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Boatowner’s

Electrical

Handbook

Second Edition

Charlie Wing

International Marine / McGraw-Hill

CAMDEN, MAINE • NEW YORK • CHICAGO • SAN FRANCISCO

LISBON • LONDON • MADRID • MEXICO CITY • MILAN

NEW DELHI • SAN JUAN • SEOUL • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TORONTO

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Contents

Foreword by Ed Sherman

Introduction

1. Basic DC Circuits

What Electricity Is • Ohm’s Law • Loads • Sources • Practice Problems

2. DC Measurements

Analog Test Instruments • Digital Test Instruments • Digital vs. Analog Test

Instruments • Homemade Testers • Troubleshooting

3. Batteries

What Is a Battery? • A Few Messy Details • Electrical Model of Batteries • Monitoring

Battery Health • Discharge Characteristics • Charging Characteristics • Charging

Recommendations • Estimating Your Daily Load • Choosing a Battery Type

• Optimum Depth of Discharge • Sizing the Alternator • Series vs. Parallel • Battery

Boxes • ABYC Standards for Batteries

4. Alternators

A Galley Alternator • A Rotary Current Machine • Rectiﬁcation • Controlling the

Alternator • Type-P and Type-N Alternators • Powering the Voltage Regulator

• Regulator Bypass Controls • Link 2000-R Charge Controller • Charging Setups

• Alternator Installation • Troubleshooting

5. Bonding

What Is Bonding? • Lightning Protection • Corrosion Protection • Stray-Current

Protection • To Bond or Not to Bond • Sizing the Anode(s) • Testing Your Protection

• Noncathodic Corrosion • The ABYC on Cathodic Protection

6. DC Standards and Practices

Wiring Diagrams • Marine Wire • ABYC DC Load Calculation • Allowable Conductor

Amperage • Allowable Voltage Drop • Identiﬁcation and Installation • Overcurrent

Protection • Conductor Connections • Ignition Protection

7. AC Basics

114

Alternating Current • Power Factor • AC Safety • Grounding • Conductor

Identiﬁcation • Transformers • AC Measurements • Troubleshooting AC Circuits

• Checking Polarity

8. Inverters and Generators

128

Why Have AC Power? • Figuring Your AC Budget • Inverters • Transfer Switching

• Generators • Toubleshooting Generators

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