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Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual 4/E

Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual 4/E - Hardcover

by Nigel Calder
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nigel CalderPublish date:2015-07-02Pages:960
Language:EnglishPublisher:International Marine PublishingISBN-13:9780071790338ISBN-10:71790330UPC:9780071790338Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Water Sports, ReferenceBook Topic:BoatingSize:10.90 x 8.40 x 1.70 inchesWeight:4.7047Product ID:SCMV6WGHK9

The maintenance bible for boatowners is fully updated and better than ever!

If it's on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, it's covered in Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual. When you leave the dock with this indispensable resource aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive advice on:

  • Battery technologies, including recent developments in lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells
  • 12- and 24-volt DC systems
  • Electric and hybrid propulsion
  • How to radically improve the energy efficiency of most boats
  • Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection
  • Generators, inverters, battery chargers, wind and water generators, and solar power
  • Electric motors and electric lights
  • Marine electronics, including networking systems, antennas, and RFI
  • Diesel engines
  • Transmissions, shaft brakes, and propellers
  • Refrigeration and air-conditioning
  • Tanks, plumbing, and through-hulls
  • Pumps and watermakers
  • Steering, autopilots, and wind vanes
  • Stoves and heaters
  • Winches, windlasses, and bow thrusters
  • Spars, rigging, and roller reefing
Language:EnglishPublisher:International Marine PublishingISBN-13:9780071790338ISBN-10:71790330UPC:9780071790338Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Water Sports, ReferenceBook Topic:BoatingSize:10.90 x 8.40 x 1.70 inchesWeight:4.7047Product ID:SCMV6WGHK9

NIGEL CALDER is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost writer on boat systems maintenance. A diesel mechanic for more than 25 years, he has also been a boatbuilder, cabinetmaker, and machinist. Calder is the author of How to Read a Nautical Chart, Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook, Refrigeration for Pleasureboats, and Marine Diesel Engines. He is a frequent contributor to boating magazines in the United States and Britain.


Publisher: International Marine Publishing

Edition

4th Revised Edition

Contributor(s)

Nigel Calder

Author

Nigel Calder

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