Home Electrical Wiring and Upgrades
Current Electrical Codes Applied to Backup Power, Panels, Remodeling, and Home MaintenanceBy Wesley Brubaker
Length14h 1m
About this audiobook
Wiring that passes inspection is wiring you can explain. This book teaches you to do both.
Most electrical guides show you how to connect wires. This one teaches you why the connection is made that way, how the code is organized, and what an inspector actually checks before signing off. You will work through service entrances, panelboards, busbars, and breaker selection before running a single cable, so every decision is grounded in the requirements that govern it.
From there, you will perform standard and optional dwelling load calculations, size conductors with temperature and bundling corrections, check voltage drop on long runs, count box fill, and get grounding and bonding right from electrode to equipment conductor. Device chapters cover ground-fault and arc-fault protection, three-way and four-way switching, smart-device neutrals, and dimmer compatibility. Later chapters take on subpanels, detached buildings, panel upgrades, generator interlocks and transfer switches, battery storage, vehicle charging circuits, old wiring, and systematic troubleshooting.
What you will learn:
• How the electrical code is structured and what an inspector looks for during a permit inspection
• Service entrance, meter, and panelboard installation, including busbar and breaker selection
• Standard and optional dwelling load calculations and circuit planning
• Conductor sizing with temperature and bundling corrections, voltage drop checks, and box fill
• Grounding and bonding from the electrode to the equipment grounding conductor
• Receptacles, switches, GFCI and AFCI protection, and smart-device wiring requirements
• Lighting and controls, including three-way and four-way switching and dimmer compatibility
• Room-by-room circuit requirements for kitchens, baths, bedrooms, and living areas
• Subpanels, feeders, detached buildings, panel upgrades, generator interlocks, transfer switches, battery storage, and EV charging circuits
• Remodeling, older wiring methods, and systematic troubleshooting techniques
Written for homeowners, remodelers, and apprentice electricians, this book builds the knowledge to plan, install, and explain residential electrical work with confidence. Whether you are upgrading a panel, adding a subpanel to a detached garage, wiring a backup power system, or preparing for inspection, the chapters give you a clear path from code language to finished, compliant work.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length14 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Home Electrical Wiring and Upgrades
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Important Safety Notice
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6Chapter 1: Safety, Code Structure, Permits and Inspection
71.1 Shock, Arc-Flash and Fire Hazards of Residential Systems
81.2 Verifying De-Energisation and Lockout Practice
91.3 How the Electrical Code Is Organised
101.4 Permits, Plans and Working with the Authority Having Jurisdiction
111.5 What an Inspector Checks and How to Prepare
12Chapter 2: Electrical Theory and Test Instruments
132.1 Voltage, Current, Resistance and Ohm’s Law
142.2 Power, Energy and Alternating Current in the Home
152.3 Series and Parallel Branch Behaviour
162.4 Multimeters, Clamp Meters and Receptacle Testers
172.5 Non-Contact Voltage Testers and Their Limits
182.6 Insulation Resistance and Circuit Verification Testing
19Chapter 3: Service Entrance, Meters and Panelboards
203.1 Overhead and Underground Service Entrances
213.2 Service Conductor Sizing and the Service Rating
223.3 Meter Sockets, Main Disconnects and Service Equipment
233.4 Panelboards, Busbars and Breaker Types
243.5 Interrupting Rating and Available Fault Current
25Chapter 4: Load Calculations and Circuit Planning
264.1 General Lighting and Receptacle Loads
274.2 Small Appliance, Laundry and Fixed Appliance Loads
284.3 Heating, Cooling and the Larger-of Rule
294.4 The Standard and Optional Dwelling Load Calculations
304.5 Feeder and Service Sizing from the Calculation
314.6 Branch Circuit Planning and Panel Schedules
32Chapter 5: Conductors, Cables, Boxes and Raceways
335.1 Cable Types, Conductor Materials and Insulation Ratings
345.2 Ampacity, Temperature Correction and Bundling Adjustment
355.3 Voltage Drop on Long Runs
365.4 Box Fill Counting
375.5 Conduit Fill, Support and Physical Protection
38Chapter 6: Grounding and Bonding
396.1 Grounded Conductors, Equipment Grounding Conductors and Bonding
406.2 The Grounding Electrode System and Conductor Sizing
416.3 Bonding Metal Water Piping, Gas Piping and Structural Steel
426.4 Sizing and Testing the Equipment Grounding Conductor
43Chapter 7: Receptacles, Switches and Personnel Protection
447.1 Receptacle Types, Ratings and Wiring
457.2 Three-Way and Four-Way Switching
467.3 Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter Protection
477.4 Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter Protection and Dual-Function Devices
487.5 Smart Devices, Neutral Requirements and Box Capacity
49Chapter 8: Lighting and Controls
508.1 Fixture Types and Insulation-Contact Ratings
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