Summary

Updating the 1992 edition of the handbook (which premiered in 1928), this reference on standard US electric utility practices is intended as an apprenticeship textbook as well as a home-study resource for field employees of electric utility companies and electric line construction contractors. Safety issues--in keeping with the National Electrical Safety Code, OSHA, ASTM, and ANSI standards--are interspersed throughout many of the 50 sections on topics such as elementary electrical principles, transmission tower erection, live-line maintenance, tree trimming, and protective equipment. Includes self-testing questions and exercises. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR