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Audel Technical Reference Books

Audel Air Conditioning Home and Commercial
Complete Reference Manual Devoted Exclusively to Air Conditioning, Both Home and Commercial - Like its earlier editions, this fully updated guidebook is packed with practical information on installing, servicing, maintaining, and trouble-shooting air-conditioning systems. Whether you’re an AC professional, an independent repair technician, or a cost-conscious homeowner, everything you need is here. Clearly organized and loaded with diagrams and illustrations, it’s a vital addition to your toolbox.

Audel Automated Machines and Toolmaking
The Ultimate Guide to Automated Machines and Toolmaking - Master today’s toolmaking equipment. Here, fully updated to include new machines and electronic and digital controls, is the ultimate guide to automated machines and toolmaking. Whether you’re a professional machinist, an apprentice, or a trade student, this fully illustrated volume helps you work with metal–safely, precisely, efficiently–using today’s tools and techniques. It’s packed with review questions for students, and loaded with answers you need on the job.

Audel Basic Electronics
Complete Reference Guide to The Basics of Electronics - Answers at your fingertips. Over the past hundred years, electronic technology—especially digital—has transformed our world. If you're in the electrical trade or studying to be, there's a lot to learn and even more to keep up with. You need a directory of the basics, with chapter summaries, common symbols and abbreviations, a glossary, and more—one that's both study guide and ready reference.

Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Layout, Foundation and Framing
A Complete Guide to Building Layout, Setting Foundations and Construction Framing - Here's knowledge you can build on. Whether you're building a storage shed or your dream house, the same principles govern choosing a site, setting the foundation, erecting the walls, and putting on the roof. This handy how-to guide has been totally revised and updated to cover new building materials and the latest techniques in construction and framing. It's where to find answers and solutions, from the first stake to the last roofing nail.

Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Math, Plans and Specifications
A Complete Guide to Construction Math Necessary for Builders, Carpenters and Contractors - You can count on a good plan. A successful building or remodeling job requires not only a plan, but also the skill to interpret it and an understanding of the mathematics behind it. Whether you are a builder by trade or a do-it-yourself carpenter by choice, turn to this newly updated guide for easy explanations of the math involved and clear instructions on developing and using the necessary plans and specifications.

Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Millwork, Power Tools, and Painting
Clear, In-Depth Guide Discusses All The Steps Involved in Interior Details of Building Construction - How to achieve a perfect finish. You already know that the building isn't finished just because the walls are up and the roof is on. Interior details —flooring, stairs, trimwork, cabinets, fireplaces, and painting—finish the project and give it character. This guide clearly explains each step, discusses the tools involved, and even examines insulation, termite protection, maintenance, and how to set up a workshop that makes it all easier.

Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Tools, Steel Square & Joinery
Clearly Organized Guide to Carpenter's and Builder's Tools, Steel Square & Joinery - Fully updated; the first in a four-volume set of indispensable builders’ guides. Builders, remodelers, and do-it-yourselfers will love these revised, clearly organized guides. This one walks the reader through choosing, using, and maintaining appropriate hand and power tools for various jobs, then explains appropriate methods of wood joinery for different building and finishing applications. Includes an updated reference appendix.

Audel Complete Building Construction
Complete Building Construction Reference Manual With The Latest Building Materials, Methods and More - You can build on this foundation. Whether construction is your livelihood or you're just planning a home addition, you need to know the latest about materials, methods, and more. From locating the structure on the site to installing roof shingles, this book helps you make responsible decisions about every stage of building construction. Fully updated with information about available resources, new materials, and recent code changes, it helps you build cost-effective, energy-efficient structures with confidence.

Audel Electrical Course for Apprentices and Journeymen
Complete Self-Study Course with Everything You Need to Know About Electrical Theory and Applications - Your study guide for success. To pass the state licensing exam, you need knowledge and confidence. This comprehensive review guide gives you plenty of both. It’s packed with sample questions to help you focus your efforts, review material on all aspects of the National Electrical Code (NEC), the lowdown on business competency requirements, and tips for studying and test-taking that will help you conquer any anxiety

Audel Guide to the 2005 National Electrical Code
Understand the Intricacies of the 2005 National Electrical Code - Understanding and following the voluminous National Electrical Code is a constant challenge. You need a reference that doesn’t waste your time. This guide extracts the information necessary for you, the installer, then arranges it for easy access and highlights the changes so you can quickly spot what’s new. Whether you’re a novice or a veteran, you’ll want this book with you on every job.

Audel HVAC Fundamentals Volume 1: Heating Systems, Furnaces and Boilers
Complete Pocket Reference Guide for HVAC Technicians - HVAC answers when you need them. When you need to check specs, confirm measurements, or make a quick metric conversion on the job, find the answers quickly and easily—right in your pocket

Audel HVAC Fundamentals Volume 2: Heating Systems Components, Gas and Oil Burners, and Automatic Controls
Comprehensive Information on Heating System Components - Whether you’re an apprentice or a veteran HVAC technician, you know that technology changes and you need to keep up. This fully revised guidebook covers everything you need to know to install, maintain, and repair the components that run, regulate, and fuel both old and new systems. From oil burners and steam line controls to the newest chip-based technology and environmental regulations, Volume 2 helps you keep the heat on.

Audel HVAC Fundamentals Volume 3: Air Conditioning, Heat Pumps and Distribution Systems
Hands-On Guide to Installing, Servicing and Repairing Air Conditioning Systems - This third volume of Audel’s HVAC Library gives you a comprehensive, hands-on guide to installing, servicing, and repairing all basic air-conditioning systems in both new and older construction. You’ll also find complete coverage of specialized heating units–radiators, radiant heating systems, stoves, fireplaces, heat pumps, and indoor/outdoor pool heaters, plus fans, exhaust systems, air filters, and more.

