Newnes Industrial Control Wiring Guide

R B MERCER0750609338, 9780750609333

This Newnes manual provides a practical introduction to the standard methods and techniques of assembly and wiring of electrical and electromechanical control panels and equipment. Electricians and technicians will find this a useful reference during training and a helpful memory aid at work.This is a highly illustrated guide, designed for ready use. The contents are presented in pictures and checklists. Each page has a series of ‘how-to’ instructions and illustrations. In this way the subject is covered in a manner which is easy to follow. Each step adds up to a comprehensive course in control panel wiring.

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Table of contents :
1.1. Personal safety……Page 8
1.2. Building safe equipment……Page 11
2.1. Types of drawing……Page 14
2.2. Symbols……Page 16
3.1. Insulation materials……Page 24
3.3. Wire specifications……Page 25
3.5. Coaxial and screened wire……Page 26
3.6. Multiway cables……Page 27
3.7. Insulation removal……Page 28
4.1. Soldering equipment……Page 33
4.2. Solder……Page 35
4.3. Forming the wire……Page 36
4.4. Soldering the joint……Page 37
4.5. Crimped joints……Page 41
4.6. Screw clamp terminals……Page 47
4.7. Terminating coaxial cable……Page 48
5.1. Cableforms……Page 54
5.2. Continuous lacing……Page 56
5.3. Breakouts……Page 59
5.5. Laying the wires……Page 63
5.6. Twisted pairs……Page 65
5.7. Cable markers……Page 67
6.1. General……Page 69
6.2. Conductor and cable runs……Page 73
6.3. Conductors of different circuits……Page 74
7.1. Component mounting rails……Page 75
7.2. Plastic trunking……Page 76
7.3. Connector blocks……Page 79
7.4. Screw terminals……Page 82
8.1. Contactors and relays……Page 83
8.2. Contactors……Page 90
8.3. Transformers……Page 95
9.1. Fuses……Page 99
9.2. Resistors……Page 103
9.3. Capacitors……Page 110
10.1. Switches……Page 115
10.2. Lamps……Page 119
11.1. Earthing the protective bonding circuit……Page 121
11.3. System earth terminals……Page 127
12.1. Installation……Page 129
12.3. Earthing……Page 130
12.4. Wiring of inputs and outputs……Page 131