- Home
- Technology & Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Old Electrical Wiring: Evaluating, Repairing, and Upgrading Dated Systems
Old Electrical Wiring: Evaluating, Repairing, and Upgrading Dated Systems
- Availability: Confirm prior to ordering
- Branding: minimum 50 pieces (add’l costs below)
- Check Freight Rates (branded products only)
Branding Options (v), Availability & Lead Times
- 1-Color Imprint: $2.00 ea.
- Promo-Page Insert: $2.50 ea. (full-color printed, single-sided page)
- Belly-Band Wrap: $2.50 ea. (full-color printed)
- Set-Up Charge: $45 per decoration
- Availability: Product availability changes daily, so please confirm your quantity is available prior to placing an order.
- Branded Products: allow 10 business days from proof approval for production. Branding options may be limited or unavailable based on product design or cover artwork.
- Unbranded Products: allow 3-5 business days for shipping. All Unbranded items receive FREE ground shipping in the US. Inquire for international shipping.
- RETURNS/CANCELLATIONS: All orders, branded or unbranded, are NON-CANCELLABLE and NON-RETURNABLE once a purchase order has been received.
Product Details
Overview
The Latest Information on Repairing and Replacing Old Wiring
Fully revised and updated for the 2008 National Electrical Code (NEC), this one-of-a-kind guide provides the information you need to work with electrical wiring in old houses, apartment buildings, historic residences, and commercial structures. Old Electrical Wiring, second edition helps you to determine whether electrical systems should be torn out and replaced or retrofitted in order to bring an older building up to Code. Filled with on-the-job photos and illustrations, this practical handbook covers safety, problem-solving, inspecting, and repairing outdated, dangerous, and illegal systems. Tips for dealing with authorities and customers are included in this invaluable resource.
OLD ELECTRICAL WIRING, SECOND EDITION COVERS:
- Hazards and benefits
- Troubleshooting
- Modified designs and changed practices
- An esoteric switching layout: the Carter system
- Unusual and odd equipment and designs
- Commercial, industrial, and institutional wiring
- Determining whether to accept, adapt, or uproot
- Tearing out the old wiring and rewiring older buildings
- Inspection issues
- Grandfathering, dating, and historic buildings








