1 Basic Electricity (April 22, 1977)

1. Safety 1

2. Fundamental concepts of electricity 11

3. Batteries 34

4. Series d-c circuits 57

5. Parallel d-c circuits 85

6. Network analysis of d-c circuits 106

7. Electrical conductors and wiring techniques 123

8. Electromagnetism and magnetic circuits 149

9. Introduction to alternating-current electricity .... 159

10. Inductance 171

11. Capacitance 188

12. Inductive and capacltive reactance . . 206

13. Fundamental alternating- current circuit theory. ... 215

14. Circuit protective and control devices 238

15. Electrical Indicating instruments 250

16. Alternating-current generators and transformers .. 287

17. Alternating-current motors 317

18. Direct- current generators 338

19. Direct- current motors 367

20. Magnetic amplifiers 393

21. Synchros and servomechanisms 415 

Appendix

I. Greek alphabet 455 

II. Common abbreviations and letter symbols 456

III. Electrical terms 458

IV. Component color code 463 

V. Cable type and size designations 468 

VI. Current-carrying capacities of conductors 469 

VII. Full load currents of motors 470 

VIII. Formulas 471 

DC. Trigonometric functions 474

X. Square and square roots < 483

XI. Laws of exponents 484