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Practical Boat Owner's Electrics Afloat: A Complete Step by Step Guide for Boat Owners (Paperback)

by A.E. Garrod (Author)

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Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical (19 Dec 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0713661496
ISBN-13: 978-0713661491
Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 21 x 1 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,873 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, also for people with experience, 14 Jun 2002

By	Richard Chisnall (Copenhagen Denmark) - See all my reviews

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb presentation, 8 April 2009

By	K. L. Wren (Herefordshire, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars BOAT ELECTRICS, 6 Oct 2009

By	SPARKS (France) - See all my reviews

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 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

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