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Review title: There's a 2nd edition about to be released!
Product review: This is a good book for electronics technicians who want to cover the basics of electricity that they would need in their assembly and test work. The first chapter is even a pretty good one on the very basic essence of electricity itself. However, this book was first published in 1983, and much has changed in the field of electronics/electricity technician work since that time. Thus, it might be worthwhile to wait and purchase the second edition which is already past due (Sept. 2006) for release. This older edition talks a great deal about the basics of electricity, wiring, basic calculations of current and voltage, and the use of various forms of instrumentation. This is definitely not something that engineers would benefit from. The exercises in many cases are "fill in the blank" type, and most calculations are extremely simple, requiring no more than a knowledge of the rules which the book provides and also of basic arithmetic.
