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Title	Author	# of Pages
How to Buy, Repair, and Maintain Home Systems & Appliances	J.T. Adams	1207

Contents

    Section I: Appliances for Homemakers
1. Major Appliances for Homemakers    (p. 3)
2. Buying Small Portable Appliances    (p. 11)
    Section II: Home Electrical Wiring Systems, Electrician's Tools and Test Equipment, and Materials
3. Home Electrical Wiring Systems    (p. 25)
4. The Electrician's Tools and Test Equipment    (p. 41)
5. Materials    (p. 60)
    Section III: Electric Motors, Phase Convertors, Transformers, and Soldering
6. Single-Phase Motors    (p. 71)
7. Three-Phase Motors    (p. 84)
8. Motor Selection    (p. 89)
9. Installation and Wiring of Electric Motors    (p. 105)
10. Motor Protection and Control, and Motor Servicing and Repair    (p. 123)
11. Phase Converters for Operation of Three-Phase Motors from Single-Phase Power    (p. 134)
12. Transformers    (p. 158)
13. Soldering    (p. 167)
    Section IV: Comfort Conditioning
14. Selection of Air Conditioners    (p. 177)
15. Room Air Conditioners    (p. 195)
16. Component Replacement and Maintenance of Room Air Conditioners    (p. 235)
17. Fans    (p. 244)
18. Humidifiers, Air Cleaners, and Dehumidifiers    (p. 247)
19. Heat Pumps for Heating and Cooling Homes    (p. 304)
20. How to Choose a Heating System for Your Home    (p. 316)
21. Oil Burners    (p. 324)
22. Gas Burners    (p. 337)
23. Oil Furnaces and Oil Heating    (p. 349)
24. Gas Furnaces    (p. 395)
25. Electric Furnaces (Forced Warm Air)    (p. 401)
26. Electric Furnace Stokers    (p. 409)
    Section V: Food Preparation
27. Ranges    (p. 425)
28. Microwave Ovens    (p. 484)
29. Dishwashers    (p. 498)
30. Hot Water Dispensers    (p. 530)
31. Food Waste Disposer    (p. 549)
32. Trash Compactors    (p. 556)
    Section VI: Food Preservation
33. Fundamentals of Refrigeration    (p. 603)
34. Refrigerators    (p. 608)
35. Home Freezers    (p. 646)
    Section VII: Laundry
36. Washers    (p. 675)
37. Domestic Automatic Dryers    (p. 747)
38. Automatic Water Heaters    (p. 821)
39. Solar Hot Water Systems and Your Home    (p. 839)
    Section VIII: Housewares
40. Vacuum Cleaners    (p. 861)
41. Selecting a Sewing Machine    (p. 883)
42. Basic Functions and Adjustment of a Sewing Machine    (p. 896)
43. Home Security Alarms    (p. 942)
44. Smoke Detectors and Fire Extinguishers    (p. 949)
    Section IX: How to Save Energy in and Around Your Home
45. Energy Savors    (p. 967)
46. How to Insulate Your Home for Electric Heating and Air Conditioning    (p. 988)
    Appendices
1. Common Abbreviations    (p. 1007)
2. Energy Conservation    (p. 1008)
3. Heating with Oil--Servicing Cuts Cost and Pollution    (p. 1013)
4. Electricity and Natural Gas Public Utilities    (p. 1017)
5. Air Pollutant Effects of Different Burner Adjustment Procedures    (p. 1027)
6. How Many Kilowatt Hours Are You Using    (p. 1039)
7. Glossary    (p. 1045)
8. Trigonometric Functions    (p. 1076)
9. Symbols    (p. 1082)
10. The SI System of Metric Conversions    (p. 1084)
11. Internal Wiring of Motor Switches    (p. 1086)
12. Trouble and Remedy Charts    (p. 1088)
Index    (p. 1151)