About electricity for "dummies"

Author: Trub Iosif Izrailevich

Electrical Engineer. He worked in electrical networks. Specialized in relay protection and electroautomatic devices. Author of two books from the series "Library of the electrician". He was published in electrotechnical journals. Now he lives in Israel. 71 year. Pensioner.

Ha-esh`har str., 8 \ 6, Haifa, 35844, Israel

E-mail: [email protected] tel.972-4-8314342

Content

To the reader

1. The ABC of electricity

2. Emergency and abnormal modes

3. Electric guard

4. Electricity wiring

5. Household electrical appliances

6. Electrical safety

To the reader

Probably, there is no need to explain to you the meaning of electricity to ensure the normal vital activity of each person. It is no exaggeration to say that today it is as much an integral part of it as water, heat, food. And if in the house the light goes out, you, burning your fingers on the lighted match, immediately call to us.

A long and difficult journey passes through electricity before you get into your house. Produced from fuel at a power plant, it travels through transformer and commutation substations, through thousands of kilometers of lines reinforced on tens of thousands of supports.

Electricity today is a perfect technology, reliable and high-quality power supply, customer care and maintenance.

However, that's not all. The final link in the electrical chain is the electrical equipment of your house. And it, like any other, requires some knowledge for its correct exploitation. Therefore, we urge you to cooperate with us and for this purpose give some recommendations and warnings. Cautions are highlighted in red.

It will be about the following:

1. Legal aspects. The subscriber should be acquainted with his rights, duties and responsibilities in relation to the energy supplying organization. The same - with respect to the power supply organization to it.

2. Acquaintance with apartment wiring, switching equipment and installation products.

3. We will give a number of useful recommendations for saving energy. They will help you reduce the payment for it, and we - to reduce the electricity deficit during the winter maximum and save energy.

4. Electricity requires not only certain knowledge, but also strict adherence to certain rules from the user. It is dangerous, both for those who do not know how to use it, and for undisciplined "craftsmen." Therefore, we will acquaint you with the basics of electrical safety.

We urge you to sympathize with our recommendations and warnings. We also hope that you will not damage the above-mentioned network facilities and electrical equipment.

We wish you all the best, including those that are provided by electricity.