Marine troubleshooting the modern way -- Finding your way -- Electrics versus electronics -- The basic steps of troubleshooting -- Electrical systems troubleshooting -- Testing batteries, charging systems, and starter circuits; measuring voltage drop -- Catalysts for change -- Conductance battery tester -- Diagnostic meter -- A word about value -- Testing continuity and tracing circuits -- Tone generating circuit tracer -- Alphanumeric time domain reflectometer -- A word about value -- Testing AC systems and grounding systems for polarity, voltage drop, impedance, and frequency -- The suretest circuit analyzer -- The tool to have -- Temperature monitoring as a diagnostic tool -- Infrared heat-sensing gun -- Other candidates for temperature monitoring -- Monitoring makes sense -- Using power factor to determine energy efficiency -- Improving your power factor -- Determining power consumption -- Using a power analyzer -- A word about value -- Analyzing harmonic distortion with an oscilloscope -- Why you need a scope -- Harmonic distortion -- Using a laptop for intermittent problems -- Laptop link-ups -- Additional advantages -- 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 -- Conducting a corrosion survey -- Tools of the trade -- Underwater metal corrosion and protection basics -- Conducting a corrosion survey -- Galvanic isolators -- Tracking stray current -- The grounding system -- Wired for lightning protection -- Grounding to minimize RFI effects -- Comparing ABYC and NMEA grounding standards -- Marine electronics installation and troubleshooting -- Guidelines for electronic equipment installations -- Ergonomics -- Watertight integrity -- Thermal limits -- Power supply -- Summary of guidelines -- 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 -- About coaxial cable -- Choosing coax for marine applications -- Installing coaxial cable -- VHF antennas -- SSB antennas -- Radar antennas -- Cell phone antennas -- Television and satellite radio antennas -- Onboard networks -- Troubleshooting concepts -- Network types -- NMEA 2000 -- Troubleshooting -- The future of onboard power distribution -- Closing thoughts.
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