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  • As the most current wiring book on the market, you can be confident that your projects will meet national wiring codes. You'll also spend more time on your project and less time scratching your head thanks to more than 800 clear color photos and over 40 diagrams that show you exactly what you need to know about home electrical service; all the most common circuits, all the most-needed techniques, all the most essential tools and materials.
  • Chapters include:
    • Working Safely with Wiring
    • Wire, Cable & Conduit
    • Boxes & Panels
    • Switches (including wall switches and specialty switches)
    • Receptacles
    • Preliminary Work (planning your project, highlights of the National Electrical Code, and more)
    • Circuit Maps
    • Common Wiring Projects (whole-house surge arrestors, underfloor radiant heat systems, doorbells, backup power supply, and many more)
    • Repair Projects (light fixtures, ceiling fans, lamp sockets, plugs and cords, and more)
  • The information in this book has been created and reviewed by professional electricians under the watchful eye of the experts at BLACK+DECKER. You can find plenty of articles and videos about wiring online or in other publications, but only The Complete Guide to Wiring has passed the rigorous test to make it part of the best DIY series from the brand you trust.
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    Directions to convert this to other formats if you don't have or want to read it using a Kindle:
    1. Download Calibre (latest version)
    2. Download and install appropriate Calibre Plugins to remove DRM
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    4. Sign-in to Amazon within the installed Kindle for desktop
    5. Download your Kindle book to your desktop
    6. Open the downloaded book in Calibre (automatic DRM removal will occur)
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    See directions here: https://www.cloudwards.net/remove...dle-books/

    I followed the direction in the above link. Took about 10 minutes to setup and 1 minute to convert to PDF.
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    Don't forget to disable auto update in the desktop kindle app or it will update itself to the latest version and this won't work anymore.
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    I got a hard copy of this book as a homeowner/diyer and paid full price for it. Definitely handy book to have around. I find myself referring to it whenever I start planning for a project.
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    12-14-2022 at 03:07 PM.
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    When I'm doing wiring, the last thing I want to drag around is a fckn Kindle!
    Get a large paper book and also the code book covering your area. Watch several youtube videos and see how they differ. Some may not meet code but some may have tools that you will want to buy.
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    12-14-2022 at 03:22 PM.
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    No deal on Apple Books?
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    12-14-2022 at 03:31 PM.
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    What's the regular price?
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    12-14-2022 at 03:38 PM.
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    Wish this was in physical book.
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    12-14-2022 at 04:42 PM.
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    Thanks op. Just in time as some of my digital credit is expiring in one day. This seems to be a good reference book, too.
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    New home owner here. I have 3 light switches that do nothing. I don't want to open them up because I don't know what I'd be looking for. Any chance this could help me?
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    12-14-2022 at 06:20 PM.
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    Quote from jayquik03 :
    New home owner here. I have 3 light switches that do nothing. I don't want to open them up because I don't know what I'd be looking for. Any chance this could help me?
    test the light bulbs
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    You people scare me. Hope you don't burn your house down
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    12-14-2022 at 06:38 PM.
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    Quote from po-90260 :
    test the light bulbs

    All my lights have working switches. These switches aren't connected to any lights or outlets. They just go to nothing.
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    12-14-2022 at 06:54 PM.
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    Quote from jayquik03 :
    New home owner here. I have 3 light switches that do nothing. I don't want to open them up because I don't know what I'd be looking for. Any chance this could help me?
    Check both of the outlets on your duplex outlets - it's possible that one of the two outlets is switched and the other is hot all the time.

    If that's not it, it's possible that the outlets were wired to be one switched/one hot all the time, and a subsequent homeowner defeated that by making both of the switches in the duplex outlet hot all the time.

    There's a tab on the hot side of the outlet (the brass screw side) that is designed to be snapped off to accomplish the first scenario (one outlet hot and the other outlet switched) - if someone came along and swapped out the old outlets for new, they may have either not known this and left the tab in place so both sides are hot all the time, or intentionally wired it that way because they didn't want one of the outlets to be switched (meaning both are hot all the time).

    You'll have to turn off the breaker associated with the outlets and pull the outlets out of the boxes to confirm what the issue is - call a qualified electrician if not comfortable doing that.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAvPP2Xf2fI
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    Quote from jayquik03 :
    All my lights have working switches. These switches aren't connected to any lights or outlets. They just go to nothing.
    I have a switch that controls an outlet meant for a lamp.
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    I have another comment.

    If you rewire something on your own, does it have to be inspected by the county? Especially if you're new to this and it's kind of an experiment?
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    Quote from jayquik03 :
    New home owner here. I have 3 light switches that do nothing. I don't want to open them up because I don't know what I'd be looking for. Any chance this could help me?

    In addition to the great advice that artcab already gave you, we have 3 switches in our house that do nothing as well. But I know why—each one is in a bedroom with a ceiling fan. But my wife objects to ceiling lights, so those fans never got light kits installed. But if they did, those switches would have a job to do…. Long shot?
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    Quote from UkeDog :
    In addition to the great advice that artcab already gave you, we have 3 switches in our house that do nothing as well. But I know why—each one is in a bedroom with a ceiling fan. But my wife objects to ceiling lights, so those fans never got light kits installed. But if they did, those switches would have a job to do…. Long shot?
    I retrofitted ceiling fans with light kits to our 1963 house that only ever had switches at the doorway that controlled an outlet on the wall. I ran 3-wire to each of the newly installed ceiling fan boxes so I could control both the light and the fan from separate switches at the doorway (replaced the single gang doorway switch boxes with double gang boxes to accommodate 2 switches).

    I was concerned about WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) of the light kits in the fans, but so far so good Smilie

    Started adding smart switches to a couple of the bedrooms along with 4th gen Echo Dots with the clock function - nice to be able to voice control both the light kit on/off/brightness and fan on/off/speed. No go on our bedroom though, apparently Alexa is not allowed in there...laugh out loud

    Here's a funny YouTube video on the history/usage of switched outlets.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DGqVbTHX-k
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