll find, but it doesn't have perfect coverage and requries additional information if you want to do a complete job.

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