Download Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual Third Edition Edit By Nigel Calder
Contents Mechanical Engineering:
CHAPTER 1- Establishing a Balanced Battery-Powered Electrical System
CHAPTER 2- Electrical Systems for Energy-Intensive Boats
CHAPTER 3- Maintaining and Troubleshooting a Battery Powered Electrical System
CHAPTER 4- Understanding and Troubleshooting Electrical Circuits
CHAPTER 5- Corrosion, Bonding, Lightning Protection, and Grounding
CHAPTER 6- Battery Chargers, Inverters, Wind and Water Generators, and Solar Panels
CHAPTER 7- AC Generators, DC Generators, Electric Motors (DC and AC), and Electric Lights
CHAPTER 8- Marine Electronics: Antennas and Radio Grounds, Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference, and Saving Soaked Equipment
CHAPTER 9- Diesel Engines: Operation and Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Winter Layup
CHAPTER 10- From Transmission to Propeller
CHAPTER 11- Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
CHAPTER 12- Tanks, Plumbing, Toilets, and Through-Hull Fittings
CHAPTER 13- Pumps and Water makers
CHAPTER 14- Steering Systems, Autopilots, and Wind Vanes
CHAPTER 15- Stoves, Cabin Heaters, Gas-Powered Water Heaters, and Lanterns
CHAPTER 16- Blocks, Winches, Windlasses, and Bow Thrusters
CHAPTER 17. Spars, Standing Rigging, and Roller Reefing
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Third Edition Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual.
Over time, the audience for this book has evolved. The first edition was written for hard-core cruising sailors. It paid scant attention to such things as the voluntary boat building standards promulgated by the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) in the United States, and none whatsoever to the legally enforceable standards then being developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in Europe. But then I found that in addition to cruisers, the book was being used by a significant number of marine professionals— surveyors, designers, and boat builders. So, for the second edition I not only added a considerable amount of new material, but I also “cleaned up” the book from a standards-compliance perspective.
Ten years later I find the book is now widely used by marine professionals all over the world. At the same time, the ISO has substantially expanded the scope of its standards. Meanwhile, much of my original audience of cruising sailors has become far better educated and sophisticated with respect to technical matters, and is capable of acting upon considerably more-complex information. At the other end of the spectrum, a new generation of sailors, many with minimal experience and limited technical knowledge, has taken up cruising. Powerboaters of all stripes have begun to use the book. As a backdrop to these developments, the systems found on almost all boats have become increasingly sophisticated.
These changes have created a major challenge in terms of defining the audience for this third edition and in determining the level of detail and complexity that should be included. One thing, however, has not changed—the primary objective of meeting the needs of cruising sailors, both those with considerable experience as well as neophytes. Within this general framework, I have also sought to meet the needs of industry professionals.
In order to satisfy these somewhat divergent objectives, I have retained most of the structure of the original book, because it has seemed to work so well over the years and is already familiar to hundreds of thousands of readers. However, I have added considerably more detail than in previous editions, and slotted in numerous new sections (e.g., a whole new chapter on boats with more-complex electrical systems requirements, and new sections on lighting technologies, air conditioning, water makers, and bow thrusters). Overall, the book has expanded by about 40%.
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