The most complete, up-to-date guide to industrial electricity

This practical resource offers comprehensive coverage of the entire electrical field and its equipment, including troubleshooting and repair. You'll learn how to read and interpret schematics and drawings and safely work with all electrical components and systems on the jobsite.

The Second Edition features a new chapter on robotics, a new 16-page color insert, and information on the latest codes, regulations, and devices. Filled with more than 650 photos and diagrams, study questions, review problems, and detailed answers, this career-building tool helps you enhance your electrical and electronics expertise and apply it effectively in the workplace.

Industrial Electricity and Motor Controls, Second Edition covers:

• Tools and equipment
• Safety in the workplace
• Symbols used in electrical wiring diagrams and ladder diagrams
• Control circuits and diagrams
• Switches
• Magnetism and solenoids
• Relays
• Electric motors
• Timers and sensors
• Solenoids and valves
• Motor starting methods
• Solid-state reduced-voltage starters
• Speed control and monitoring
• Motor control and protection
• Three-phase controllers
• Drives
• Transformers
• Power generation
• Power distribution systems
• Programmable controllers
• Robotics
• Careers in electricity

Discover how healthy buildings, culture, and people lead to high profits

Organizations and employees now spend an average of $18,000 per year per employee for health costs, a 61% increase in 10 years. Every indicator projects these costs will double before 2030. This is an unsustainable path. These costs are the tip to an even bigger iceberg, the hidden costs of time out of the office, distraction, disengagement, and turnover. The Healthy Workplace Nudge explains the findings of research on 100 large organizations that have tackled the problems of employee health costs and disengagement in five fresh ways:

1. Well-being leads to health and high performance
2. Wake up to the fact that 95% of traditional wellness programs fail to improve health or lower costs
3. Behavioral economics has become a new powerful tool to nudge healthy behavior
4. Healthy buildings are now cost effective and produce your strongest ROI to improving health
5. Leaders who develop healthy cultures achieve sustainable high performance and employee wellbeing

In addition to proving highly effective, these approaches represent a fraction of the cost sunk into traditional wellness and engagement programs. The book explains how to create a workplace that is good for people, releases them to what they do best and enjoy most, and produces great and profitable work.

•    Find actionable strategies and tactics you can put into use today

•    Retain happy, productive talent

•    Cut unnecessary spending and boost your bottom line

•    Benefit from real-world research and proven practice

Pumps and hydraulic equipment are now used in more facets of industry than ever before. Whether you are a pump operator or you encounter pumps and hydraulic systems through your work in another skilled trade, a basic knowledge of the practical features, principles, installation, and maintenance of such systems is essential. You'll find it all here, fully updated with real-world examples and 21st-century applications.

• Learn to install and service pumps for nearly any application
• Understand the fundamentals and operating principles of pump controls and hydraulics
• Service and maintain individual pumping devices that use smaller motors
• See how pumps are used in robotics, taking advantage of hydraulics to lift larger, heavier loads
• Handle new types of housings and work with the latest electronic controls
• Know the appropriate servicing schedule for different types of pumping equipment
• Install and troubleshoot special-service pumps

The experts show you how to tackle any wiring, remodeling, or plumbing project

Written by authors of McGraw-Hill's popular Carpentry & Construction, Fourth Edition, this new, dollar-saving series is great for do-it-yourselfers, weekend repairmen and home owners, as well as seasoned pros who want to stay on top of the latest methods, materials, equipment and code requirements. Organized according to the actual stages of construction, these titles detail everything needed to successfully plan, manage, and complete a job. All are heavily illustrated and contain valuable tip-boxes throughout.

* Covers electrical as well as audio and video wiring


* Explains all types of wires and connections

Master the Electric and Electronic Components that Control Today's Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Systems!

Electricity and Electronics for HVAC provides an expert account of the electric and electronic components used for modern air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems. Packed with hundreds of detailed illustrations, this in-depth reference fully explains circuits, diagrams, digital controls, safety procedures, troubleshooting, and more.

