Basic Electricity Text in French?

[George Hunt]

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 <carcellelist at 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
>
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