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

If itâs on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, itâs covered in Boatownerâs 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

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Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual 4E

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      Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
      Published 16 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780071790338
      978-0071790338
      ISBN-10 0071790330
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      Sport: general Shipbuilding technology, engineering and trades

      Description

      Book Synopsis

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

      If itâs on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, itâs covered in Boatownerâs 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

        Table of Contents
        contents to come

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