Now covering both gas and electric appliances, the updated second edition of Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances offers you a complete guide to the latest tools, techniques, and parts for troubleshooting and repairing any appliance. Packed with over 200 illustrations, the book includes step-by-step procedures for testing and replacing parts… instructions for reading wiring diagrams… charts with troubleshooting solutions… advice on using tools and test meters... safety techniques… and more. 744 pp.

The second edition of Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances features:

• Expert coverage of major appliances
• Cutting-edge guidance on appliance operation, testing and repairing, wiring, preventive maintenance, and tools and test meters
• New to this edition: information on both gas and electric appliances; 10 entirely new chapters; new illustrations throughout

Inside This Updated Troubleshooting and Repair Manual:

• Fundamentals of Service: Selection, Purchase, and Installation of Appliances and Air Conditioners
• Safety Precautions
• Tools for Installation and Repair
• Basic Techniques
• Fundamentals of Electric, Electronic, and Gas Appliances, and Room Air Conditioners: Electricity
• Electronics
• Gas
• Principles of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
• Electric, Electronic, and Gas Appliance Parts
• Appliance Service, Installation, and Preventive Maintenance Procedures: Dishwashers
• Garbage Disposers
• Electric and Gas Water Heaters
• Washers
• Electric and Gas Dryers
• Electric and Gas Ranges/Ovens
• Microwave Ovens
• Refrigerators and Freezers
• Ice Makers
• Room Air Conditioners

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Selecting, Purchasing, and Installing Major Home Appliances and Air Conditioners
• Chapter 2. Safety Precautions
• Chapter 3. Type Tools Needed for Installation and Repair
• Chapter 4. Basic Techniques
  
• Chapter 5. Electricity
• Chapter 6. Gas
  
• Chapter 7: Principles of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
  
• Chapter 8: Electric Appliance and Air Conditioner Parts
• Chapter 9: Electronic Parts and Fault Codes
• Chapter 10: Gas Appliance Parts
  
• Chapter 11: Automatic Dishwashers
• Chapter 12: Garbage Disposers
• Chapter 13: Electric Water Heaters
• Chapter 14: Gas Water Heaters
• Chapter 15: Automatic Washers
• Chapter 16: Automatic Electric Dryers
• Chapter 17: Automatic Gas Dryer
• Chapter 18: Electric Rangers and Ovens
• Chapter 19: Gas Ranges and Ovens
• Chapter 20: Microwave Ovens
• Chapter 21: Refrigerators and Freezers
• Chapter 22: Automatic Ice Makers
• Chapter 23: Room Air Conditioners