Schaum's Outline of Basic Electricity, 2nd edition (Schaum's Outline Series)

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This Schaum's Outline gives you:

• New and expanded chapters-along with new sample problems throughout
• A complete grounding in electricity to technicians in fields including computer repair, telephone installation and repair, and auto mechanics

Chapters include: The Nature of Electricity * Electrical Standards and Conventions * Ohm's Law and Power * Direct-Current Series Circuits * Direct-Current Parallel Circuits * Batteries * Kirchhoff's Laws * Network Calculations * Magnetism and Electromagnetism * Direct-Current Generators and Motors * Principles of Alternating Current * Inductance, Inductive Reactance, and Inductive Circuits * Capacitance, Capacitive Reactance, and Capacitive Circuits * Single-Phase Circuits * Alternating Current Generators and Motors * Transformers * Three-Phase Systems * Series and Parallel Resonance * Waveforms and Time Constants