Audel Electrical Trades Pocket Manual -- Contents -- Introduction -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 1 THE LAWS THAT CONTROL AND EXPLAIN ELECTRICITY -- POWER FACTOR -- THREE-PHASE POWER -- CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES -- Chapter 2 POWER GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES -- ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS -- TOTAL LOADS SERVED -- TYPES OF ONSITE POWER GENERATION -- Chapter 3 POWER, CONTROL, AND LIGHTING TRANSFORMER -- ELECTRICAL POWER -- INSULATION MATERIAL TEMPERATURE RISE -- GROUNDING -- TERMINAL CONNECTION MARKINGS -- THREE-PHASE, OIL-COOLED POWER TRANSFORMERS -- THREE-PHASE DRY-TYPE TRANSFORMERS -- DRY-TYPE SINGLE-PHASE CONTROL CIRCUIT TRANSFORMERS -- Chapter 4 ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR -- MOTOR CONTROL CENTER -- PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF SWITCHGEAR -- LOW-VOLTAGE POWER DISTRIBUTION -- BUS BAR AND CIRCUIT BREAKER ARRANGEMENTS -- OPTIONAL PROTECTIVE DEVICES -- METAL-CLAD SWITCHGEAR -- CONTINUOUS CURRENT RATINGS -- ARC-RESISTANT SWITCHGEAR -- Chapter 5 ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES -- MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- MINIATURE CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- INSULATED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- LOW-VOLTAGE POWER CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- SUPPLEMENTAL PROTECTORS -- MOTOR CIRCUIT PROTECTORS -- OIL CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- GAS INSULATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- FUSES -- CIRCUIT BREAKER MAINTENANCE -- COORDINATION BETWEEN PROTECTIVE DEVICES -- Chapter 6 PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE DEVICES -- INTRODUCTION -- GROUND FAULT PROTECTION OF EQUIPMENT -- HISTORY AND NOMENCLATURE OF GFCIS IN THE UNITED STATES -- TROUBLESHOOTING GFCIs -- TIME AND CURRENT LEVELS PROTECTED BY CIRCUIT BREAKERS -- ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS -- Chapter 7 THREE-PHASE MOTORS -- ELECTRIC MOTOR PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION -- RATED FULL LOAD SPEED -- SERVICE FACTOR -- RATED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE -- STATOR WINDING INSULATION CLASSES -- TYPES OF TORQUE PRODUCED BY A MOTOR.

Chapter 8 CONTROLLING AND PROTECTING THREE-PHASE MOTORS -- COMPONENTS OF A MOTOR STARTER -- MOTOR STARTER SIZES -- METHODS OF STARTING THREE-PHASE INDUCTION MOTORS -- FULL VOLTAGE, ACROSS THE LINE MOTOR STARTERS -- HOW A MOTOR STARTER OPERATES -- THREE-WIRE CONTROL CIRCUIT CONTROLLING A THREE-PHASE MOTOR STARTER -- SIZING OF OVERLOAD HEATER ELEMENTS -- Chapter 9 VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES -- FOUR-QUADRANT OPERATION -- TORQUE -- PARTS OF A DRIVE -- PULSE WIDTH MODULATION -- SIX-STEP METHOD OF DRIVE CONTROL -- PROGRAMMING DRIVES -- Chapter 10 PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS -- BLACK BOX CONCEPT -- PLC SIZES -- PLC CONSTRUCTION -- TYPES OF INPUTS AND OUTPUTS -- TIMERS -- COUNTERS -- BENEFITS OF USING PLCS -- I/Os AND MEMORY ADDRESSES -- Chapter 11 ELECTRICAL SERVICES -- METERING EQUIPMENT -- GROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS -- BONDING VERSUS GROUNDING -- FAULT CURRENT PATH, CONDUITS, AND LOCKNUTS -- LOW AND