Executing a do-it-yourself project is always fulfilling. Not only does it save you a lot of cash, but it also brings a sense of accomplishment worth bragging about. Carrying out your electrical work can give you far more bragging rights than the average carpenter or gardener. In fact, without you, they wouldn't be able to water their precious garden or power their little circular saw. But before you sit down to the pitch, there are a few details that need to be discussed. Remember, the self-proclaimed electrician with the touch of electricity doesn't have much influence. 

The project requires a strong knowledge of electrical theory due to the serious risk factors involved. In other words, to be the best, you must read and learn like the best. There are many books on the market that provide a wealth of information. Here are some suggestions to help you maintain your title as the "king of DIY". 

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Books for electricians who want to become electricians

HomeSkills

Wiring: Fix Your Lights, Switches, Receptacles, Boxes, Cables & More

As part of our comprehensive HomeSkills DIY series, HomeSkills: Wiring will make you the brightest thing in the house. There are few trades more dangerous to the novice than working with electricity. Knowing the finer details in wiring is vital to your safety - it's a craft that requires only the most reliable information, and HomeSkills: Wiring delivers just that. Its skills-based approach to electrical work does more than just tell you to connect the black wire to brass terminals; it familiarises you with every step along the way so that you understand the larger purpose of each task.

This book wisely distills the essential components of successful wiring: an overview of home electrical services and how they work; a discussion of tools, tool use, and material handling; and step-by-step instructions for stripping insulated wires, making connections using wire connectors, running cables through walls, connecting ceiling lights, connecting outlets and switches, safely grounding electrical loads, navigating electrical service panels, and other common wiring jobs. In addition to these solid lessons, this book contains 300 beautiful how-to photos, the content has been updated to meet current electrical codes, and you'll soon be conquering electrical projects in your home safely and efficiently without paying extra for them. Check out our other five home skills guides on carpentry, deck building, landscaping, plumbing and tiling.

Basic of Home Electrical Wiring

Home Wiring Instructions for Beginners: Guide to Wiring for Beginners

Electrical wiring keeps the power flowing through your home. It powers the lights, sockets and equipment (including appliances) in your home. Some wiring is low-voltage for things like doorbells, while another wiring is much larger for larger loads to power devices like ovens, cookers, welders, sub-panels, wells and air conditioners. This book explains residential electrical systems in simple terms - helping you understand how to work with electrical wiring and the terminology used to repair, replace and install typical electrical system components.

Find out how to work like a professional electrician and save money with DIY home electrical installations and repairs!

How to Wiring for Beginners

Detail Guide About Home Electrical Installations & Repairs: Wiring Information

Electrical wiring keeps the power flowing through your home. It powers the lights, sockets and equipment (including appliances) in your home. Some wiring is low-voltage for things like doorbells, while another wiring is much larger for larger loads to power devices like ovens, cookers, welders, sub-panels, wells, and air conditioners. This book explains residential electrical systems in simple terms - helping you understand how to work with electrical wiring and the terminology used to repair, replace and install typical electrical system components.

Find out how to work like a professional electrician and save money with DIY home electrical installations and repairs!

Ultimate Guide to Wiring

Complete Projects for the Home

The Ultimate Guide to Wiring: The Complete Home Project provides homeowners with all the information they need to understand the workings of their home electrical system. With projects and information for the novice, savvy do-it-yourself homeowner or those planning to work with a professional electrician, this is the ultimate home reference for wiring and electricity. Ultimate Guide to Wiring can convey a wide range of concepts and details through easy-to-understand text and step-by-step instructions. Hundreds of color photographs of close-up views are available as a start-to-finish guide.

Projects cover a range of subject areas and are rated for difficulty.

Wiring

Complete Projects for the Home

Wiring: The Complete Home project provides homeowners with all the information they need to understand how their home electrical system works. With projects and information for the novice, the savvy do-it-yourselfer or the homeowner planning to work with a professional electrician, this is the ultimate home reference for wiring and electricity. Wiring can convey a wide range of concepts and details through easy-to-understand text and step-by-step instructions. Hundreds of color photographs of close-up views are available as a start-to-finish guide. Projects cover a range of subject areas and are rated for difficulty.