Electrical engineer's portable handbook

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER’S 
PORTABLE HANDBOOK......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Credits......Page 14
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 16
Introduction:How to Use This Book......Page 18
1.1 CHECKLISTS......Page 22
1.2 ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS AND MOUNTING HEIGHTS......Page 40
1.3 NEMA DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS......Page 54
1.4 IEEE STANDARD ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM DEVICE FUNCTION NUMBERS AND CONTACT DESIGNATIONS......Page 56
1.5 NEMA STANDARD ENCLOSURES......Page 79
1.6 FORMULAS AND TERMS......Page 82
1.8 SEISMIC REQUIREMENTS......Page 83
2.0 WORKING SPACE ABOUT ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT......Page 90
2.1 OVER 600 VOLTS, NOMINAL......Page 101
2.2 OVERCURRENT PROTECTION STANDARD AMPERE RATINGS......Page 103
2.3 NEC ARTICLE 240.21: LOCATION IN CIRCUIT( FEEDER TAP RULES)......Page 105
2.4 NEC ARTICLE 310: CONDUCTORS FOR GENERAL WIRING......Page 113
2.5 NEC CHAPTER 9 TABLES ( PARTIAL)......Page 131
2.6 NEC APPENDIX C ( PARTIAL)......Page 144
3.0 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SERVICE AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS......Page 180
3.1 PRELIMINARY LOAD CALCULATIONS......Page 191
3.2 SECONDARY VOLTAGE SELECTION......Page 202
3.3 SHORT-CIRCUIT CALCULATIONS......Page 203
3.4 SELECTIVE COORDINATION OF OVERCURRENTPROTECTIVE DEVICES......Page 225
3.5 COMPONENT SHORT- CIRCUIT PROTECTION......Page 238
3.6 TRANSFORMER ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS......Page 259
3.7 TRANSFORMER THERMAL AND SOUND CHARACTERISTICS......Page 275
3.8 MOTOR FEEDERS AND STARTERS......Page 277
3.9 STANDARD VOLTAGES AND VOLTAGE DROP......Page 286
3.10 THREE- PHASE FEEDER SIZE SCHEDULE......Page 332
4.0 GROUNDING......Page 334
4.1 GROUND FAULT PROTECTION......Page 346
4.2 LIGHTNING PROTECTION......Page 352
5.0 GENERAL NEED FOR EMERGENCY AND STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS......Page 360
5.1 EMERGENCY/ STANDBY POWER SOURCE OPTIONS......Page 370
5.2 TYPICAL EMERGENCY/ STANDBY SYSTEM ARRANGEMENTS......Page 384
5.3 GENERATOR AND GENERATOR SET SIZING......Page 394
5.4 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY ( UPS) SYSTEMS......Page 407
6.0 MEASURING LIGHT AND ILLUMINATION TERMS......Page 424
6.1 HOW TO SELECT THE RECOMMENDED ILLUMINANCE LEVEL......Page 428
6.2 ZONAL CAVITY METHOD OF CALCULATING ILLUMINATION......Page 431
6.4 HOW LIGHT AFFECTS COLOR ( TABLE 6.19)......Page 444
7.0 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS......Page 458
7.1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEMS......Page 471
7.3 BLOWN OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY (BOFT)......Page 509
8.1 MINERAL- INSULATED CABLE APPLICATIONS......Page 516
8.2 FIRE PUMP APPLICATIONS......Page 521
8.4 WYE- DELTA MOTOR STARTER WIRING......Page 524
8.5 MOTOR CONTROL DIAGRAMS......Page 527
8.6 ELEVATOR RECALL SYSTEMS......Page 571
8.7 MEDIUM- VOLTAGE CABLE AND ENGINEERING DATA......Page 572
8.8 HARMONIC EFFECTS AND MITIGATION......Page 585
Index......Page 590
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 606