[...]... Preface This Field Manual places emphasis on the National Electrical Safety Code, OSHA standards, ANSI standards, and ASTM standards Important requirements of all of these are discussed, but also they should be studied for detailed work procedures Many applicable codes and standards are specified throughout the text to assist the reader The lineman and the cableman must become acquainted with the minimum... requirements and maintenance and operating procedures in the various codes and standards to ensure the safety of the public and all workers A copy of the National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C2) can be secured for a fee from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016 All linemen and cablemen must know the information in the National Electrical... inductive and capacitive reactance of a circuit depend upon the frequency of the current, the size, spacing, and length of the conductors making up the circuit, etc For distribution circuits and transmission lines, the values are located in the appropriate tables The Electric System 17 In the expression for Z, when neither inductive reactance nor capacitive reactance is present, Z reduces to the value... Code; the American National Standards Institute; Electric Light and Power; the Rural Electrification Administration; McGraw-Hill, publisher of the Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, and of Electrical World; Transmission & Distribution; and the Edison Electrical Institute, for permission to reprint various items from its literature xi The terms lineman and cableman, long-established and still... case the formula is first stated by using the customary symbols, the same expression is then stated in words, a problem is given, and finally the substitutions are made for the symbols in the formula from which the answer is calculated Only those formulas which the lineman is apt to have use for are given The formulas are divided into three groups: dc circuits, ac circuits, and electrical apparatus The. .. construction and maintenance procedures and a regard for safety—that should make his progress and promotion rapid Thomas M Shoemaker James E Mack Acknowledgments The editors are deeply indebted to several companies noted throughout the Field Manual and their representatives for contributions The editors are also indebted to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., publisher of the National... circuit ■ Real Power The resistive portion of a load found by taking the cosine (⌰) of the angle that the current and voltage are out of phase ■ Watt (W) The unit of real power in an electric circuit ■ Reactive Power The reactive portion of a load, found by taking the sine (⌰) of the angle that the current and voltage are out of phase ■ Var (Q) ■ Power Factor (pf) ■ Frequency (f) The number of complete... current in the parallel path divides and only a portion of the current flows through each of the parallel paths The unit of both real and reactive power in an The unit of reactive power in an electric circuit The ratio of real power to reactive power Units of frequency (equal to 1 cycle per second) Formulas and Calculations In this section, the most common electrical formulas are given and their use... Safety Code and adhere to the rules and procedures while performing their work assignments The National Electrical Code® details the rules and regulations for electrical installations, except those under the control of an electric utility It excludes any indoor facility used and controlled exclusively by a utility for all phases from the generation through the distribution of electricity and for communication... long-established and still current in the industry, are beginning to be replaced by nonsexist titles in official documents and government publications Both men and women are employed in these capacities in the military and in the industry To avoid awkardness, this Field Manual uses the masculine pronoun, but it in no way implies that the jobs involved are held only by men Chapter 1 The Electric System Electrical . Contents Preface The Lineman’s and Cableman’s Field Manual is written to accompany The Lineman’s and Cableman’s Handbook. The Field Manual contains many of the same. charts, formulas, and safety rules that are found in the Handbook. The goal of the Field Manual is to provide the information that is needed on the job site