| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction to Electricity | p. 1 |
| Basic Theory of Electricity | p. 1 |
| Electrical Measurements and Circuits | p. 6 |
| Assessment | p. 12 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 13 |
| Simple Electric Circuits | p. 14 |
| Checkup on Fractions (Diagnostic Tests) | p. 14 |
| Brushup on Fractions | p. 15 |
| Ohm's Law | p. 24 |
| Checkup on Decimals (Diagnostic Test) | p. 29 |
| Introduction to Decimals | p. 30 |
| Introduction to the Metric System | p. 37 |
| Brushup on Decimals | p. 43 |
| Review of Working with Decimals | p. 49 |
| Assessment | p. 52 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 53 |
| Formulas | p. 54 |
| Checkup on Formulas in Electrical Work (Diagnostic Test) | p. 54 |
| Brushup on Formulas | p. 55 |
| Positive and Negative Numbers | p. 62 |
| Checkup on Using Formulas with Exponents (Diagnostic Test) | p. 66 |
| Brushup on Formulas Containing Exponents | p. 67 |
| Powers of 10 | p. 69 |
| Units of Measurement in Electronics | p. 78 |
| Using Electronic Units of Measurement in Simple Circuits | p. 82 |
| Solving the Ohm's Law Formula for Current or Resistance | p. 84 |
| Estimating Answers | p. 91 |
| Review of Ohm's Law | p. 92 |
| Assessment | p. 96 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 97 |
| Series Circuits | p. 98 |
| Voltage, Current, and Resistance in Series Circuits | p. 98 |
| Using Ohm's Law in Series Circuits | p. 102 |
| Using Ohm's Law for Total Values in Series Circuits | p. 106 |
| Power Distribution Line Currents | p. 112 |
| Ground-Fault Protection | p. 115 |
| Intermediate Review of Series Circuits | p. 116 |
| Checkup on Formulas Involving Addition and Subtraction (Diagnostic Test) | p. 119 |
| Brushup on Formulas Involving Addition and Subtraction | p. 119 |
| Control of Current in a Series Circuit | p. 127 |
| Review of Series Circuits | p. 131 |
| Assessment | p. 134 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 135 |
| Parallel Circuits | p. 136 |
| Total Voltage, Total Current, and Total Resistance in Parallel Circuits | p. 136 |
| Using Ohm's Law in Parallel Circuits | p. 141 |
| Check on Addition and Subtraction of Fractions (Diagnostic Test) | p. 144 |
| Brushup on Addition of Fractions | p. 144 |
| Brushup on Subtraction of Fractions | p. 149 |
| Checkup on Solution of Formulas Involving Fractions (Diagnostic Test) | p. 153 |
| Brushup on Solution of Fractional Equations | p. 153 |
| Total Resistance in a Parallel Circuit | p. 160 |
| Total Voltage in a Parallel Circuit | p. 165 |
| Division of Current in a Parallel Circuit | p. 167 |
| Review of Parallel Circuits | p. 172 |
| Assessment | p. 175 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 176 |
| Combination Circuits | p. 177 |
| Introduction to Combination Circuits | p. 177 |
| Solving Parallel-Series Circuits | p. 178 |
| Solving Series-Parallel Circuits | p. 183 |
| Line Drop | p. 196 |
| Distribution Systems | p. 201 |
| Analysis With Ideal Circuit Elements | p. 207 |
| Assessment | p. 210 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 211 |
| Electric Power | p. 212 |
| Electric Power in Simple Circuits | p. 212 |
| Total Power in an Electric Circuit | p. 215 |
| Solving the Power Formula for Current or Voltage | p. 218 |
| Intermediate Review of Power | p. 219 |
| Squaring Powers of 10 | p. 221 |
| The Exponential Power Formulas | p. 223 |
| Checkup on Square Root (Diagnostic Test) | p. 226 |
| Brushup on Square Root | p. 226 |
| The Square Root of a Power of 10 | p. 233 |
| Applications of the Exponential Power Formula | p. 236 |
| Review of Electric Power | p. 239 |
| Assessment | p. 242 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 243 |
| Algebra for Complex Electric Circuits | p. 244 |
| Combining Like Terms | p. 244 |
| Combining Unlike Terms | p. 246 |
| Solving Simple Algebraic Equations | p. 248 |
| Solving Equations by Transpositions and Cross Multiplication | p. 254 |
| Combining Unlike Terms Involving Signed Numbers | p. 257 |
| Solving Equations Which Have Unknowns and Numbers on Both Sides of the Equality Sign | p. 258 |
