[Alberg30] Re: [Member-list] Book Recommendations

[R.C. Alley]

I just put an AC Statpower battery charger in Nevermore, and I am completing
a re-wiring job with a new DC control panel. Haven't re-wired the AC
circuits; in 20-plus years of messing about I have never found dedicated,
in-boat AC power necessary or even useful. Details by request.

Both of Calder's books--on electrical systems and diesels--are worth
whatever you have to pay for them. Get 'em both and live by 'em.

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: <JPGrathwol at aol.com>
To: <member-list at alberg30.org>; <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: [Member-list] Book Recommendations


> I am contemplating rewiring my boat and I'd like to install a shore power
> hookup to a battery charger.  I don't think I am that interested in DC
power
> but I'd be open to suggestions, however.  I have bought and read a couple
of
> books on boat electronics (one by Don Casey the other I cannot recall at
the
> moment).  These have been helpful as I am pretty much a neophyte in this
> area, but haven't touched directly on what steps I must take to properly
> install a good charger driven by shore power.  Does anyone have a
> recommendation for a book on boat electronics which covers this?  Any
other
> advice to offer?
>
> I am also hoping to someday start performing simple marine diesel
> maintenance.  The previous owner of my A30 re-powered with a Westerbeke
> diesel.  I purchased my boat Dec. '99 and after sating my appetite for
> "projects" launched only in mid-August '00.  I hauled her in mid-October.
So
> I have only a couple of months of experience looking at the pile of metal
> squatting there in the hold.  I hope to alter my relationship to that
pile,
> especially after my first year's experience with yard bills.  Can anyone
> recommend a good book to start me on this subject?  I think I'll start
with
> recommendations this time and work through that list before launching out
on
> my own.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Grathwol
> Dovekie #88
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