Electricity for Refrigeration, Heating, and Air Conditioning

Hardback

Main Details

Title Electricity for Refrigeration, Heating, and Air Conditioning
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Russell Smith
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:736
Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 210
Category/GenreElectrical engineering
Microsoft Office
ISBN/Barcode 9781285179988
ClassificationsDewey:621.3024697
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition 9th edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication Date 1 January 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

Provide your students with the basic electrical principles necessary to understand today's modern control systems with this fully updated edition of Smith's ELECTRICITY FOR REFRIGERATION, HEATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING. Acclaimed for its meticulous accuracy and easy-to-understand presentation, the book takes a practical approach that allows your students to focus exclusively on the electronics information they will use in the field, without bogging them down in unnecessary theory. This 40th Anniversary edition continues to emphaize systematic diagnosis and troubleshooting methods and procedures that enable students to become highly-skilled, professional HVAC-R service technicians.

Author Biography

Russell E. Smith is an Air Conditioning Technology Instructor emeritus at Athens Technical College in Athens, Georgia. Mr. Smith also ran his own contracting and consulting firm for many years. He is a Certificate Member of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society and holder of Conditioned Air Non-Restricted in the State of Georgia. He holds an AE in Air Conditioning Engineering.

Reviews

1. Electrical Safety. 2. Basic Electricity. 3. Electric Circuits. 4. Electric Meters. 5. Components, Symbols and Circuitry of Air Conditioning Wiring Diagrams. 6. Reading Schematic Diagrams. 7. Alternating Current, Power Distribution, and Voltage Systems. 8. Installation of Heating and Air Conditioning Systems. 9. Electric Motors. 10. Components of Electric Motors. 11. Contractors, Relays and Overloads. 12. Thermostats, Pressure Switches, and Other Electric Control Devices. 13. Electronic Control Devices. 14. Heating Control Devices. 15. Troubleshooting Electric Control Devices. 16. Residential Air Conditioning Control Systems. 17. Light Commercial Air Conditioning Control Systems. 18. Troubleshooting Refrigeration, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Control Circuits and Systems.