Ugly's Electrical References 2005

Updated for the 2005 NEC ® , Ugly's provides commonly required electrical information in an easy-to-use, pocket-sized format. This respected resource enables you to quickly:

• Find amperes, horsepower, watts, kilowatts, inductance, and impedance.
• Run overload units in motors, branch circuit protective devices, and single-phase and three-phase motors.
• Perform calcs for transformers and make connections.

TO FIND:

AMPERES (1), 14–17
HORSEPOWER (HP), 18–19
WATTS (P), 20
KILO-WATTS (KW), 21 22
KILO-VOLT-AMPERES (KVA), 23
CAPACITANCE (C), AND CAPACITORS, 24–27
POWER FACTOR CORRECTION, 27
INDUCTANCE (L), 28
IMPEDANCE (Z), 29
REACTANCE (INDUCTIVE (XL) AND CAPACITIVE (XC), 30
RESISTOR COLOR CODE, 31

MOTORS:

RUNNING OVERLOAD UNITS, 32
BRANCH CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES, 32
DIRECT CURRENT, 33–34
SINGLE PHASE (A.C.), 35–38
THREE-PHASE MOTORS (A.C.), 39–46

TRANSFORMERS:

CALCULATIONS, 47
VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATIONS, 48–50
SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATIONS, 51–54
SINGLE-PHASE CONNECTIONS, 55
BUCK & BOOST CONNECTIONS, 56
FULL LOAD CURRENTS, 57
THREE-PHASE CONNECTIONS, 58–62

MISCELLANEOUS WIRING DIAGRAMS, 63–64
CONDUCTOR PROPERTIES, 65
A.C. RESISTANCE & REACTANCE FOR 600 VOLT CABLES, 66
ALLOWABLE AMPACITIES OF CONDUCTORS, 67–71
INSULATION CHARTS, 71–74
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CONDUCTORS IN CONDUIT I TUBING, 75–95
GENERAL CALCULATION PROCEDURE, 75
ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING, 76-77
NONMETALLIC TUBING, 78-79
RIGID PVC CONDUIT, SCHEDULE 40, 80-81
RIGID PVC CONDUIT, SCHEDULE 80, 82-83
RIGID METALLIC CONDUIT, 84-85
FLEXIBLE METALLIC CONDUIT, 86-87
LIQUID TIGHT FLEXIBLE METALLIC CONDUIT, 88-89
DIMENSIONS OF INSULATED CONDUCTORS, 90–91
COMPACT ALUMINUM BLDG. WIRE DIMENSIONS, 92
DIMENSIONS & PERCENT AREA OF CONDUIT, 93–95

TABLES:

TAP, DRILL BIT AND HOLE SAW TABLES, 96
METAL BOXES, 97
MINIMUM COVER REQUIREMENTS TO 600 VOLTS, 98
VOLUME REQUIRED PER CONDUCTOR, 98
VERTICAL CONDUCTOR SUPPORTS, 98
CLEAR WORKING SPACE IN FRONT OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, 99
MINIMUM CLEARANCE OF LIVE PARTS, 100
GROUNDING, 101–102
GENERAL LIGHTING OCCUPANCY LOADS, 103
LIGHTING LOAD DEMAND FACTORS, 103
DEMAND FACTORS FOR NONDWELLING, 104
DEMAND FACTORS — HOUSEHOLD CLOTHES DRYERS, 104
DEMAND FACTORS — KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, 104
DEMAND LOADS — HOUSEHOLD RANGES, OVENS, 105–106
ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS, 107–09

WIRING DIAGRAMS, 110–114

GENERAL REFERENCE:

U.S. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 115–116
METRIC SYSTEM, 117–118
METRIC DESIGNATOR-TRADE SIZE EQUIVALENTS, 119
U.S. WEIGHTS & MEASURES I METRIC EQUIVALENTS, 119
USEFUL CONVERSIONS, 119
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION, 119
DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS, 120
CONVERSION TABLES, 121–123
METALS, 124–125
SPECIFIC RESISTANCE (K), 125
CENTIGRADE & FAHRENHEIT THERMOMETER SCALES, 126

MATH REFERENCE:

USEFUL MATH FORMULAS, 127
THE CIRCLE, 128
FRACTIONS, 129–131
EQUATIONS, 132–134
TRIGONOMETRY, 135–137

CONDUIT BENDING:

BENDING OFFSETS WITH TRIGONOMETRY, 137
CHICAGO-TYPE BENDERS — 90' BENDING, 138
CHICAGO-TYPE BENDERS — OFF-SETS, 139
MULTI-SHOT 90' BENDING, 140–142
HAND BENDER — OFFSETS, 143
HAND BENDER — 90'BENI)S, 144
HAND BENDER — BACK-TO-BACK BENDS, 145
HAND BENDER — 3-POINT SADDLE BENDS, 146

MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE:

PULLEY CALCULATIONS, 147
USEFUL KNOTS, 148
HAND SIGNALS FOR CRANES, 149-150

AMERICAN RED CROSS GENERAL FIRST AID, 151–158

CALENDAR — 2002, 159
CALENDAR — 2003, 160
CALENDAR — 2004, 161

GENERAL TOPIC INDEX, 162
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