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This is an electrical book with a difference. Based on one of Practical Boot Owner magazine's most successful series, Alastair Garrod's cutting edge computer generated artwork and clear uncomplicated text succeeds in simplifying an extremely complicated subject in a new and exciting way. The magazine series was nominated at the British Nautical Awards 2000 for the most outstanding piece of published work on any nautical subject. Electrics Made Simple is a ground-breaking book with several unique features: * very clear, well illustrated explanations of boat electrical systems * no offputting formulae or calculations * a four-page fold out illustration of a yacht's complete electrical layout * a resume of the world's leading marine electrical websites * troubleshooting information * the only colour illustrated boat electrics book on the market
About the Author
Alastair Garrod has been based in the Solent area virtually all his life and his childhood was mostly spent cruising the West Country and Breton waters on the family boat. After leaving school, Alastair spent seven years in the Merchant Navy and then went back to college as a mature student to become a Technical Illustrator. In the early 1990s Alastair joined Practical Boat Owner where he has been for over 10 years.
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55 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book as a total beginner in boat electrics, hoping to learn the basics, and I'm not disappointed.
The author is very thorough and covers the basics in enough depth so that if you need to understand out how your boats electrics functions, you stand a chance. It sets lots of commonly misunderstood concepts straight too.
The graphics are excellent and augment the written content very well.
My only gripe? It's a bit too tall for the bookshelf on the boat.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A superb, highly-informative and very readable book suitable for those experienced in marine electronics and batteries while also straightforward for a complete novice to understand. Presentation is exceptionally good with clear illustrative diagrams, sketches and photographs. Also suitable for owners of motorhomes using and charging leisure batteries. A highly recommended read which won't disappoint.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very useful book for the newcomer to boat electrics. The diagrams are very well presented and clear. However, there are some omissions, such as no inclusion of types of cable and current carrying capacities, also no mention of types of connector and there colour coding etc. On page 91 the author states that the earth is brought to the neutral point of the isolating transformer, there is no neutral point on an isolating transformer, only two poles. To bond any one pole to earth makes a nonsense of using this device. An isolating transformer is used to isolate the output voltage from the input voltage, thus doing away with the need to earth. A good example is the shaver socket used in bathrooms. Any one pole can be grasped in the hand and with the other hand holding an earth connection, no current will flow. On page 104 the author mentions the problems that could be present when visiting the continent, of reversed polarity, however, this is only a problem with single pole mcb's as used in the UK (single pole MCB's are not allowed in Europe). Because all marina's have to be fitted with 30mA RCD's, cross polarity is not a problem. Any Phase to Earth or Neutral to Earth fault will cause either the marina side RCD or the boats RCD to trip.
Still worth the money.
Still worth the money.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Electrics afloat
Alistair Garrod's book "Electrics Afloat" seems to be aimed at people with a boat likley to have a shore link and to be using 240 volt "stuff" and for those people it seems ideal... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Barry R
Deception
I bought this book thinking that it would be a good introduction to boat electrics. Unfortunately it's a small collection of general approaches to some aspects of it, not at all... Read more
Published 15 months ago by per
Theory good practicality not so much
A shame. I expected more practical help on for example wiring , fuse ratings, and how to actual install electrical items such as winches and so on. Read more
Published 20 months ago by yoyo
clearly described and illustrated
I like this book because it very clearly illustrates 99% of a boat's wiring - my only negative comment is that I needed more information about echosounders and logs, and their... Read more
Published 22 months ago by nautiman
Basics and more for the novice
This book is very well planned and laid out. It starts at basics and moves up in easily understood stages to eventually cover fairly complex stuff. Read more
Published 23 months ago by K. S. Hutchence
A brilliant book
Absolute brilliant book for anyone who wants to get to grips with boat electrics. Easy to read, packed with information - read this before you start
Published on 19 Oct 2009 by Jonathan R. Jones
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