Regardless of your skill level, Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual makes boat maintenance and repair fast, fun and easy! Nigel Calder delivers hundreds of tips and techniques for maintaining, troubleshooting and fixing every working part and system on your boat��all clearly explained in step-by-step detail. You'll discover: How to make sure your boat's electrical system provides all the power you need. Common and little-known tips for keeping your batteries and charging system safe and trouble-free. Simple test procedures for grounding circuits on boats. Best way to prevent galvanic corrosion on newly installed equipment. Easy, reliable way to make sure your inverter can handle peak AC appliance load. Often overlooked preventive maintenance for diesel engines. Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual shows you what to do right after start-up, while in use, and at regular intervals during the season to ensure years of trouble-free boating, including: Eight-point troubleshooting procedure for eliminating poor pickup. How to replace a transmission output-shaft oil seal. Five simple steps to stop the loss of transmission oil. Tricks for keeping deck hardware fastened tight no matter how excessive the loads. Seven safety tips for repairing masthead lights and other fixtures on top of the mast. And much, much more... Table of Contents: List of Troubleshooting Charts / List of Tables / Acknowledgments/Preface to the Second Edition / Introduction. Chapter 1. Establishing a Balanced Battery-Powered Electrical System Introduction: The Peculiarities of Boats / Batteries: How They Work; Electrolyte Variations; Modes of Failure; Automotive (Cranking) Versus Deep-Cycle Batteries; Wet-Cells Versus Gel-Cells; Nicads--The Ultimate Battery / Getting Down to Specifics: Determining Power Requirements; Providing the Necessary Capacity; Providing Adequate Charging Capabilities; Establishing Correct Voltage Regulation / Putting the Pieces Together: Is It Better to Have One or Two Battery Banks for House Use?; Charging More Than One Battery Bank from a Common Alternator; Monitoring and Control / Summary: A Balanced System / Postscript. Chapter 2. Maintaining and Troubleshooting a Battery-Powered Electrical System Batteries: Safety; Routine Maintenance; Testing a Battery; Problem Batteries / Alternators: How They Work; Installation and Maintenance; Charging Problems; Repairing Alternators / Voltage Regulators: How They Work; Different Regulators: Internal, External, P and N; Voltage Regulator Bypass Devices; Troubleshooting Voltage Regulators; Emergency Voltage Regulation / Diodes: Identification and Rating; Heat Sinks; Testing Battery Isolation Diodes. Chapter 3. Understanding and Troubleshooting Electrical Circuits; Proper Installation Practices Basic Concepts and Measurements: The Water Analogy; Making Measurements; The Multimeter: An Essential Tool / DC Circuits: Ground Versus Insulated Return; Troubleshooting with a Voltmeter; Troubleshooting with an Ohmmeter; Ground Faults ("Earth" Leaks); Don't Leave Port Without a Multimeter / AC Circuits: The Importance of Grounding; Safety Versus Corrosion; Typical AC Circuits Afloat; Testing AC Circuits / Proper Electrical Installation: Cables; Connections and Terminals; Installing Cables; Distribution Panels. Chapter 4. Corrosion, Bonding, Lightning Protection, and Grounding Corrosion: Galvanic Corrosion; Stray-Current Corrosion / Bonding and Cathodic Protection: Cathodic Protection; Unbond and Isolate / Lightning Protection: The Importance of Grounding; The Path to Ground; Protecting Electrical Circuits and Electronics; Lightning Protection / The Common Ground Point. Chapter 5. Battery Chargers, Inverters, Wind and Water Generators, and Solar Panels Battery Chargers: How They Work; Ferro-Resonant as a Yardstick; Performance Implies Regulation; Troubleshooting / Inverters: How They Work; Batteries: The Limiting Factor; Matching the Demand to the System; Inverter Installation; Trou

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