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The whole grid, lineman math, transformer banks, pole framing, fuse cutouts, URD cable, approach distances, rubber goods and switching. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 64 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the numbers, ratios and steps you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 60 topics.
You're on a practice question: three single-phase cans, primaries in wye, secondaries in delta. What's phase-to-phase on the secondary, and where does the 30° shift come in? You've built banks like this, and on paper the answer still won't come.
The manual covers it in three paragraphs on flux, windings and turns ratio, with no picture of what's inside the tank. Words alone don't show you where H1 ends and X2 begins.
Here that bank is one drawing: three cans, each H1 and H2 marked, the secondaries closed in delta, the voltage written on every leg and the 30° shift drawn right on the phasors.
Same with the single can and its 30:1 turns ratio, the nameplate, additive vs. subtractive polarity, the 120/208 wye–wye bank, the high leg on a delta and open-delta: each one has its own page and its own drawing.
You see it, it makes sense, and you work the question without going back to the manual.
The system as one path, lineman math, transformers and banks, overhead construction, protection, underground, safety and grounding, then switching, rescue and review: 64 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
It's exam day, and the question asks what has to happen, in order, before a line can be treated as deenergized. On the crew you've watched it done a hundred times. On paper, the steps blur.
In the book you open the page on de-energizing a line and see the steps numbered along the drawing: request, open, tag, disable remote and automatic closing, test, ground. Same order every time, with OSHA 1910.269(m) printed beside it.
Same with pole setting depth, K and T fuse links, URD cable layer by layer, approach distances for unqualified workers and transformer turns ratio: each one on its own page.
Journeyman Lineman Illustrated is 8 parts and 60 topics, all drawn, and it ends with a lineman formula sheet and a pre-exam checklist.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
The grid from generator to meter on one drawing, voltage classes, the distribution substation, phase-to-phase vs. phase-to-ground, the grounded neutral and a pole read top to bottom.
Ohm's law, watts, VA and power factor, three-phase power and the 1.732, full-load current, turns ratio, series and parallel, voltage drop and guy tension, each with worked examples.
How a distribution transformer works, the nameplate, polarity, the 120/240 split secondary, wye–wye banks, the delta high leg, open-delta and the 30° shift. You look at a bank and know what voltage sits on every lead.
Pole classes and setting depth, crossarms and insulators, guys and anchors, conductors, sag and tension, splices and dead-ends, handline rigging and service drops.
Fuse cutouts and links, reclosers and sectionalizers, lightning arresters, capacitor banks, voltage regulators and disconnect switches.
URD cable anatomy, pad-mount transformers, elbows and loadbreak operation, risers and terminations, and fault locating underground.
Qualified vs. unqualified workers, minimum approach distances, rubber glove classes, testing rubber goods, cover-up, hot sticks, fall protection, step and touch potential, protective grounding and the equipotential zone. Every distance is a measurement on a drawing, not a number lost in a table.
De-energizing a line in order, switching orders, lockout/tagout vs. line clearance, pole-top and bucket rescue, trucks near lines, the formula sheet and the pre-exam checklist.
At the end of the book: A lineman exam formula sheet and a pre-exam checklist.
Test yourself topic by topic with exam-style questions, and see the drawing behind every answer so you know why it's right.
The most common mistakes on transformer connections, grounding, clearances and rubber goods, each one drawn wrong and right on a single page.
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The theory behind what you do on the pole, laid out in one order, so every night of study builds on the last one.
Transformer banks, lineman math and approach distances on one page each, plus practice questions with the drawing behind every answer.
A quick, printable review of NESC and OSHA 1910.269 topics you studied years ago, to keep in the truck.
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Yes. It doesn't treat you like a beginner: it puts what you already do on the pole into the order the exam asks for, with the math and the tables drawn. It's built on the national codes, NESC (IEEE C2-2023) and OSHA 1910.269, which most states and utilities follow. Topping-out exams vary by apprenticeship program and utility, so check your program's study list. Moving to California? Overhead and underground clearances there follow CPUC GO 95 and GO 128, not the NESC: the theory, math, banks and OSHA safety pages still apply, but check clearance values against those orders.
It's checked against the National Electrical Safety Code (IEEE C2-2023), OSHA 29 CFR 1910.269, 29 CFR 1910.333 and 29 CFR 1926 Subpart V. Always confirm values against the current edition and your company's rules.
No. It's an independent illustrated study book. It isn't published or endorsed by IEEE, OSHA, any apprenticeship program, union or utility, and it doesn't give you a certificate or training hours: your journeyman card comes from your program or employer.
No. It helps you study and review. It doesn't replace your apprenticeship, qualified-worker training, on-the-job instruction or your employer's safety procedures.
No. They're written for this book, in exam style, to test yourself topic by topic. They aren't official questions from any exam.
As a PDF by email, sent to the address you enter at checkout: the book and the 2 bonus books.
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Yes. The PDF is made to print: big drawings, large type. Print it at home or at a print shop and keep it in the truck.
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A transformer bank? You see it drawn and you've got it.
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