Electrical Engineer's Portable Handbook

Electrical Engineer's Portable Handbook, 2nd Revised edition--------------------------------------------------The first edition of this title proved the most successful of the PortableHandbook series launched in 1999. Aimed at electrical engineers andtechnicians working in building power systems, the relentlessly practicalHandbook succeeded as an in the field working tool. This new editionis necessitated by the new 2002 version of the National ElectricalCode (NEC). This code changes render much of the existing materialobsolete, so over half the chapters require heavy rewrites to staycurrent.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Robert B. (Bob) Hickey is a licensed professionalengineer in five states and is President and Chief Executive of vanZelm,Heywood, and Shadford, Inc., a leading northeast U.S. mechanical andelectrical consulting engineering firm based in West Hartford, CT.His 40 years of experience span the electric utility, contracting,and consulting engineering areas of the industry spectrum. He hastaught electrical engineering technology as an adjunct faculty memberover a two year period at Connecticut's Community Technical Collegesystem. He is the author of McGraw-Hill's Electrical ConstructionDatabook.