Electricity for refrigeration, heating and air condition / Russell E. Smith

Includes index.

Electrical safety -- Basic electricity -- Electric circuits -- Electric meters -- Components, symbols, and circuitry of air-conditioning wiring diagrams -- Reading schematic diagrams -- Alternating current, power distribution, and voltage systems -- Installation of heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems -- Basic electric motors -- Components for electric motors -- Contractors, relays, and overloads -- Thermostats, pressure switches, and other electric control devices -- Electronic control devices -- Heating control devices -- Troubleshooting electric control devices -- Residential air-conditioning control systems -- Commercial and industrial air-conditioning control systems -- Troubleshooting modern refrigeration, heating, and air-conditioning control circuitry and systems.

"The ideal book for students and beginning technicians, this Ninth Edition of ELECTRICITY FOR REFRIGERATION, HEATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING provides readers with the basic electrical principles necessary to understand today's modern control systems. The book's practical approach allows readers to focus exclusively on the electronics information they will use in the field, without bogging them down in unnecessary theory. The book focuses on helping readers master systematic diagnosis and troubleshooting methods and procedures that will enable them to become highly-skilled, professional HVAC-R service technicians." -- Publisher's description.