Master Electrician Reference (or MER for short) is your electronic pocket electrician reference guide. It is an app, a book, and a calculator all in one!
Pick the version of MER that matches the NEC® code cycle you are using.
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An Electrical Reference Guide
MER is for everyone who works with electricity
If you are an electrical designer, engineer, installer, contractor, facility manager, inspector, exam candidate, apprentice, electrician, journeyman, architect, or technician, MER is for you. If you do residential, industrial, and commercial work, MER is for you. Simply, if you work with electricity, this reference guide is for you!
MER is developed in collaboration with a Master Journeyman Electrician IBEW
MER supports the NFPA 70-2011, 2014, 2017 NEC® Codes
MER contains tables reprinted with permission from NFPA 70-2011, 2014, 2017, National Electrical Code®, Copyright © 2010, 2013, 2016, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA 02169. This reprinted material is not the complete and official position of the NFPA on the referenced subject, which is represented only by the standard in its entirety.
MER is used throughout the United States
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Why You Should Use Master Electrician Reference
MER has explanations
MER has tables
MER has formulas
MER has pictures and diagrams
MER has calculators
MER is easy to use
MER is always there when you need it
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Master Electrician Reference Features
Simple Circuits
– Ohm’s law, series and parallel circuits, capacitance, inductance, impedance, and reactance.
Distributed Systems
– Distribution wiring diagrams for 120, 208, 277, and 480 volts, color codes, breaker sizes, light switches and bells diagrams.
Electrical Formulas
– Formulas for kVA, kW, and HP.
Color Codes
– Color codes for capacitors and resistors.
Motors and Wiring
– Standard motor and motor starter sizes, tables of full-load currents, locked-rotor information, overload units, OCPD, nameplate information, synchronous motor speeds, three-phase STAR and DELTA diagrams, three-wire start-stop diagram, motor frame dimensions, and motor enclosure types.
Transformers
– KVA ratings for single- and three-phase current, transformer formulas.
Conductor Properties
– Conductor tables, AWG and metric wire sizes, twist-on pressure connectors, and wire combinations.
Ampacities
– Ampacities in raceway, cable, earth, and free air, and derating tables.
Conduit Fill table
Grounding Sizes
– Equipment grounding conductor (EGC) and grounding electrode conductor (GEC).
Metal Boxes
– Images and sizes of metal boxes, junction / device boxes, junction / pull boxes.
Voltage Drop calculations
Dictionary of electrician terms
Insulation Charts
– Table of cable and wire types
Electrical Symbols
NEMA®
– Plugs and wiring diagrams, enclosure types, standard underground boxes, standard fuse and breaker sizes, standard pull box / junction sizes, standard gutter and wire-ways, standard switchboards, standard busway, standard busbar ampacity, standard panelboard sizes, and standard disconnect sizes.
Math and Conversions
– Formulas for geometry, fractions, temperature conversion, trig tables, unit conversions, metric prefixes, and conversions between inches and millimeters.
Conduit Bending
– Includes the guide “The Master Bender Way” on how to bend conduit.
Conduit Weights
Copper Wire Cost
Hole Saw Sizes
Material Raceway Support
Lighting
– Fluorescent, high-intensity discharge, incandescent, LED, and low-pressure sodium.
Standard Tool List
Torque
– Lugs, bolts, and screws, tightening torque.
Dry, Damp, and Wet Locations
Hazardous Locations
Wiring Methods
Safety
– Lock-out / tag-out (LOTO), and a safety manual and first aid.