Sailboat Electrical Systems: Improvement, Wiring, and Repair (IM Sailboat Library) Kindle Edition

Steve here - very well written, clear, concise. A little on the older side but most of the calculations and designs will still apply, you just have to use new numbers for LED lighting. Although he covers Solar there is only a few pages on it, still - that may actually be enough to cover the topic. However - this would be a great book for anyone interesting in just plain learning about electricity period. All of it still applies, calculating loads, battery sizes, types of wiring, placement, and troubleshooting. I especially like the fact that not only does he discuss the theory and science behind electricity, but also details exactly how to use test equipment to do troubleshooting. Excellent book and I would consider it a must have for any serious sailor, along with a good navigation book, fiberglass repair work, sailboat maintenance, and one on emergency medicine, and so on. My version was printed in 1999.

Very well written, covers all the important points and more. I have read several books on boat electrical systems and, invariably, hit places where I was left scratching my head trying to understand the content. Not with this book. It is written in such a clear way that it is very easy to understand and retain the theory and also easy to understand how to implement it as a DIY.

I started with almost zero knowledge and some fear of all things electrical and a marine starting battery that would discharge overnight. I'd had the battery tested and found good leaving the problem somewhere in the boat's wiring. I got everything I needed to have to fix this problem from this book.Casey's book had the foundation knowledge I needed to understand the troubleshooting steps and a specific troubleshooting process that enabled me to find and fix the source of the problem. That alone was a huge benefit and probably saved me a couple of hundred dollars.More importantly, reading the book to solve my specific problem gave me the foundation to approach any electrical problem on the boat. I'm generally pretty handy and now can view electrical troubleshooting as just another thing that I have the confidence to do.Very, very well written. Good mix between simplicity and specificity. I highly recommend this book and a good multimeter.

Beautifully written and illustrated! Easy to understand, even for novices like me. I'm in the process of revamping much of my campervan electrics and this book has given me so much clarity on how to tackle the changes I was pondering. No more guesswork! Well worth the money spent.

A good book for the intended audience, which is a boat owner with little to no knowledge or experience in electrical work. Even with some experience, marine systems have many facets that are unique and not always obvious, at least until they're explained. I think this is a good book for the novice, but too many pages devoted to electrical basics for someone who's beyond that. As others have pointed out, it could use some updating to include LED lighting, including cautions about replacement bulb color temperatures, and the relevant COLREGS. But I gave it full marks for speaking to the novice, even if I was looking for more in-depth discussion and less electricity 101.

Don Casey walks a fine line between theory and practice, and does so with fine style! He is thorough, and has an engaging manner that makes learning the material easy. I bought this book while building an RV 12V system from scratch, and it has been more useful that all of the rv literature I purchased!

This book is the best for sailboat electrical wiring. It is clearly written and easy to understand.

Not very simplified. Fortunately for me I just needed to do some basics which this book helped with.

Great book to get an introduction to the very basics. I wish it had some info around lithium batteries, too.

the book does explain many aspects of the subject in a basic manner but later on it lost me when in my opinion didn't explain some formulae clearly..Another common fault when discussing the pros and cons of different types of batteries,is that it never reaches a conclusion After reading pages of the whys and wherefors,the conclusion i came to when choosing which battery for my 31ft sailboat,is to go to your friendly chandlery and say "which batteries do you recommend for my boat?"

This is the first time I got an understanding of the basics. Some of the more complex chapters I found impossible but now I know how to use a multimeter and do some troubleshooting. Another edition may try an simplify the working of alternators and regulators. A simple one answer for lightening would be good.

The book was very good delivered and professionally packed by the seller. I am an engineer and the book points to the basics of what I needed to refresh in order to install the electrical system of the catamaran I am building, which is an ocean cruiser.

Simple, easy to follow descriptions of how things work. Some parts of the book are a little basic but that's probably to the good in this complex subject. Certainly the best simple explanation of how alternators work in any book I've seen and solved a number of questions for me. Well worth space on any small boat's bookshelf.