Essential Boat Electrics

The subject of boat electrics can be daunting. Essential Boat Electrics will remove the mystique, bring understanding, and show you how to carry out the many electrical jobs on board properly and safely for yourself. This is a worthy companion to Simple Boat Maintenance. You will learn how to: use a multimeter, wire a circuit, protect a circuit, troubleshoot electrical faults, connect a PC to your instrument system, and much more. Essential Boat Electrics looks at tasks such as choosing solar panels or new batteries as well as practical electrical work on your boat and covers 36 topics that a yachtsman will need to tackle to keep the professionals at bay. Pat Manley has tackled all these jobs himself and tested every electrical device available for Practical Boat Owner magazine. A keen sailor, he must have one of the most 'self-equipped' boats afloat. He is author of Fernhurst Books' Electrics Companion, Diesel Companion, Radar Companion, and the best selling Small Boat Maintenance.Manley, Pat is the author of 'Essential Boat Electrics ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781904475170 and ISBN 1904475175.