Advanced marine electrics and electronics troubleshooting : a manual for boatowners and marine technicians /
Ed Sherman.
- xiii, 218 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Marine troubleshooting the modern way -- Finding your way -- Electrics versus electronics -- Basic troubleshooting steps -- Testing batteries, charging systems, and starter circuits, and measuring voltage drop -- Catalysts for change -- Conductance battery tester -- Diagnostic meter -- Value and utility -- Testing continuity and tracing circuits -- Tone-generating circuit tracer -- Alphanumeric time domain reflectometer -- Value and utility -- Testing AC and grounding systems for polarity, voltage drop, impedance, and frequency -- The suretest circuit analyzer -- Value and utility -- Temperature monitoring as a diagnostic aid -- Infrared heat-sensing gun -- Other uses for temperature monitoring -- Value and utility -- Using power factor to determine energy efficiency -- Understanding power factor -- Improving your power factor -- Determining power consumption -- Using a power analyzer -- Value and utility -- Analyzing harmonic distortion -- Do you need a scope? -- AC loads -- Harmonic distortion -- Value and utility -- Using a laptop for intermittent problems -- Laptop link-ups -- Real-world examples -- Testing for electromagnetic and radio frequency interference -- Understanding electromagnetic interference -- Standards and regulations -- Common sources and victims of interference -- Tools of the trade -- Testing for residual current and isolating its sources -- AC leakage from appliances -- Using a clamp-on AC leak tester -- AC leakage from degraded insulation -- Using a megohmmeter -- Value and utility -- A basic corrosion survey -- Tools of the trade -- Underwater metal corrosion and protection basics -- Conducting a corrosion survey -- Grounding systems -- Lightning protection -- Grounding to minimize RFI effects -- Comparing ABYC and NMEA grounding standards -- Troubleshooting redux -- Marine electronics installation and troubleshooting -- Electronic equipment installation guidelines -- Ergonomics -- Watertight integrity -- Thermal limits -- Power supply -- Guidelines summary -- Installing communications and position-finding systems and radar -- Communications systems -- Position-finding systems -- Radar -- Installing depth sounders, weather systems, and autopilots -- Depth sounders -- Wind-and weather-monitoring instruments -- Autopilots -- Coaxial cable and antennas -- Coaxial cable basics -- Choosing coax for marine applications -- Installing coaxial cable -- VHF antennas -- SSB antennas -- Satellite television and radio antennas -- Cell phone antennas -- Radar antennas -- Onboard networks -- Network types -- Nmea 2000 -- Troubleshooting -- The future of onboard power distribution.
9780071810777 (paperback)
2012031843
Boats and boating--Electric equipment--Maintenance and repair Boats and boating--Electronic equipment