Safe Home Wiring Projects

By Rex Cauldwell

Book Overview

Cauldwell has filled this book with the answers to just about every question you might ask in the course of doing basic residential electrical work. With the help of clear drawings and photographs, he gives you no-nonsense advice about both choosing and wiring receptacles and switches, indoor and outdoor lights, exhaust fans for the bathroom, and ceiling fans for any other room. It doesn't matter if you are working on a new house that is still under construction or on an old house with wiring from the turn of the century. Cauldwell tells you - and shows you - what you want to know. He also provides information about wiring kitchen and utility-room appliances, a state-of-the-art home-entertainment system (including a cable or satellite TV system and stereo), and even your home phone system. And throughout all of this advice and instruction runs a constant and reassuring emphasis on safety - for you as you do the work, and for everyone who will be enjoying the fruits of your labor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156158164X
• ISBN13: 9781561581641
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Focus on quality and safety

In "Safe Home Wiring Projects," Rex Cauldwell focuses on two things: quality and safety. He shows you how to choose quality receptacles, light fixtures, tools, and other equipment. He also shows you how to do safe, high-quality wiring. While most of us are tempted to buy the cheapest equipment that will get the job done, or buy light fixtures based on looks only, Rex Cauldwell provides good reasons to consider other criteria. The book is well-written and very easy to understand, and the illustrations are numerous and clear. This book is best for those looking for an introductory text -- it covers mostly basic projects, and doesn't cover anything that would involve opening the main panel.When it comes to electrical wiring, you can't afford to skimp on quality or safety. Armed with the knowledge in this book, a homeowner can do home wiring confidently, and rest easy with the knowledge that the job was done correctly.

Good writing, illustration for average do-it-yourselfer.

This book combined a simple, easy-to-understand text with deatailed pictures. Although at some times the illustrations were hard to understand, they still get their point accross and do it very effectively.