Book Summary

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

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