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great resource I agree with most peoples assesmant that this is not for those without any prior knowledge of home wiring but it does go great with black and decker's book"Complete guide to home wiring" It does a great job of walking you through the do's and don'ts of electrical work as well as pointing out common pitfalls. It is a must have for anyone who does alot of electrical work and needs a reference for code compliance concerns. Ideal for my needs! I bought this book after reading some of Rex's work in Fine Homebuilding (my favorite magazine). I really like to get into the details of things, and this book has not let me down. I had accumulated significant wiring experience and tools already, in home projects. But there are many aspects of home wiring that are not intuitive, such as temperature derating, box and cable fill, and many other nuances of the NEC. Plus--something I find at least as important--the book is full of tips from a very experienced electrician that helps prevent costly mistakes and makes the work go faster and easier. I wound up buying this book, followed by the 1999 NEC (an eBay find) and Electrical Wiring Residential by Ray Mullin. The standard I refer to over and over, and recommend to many other people, is this book by Rex Cauldwell. It's a great read, cover-to-cover. To me, it's best-in-class. I just hope that Taunton Press (also the publisher of Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking) keeps it up-to-date with the 2002 NEC. That's the only pitfall of books of this genre--many things are indexed to the current NEC, which means you need to get a new edition every three years. Alas, it's worth doing. This may not be a beginner-level book, but it is outstanding for its intended audience and a must-have for anyone contemplating any home electrical project of any scope beyond the trivial. Good for the guy who is doing his own home wiring I'm building my own house. I am a former industrial electrical engineer (I've moved on to other things). The problem with being an engineer is that I know the big picture, (I can spec a panel and size the service entrance cables in a heartbeat, I used to know the NEC like the back of my hand). The problem that I run into is figuring out the way the guys who install the stuff I spec make what I spec meet code and do it quickly and easily. This book will show you how the guys who do installations every day do them. If you understand basic electricity, this book will be a good guide to help you do an installation that will make your inspector happy. For DIY folks who think they are ready for the "big jobs" Particularly well-suited for the experienced DIY homeowner, this is an outstanding reference work. As the author explains at the outset, he is passing along his hard-won experience as a third-generation electrician. Of particular interest to me were the discriptions (and consequences) of how NOT to do certain things and "code-work" and "better-than-code" work. While no one book can cover it all, this one comes close. This is a great "graduate-level" course for someone who has reached the limits of what is available in the typical home electrical books. While you still need someone knowledgable in local code issues, this book gets you 95% there on your own. A great read on this subject This book is a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. About the only improvement i could say is even more detail and more pages as i enjoyed it so much i wanted even more. I believe this will help me with my home remodel project. I expecially enjoyed actually finding information on installing a service entrance which, since my house has an obsolete 40 amp main, is the first thing i have to do. I only wish i could find more online electrical supply places for 400amp meter boxes. Seems like (as in his book) a 400 amp meter feeding 2 200amp panels is probably what i want to do now. Great book. See also:
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