Electrical Studies for Trades

by Stephen L. Herman

Book Overview

Packed with real-world examples, vivid illustrations, and the latest developments from the field, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, 5th EDITION is ideal for current and future service technicians in air conditioning and refrigeration, construction, and facilities management--and anyone else who needs a practical knowledge of electricity. Extremely reader-friendly, the book begins with an overview of basic electricity concepts--rather than complex mathematical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113327823X
• ISBN13: 9781133278238
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Electrical theory made easy

This IS NOT and electronics theory book. I can't even begin on this book, it has just about everything. I also like that it's somewhat organized, starting off with the vary building blocks "the atom". Explains from the ground up how electricity works and is filled with easy to understand (well... some head scratchers) answers and examples. Then it moves on to how it acts and even gets into batteries, motors, transformers and industrial topics. It also gives tid bits and fun facts through out the book. Example, in this book it's stated that an electron actually moves vary slowly, but it's the force of electricity that's instantaneous (faster than light). Think of it this way, if you take a tube and put a ball in it (the ball being an electron), it takes a while to get to the other end. If you fill the tube with balls (electrons) when you put one ball in the one end the one on the other end comes out instantly. The ball you put in the other end pushes all balls at the same time making the transfer of energy instant from one end of the tube to the other (thus the ball comes out the end the same time the other one is put in). This works because in theory, everything is made up of electrons (among other things like neutrons, protons and such) so if current begins to flow (witch is the flow of electrons) in theory electricity will seemingly go faster than the speed of light because of the before mentioned. This ^^^ is the kind of detailed and well written examples you can expect in this book. I gave 4 stars (I would have given it 4.5 if I could) because it lacked detailed info on how solid state and Simi conductor technology actually physically works. It would be a perfect book if it weren't for that.