Ebook: Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems

3rd Edition. — International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2005. — 832 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0071432382.The boatowner's foremost troubleshooting guide, now 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 book aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive advice on:
Battery technologies
12- and 24-volt DC systems
Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection
Generators, inverters, and battery chargers
Electric motors and electric lights
Marine electronics, 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