Review
The power quality engineer working in the field is often faced with having to design or modify field installations without the benefif of his libary and reference books...The Electrical Engineer's Portable Hanbook is intened to alleviate this problem by being an all-in-one, quick guide to sizing cable, conduit, motor starters, transformers, service entrances, and to perform short circuit studies, transformer ratings, voltage drop calculations -- to name a few.
...If you are a design engineer, consultant, electrical construction cost estimator or facilities engineer you need a copy of the Electrical Engineers Portable Handbook in your briefcase. -- Power Quality Assurance, January 2000

Product Description
The first edition of this title proved the most successful of the Portable Handbook series launched in 1999. Aimed at electrical engineers and technicians working in building power systems, the relentlessly practical Handbook succeeded as an in the field working tool. This new edition is necessitated by the new 2002 version of the National Electrical Code (NEC). This code changes render much of the existing material obsolete, so over half the chapters require heavy rewrites to stay current.
From the Back Cover
THE NO. 1 ON-THE-JOB ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REFERENCE
This quick-look-up working tool, packed with tables, charts, and checklists, takes the guesswork out of almost any electrical design task or calculation. Indispensable for electrical engineers, designers, and technicians, the Handbook provides immediate fingertip access to the fundamental information busy professionals need for everyday use in the field.
This new Second Edition has been totally revised to reflect the 2002 National Electrical Code(R) and also includes new sections on telecommunications-structured cabling systems, dissipation array system technology for lightning protection, and blown optical fiber technology. With its well-illustrated, systematic framework and ready-to-use tools, no other reference delivers this much time-saving data in such a convenient, highly usable format.
COMPACT, COMPLETE, AND FULLY UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2002 NEC, the Handbook contains information on:
* NEC Articles, Tables, and Data
* Service and Distribution
* Grounding and Ground Fault Protection
* Emergency and Standby Power Systems
* Lighting
* Special Systems
* Miscellaneous Special Applications
About the Author
Robert B. (Bob) Hickey is a licensed professional engineer in five states and is President and Chief Executive of vanZelm, Heywood, and Shadford, Inc., a leading northeast U.S. mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm based in West Hartford, CT. His 40 years of experience span the electric utility, contracting, and consulting engineering areas of the industry spectrum. He has taught electrical engineering technology as an adjunct faculty member over a two year period at Connecticut's Community Technical College system. He is the author of McGraw-Hill's Electrical Construction Databook.