HomeSkills: Wiring: Fix Your Own Lights, Switches, Receptacles, Boxes, Cables & More

Editors of Cool Springs Press

avg, 2013 · Cool Springs Press

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DIVAs part of our comprehensive HomeSkills DIY series, HomeSkills: Wiring will make you the brightest thing in your house./divDIV/divDIVFew trades are more dangerous to the novice than working with electricity. In wiring, understanding the finer details is crucial to your personal safety—it is a craft that demands only the most reliable information, and HomeSkills: Wiring provides just that. Its skills-based approach to electrical work does more than simply tell you to connect the black wire to the brass terminal; it familiarizes you with each step along the way so you understand the larger purpose for every task. The book sensibly distills the fundamental components of successful wiring: an overview of home electrical service and how it works; discussion of tools, tool usage, and materials handling; and step-by-step instructions for stripping insulated wire, making connections with a wire connector, running cable through walls, wiring ceiling lights, hooking up receptacles and switches, grounding electrical loads safely, navigating your electrical service panel, and other common wiring jobs. Add to these dependable lessons the book’s 300 beautiful how-to photos, with content updated to meet current electrical codes, and you’ll soon be conquering your home’s electrical projects safely and efficiently—without paying a premium for it./divDIV/divDIVCheck out our five other HomeSkills guides on carpentry, deck building, landscaping, plumbing, and tiling./div

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DIVThe editors and publishers at Cool Springs Press have combined their decades of experience to create more than 30 bestselling classics on gardening, landscaping, home repair, and remodeling. With the added expertise of the United States’ most knowledgeable DIY writers and photographers, our state and local gardening books are tailored to specific regional environments across the country, while our renowned series of foolproof home improvement books have long been trusted on both the bookshelf and the job site. View our full catalog at www.coolspringspress.com and connect with us at www.facebook.com/CoolSpringsPress.
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