Electrical Transmission & Distribution Reference Book - Westinghouse

thread238-60515 I've recently come across a website

http://www.scribd.com

while searching for the subject book on Yahoo search. It looks like you can download the 4th edition, 1964, in pdf format. The approximate size is 96Mb. You will be asked to provide an email acct, create a username and password to gain access to the downloadable file. I hope this helps the thousands of EEs unfortunate to have not been handed down this book from predecessors.

 

[dpc]

This book is still in print and sold by ABB:

https://orderliterature.com/abb/reference/electrical-transmission-and-distribution-reference

I would suspect the pdf download you reference may be in violation of copyright, unless ABB has chosen to make the old version available at no cost.

 

[naminorite]

Thank you dpc. I wasn't aware that ABB had the rights to the book. I looked at the website and searched it to see if ABB also had the rights to the Distribution System (Electric Utility Engineering Reference Book, 3), but to no avail. Are you aware of a website that I could purchase that book also?

 

[dpc]

I don't know about that one.

 

[fredpar]

After signing up I would suggest typing the words: "westing house transmission distribution reference book"
If you type Westinghouse in one word it may take you longer to get the book.

 

[BJC]

The ABB Switchgear Handbook is also on the site.
the PRAG book is on the site but if you try to download it- you get the message "the author of this book has forbidden downloading this" or something to that effect.
Sounds like there is some control but how it works would be intersting to know.
How can you determine the location of the server??

 

[naminorite]

One BIG note that I thought of and would also suggest to support the purchase of the book through the ABB site that dpc has posted, is the prospect of the pdf file having a virus on it. I researched a little about pdf viruses. To my limited knowledge, at this point, the pdf virus(es) only pop-up when using Adobe Acrobat. The free downloadable Reader version doesn't have a feature needed for the virus to activate itself. That may not hold true in the near future, but I thought I'd mention it to all and the possibility of having your computer and others you know (thru email addresses) infected.

 

[ScottyUK]

Anyone who is thinking of downloading anything and doesn't want a load of crap in their inbox: it's not fussy about it being a legitimate email address.


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[ProtectionEngineer]

Try Areva Web site.

http://www.areva-td.com/solutions/US_930_NPAG.html

Just fill up the form an request Download or CD-ROM.
It is Free.

" Ordering the NPAG
Due to the popularity of this publication, the hard-copy version of the NPAG is no longer available. To receive the NPAG, by download or CD-ROM, please use our contact form and indicate how you would like to receive it. "


Thanks.

 

[dpc]

Right, but the Areva book is not the same as the ABB book.