Purpose: The handbook is designed as a personal, everyday tool for electrical design professionals. Its concept is to compact the "20 percent of data that is needed 80 percent of the time" into a portable format.
Utility: It is intended to be used on a drawing board, desk, or carried in a briefcase, rather than sitting on a bookshelf.
Scope: It covers preliminary design data for buildings of all types and sizes, providing time-saving data, rules of thumb, and concept explanations.
Experienced Practitioners: Provides myriad valuable data for speed and efficiency in the design process.
Fledgling Professionals: Includes enough concept explanations and examples on critical topics to serve as a teaching tool for those new to the field.
The book is structured to follow the chronological flow of a typical electrical design project:
General Information: Checklists, symbols, NEMA configurations, and formulas.
National Electrical Code (NEC) Data: Extensive tables and articles updated to the 2002 NEC.
Service and Distribution: Load calculations, short-circuit analysis, and system configurations.
Grounding and Protection: Grounding systems, ground fault protection, and lightning protection.
Emergency and Standby Power: Generator sizing, UPS systems, and emergency arrangements.
Lighting: Terms, illuminance levels, and lamp selection.
Special Systems: Fire alarm systems and structured telecommunications cabling.
Miscellaneous Special Applications: Niche topics like Mineral-Insulated (MI) cable, fire pumps, and harmonic mitigation.
Project Execution Tools: Contains comprehensive checklists for project status, drawing design, and site design coordination.
Technical Standards: Incorporates IEEE Standard Function Numbers for device identification and NEMA enclosure ratings.
Emerging Technologies: The second edition added new sections on Blown Optical Fiber Technology (BOFT) and updated telecommunications information based on the latest BICSI standards.
Calculation Aids: Provides formulas and charts for determining amperes, horsepower, and short-circuit currents at various points in a distribution system.
Safety and Compliance: Heavy emphasis on the 2002 National Electrical Code, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mounting heights, and seismic requirements for equipment.
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