| Solving Equations with Possible Negative Answers | p. 260 |
| Removing Parentheses | p. 262 |
| Solving Equations Containing Parentheses | p. 264 |
| Solving Equations Containing Fractions | p. 267 |
| Solving Simultaneous Equations by Addition | p. 270 |
| Solving Simultaneous Equations by Substitution | p. 276 |
| Review of Algebra | p. 279 |
| Assessment | p. 282 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 283 |
| Kirchhoff's Laws | p. 284 |
| Kirchhoff's Current Law | p. 284 |
| Kirchhoff's Voltage Law | p. 286 |
| Using Kirchhoff's Laws in Series Circuits | p. 289 |
| Using Kirchhoff's Laws in Parallel Circuits | p. 296 |
| Using Kirchhoff's Laws in Complex Circuits | p. 300 |
| Review of Kirchhoff's Laws | p. 316 |
| Equivalent Delta and Star Circuits | p. 319 |
| Thevenin's Theorem | p. 325 |
| Norton's Theorem | p. 338 |
| Review | p. 342 |
| Assessment | p. 343 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 344 |
| Applications of Series and Parallel Circuits | p. 345 |
| Extending the Range of an Ammeter | p. 345 |
| Reading Ammeters of Extended Range | p. 349 |
| Extending the Range of a Voltmeter | p. 350 |
| Review of Meters | p. 354 |
| Voltage Dividers | p. 356 |
| Resistance Measurement by the Voltage-Comparison Method. The Potentiometer Rule | p. 361 |
| Resistance Measurement Using the Wheatstone Bridge | p. 366 |
| Equivalent Circuits | p. 368 |
| DC Equivalent Circuits for Self-Biased Transistor Circuits | p. 372 |
| DC Equivalent Circuits for Fixed-Bias Transistor Circuits | p. 378 |
| Transistor Equivalent Circuits | p. 381 |
| Attenuators | p. 387 |
| Power and Resistor Size | p. 394 |
| Assessment | p. 396 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 397 |
| Efficiency | p. 398 |
| Checkup on Percent (Diagnostic Test) | p. 398 |
| Brushup on Percent | p. 399 |
| Conversion Factors for Electric and Mechanical Power | p. 408 |
| Efficiency of Electric Apparatus | p. 409 |
| Finding the Output and Input of an Electric Device | p. 411 |
| Load Matching for Power Transfer | p. 414 |
| Review of Conversion Factors and Efficiency | p. 416 |
| Assessment | p. 418 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 419 |
| Resistance of Wire | p. 420 |
| Checkup on Ratio and Proportion (Diagnostic Test) | p. 420 |
| Brushup on Ratio and Proportion | p. 421 |
| Review of Ratio and Proportion | p. 431 |
| The American Wire Gage Table | p. 432 |
| Resistances of Wires of Different Materials | p. 437 |
| Resistances of Wires of Different Lengths | p. 439 |
| Resistances of Wires of Different Areas | p. 440 |
| Resistance of Wires of Any Diameter, Any Length, or Any Material | p. 442 |
| Finding the Length of Wire Needed to Make a Certain Resistance | p. 444 |
| Finding the Diameter of Wire Needed to Make a Certain Resistance | p. 446 |
| Temperature Coefficients of Resistance | p. 448 |
| Review of Resistance of Wires | p. 457 |
| Assessment | p. 459 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 460 |
| Size of Wiring | p. 461 |
| Maximum Current-Carrying Capacities of Wires | p. 461 |
| Finding the Minimum Size of Wire to Supply a Given Load | p. 464 |
| Finding the Size of Wire Needed to Prevent Excessive Voltage Drops | p. 466 |
| Temperature and Wire Size | p. 471 |
| Review of Size of Wiring | p. 473 |
| Assessment | p. 475 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 476 |
| Trigonometry for Alternating-Current Electricity | p. 477 |
| Trigonometric Functions of a Right Triangle | p. 477 |
| Using the Table of Trigonometric Functions | p. 484 |
| Finding the Acute Angles of a Right Triangle | p. 485 |
| Finding the Sides of a Right Triangle | p. 489 |
| Review of Trigonometry | p. 493 |
| Assessment | p. 496 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 497 |
| Introduction to AC Electricity | p. 498 |
| Graphs | p. 498 |
| The Generation of an AC Voltage | p. 506 |
| Instantaneous Values, Maximum Values, and Phase Angles of an AC Wave | p. 514 |
| Effective Value of an AC Wave | p. 516 |
| Measuring Alternating Current with an Oscilloscope | p. 520 |
| Vectors and Phasors | p. 523 |
| The Pythagorean Theorem | p. 526 |
| Power | p. 529 |
