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ELECTRIC WIRING sa AUDIO CABLE sa BATHROOM LIGHTING & WIRING sa CIRCUIT BREAKER & FUSE sa DATA CABLE sa ELECTRIC CONTINUITY TESTING sa ELECTRIC GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER sa ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURE sa ELECTRIC POLARITY & GROUND TESTING sa ELECTRIC WIRE sa GROUNDING (ELECTRIC) sa KITCHEN LIGHTING & WIRING sa LOW VOLTAGE LIGHTING & WIRING sa MODEL & MINIATURE ELECTRIC WIRING sa OUTDOOR LIGHTING & WIRING sa PHOTOGRAPHIC DARKROOM LIGHTING & WIRING sa TELEPHONE LINE sa VIDEO CABLE sa WORKSHOP LIGHTING & WIRING xx ELECTRIC xx ELECTRIC WIRE xx HOUSE Tips on electrical wiring for a house which will help eliminate problems with high-quality audio equipment. Looks at differences in outlet grades, methods of attaching wires to outlets, wire size and circuit breakers. Unleash your AC power line. A look at the limitations of the 120-volt power supply in the typical house when used to drive a powerful audio system. Advantages of using 240-volt power are explored along with other options. How to install a new wall outlet in a room by tapping an existing outlet. How to test if your house is adequately wired and tips on updating your service. Electrical service in a house. What to look for before you buy. Renovating a basement. Part 3. Basement wiring takes careful planning. Electrical wiring. Part 1. Tools, materials and definitions. Electrical wiring. Part 2. A sample circuit. Electrical wiring. Part 3. Assess your electrical power needs. Electrical wiring. Part 7. Getting power to a detached garage. Installing basic electrical service. Introduction to principles of household electrical service and wiring. How to install a sub-panel to your existing electrical service. Short circuit, a guide to how electricity works and electric safety practices. Tip: Plumbing and wiring centers inside walls should be provided with access panels made of sheet metal. Getting wire from here to there. Tips on reducing the cost of running new electrical wire when remodeling. Whole house prewiring for home automation, CEBus or Smart House. Advice on planning and wiring correctly. Proper twisted pair wiring for different applications. Tips on selection of the correct level (1 through 5) and how many pairs to run to each location (telephone outlet, TV outlet, etc.). Top ten wiring mistakes when prewiring a new house for audio, video, telephone, automation, computers, etc. Clutter busters. Selecting and installing special multiport receptacles which combine plug-ins for entertainment, computer equipment, telephones, and electrical equipment. Essential advice for prewiring new homes for computer, telephone and video from a central distribution area. Understanding the advanced wiring systems in today's smart homes. Nomogram aids voltage-drop calculations. Locating buried-conductor faults by setting up a bridge circuit and using an AC VTVM as a null indicator. Find electrical wires in house walls with a signal generator and a sensitive transistor radio. How to relieve the space pinch in your house. Part 2. Installing the slab foundation and electrical work. A look at some of the common electrical wiring devices for home use: Switches, dimmers, sockets, lamp kits, and extension cords. How to insulate exterior walls, lay underlayment for floor tile, frame wall partitions, install electrical wiring and plasterboard in a major second story addition. A look at some electrical convenience items including: plug-in cord switches, multiple outlets with switches, time delay switches, three-way bulbs, safety outlets, dimmer switches, lighted pushbutton switches, compact through switches and illuminated switch plates. How to update home electrical circuits. A collection of tips from experienced carpenters, plumbers, electricians and handymen. How to evaluate your home's electrical capacity. How to map your home's electrical system. How to check and repair "flickering" lights. How to spot electrical hazards in your home. Advice from a professional electrician. Professional tips for installing electrical hardware. Basic home wiring. How to install switches and outlets. Basic home wiring. How to install light and power circuits. How to add an electrical outlet to an existing circuit. Install a grounding receptacle in place of a two-slot receptacle. Troubleshooting house electrical system problems. (1) Testing a circuit. (2) Replace a faulty receptacle. A handy guide to household electrical system basics. A practical tutorial on the most common problems, plus step-by-step solutions. What's dangerous about electricity? How to avoid a shock when working on your home's electrical system. How to install a new outlet on an inside wall of a first floor room. How to tap into the existing wiring to add electrical outlets. What you need to know to help you decide if you should upgrade your electrical system. Tip on identifying the circuit breaker or fuse which controls each outlet or switch. Home electric system basics. Includes mapping of your existing system. An explanation of common household plugs and receptacles, how polarity works and what can be done to avoid accidental shocks. Electrical shortcuts you should never take. Six of the most common electrical errors that inspectors and master electricians find in home wiring. The danger in connecting the ground to the neutral at the outlet is explained. How water, electricity and natural gas are piped into your home. Location of pipes, cutoff valves, meters, etc. Electrical overloads. Why they occur and how to prevent them. Rules for running wires through I-beam-type wooden joists. Upgrading your electrical service. How to install a new meter base and service panel. Tip: Cut a notch in the sole plate of a stud-wall house to provide for running electrical wires and to prevent compression of wall insulation from the wires. Tip: Note circuit breaker number on the back of each switchplate or plug cover. Installing electric wiring in stress-skin panels. Electrician's stick guarantees uniform vertical positioning of outlet boxes and switch boxes. Working with old wiring. How to perform careful tests of the electric wiring in an old house in order to check for frayed insulation, faulty splices, missing ground wires, etc. Coping with short circuits and overloads. How to tell one from the other and how to prevent repetition. How to add new wiring circuits. Checking the home electrical system to eliminate shock hazards. Four quick wiring projects to put lights or outlets where you need them. (1) Closet light with a door-operated switch. (2) Receptacle for a night light. (3) Surface wiring techniques. (4) Floor receptacle. Adding an electric receptical box in a finished wall. Some tips. When to upgrade your electrical service. Advice from a professional. Upgrading home electricals. Part 2. Tips on changing switches, adding outlets, installing ground fault circuit interrupter, etc. Light switch glitches. Tips on testing and repairing household electric light-circuit problems (bulbs, switches, fixtures, etc.). How to wire a room addition. Tips on avoiding electrical snafus during the holidays. How to install an extra light switch in an existing circuit. Looks at single-pole, three-way and four-way switches and circuits. Wiring basics. Part 2. Build safety into your electric outlets. Plug styles, grounding, receptacles, and junction boxes. Wiring basics. Part 3. Anatomy of a service entrance panel. Electric improvements. How to add outlets, switches and fixtures by extending your existing circuits. Be your own house contractor. SPECIAL GUIDE to the PBS television series "Hometime". (1) How to work with designers, choose contractors and coordinate schedules. (2) Foundation options. (3) Framing fundamentals. (4) Mechanical systems (plumbing, heating, electrical). (5) Finishing the shell (roofing, siding, windows). (6) Energy efficiency. (7) Interior finishing. (8) Choosing & installing cabinets. Adding light fixtures to an existing room. How to install the wiring, switch, and fixture box. How to install an electrical sub-panel to give you space for more circuits. How to convert a pull-chain fixture to a wall-switch control. What it takes to bring your electrical system up to date with 100-ampere service. Tip on a fast, neat method for cutting a hole for an electrical box in plywood paneling. House wiring made easier. An illustrated set of wiring procedures to make even complex house circuits easy to lay out and install. How to update home wiring. Covers adding outlets and checking conductors. Adding new lights and switches to an existing room. How to add recepticals to an existing circuit. The teaching of simple electrical wiring concepts is aided by the method described here. It involves first drawing the circuit on particle board, then assembling the components on the same board, then getting the result approved before applying current. The overloaded electrical circuit. This demonstration will illustrate the danger of fire from overloaded home circuits. Tip: Use a lamp flasher to aid in locating which electrical line feeds which outlets. Electrical overload demonstrator for classroom use. Demonstrates how electrical wire will burn and short out when overloaded. Wiring you can do. Electrical wiring guide for a vacation home, including circuits to take care of further expansion. Home electrical repairs anyone can do. How to wire your vacation home, from service box wiring through all recepticals and switches. A cable and conduit finder is a low-power, tone-modulated radio-frequency transmitter and companion receiver that will help you trace concealed electric wires. How to add a wall outlet. How to