Ancor Marine (continued)
coaxial cable stripper, 171,
172 – 73
website, 201
Wire Tracker tone-generating
circuit tracer, 38 , 39
antennas
cell phones, 183–84, 188
counterpoise, 177– 79 , 181–82
gain, 175
GPS, 147, 149 –50
location of, 88, 138, 180 , 181 ,
188, 189
radar, 184–89, 185 – 87
satellite communications sys-
tems, 183
SSB radios, 143, 144 , 177–83,
178 – 81 , 188
TV interference and GPS accu-
racy, 183
VHF radios, 141 , 174–77, 175 ,
180 , 181 , 184, 188
apparent power, 67
attenuation, 165, 168, 169, 174
audio systems
AC waveform and perfor-
mance of, 75
harmonic distortion, 79
RFI and, 123–24
troubleshooting, 12
autopilots
advances in technology of, 156
installation and troubleshooting,
132 , 163 –64
networking, 150, 156
available short-circuit current
(ASCC), 53–54, 57
B
bandwidth, 191
baseband, 191
batteries
advances in technology of,
14–15
battery-potential stray current,
117
CCA trend analysis, 20, 22
conductance battery tester,
15– 16 , 17 – 19
deep scan test, 25–26
deterioration of, 15, 22
diagnostic meter test, 23– 26
for electronic equipment,
136–37
state of charge (SOC), 19 , 25 , 26state of health (SOH), 19 ,
26
temperature compensation test,
25, 64–65
terminal testing, 63 –64
testing, 14–15
battery chargers
EMI and, 92
installation (ABYC Standard
A-31), 125, 127
temperature compensation
adjustments, 65
temperature standards (ABYC
Standard A-31), 64, 134
troubleshooting, 7, 9–11
battery isolators, 135
Bird Electronic SWR meter, 176,
177
black boxes, 151– 52 , 191, 194
boat fires, 60
boatyard labor rates, 13, 83
bonding systems, 105, 107 –8, 117,
118 , 121 , 122
broadband, 191
C
cable strippers, coaxial, 171,
172 – 73
cabling.Seewiring
capacitance, 78 , 123
capacitors, 68, 78 , 114 , 115, 116
Capac silver/silver chloride refer-
ence electrode, 104
Capi2 power distribution system,
197
cathodic protection
ABYC Standard E-2, 104, 105,
109, 110, 111
aluminum and, 111
aluminum anodes, 107, 108
magnesium anodes, 107, 111
zinc anodes, 104, 105, 107,
108–14, 109 , 110
cell phones
antennas, 183–84, 188
frequencies used by, 147, 150
Centerpin Technologies, 173, 201
charging system tests
conductance battery tester, 20 ,
21 – 22
diagnostic meter, 28–33, 29 ,
31
Charles Industries inverters, 76–77,
201
chartplotters, 132circuit breakers, 53–54
circuits. See also specific types of
circuits
faults, locating, 41–43, 42
separation zones, interference
and, 87– 92 , 160–61
tracing, 37– 39
circular mil (CM) formula, 44
circular mil (CM) table (ABYC
Standard E-11), 45
clamp-on AC leak tester, 8, 9, 11,
95 –97, 100, 101
clothes dryers, 49, 50
coaxial cable
attenuation, 165, 168, 169,
174
cable strippers, 171, 172 – 73
connectors for, 170 –74
construction of, 165, 166
impedance, 166, 167, 168–69
installation of, 169–74,
170 – 173
minimum bend radius, 169,
170, 175
signal loss, 168, 174
tests for leakage, 101, 102
types of, 167–69
uses of, 165
velocity of propagation (VOP),
166–67
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
133, 164
cold cranking amps (CCA) rating,
18 , 19 , 24 , 25 , 26
cold cranking amps (CCA) trend
analysis, 20, 22
communications equipment, 9,
11–12, 139. See also specific
types of equipment
compasses
deviation, 142
EMI and, 87, 92 , 131 , 132 ,
142
installation of, 131 , 132 , 147
satellite communications sys-
tems, 147–48
computer systems. See alsolaptop
computers
AC waveform and performance
of, 75
harmonic distortion, 79
networking equipment, 150 ,
151– 52
RFI and, 124
conductance, 15212 index