Audel HVAC Pocket Reference
Complete Pocket Reference Guide for HVAC Technicians - HVAC answers when you need them. When you need to check specs, confirm measurements, or make a quick metric conversion on the job, find the answers quickly and easily—right in your pocket

Audel Machine Shop Basics
The Ultimate Guide to Basic Machine Shop Equipment and How To Use It - Use the right tool the right way. Here, fully updated to include new machines and electronic/digital controls, is the ultimate guide to basic machine shop equipment and how to use it. Whether you’re a professional machinist, an apprentice, a trade student, or a handy homeowner, this fully illustrated volume helps you define tools and use them properly and safely. It’s packed with review questions for students, and loaded with answers you need on the job.

Audel Machine Shop Tools & Operations
Clear, Concise Guide to Machine Shop Tools, Including Setup, Safe Operation, Maintenance and Repair - Make your shop safe and smart. If you’re a machinist or a student of the trade, this second volume in Audel’s machine shop library offers concise, to-the-point coverage of everything you need to know. You’ll find definitions of all the shop tools; guidelines for set-up, safe operation, maintenance, and repair; illustrations and diagrams; review questions for students, and much more. Expect it to become one of your most-used tools.

Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual
Convenient Pocket Reference Manual for Industrial Equipment, Tools and Machines - Fully revised and updated, this convenient guide covers the latest industrial equipment as well as all the tools and machines prevalent in older plants, even those from the early 1970s and before. The Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual is a complete reference tool that discusses the ins-and-outs of machinery installation, maintenance, repairs and replacement. At over 500 Pages, the Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual is a must have for every mechanic and maintenance technician.

Audel Millwrights and Mechanics Guide
Vital Reference Book for Millwrights and Mechanics for Maintaining Old and New Machines - Here, in concise, straightforward language, is the guidebook your father trusted, completely overhauled and updated for the first time in three decades. Clearly organized to help you find what you need, it covers tools, drawing and sketching, measuring and connecting, installation, bearings, motor maintenance, electrical devices, structural steel, and more. Everything about the newest equipment is here, as well as information vital to maintaining the older machinery still found in many shops

Audel Pipefitter's and Welder's Pocket Reference
Complete Pocket Manual for Pipefitters and Welders With Answer To Every Question You'll Encounter On The Job - This little book is big on answers. Whether you’re an apprentice in the piping trades or a seasoned tradesperson, you’ll find this completely revised and updated guide has answers to the questions you’ll encounter on the job.

Audel Plumbers Pocket Manual
Complete Reference Manual Provides All The Plumbing Essentials At Your Fingertips - Here’s the real plumber’s friend. This fully revised guide gives you plumbing essentials, illustrations, tips, shortcuts – the lowdown on brazing, soldering, pipe fittings, commercial water coolers, automatic bathroom systems, and more

Audel Practical Electricity
A Practical Reference Guide to Understanding the Fundamentals of Electricity and Electrical Circuits - To succeed in any of today’s electrical specialties, you must first understand the fundamentals. This concise guidebook, fully updated and revised to comply with the National Electrical Code,® provides that solid foundation in electrical theory, circuitry, and common applications. Whether you’re pursuing an electrical career, need a refresher course, or simply want to understand the wiring in your home, you’ll learn the basics from this book

Audel Pumps & Hydraulics
Complete Reference Guide to Pumps and Hydraulic Systems - Pumps and hydraulic equipment are now used in more facets of industry than ever before. Whether you are a pump operator or you encounter pumps and hydraulic systems through your work in another skilled trade, a basic knowledge of the practical features, principles, installation, and maintenance of such systems is essential.

Audel Questions and Answers for Electrician's Examinations
Hundreds of Practice Questions and Answers for the Electrician's Examinations - Your study guide for success. To pass the state licensing exam, you need knowledge and confidence. This comprehensive review guide gives you plenty of both. It’s packed with sample questions to help you focus your efforts, review material on all aspects of the 2002 National Electrical Code (NEC), the lowdown on business competency requirements, and tips for studying and test-taking that will help you conquer any anxiety

Audel Questions and Answers for Plumber's Examinations
Hundreds of Practice Questions and Answers for the Plumber's Examinations - What’s the best way to study? The best guarantee of exam success is to know the material and be prepared for the questions you’re likely to encounter. This book provides hundreds of questions and answers to help you review, tips for more productive studying, advice on how to approach the exam, a valuable chapter that outlines state licensing requirements for apprentice, journeyman, master, and inspector, and more–all designed to help you face the license exam with confidence.

Audel Refrigeration Home and Commercial
Complete Reference Manual Devoted Exclusively to Refrigeration, Both Home and Commercial - Here at last is a reference manual devoted exclusively to refrigeration, both home and commercial. Beginning with the essential physics and math, it provides a complete course in maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing both new and vintage refrigeration systems for home and light industry. You’ll find the answers you need, whether you’re a student, apprentice, cost-conscious homeowner, or skilled technician.

Audel Welding Pocket Reference
The Most Comprehensive Pocket Reference Available for Welding - Featuring updated charts dealing with the most common situations welding workers face on the job , this comprehensive, pocket-sized reference is based on recommendations from working professionals and covers welding symbols and definitions, types of joints and welds, typical welding station configurations, oxygen cylinders, arc-welding charts, U.S metric measures, and more.