The essential guide to help you design, select, install, and maintain practically every type of lighting system available.

Includes information on lighting and lamps, including light values, and characteristics of each type, both fluorescent and incandescent, bulb ratings, and performance values.

Explains distribution curves, and how to calculate lighting levels and fixture spacing.

Includes troubleshooting and maintenance work for circuits, motors and communication systems; locating circuits and checking capacitors, correcting voltage problems, required clearances, enclosure types, grounding methods, cable ratings, and overloading problems.