Thanks Xavier, The first reference looks best for my purposes -- but maybe more practical than I was hoping for. (I ordered it online, and shipped to my NYC address).
I'm really wanting to find a book that starts from the beginning: 1. What is a conductor, an insulator? 2. What is a circuit, DC, AC 3. What does a battery do? 4. What is a electromagnet? How is a magnet used to generate AC? 5. Why does a capacitor store a charge? 6. Why transformers? What do they do? Concepts of current, voltage, resistance, power. 7. ETC. . . Maybe Tony Foster's idea of using the XO and turtle art is where I'll have to go in the end. At least I see real benefit in hands on experimentation. George On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Xavier Carcelle <carcellel...@free.fr>wrote: > Bonjour George, > > I can recommand different textbooks in french for electricity and eyrolles > is a > major french publisher technical books : > they have a famous book about basic electricity : > http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/electricite-mode-d-emploi-9782501072601 > a list of different books related to electricity : > > http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=%E9lectricit%E9&xd=ntq3nol9d7gftf21dvtvmuv1p2 > for solar panel installation in remote areas : > > http://www.eyrolles.com/Sciences/Livre/photovoltaique-alimentation-electrique-autonome-de-sites-isoles-9782866611811 > "installation electriqueÃ": > http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=installation+electrique > another basic installation of electrical networks: > > http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/les-installations-electriques-9782862275888 > > Tell me if that fits your/their needs and we can exchange w/ them if they > want a > specific topic book. > > cheers, > > Xavier Carcelle. > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:09:25PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > While working with Adam Holt in Haiti, I met a few "go-getter" teens who > > already are doing basic house wiring. They could help diagnose battery > and > > solar array problems if they had a little more background. > > > > I learned basic electricity reading and re-reading the first few chapters > of > > the Amateur Radio Relay League Handbook. I could use some help finding > > something similar for french speakers. > > > > Creole is the spoken language, but the instructional language is French > and > > the students are easy with learning out of a book in french. > > > > Unfortunately I don't know enough French to find equivalent sources on > line, > > or available for purchase on the web. > > > > I did find open source "basic electricity" texts in english (though > perhaps > > too verbose) as examples of what I think is needed: > > > > - http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/index.htm > > - http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/Electricity/dc_electricity.htm > > - http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/How_Electricity_Works.swf > > > > Thanks for help, > > > > George > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > >
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