Boatowner's Illustrated Wiring Manual is a user-friendly, practical manual for all onboard electrical projects - from fixing loose connections to rewiring the entire boat. Simple, clear and abundantly illustrated, it is the key to understanding and customising all aspects of a boat's electrical systems. This new edition includes new battery, alternator and other techlogies as well as new 3D perspective drawings and a colour wiring section. Wing explains DC and AC wiring materials and systems, batteries, alternators, inverters, generators, corrosion control, and alternative energy installations (solar, wind and water). There are detailed instructions for wiring radios and navigation equipment, installing cabin lights, navigation lights, burglar alarms, battery charge indicators, bilge alarms, and extensive tables summarise the most important specifications in a handy quick-reference format. This book, from an author who specialises in making the complex simple, will be a godsend for all boatowners. 'Deserves a permanent place on your shelves.' Boating World
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-10
0713682922
ISBN-13
9780713682922
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107063863
Product Key Features
Author
Charles Wing
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Inventions & Technology: General Interest
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Content Note
250 Diags,Graphs & Tables
Author Biography
Charles Wing, a former NASA engineer and physics professor and now awriter and broadcaster, has spent his career explaining how thingswork. He lived aboard his yacht Puffin for6 years and wrote the first edition of this book on a solar-poweredMacintosh computer. He is the author of 12 bestselling DIY books.
Date of Publication
01/04/2007
Edition Statement
2nd Revised Edition
Imprint
Adlard Coles Nautical
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
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