Passing Electrical Exams DVD, 2005

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The help you need to confidently pass exams and avoid inspection problems can be right at your fingertips. Who better to turn to than one who helped write the code? This nationally respected trainer of professional electricians, Mark Shapiro, did just that.

Shapiro, who has spent more than 46,000 hours inspecting residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional projects for code compliance, is also a practicing electrician who recognizes the problems electricians face. Approx. 1 1/2 hours.

Some Topics Include:

• Electrical exams & licensing
• Calculating conduit fill
• Understanding & studying the NEC®
• Sizing pull & junction boxes
• Conductor ampacities & derating
• Organizing studying; test taking
• Clues to avoid the need to calculate
• Questions combining theory & practical experience
• Sizing grounding conductors
• Overcurrent protection & rounding off
• Electrical theory
• Transformers
• 3-phase calculations
• Code exceptions
• Neutral currents
• Motor efficiency
• Article 220 calculations

This is a book of questions and answers based on actual electrician's exams over the last few years. Almost a thousand multiple-choice questions – exactly the type you'll find on the electrical exams. It gives you the correct answer, an explanation, and where to find it in the latest NEC. You'll also find where to get your application form (including the Website addresses of the state licensing boards) how best to study for the electrical exams, and what to expect on examination day.

It includes a CD-ROM with all the questions in the book, in an interactive format with the answers and any pertinent code sections popping up with a mouse click. 352 pp.

Areas Covered:

• Electrical installation
• Electrical drawings
• Services and systems
• Transformers
• Capacitors
• Distribution equipment
• Branch circuits
• Feeders
• Calculations
• Measuring and testing

Electrical Exam Prep 3-Volume Set on CD-ROM

For fast and easy results, the Exam-Prep Electrical 3-Volume Set, Question and Answer Learning Tool CDs will help you understand exactly what knowledge is necessary in order to become a proficient electrician. By answering more than 570 multiple-choice questions, you cover all of the areas that an electrician uses in order to succeed including Low Voltage Systems and Electrical Sign installation. If you miss a question, Exam-Prep will give you the right answer and a full explanation of the basic principles involved in that question. Even if you guess the right answer, the explanation is there! So you actually LEARN what you need to know.

Electrical:

Course Details :

The Exam-Prep Electrical, Question and Answer Learning Tool (# 500-1019-04) consists of:

• Cost Estimation
• Technical Project Management
• Troubleshooting
• Evaluation of Electrical Systems
• Troubleshooting Principles
• Equipment and Material Installation
• Design of Electrical Systems
• Safety
• Project Coordination

Course Details:

The contractor license exam for The Electrical Sign (# 500-1020-04) consists of:

• Job Planning/Estimating
• Manufacturing
• Installation
• Safety

Low Voltage Systems:

Course Details:

The contractor license exam for The Low Voltage Systems (# 500-1039-04) consists of:

• Telephone Systems
• Sound Systems
• Cable Television Systems
• Instrumentation and Temperature Controls
• Low Voltage Landscape Lighting

*Exam-Prep can be used for general study for any State Contractor Licensing but, are originally based on the California Contractor Licensing Exams.

How The Program Works:
For every question there are several multiple-choice options, one of which is correct. If you pick the wrong answer, the program will show you the correct answer, why that answer is correct, and a full explanation of the basic principles being studied. Instead of trying to memorize the answers, you are using this CD as a tutoring tool to give you the facts about the subject. With this method you gain knowledge and knowledge is power.

Computer Requirements:

To install and use, you'll need a computer with a CD-ROM drive, at least 40 MB of available hard disk space and be running Windows 98/2000/XP operating systems.

Bonus Feature Download:

Free Exam-Prep Mathematics Question and Answer Learning Tool Download with this purchase. Your free download will help you prepare for the Mathematics sections on many Contractors exams. You will be presented with over 50 Trade Math related multiple choice questions to review and practice. If you miss a question, Exam-Prep will give you the right answer and a full explanation of the basic principles involved in that question. Even if you guess the right answer, the explanation is there! To redeem your Free Exam-Prep download just use Promotion Code FDL205 when placing your order.

The Electrican's Book of Trade Secrets

This special find has been totally updated with improved graphics and superior illustrations! A collection of real electricians' trade secrets-the best, smartest, fastest and safest ways of doing things. Gathered from electricians, motor winders, engineers, inspectors, and contractors, these invaluable techniques took years to assemble. Just one great idea will pay for this text over and over. 80 pp.

Examples:

• The number one trade secret
• Convenient method for bending PVC conduit
• Easy method of temporary fusing
• Device that can automatically balance a panel
• Removing blockages in conduit
• Fishing the impossible
• Fishing EMT through bar joists
• Getting a third hand
• Wiring through a roof-top unit
• Patching holes in walls
• Getting a good ground in poor soil
• Using a bare grounding conductor
• Using a ladder as a work station
• Mobile temporary power centers
• Running a three phase motor on single phase power
• Cable dish
• Using stilts to install cable
• The best work apron
• Using worn cadweld moulds