Electrical Wiring Residential

A Code Cross-Index makes it easy for students to reference specific content and code requirements, drawing useful connections among fundamental concepts, practical applications and current industry standards and requirements.

Reflecting current trends and technology in today’s industry, the authors devote an entire chapter to solar photovoltaic systems.

Drawing on decades of professional and educational experience, the authors include practical, real-world examples throughout the text to help illustrate key calculations and reinforce important concepts.

The text features both metric and English measurements to appeal to students of all backgrounds and prepare them for professional practice in diverse settings.

Expansive coverage of safety in the workplace from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) encourages students to keep safety in mind at every step.

This textbook offers a unique, comprehensive approach to electrical education, with the first seven chapters focusing on essential concepts such as general requirements, safety, specifications, electrical symbols and outlets.

Later chapters cover progressively advanced topics, delivering comprehensive coverage of requirements for branch circuits, lighting and receptacle outlets; determining the correct conductor sizes, wiring methods and voltage drop; and identifying conductors, switch control of lighting equipment, grounding wiring devices and avoiding induction heating.

With a highly practical focus to prepare students for career success, the text covers how to read blueprints and lay out wiring for a dwelling, and foldout plans are included to provide hands-on practice applying code requirements.

The authors strongly emphasize workplace safety throughout the text, which includes thorough coverage of GFCIs, AFCIs, surge protection devices, immersion detection, leakage detection and key information and standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

After introducing students to luminaires, ballasts and lamps, the text provides detailed information on how to approach wiring for each room of a dwelling.

The text teaches students both recognized methods of calculating electrical load on feeders and services, as well as rules relevant to service installation and surge protection that are new or revised in the 2020 NEC®.

The text covers new or updated wiring requirements, including those for peninsular and island counterspaces in kitchens, which have changed significantly, and wiring for receptacle outlets in an attached or detached garage with electric power, which may now supply outside outlets in a limited way (per NEC 210.52(G)(1)).