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Old Electrical Wiring Maintenance and Retrofit
by David E. Shapiro
from McGraw-Hill Companies
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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A "must read" for all residential electricians! 
This is an excellent book dealing with the problems faced with old wiring. The content is very helpful for all levels of experience, however, it is extremely valuable for newer electricians or electricians specializing in old wiring. The descriptions of the Carter System, background information and old catalog sheets are worth the price of the book itself. Buy this book, it'll make you money!
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A mixed review from Fine Homebuilding magazine 
The author is obviously knowledgeable and does a good job of transferring his experience to paper, [but the book has problems]. As I paged through the "Familiarizing Yourself with Old Wiring" section, I found myself looking for pictures of old cables so I could familiarize myself with them. There aren't any. And as I looked through the rest of the book, I noticed that this seems to be an overall problem. Instead of pictures of important things such as different types of old cable, the book offers such... more info
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