HIGH IMPEDANCE GROUNDED SYSTEMS -- UNGROUNDED ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS -- SECOND GROUND FAULT -- SEPARATION OF THE GROUNDED SYSTEM CONDUCTOR (NEUTRAL) AND THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR -- WHAT CONDUCTORS MUST BE GROUNDED -- SEPARATELY DERIVED SYSTEMS -- STANDARD VOLTAGES -- Chapter 12 ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURES -- APPLICATIONS FOR LIGHT FIXTURES -- DESIGN OF LIGHTING SYSTEMS -- MAJOR TYPES OF LAMPS USED IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES -- LIGHT FIXTURE PERFORMANCE -- PATTERN OF ILLUMINANCE -- TYPES OF GLARE -- ILLUMINATING ENGINEERS SOCIETY -- LAMP SELECTION PARAMETERS -- LIGHT FIXTURE OPERATING CONTROLS -- PHOTOCELLS -- INCANDESCENT LAMPS -- GAS DISCHARGE LAMPS -- FLUORESCENT LAMPS -- FLUORESCENT BALLAST -- HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMPS -- MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS -- METAL HALIDE LAMPS -- HIGH-PRESSURE SODIUM LAMPS -- TYPES OF HID BALLASTS -- WHAT BALLASTS DO -- BALLAST VOLTAGE RATINGS -- BALLAST WIRING DIAGRAMS -- Chapter 13 ELECTRICAL TIMERS.

SECTIONS OF A TIMER -- FIVE COMMON MODES, OR FUNCTIONS, OF TIMERS -- NINE TYPES OF TIMER OPERATING PRINCIPLES -- TIMING CHART LEVELS -- COMPLETE TIMING CHARTS -- Chapter 14 ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS -- ELECTRICAL LADDER DIAGRAMS -- ELEMENTS IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS -- ONE-LINE DIAGRAMS -- Chapter 15 ELECTRICAL TEST INSTRUMENTS -- WORDS USED WITH METERS -- MULTIMETERS -- AUTO RANGING METERS -- THREE-STEP METHOD -- AUTO FUNCTION FEATURES -- OHMMETERS -- MEG-OHMMETER -- CLAMP-ON AMP METERS -- Chapter 16 ELECTRICAL TROUBLESHOOTING -- INTRODUCTION TO TROUBLESHOOTING -- NOT WHERE IT IS, BUT WHERE IT WAS LOST -- SAFETY FIRST -- WHAT TOOLS ARE NEEDED -- CAUSE VERSES EFFECT -- A SIX-STEP METHOD -- Chapter 17 ACCESS, FIRE, AND BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS -- FACILITIES ACCESS CONTROL -- FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS -- ALARM SIGNALS -- SYSTEM MONITORING -- HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACES -- NOTIFICATION CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DROP -- MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS -- CONDUCTORS FOR FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS -- Chapter 18 COMPUTER VOICE AND DATA WIRING SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- HOT SWAPPING COMPUTER SIGNAL CABLES -- CONNECTING A DESKTOP COMPUTER AS AN ISLAND -- CONNECTING A DESKTOP COMPUTER TO A WIRED NETWORK -- CONNECTING A DESKTOP COMPUTER TO A WIRELESS NETWORK -- TYPES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS -- TELEPHONE VOICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS WIRING -- Chapter 19 REFERENCE MATERIAL -- AMPERAGE-CURRENT -- CAPACITANCE FORMULAS -- CONDUCTOR CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA IN CIRCULAR MILS (CMIL) -- DIRECT CURRENT FORMULAS -- FUSE OPENING TIME -- HEAT PRODUCED IN A CONDUCTOR PER WATT -- IMPEDANCE FORMULAS -- IMPEDANCE OF A CONDUCTOR IN A CONDUIT -- KW TO AMPS -- KVA TO AMPS -- MOTOR FORMULAS FOR THREE-PHASE AC MOTORS -- MOTOR FORMULAS -- TRANSFORMER FORMULAS -- REQUIREMENTS OF THE DRIVEN LOAD -- THREE PHASE MOTOR REFERENCE MATERIAL -- Index.