Handbook of Electrical Design Details - Hardcover

Traister, John

9780070653306: Handbook of Electrical Design Details

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070653305 ISBN 13: 9780070653306

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1997

This handbook presents a range of layout details for electrical systems in residential, commercial and industrial buildings and facilities. In each drawing the electrical layout is shown through the use of lines, symbols, and notation indicating exactly what is required in each application.

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From the Back Cover:

Take advantage of a treasury of ready-made drawings that save time and ensure accuracy. Too many electrical contractors begin projects, only to discover errors and ommissions in their working drawings, which result in delays, costly changes, and damaged reputations. This massive, utterly unique handbook is designed to prevent such disasters and ensure that your electrical drawings indicate exactly what is required on a given project. Here, in one volume, are hundreds of ready-to-use drawings that show the complete design and layout details of electrical systems for lighting, power, signal and communication systems, raceways, and related equipment. Whether you're involved with residential, commercial, or industrial buildings and facilities, you'll be able to exploit precisely rendered drawings whose symbols and notations illustrate exactly what design detail is required in each system application. Developed by a leader in the electrical construction industry, these details are: Easy to draw just copy any detail in the book, then trace the detail directly to your drawing paper; Easy to use with CAD systems each drawing may be imported directly into any draw or CAD computer program; Easily interpreted by workers; Easily adapted to a wide range of applications.

About the Author:

Neil Sclater was an engineer in the military/aerospace industry before turning to editing and writing professionally on electromechanical and electronic subjects. After working as a staff editor for several engineering magazines, he became an editorial consultant. His technical articles have been published in more than a dozen different publications. In addition to revising this book, he is the author or co-author of nine other McGraw-Hill professional reference books. He holds degrees from Brown and Northeastern universities.

The late John E. Traister was employed in the electrical construction industry as an electrician and electrical contractor for more than 35 years. He was the author of nine books on different topics for McGraw-Hill, including the First Edition of Handbook of Electrical Design Details and McGraw-Hill’s Illustrated Index to the National Electrical Code�.

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