Smart Homes for Dummies
 Food for thought.: My husband and I are in the midst of a major remodel/expansion of our 1968 tract home so we have read pretty much every remodeling book we could find. This book offers a lot of information and food for thought on how to bring an [... more]
$21.99
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Wiring a House (Best of Fine Homebuilding)
Not a very systematic guide: I can only recommend this book as a supplement, not as a primary book on wiring a house. I purchased it for background on what I need to know to create circuits for the house I am building, and, believe it or not, there's not [... more]
$34.95
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Basic Wiring (Home Repair and Improvement (Updated Series))
Lots of accurate easy to understand diagrams: This book on basic wiring is outstanding. Unlike a lot of books with written explainations this book has accurate easy to understand and follow diagrams. If you hold an electrical outlet in you hand you can [... more]
$14.95
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American Electrician's Handbook
Not a handbook: I would NOT recommend this book to any electrician, engineer, or architect. It is extremely difficult to comprehend. Gaining any practical information from this book is futile. I have had the twelfth edition over ten years. I used it to [... more]
$79.95
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House Wiring with the NEC
Great Details of How to Actually Wire Things: The book gave me an in-depth description of how to electrically wire my house. It purposely leaves out the mechanics of pulling wire, fixing dry-wall, etc., but describes exactly how to connect wires, outlets, [... more]
$54.95
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Advanced Wiring (Home Repair and Improvement (Updated ...
Advanced Wiring: I recently changed my circuit breaker from a screw in fuse to push button terminal. I also wired protected circuits in all my bathrooms. After that, I installed dimmer switches in my living room for lights and ceiling fans. What can I [... more]
$14.95
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Electrical Wiring Residential -- SC (Electrical Wiring, ...
only if you want to pass the exam: unless you are trying to pass the NEC exam, this book will be way over your head. It not only has tons of equations (which are useless to the average homewoner), but it has practice exams at the end of each chapter. don' [... more]
$129.95
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The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook (Lineman's & ...
Excellent reference for Journeymen and apprentices.: This book is THE comprehensive guide that no Line man should be without. It is also an excellent source of information for anyone working with distribution and/or transmission system operation, [... more]
$89.95
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Home Security: Your Guide to Protecting Your Family ...
Great way for *anyone* to start improving their security: I confess: I am carpentry impaired. But when I thumbed through this book and then read it thoroughly, I was impressed by the fact that many of the techniques in it are easy and require minimal [... more]
$12.95
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Home Automation & Wiring
Do not waste your money: When I purchased this book I was hoping to receive a manual discussing "Home Automation and Wiring" instead I received a mish mash of very low tech information. Out of 322 pages I found only 7 items that were remotely [... more]
$39.95
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Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 9th ...
An author's view:: My part of this book (mechanical and plumbing) is designed to first show how to minimize the need for mechanical equipment by designing with the climate and site firmly in mind. First configure a building to optimize daylighting, solar [... more]
$120.00
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Achieving Energy Independence - One Step at a Time
Misleading title; good, but sparse, content: Jeffrey Yago certainly has the credentials to write an authoritative book on energy independence; he's a professional engineer, a specialist in alternate energy applications, and - most importantly - he's done [... more]
$29.95
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