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Reference
Field guide
How the work actually gets done: tips from the trade, step-by-step how-tos and a corner for apprentices.
How-tos
Bending tipsReading your bender, offsets and shrink, saddles and kicks, and fixing dog-legs.Pulling wirePlanning the pull, making a pulling head, lubricant, jam ratio and pulling tension.TerminationsTerminal temperature ratings, torque, good technique and aluminum conductors.SafetyLockout/tagout, live-dead-live, approach boundaries, arc flash and PPE categories.
Learning
Tools that go with it
EMT bending calculatorMarks, shrink and step-by-step instructions for every common bend.Ohm's law and powerAny two of volts, amps, ohms and watts, plus single- and three-phase power.TroubleshootingStep-by-step guides and a meter-reading interpreter.Wiring diagramsSwitches, receptacles, fans, GFCIs and motor start-stop, drawn wire by wire.