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Your Old Wiring
by David E. Shapiro
from McGraw-Hill Professional

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Lots of useful information
  This is one of the best advanced primers on electrical work that I've seen. It requires a thoughtful read to absorb its details and mindset that stresses the myriad dangers arising from old, sloppy installations. The book's thoroughness teaches the novice to recognize limits. It is worth many times its price for making the homeowner intelligible on electrical concepts and terms, a useful skill to have when consulting with professionals. I've been reading it on and off for years, and always gain new... more info

• your old wiring
  Sorry to say this book was not of any use to me. Ive been an electrician for 20 plus years. Mostly industrial work. I wish I could get my money back. I used to teach electricians in the Air Force. From that back ground I dont think that anyone could get very much use from this book. I was hoping to learn somethings about residentual wiring because I dont do that kind wiring for a living. I never even finished reading the book. It was full of alot of useless fluff. I hope to sell this book at a flea market... more info

• Only for the patient reader
  Wordy, wordy, wordy. Lots of info there, somewhere -- like Ronald Reagan's story of horse poop in Xmas stocking: look for the pony, if you like. I couldn't, and I seldom put down a promising book.
  Negative stars to publisher McGraw-Hill, for failing to promote simple, declarative sentences, and to emphasize points through book design/layout.

• Much better than the reviews say!
  I expected the photos to be hard to discern, as it was stated by other reviewers. As a Master Electrician, I found that this is not the case. Apparently, the photos are not for amateurs, since it requires someone who has actually seen such wiring "in the flesh" to really understand them.

  No other book deals with old wiring so well. The subject is too often neglected by the industry.

  The author wisely recommends consulting an experienced electrician. Unfortunately, too many young ones do not understand... more info

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