| Harmonic Analysis | p. 532 |
| Assessment | p. 539 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 540 |
| Inductance and Transformers | p. 541 |
| Inductance | p. 541 |
| Review of Inductance | p. 543 |
| Reactance of a Coil | p. 544 |
| Series Resistance and Inductance | p. 548 |
| Real Inductor Losses and Quality | p. 556 |
| Measuring the Inductance of a Coil | p. 559 |
| Review of Coils and Inductance | p. 562 |
| Transmission Lines | p. 563 |
| Introduction to Ideal Transformers | p. 566 |
| Current in a Transformer | p. 571 |
| Impedance Changing Using Transformers | p. 575 |
| Review of Ideal Transformers | p. 577 |
| Real Transformers | p. 579 |
| Efficiency of a Transformer | p. 587 |
| Real Cables and Power Distribution | p. 591 |
| Assessment | p. 603 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 604 |
| Capacitance | p. 605 |
| Introduction to Capacitance | p. 605 |
| Capacitors in Parallel | p. 607 |
| Capacitors in Series | p. 609 |
| Reactance of a Capacitor | p. 613 |
| Current and Voltage in a Capacitor | p. 618 |
| Measurement of Capacity | p. 620 |
| A Real Capacitor | p. 621 |
| Review of Capacitance | p. 629 |
| Assessment | p. 630 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 631 |
| Series AC Circuits | p. 632 |
| Simple Series AC Circuits | p. 632 |
| Resistance and Capacitance in Series | p. 632 |
| Resistance, Inductance, and Capacitance in Series | p. 637 |
| Series Resonance | p. 645 |
| Finding the Inductance or Capacitance Needed to Make a Series Resonant Circuit | p. 649 |
| Review of Series AC Circuits | p. 652 |
| Assessment | p. 656 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 657 |
| Parallel AC Circuits | p. 658 |
| Simple Parallel AC Circuits | p. 658 |
| Resistance and Inductance in Parallel | p. 664 |
| Resistance, Inductance, and Capacitance in Parallel. The Equivalent Series Circuit | p. 669 |
| Resolution of Phasors | p. 674 |
| Power Filters and Ground Loops | p. 678 |
| Parallel-Series AC Circuits | p. 689 |
| Series-Parallel AC Circuits | p. 701 |
| Parallel Resonance | p. 706 |
| Review of Parallel AC Circuits | p. 709 |
| Assessment | p. 714 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 715 |
| Alternating-Current Power | p. 716 |
| Power and Power Factor | p. 716 |
| Total Power Drawn by Combinations of Reactive Loads | p. 721 |
| Power Drawn by Combinations of Resistive, Inductive, and Capacitive Loads | p. 729 |
| Power-Factor Correction | p. 734 |
| Review of AC Power | p. 745 |
| Three-Wire Single-Phase 120/240 Circuits | p. 748 |
| Assessment | p. 752 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 753 |
| Three-Phase Systems | p. 754 |
| The Wye Connection | p. 754 |
| The Delta Connection | p. 763 |
| Review of Three-Phase Connections | p. 770 |
| Assessment | p. 776 |
| Three-Phase Transformer Connections | p. 777 |
| Overview of Three-Phase Transformer Connections | p. 777 |
| Balanced Three-Phase Loads | p. 781 |
| Three-Phase Power from Two Transformers | p. 795 |
| Assessment | p. 801 |
| Mathematics for Logic Controls | p. 802 |
| Introduction | p. 802 |
| Simple Switches | p. 803 |
| Truth Tables | p. 807 |
| The OR Functions | p. 810 |
| Summary of the Elementary Functions | p. 813 |
| Systems of Elementary Functions | p. 815 |
| Switching Circuit Inverter | p. 819 |
| Relays in Logic Circuits | p. 821 |
| Digital Logic Circuits | p. 829 |
| Assessment | p. 835 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 836 |
| Signal Distribution | p. 837 |
| Exponentials and Logarithms | p. 838 |
| Review of Exponentials and Logs | p. 844 |
| Bels and Decibels | p. 844 |
| Voltage and Current Forms of the dB Equation | p. 845 |
| Cables and Cable Losses | p. 848 |
| Assessment | p. 852 |
| Solutions to Self-Tests and Reviews | p. 853 |
| Appendix A | p. 854 |
| Color Codes | p. 854 |
| Preferred Values of Components | p. 858 |
| Trigonometric Functions of Decimal Degrees | p. 859 |
| Appendix B | p. 854 |
| Bibliography | p. 866 |
| Answers to Selected Problems | p. 867 |
| Answers to Internet Activities | p. 885 |
| Index | p. 889 |
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