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Frank Petruzella's Electricity for the Trades sets the standard for textbooks on electrical training. Frank Petruzella is a tradesman with more than 30 years of experience. This well-illustrated text provides an excellent foundation of electrical and electronic principles. This text prepares students for specialization in the electrical trades or one of the many related trades that require a special understanding of electrical fundamentals.

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  • Section 1 Fundamentals of Electricity
  • 1. Safety
  • 2. Atoms and Electricity
  • 3. Sources and Characteristics of Electricity
  • 4. Electrical Quantities and OHM's Law
  • 5. Simple, Series, and Parallel Circuits
  • 6. Measuring Voltage, Current, and Resistance
  • 7. OHM's Law
  • 8. Resistors
  • 9. Electricity and Magnetism
  • 10. Electric Power and Energy
  • Section 2 Direct Current (DC) Circuits
  • 11. Solving The DC Series Circuit
  • 12. Solving The DC Parallel Circuit
  • 13. Solving The DC Series-Parallel Circuit
  • 14. Network Theorems
  • Section 3 Alternating Current (AC) Circuits
  • 15. Alternating Current Fundamentals
  • 16. Inductance and Capacitance
  • 17. Resistive, Inductive, Capacitive (RLC) Series Circuits
  • 18. Resistive, Inductive, Capacitive (RLC) Parallel Circuits
  • 19. Transformers
  • Section 4 Electrical Installation and Maintenance
  • 20. Circuit Conductors and Wire Sizes
  • 21. Fuses and Circuit Breakers
  • 22. Relays
  • 23. Lighting Equipment
  • 24. Electric Motors and Controls
  • 25. Electric Control
  • 26. Appendix: Multisim Simulation Lab Manual

About the Author

Frank D. Petruzella

Frank D. Petruzella has extensive practical experience in the electrical control field, as well as many years experience teaching and authoring textbooks. Before becoming a full time educator, he was employed as an apprentice and electrician in areas of electrical installation and maintenance. He holds a Master of Science degree from Niagara University, a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York College - Buffalo, as well as diplomas in Electrical Power and Electronics from the Erie County Technical Institute.

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