Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook 12th Edition - Hardcover

Shoemaker, Thomas M.; Mack, James E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071742581 ISBN 13: 9780071742580

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Synopsis

The definitive guide to distribution and transmission line technology--fully updated

Completely revised to reflect the 2012 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, 12th Edition, provides in-depth information on overhead and underground distribution and transmission lines. The latest OSHA, ANSI, and ASTM standards are emphasized throughout.

This authoritative resource presents basic principles, equipment, standards, and safety regulations, allowing electrical workers to avoid costly errors, diagnose and repair power failures, and ensure optimum safety. A wealth of illustrations and photographs make it easy to understand the material, and self-test questions and exercises help reinforce key concepts.

Comprehensive coverage includes:
Electrical principles and systems * Substations * Circuits * Construction * Wood-pole, aluminum, concrete, fiberglass, and steel structures * Distribution automation * Emergency system restoration * Unloading, hauling, erecting, setting, and guying poles * Insulators, crossarms, and conductor supports * Line conductors * Distribution transformers * Lightning and surge protection * Fuses * Switches, sectionalizers, and reclosers * Voltage regulators * Transmission tower erection * Stringing, sagging, and joining line conductors * Live-line maintenance * Grounding * Street lighting * Underground distribution * Vegetation management * Distribution transformer installation * Electrical drawing symbols * Single-line and schematic diagrams * Voltage regulation * Units of measurement, electrical definitions, electrical formulas, and calculations * Maintenance of transmission and distribution lines * Rope, knots, splices, and gear * Climbing and wood poles * Protective equipment * OSHA 1910.269 * Resuscitation * Pole-top and bucket rescue

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Only Comprehensive Guide to Distribution and Transmission Line Technology -- Updated with New NEC Rules and Technical Advances

First published in 1928, The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook has shown generations of line and cable workers how to construct, operate, and maintain electrical transmission and distribution lines, both overhead and underground. Now updated for today’s professionals, the new Eleventh Edition explains the basic principles, equipment, standards, and safety regulations required for optimal on-the-job performance.

Filled with over 1500 illustrations, this classic presents unsurpassed coverage of electrical systems, substations, circuits, structures, and construction specifications.

The Eleventh Edition features:

• All the guidance needed to maintain systems at peak capacity, avoid costly errors, diagnose and repair power failures, and ensure safety
• Contents updated to reflect OSHA, NESC, ANSI, and ASTM standards
• This new material: the latest techniques for emergency system restoration, aerial cable construction, padmount capacitors, padmount dead-front switchgear, and composite core conductors

Get Quick Access to Every Distribution and Transmission Topic:
* Elementary Electrical Principles * Electric Systems * Substations * Transmission Circuits * Distribution Circuits * Construction Specifications * Wood-Pole Structures * Aluminum, Fiberglass, Concrete, and Steel Structures * Distribution Automation * Emergency System Restoration * Unloading, Hauling, Erecting, and Setting Poles * Guying Poles * Insulators, Crossarms, and Conductor Supports * Line Conductors * Distribution Transformers * Lightning and Surge Protection * Fuses * Switches, Reclosers, and Sectionalizers * Voltage Regulators * Transmission Tower Erection * Stringing Line Conductors * Sagging Line Conductors

About the Author:

Thomas M. Shoemaker is a consulting electrical engineer and Lifetime Senior Member of the IEEE.

James E. Mack is Manager, Operations Support, at the Mid-American Energy Company. He is an active committee member of the Missouri Valley Electrical Association and a member of IEEE and NSPE.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071742581
• ISBN 13: 9780071742580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1104