The Complete Guide to Home Wiring: A Comprehensive Manual, from Basic Repairs to Advanced Projects (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library)

Electricity and the components that supply it are essential elements of your home life. They provide for necessities from food preparation, illumination, safety, and climate control to entertainment, relaxation and work. Knowing about your electrical system and how it provides for your needs will give you the power to make sensible, effective, and economical decisions and provide you with security. From troubleshooting problems to understanding how best to meet your lighting needs when designing a remodeling project, the information you find here will help you make your home a more delightful environment - while you save money.

This book contains step-by-step instructions, clearly illustrated with more than 650 color photographs, for any electrical work you will need to do around your house, from basic repairs to advanced wiring projects. Each detailed project gives you a list of tools and materials you'll need to do the job right. We've even included some of the most common electrical code violations and potential problems that may be found in household electrical systems, especially older ones.

The Complete Guide to Home Wiring will be a vital resource for you for years to come. As your home environment needs change, and as wear and tear affects your house, you will always find information and solutions that will meet your needs and save you money.

Bryan Trandem, Executive Editor for Cpi's Home Improvement & Gardenting division, has written more than a dozen books, including Basic Wiring & Electrical Repairs, and Advanced Wiring. He has edited another forty titles for Cpi.