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A detailed guide to electrical wiring for the novice or savvy do-it-yourselfer alike provides updated information based on the latest National Electrical Code, along with more than nine hundred photographs and illustrations, tips on tools and materials, step-by-step instructions, and practical advice on more than seventy useful electrical projects. Original.

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A detailed guide to electrical wiring for the novice or savvy do-it-yourselfer alike provides updated information based on the latest National Electrical Code, along with more than nine hundred photographs and illustrations, tips on tools and materials, step-by-step instructions, and practical advice on more than seventy useful electrical projects.

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