work with 220 volts. How to tap off the power take-off lugs in your existing service box in order to add another 220 volt receptical. Tip: Make light-duty electrical "jumper cables" from spring clothes pins and some wire. Fix it right. Part 1. How to add another electrical switch or receptical to an existing circuit. A guide to making a thorough inspection of a home electrical system. Includes general safety precautions and what to look for when examining the service entrance, service panel, wiring, outlet boxes, switches and fixtures. Coping with frayed electrical wiring in an old house. Danger signs to watch out for and what to do while avoiding rewiring the entire house. How to catalogue your house's "secret passages", the voids and tunnels inside the walls of an old house that extend through floors and simplify the stringing of wire and pipe. Includes tip on how to replace an old register with an electric outlet. How to run electrical wires through an old house. Part 1. Includes a look at problems encountered in running wire through ceilings. Illustrates how to install a wall switch, run wire up from the cellar, how to run cable around ornate plaster ceiling cornice, and run wire perpendicular to ceiling joists. How to run electrical wires through an old house. Part 2. A look at some of the problems encountered in running wire within walls and partitions. How to make an electrical survey of a house and cross-index each circuit by a list of loads on circuits and in each room. How to revive an old lighting system in a turn-of-the-century house so that the electrical system is replicated while delivering modern loads of electricity. A simple method for determining if your house has enough electrical capacity and if there is any room for expansion. Detecting electrical leakage (high-resistance shorts) in old houses. How to map your electrical system and cure crumbling insulation in wires. Some tricks on how to route wiring through walls, floors and ceilings with minimal disruption to finished surfaces. Evaluating pre-1940 home electrical wiring systems. An explanation of system components, inspecting them for known problem areas and suggestions for keeping them operating safely. Wiring tips for the do-it-yourselfer. Suggestions on tools and supplies not described in a typical wiring manual. Tip for repairing crumbling insulation at a fixture junction in old knob-and-tube wiring. Retiring old wiring. How to rewire early electric fixtures. A list of items to check when assessing the safety of old-house electrical panels. Tip suggests using a portable radio for testing fuses or circuit breakers. How to combine switches, outlets, and lights in wiring circuits. Converting two-wire circuits to three-way switching by using four-way light switches coupled with silicon diodes. Getting wired. A guide to wiring the home for video, telephone, power, computers, etc. Part 1. Install an electrical circuit for a 230-volt arc welder. How to add a new wall outlet. Explains installation of the box and how to route the cable from box to box. Home wiring fixups: How to do them right. How your electric service panel works. Looks at both circuit breakers and fuses. Assembling a basic toolkit to undertake ordinary household electrical repairs, such as installing a new receptical, replacing defective switches, etc. Correct procedure for connecting switches and recepticals to aluminum house wiring. Home electrical system maintenance tips. (1) Loose service panel lugs. (2) Flickering light fixtures. (3) Defective switches. (4) Defective receptable. (5) Interrupted ground. How to install a new outlet. Installing wiring in a new home or new addition before wallboard goes up. Advice from an electrical contractor on simple jobs a homeowner can safely do. Drawings show three ways to add a new outlet. A guide to electrical systems in the older home. Describes how to replace single pole switches and duplex receptacles. Also describes upgrading electrical service and adding a receptacle. Upgrading your electrics. How to add convenience with new outlets, switches, and fixtures. How to map a home's electrical circuits, combining circuits, running new wire, etc. Tip on locating electrical wiring in walls using a "noisy" motor and a small transistor radio. Tips on correct wiring of house additions and remodeling projects. How to determine what your home electrical needs are. A look at how to supply electric power to a rotating device without twisting the mechanism. Sequential models of an antitwister mechanism patented by D.A. Adams and a drawing of a machine embodying the mechanism. How to hire a professional electrician. Home wiring to conform to the national electric code. How to determine if your present home wiring is inadequate and, if so, how to rewire your house. | |||||||||
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