Boatowner's Illustrated Electrical Handbook (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP) - Hardcover

Wing, Charlie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071446443 ISBN 13: 9780071446440

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2006

Synopsis

Keep your boat's electrical systems running and reliable

“Boatowner’s Illustrated Electrical Handbook is perfect for learning how your boat’s electrical system and much of its equipment works, and it will be an invaluable guide when adding equipment as well. This book needs to be in every boater’s library as a ready reference on how to make effective repairs and modifications that comply with ABYC standards.”―Ed Sherman, Senior Instructor and Curriculum Designer, American Boat and Yacht Council

“A definitive technical book that is easy to read. Buy this book and throw out the rest.”―Motorboat & Yachting

Whether you take to the sea under power or sail, bounce around the bay in your runabout, or cross oceans in your cruiser, you’ll find everything you need to maintain, repair, and upgrade your boat’s DC and AC electrical systems with this comprehensive and fully illustrated guide.

Tackle onboard electrical projects and learn how to:

• Meet ABYC standards for both DC and AC wiring
• Install solar- and wind-power systems
• Add electrical components
• Prevent corrosion of your electrical system . . . and more

About this title

About the Author:

Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT, where he later worked as a research scientist. Since then his career has been explaining how things work--teaching physics at Bowdoin College, founding Americas first two do-it-yourself house-building schools (the Shelter Institute and Cornerstone), hosting a PBS series on energy conservation, and writing a dozen top-selling books on home building, home maintenance, and remodeling. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which time he wrote the first edition of this book on a solar-powered Macintosh computer. He is the author of four other IM books.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071446443
• ISBN 13: 9780071446440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288