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The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook has shown generations of line and cable workers how to construct, operate and maintain electrical transmission and distribution lines, both overhead and underground. Now updated for today's professionals, the new 11th edition explains the basic principles, equipment, standards, and safety regulations required for optimal on-the-job performance.
Filled with over 1500 illustrations, The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook presents unsurpassed coverage of electrical systems, substations, circuits, structures and construction specifications.
This updated edition of The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook features:
- All the guidance needed to maintain systems at peak capacity, avoid costly errors, diagnose and repair power failures, and ensure safety.
- Contents updated to reflect OSHA, NESC, ANSI and ASTM standards.
- New material: the latest techniques for emergency system restoration, aerial cable construction, padmount capacitors, padmount dead-front switchgear, and composite core conductors.
Since 1928 line and cable workers have turned to The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook for unparalleled coverage of the basic principles and best procedures for the construction, operation, and maintenance of overhead and underground electronic distribution and transmission lines.
This heavily illustrated reference has been the bible of electrical transmission since the publication of its first edition in 1928. Covering both overhead and underground electrical transmission and distribution, it graphically lays out the basic principles, equipment, standards, and safety regulations, allowing electrical workers to avoid costly errors, diagnose and repair power failures, and ensure optimum safety.
Excerpt from the Preface
This Handbook is written for the apprentice, the lineman, the cableman, the foreman, the supervisor, and other employees of electric line construction contractors and transmission and distribution departments of electric utility companies. It is primarily intended to be used as an apprenticeship textbook and a home-study book to supplement daily work experience.
All chapters in this 11th edition have been revised where necessary to be consistent with the newest equipment, techniques and procedures. A special effort was made to present all discussions clearly and in simple language. As in previous editions, a large number of illustrations showing the construction and maintenance processes are provided to assist the reader in a better understanding of the text. The illustrations clarify many details that would require additional words to express. Many of the photographs were taken specifically for use in the edition. They portray the practices in use by some of the foremost electric utility and contracting companies in the United States.
Methods of transmission-, distribution-, and rural-line construction have become quite standardized since the 1st edition of the Handbook was published in 1928. The construction procedures described and illustrated are in most instances representative of general practice. While each operating company has its own standards of construction to which its linemen and cablemen must adhere, the procedures described explain why things are done in a given way. Such basic knowledge will be helpful to the lineman or cableman who is interested in learning the whys and wherefores of doing things one way or another.
Safety is emphasized throughout this book. Of course, understanding the principles involved in any operation and knowing the reasons for doing things a given way are the best aids to safety. The opinion has become quite firmly established that a person is not a good lineman unless he does his work in accordance with established safety procedures and without injury to himself or others. It is necessary for those engaged in electrical work to know the safety rules and the precautions applicable to their trades, as specified in the National Electrical Safety Code, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) standards, and their employer's safety manuals and standards, and to make the observance of safety rules and procedures an inseparable part of their working habits.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter 1: Elementary Electrical Principles. Chapter 2: Electric System. Chapter 3: Substations. Chapter 4: Transmission Circuits. Chapter 5: Distribution Circuits. Chapter 6: Construction Specifications. Chapter 7: Wood-Pole Structures. Chapter 8: Aluminum, Concrete, Fiberglass, and Steel Structures. Chapter 9: Distribution Automation. Chapter 10: Emergency System Restoration. Chapter 11: Unloading, Hauling, Erecting, and Setting Poles. Chapter 12: Guying Poles. Chapter 13: Insulators, Crossarms, and Conductor Supports. Chapter 14: Line Conductors. Chapter 15: Distribution Transformers. Chapter 16: Lightning and Surge Protection. Chapter 17: Fuses. Chapter 18: Switches. Chapter 19: Tap-Changing Transformers and Voltage Regulators. Chapter 20: Transmission Tower Erection. Chapter 21: Stringing Line Conductors. Chapter 22: Sagging Line Conductors. Chapter 23: Joining Line Conductors. Chapter 24: Live-Line Maintenance with Hot-Line Tools. Chapter 25: Live-Line Maintenance from Insulated Aerial Platforms. Chapter 26: Grounding. Chapter 27: Protective Grounds. Chapter 28: Street Lighting. Chapter 29: Underground System. Chapter 30: Laying Conduit. Chapter 31: Manhole Construction. Chapter 32: Pulling Cable. Chapter 33: Splicing Cable. Chapter 34: Underground Distribution. Chapter 35: Vegetation Management - Tree Trimming. Chapter 36: Distribution Transformer Installation. Chapter 37: Electrical Drawing Symbols. Chapter 38: Single-Line Diagrams. Chapter 39: Schematic Diagrams. Chapter 40: Voltage Regulation. Chapter 41: Units of Measurement, Electrical Definitions, Electrical Formulas, and Calculations. Chapter 42: Maintenance of Transmission and Distribution Lines. Chapter 43: Rope, Knots, Splices and Gear. Chapter 44: Climbing Wood Poles. Chapter 45: Protective Equipment. Chapter 46: OSHA Section 1910.269. Chapter 47: Resuscitation. Chapter 48: Heart-Lung Resuscitation. Chapter 49: Pole-Top and Bucket Truck Rescue. Chapter 50: Self-Testing Questions and Exercises. Index. |
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