Written by the renowned technical authors Rex Miller and Mark R. Miller, this essential resource covers all electrical and electronic principles and applications of HVAC, including basic electricity…electric measuring instruments…control devices…heating circuits…refrigeration and freezer circuits…and other topics. Designed to build knowledge, skills, and confidence, Electricity and Electronics for HVAC features:

• Complete information on electric and electronic components for modern HVAC systems
• Over 345 detailed illustrations to improve technical understanding
• Standard and SI units for all problems and worked-out equations
• A PowerPoint presentation for classroom use

Inside this Career-Building HVAC Tool

A Practical, On-the-Job HVAC Guide

Applicable to residential, commercial, and industrial jobs, this essential handbook puts a wealth of real-world information at your fingertips. HVAC Troubleshooting Guide shows you how to read, interpret, and prepare schedules, mechanical plans, and electrical schematics. This handy resource will aid you in your everyday tasks and keep you up to date with the latest facts, figures, and devices. The book includes numerous illustrations, tables, and charts, troubleshooting tips, safety precautions, resource directories, and a glossary of terms.

HVAC Troubleshooting Guide helps you:

• Identify and safely use tools and equipment (both new and old)
• Use heat pumps and hot air furnaces
• Calculate ventilation requirements
• Work with refrigeration equipment and the new refrigerants
• Utilize control devices, including solenoids and relays
• Operate, select, and repair electric motors
• Work with condensers, compressors, and evaporators
• Monitor the flow of refrigerant with valves, tubing, and filters
• Comply with the Section 608 refrigerant recycling rule
• Program thermostats
• Insulate with batts, sheet, tubing covers, and foam
• Work with solid-state controls
• Understand electrical and electronic symbols used in schematics

Get Everything You Need to Help You Pass the Certified Welding Exams on the First Try!

The Welding Licensing Exam Study Guide contains everything needed to pass the Welding Code Book and Fundamentals exams with flying colors. This career-building resource includes calculations and troubleshooting tips that equip you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence required to ace these certification tests.

The Welding Licensing Exam Study Guide features:

• Over 850 exam-style multiple choice and true/false questions & answers
• Numerous welding calculations and troubleshooting tips
• More than 200 detailed drawings and illustrations
• In-depth coverage of welding tools and their use
• The latest welding safety procedures
• Guidance on studying welding methods
• SI and English units for all problems and equations

Improve Your Grasp of Every Welding Exam Topic

Education in the U.S. has been under fire for quite some time, and for good reason. The numbers alone tell a very disconcerting story: according to various polls, 70% of teachers are disengaged. Add to that the fact that the United States ranks last among industrialized nations for college graduation levels, and it's evident there's a huge problem that needs to be addressed. Yet the current education system and its school buildings—with teachers standing in front of classrooms and lecturing to students—have gone largely unchanged since the 19^th century.

Humanizing the Education Machine tackles this tough issue head-on. It describes how the education system has become ineffective by not adapting to fit students' needs, learning styles, perspectives, and lives at home. This book explains how schools can evolve to engage students and involve parents. It serves to spread hope for reform and equip parents, educators, administrators, and communities to:

• Analyze the pitfalls of the current U.S. education system
• Intelligently argue the need to reform the current landscape of education
• Work to make a difference in the public education system
• Be an informed advocate for your child or local school system

If you're a concerned parent or professional looking for a trusted resource on the need for education reform, look no further than Humanizing the Education Machine. This illuminating resource provides the information you need to become a full partner in the new human-centered learning revolution.

Ace the Major HVAC Licensing Exams!

Featuring more than 800 practice questions and answers, HVAC Licensing Study Guide, Second Edition provides everything you need to prepare for and pass the major HVAC licensing exams on the first try. This practical, up-to-date resource is filled with essential calculations, troubleshooting tips for the job site, hundreds of detailed illustrations, and information on current codes and standards. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest equipment and techniques, this career-building guide helps you:

• Master the material most likely to appear on the ARI, NATE, ICE, RSES, and HVAC licensing exams
• Improve your test-taking ability with 800+ true-false and multiple-choice questions and answers
• Learn about the latest refrigerant usage and regulations
• Keep up with the most recent codes and standards
• Acquire the confidence, skills, and knowledge needed to pass your exam

Covers key HVAC topics, including:

• Heat sources
• Heating systems
• Boilers, burners, and burner systems
• Piping systems
• Ductwork sizing
• Refrigerants
• Cooling and distribution systems
• Refrigeration equipment and processes
• Filters and air flow
• Maintenance, servicing, and safety
• Humidification, dehumidification, and psychrometrics
• EPA-refrigerant reclaimers
• Heating circuits
• Safety on the job
• Trade associations and codes