Product Description

The definitive guide to home and small business installation -- extensions, modems and telephone systems.

Steve Roberts provides a practical guide to the installation of telephone wiring in Telephone Installation Handbook. The coverage of his book ranges from the simple, single extension socket to the Private Automative Branch Exchange (PABX), with the necessary tools, test equipment and materials needed by installers described throughout.

The text is supported by an extensive glossary of technical terms, abbreviations and acronyms. Further appendices give supplier addresses and useful contacts, as well as providing circuit diagrams and descriptions of a number of telephone-related electronic devices.

This book arms you with knowledge of regulations and techniques to help plan and implement telephone installations. Above all, this is a practical book for those intending to make a living from installing extensions and systems, for facilities managers responsible for workplace systems, for those who need to communicate effectively with telephone engineers, and for those who prefer to do their own work around the house.

The new edition has been updated throughout, and now includes extended information on ISDN and also a new chapter covering CAT5 cabling -- its implementation and integration.

The first practical guide to telephone installation, fully updated to cover new technological advances
A basic primer for those with little prior knowledge of the subject and want to know more.
* Coverage of the basics makes this a useful reference work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #589777 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 178 pages

Review
"Comprehensive, easy to read book which will cover a large part of the syllabuses"

From the Publisher
The new edition has been updated throughout, and now includes extended information on ISDN and also a new chapter covering CAT 5 cabling s Evoked Potential Primer

About the Author
Steve Roberts has a lifetime of experience in communications including time in space research with NASA, Cable and Wireless, and latterly in the manufacture of telecommunications equipment. He has written numerous articles and circuit ideas for magazines such as Electronics World.

Customer Reviews

good introduction but could be better
Some good basic info but considering the author is referring to the UK system his use of american spellings is annoying. Also he states on one of the pages "until all our communication lines are optical" however I would have expected him to know technologies such as ADSL cannot run over fibre. His list of suppliers at the back could also be better, some of the ones listed aren't very good and yet there are other good ones who aren't listed. His advice on surge protection is to unplug the equipment from the line!! - not exactly very practical for most people.
The section on ISDN is brief and very basic. For general installation guidance its OK but I would recommend having something else to hand as well.