AllanW Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 (edited) I'm aware that online eBooks are in a somewhat grey area, but judging by the number of posts about boat electrical systems, I'm sure some will find this useful... One of the blog sites I follow contains link to an eBook 'Essential Boat Electrics' http://magazinz.blogspot.com/2007/06/essen...-electrics.html Some other interesting/useful stuff on the site too Allan Edited June 27, 2007 by AllanW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 This is highly recommended: http://www.motoren.ath.cx/ Useful mechanical manuals, but scroll down the left hand blue bar to "electrical". The "12 volt handbook" and "alternator handbook" are well worth a read. Both are quite large PDF downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Peacock Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I'm aware that online eBooks are in a somewhat grey area, but judging by the number of posts about boat electrical systems, I'm sure some will find this useful... One of the blog sites I follow contains link to an eBook 'Essential Boat Electrics' http://magazinz.blogspot.com/2007/06/essen...-electrics.html Some other interesting/useful stuff on the site too Allan It seems a good book! However I do get the feeling that this draft PDF probably shouldn't have got into the public domain so if you want to download it I would do it quickly before some one tips off the author or publisher. The book normally costs about £18.00 of which I believe a small donation is made to the RNLI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 nice one Gary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anhar Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 (edited) I thought I'd download the book but all the numerous options for so doing are in some weird shit incomprehensible gobbledegook that I don't understand, not PDF, so I avoided it. I downloaded one but was told I don't have the software to open and run it so I deleted it pretty damn quick I can tell you. Don't want no dodgy crap on my machine. regards Steve Edited June 27, 2007 by anhar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Steve it's not a problem, and the document is sound. The file is in a .RAR format, which is a bit like a zip file. If you go to open it, windows should ask you how you want to open it if it doesn't recognise it. You then have an option to search the web which should find a program called winRAR on a site which gives you a free download of the program. Install that then you can extract it like a zip file. It's worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanW Posted June 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I thought I'd download the book but all the numerous options for so doing are in some weird shit incomprehensible gobbledegook that I don't understand, not PDF, so I avoided it. I downloaded one but was told I don't have the software to open and run it so I deleted it pretty damn quick I can tell you. Don't want no dodgy crap on my machine. regards Steve Steve The .rar format is just a compressed file (of a .pdf document in this case) You just need a simple 'uncompressor' - Winrar is available as a free download here: http://www.winrar.com - PLEASE SEE THE BELOW POST BEFORE DOWNLOADING FROM THIS SITE - Jon The file is not dodgy at all... Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 (edited) Steve The .rar format is just a compressed file (of a .pdf document in this case) You just need a simple 'uncompressor' - Winrar is available as a free download here: http://www.winrar.com The file is not dodgy at all... Allan IMPORTANT!! DO NOT download the version of winrar from english.ircfast.com This is one of the download sites listed on www.winrar.com As this contains malware (identified aqnd cleaned by AVG) I did not try the other download site listed, once bitten... etc,. IMPORTANT UPDATE!! Do not use www.winrar.com Read this Trend report for full details http://blog.trendmicro.com/index.php?s=win...utton=SEARCH%21 Or do a google search for 'winrar malware' The correct site is shown in the trend report Edited June 27, 2007 by reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPy Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Steve The .rar format is just a compressed file (of a .pdf document in this case) You just need a simple 'uncompressor' - Winrar is available as a free download here: http://www.winrar.com The file is not dodgy at all... Allan every link I try from that site for free winrar download asks me to pay !! any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Peacock Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 (edited) This is the official trial DOWNLOAD. Save it somewhere then run it. (You can virus scan it first if you choose!) I have used Winrar for years without a problem. Edited June 27, 2007 by Gary Peacock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 This is the official trial DOWNLOAD. Save it somewhere then run it. (You can virus scan it first if you choose!) I have used Winrar for years without a problem. As garry says the official site is www.rarlab.com Here is the first part of the Trend labs report "A WinRAR-lose situation June 20th, 2007 by Trend Micro If users wanted to download WinRAR, the popular archiver tool to process RAR and ZIP files, where would they go? Chances are, they’d type in the name of the tool itself and just add .com (www.winrar.com) in their browser’s address bar. Unbeknownst to them, however, the said site is not the official site from which the legitimate tool could be downloaded–that would be www.rarlab.com, actually. TrendLabs has just received reports on how unsuspecting users could end up downloading malware, instead of WinRAR, onto their systems. When they try to click on the “Free Software Downloads” button in www.winrar.com (as seen below), they would be led to another page where they are prompted to click on “Download Winrar”. More of the report can be found at http://blog.trendmicro.com/index.php?s=win...utton=SEARCH%21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 The pdf files are hardly any bigger than the rar files, so there's no real advantage in download speed. The rar files might actually be more secure, but only if they are pukka to start with. If anyone wants the pdf instead of just the compressed file, PM me. I might get round to emailing you a copy, but... I notice Gary said there was a small donation to the lifeboats from sales of the handbook: presumably either Dutch or American lifeboats. Could I suggest anyone who finds the book(s) useful makes a small 'conscience' donation to the RNLI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanW Posted June 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 As garry says the official site is www.rarlab.com Here is the first part of the Trend labs report "A WinRAR-lose situation June 20th, 2007 by Trend Micro If users wanted to download WinRAR, the popular archiver tool to process RAR and ZIP files, where would they go? Chances are, they’d type in the name of the tool itself and just add .com (www.winrar.com) in their browser’s address bar. Unbeknownst to them, however, the said site is not the official site from which the legitimate tool could be downloaded–that would be www.rarlab.com, actually. TrendLabs has just received reports on how unsuspecting users could end up downloading malware, instead of WinRAR, onto their systems. When they try to click on the “Free Software Downloads” button in www.winrar.com (as seen below), they would be led to another page where they are prompted to click on “Download Winrar”. More of the report can be found at http://blog.trendmicro.com/index.php?s=win...utton=SEARCH%21 I offer my most humble apologies for that winrar link... Like Gary, I have used WinRAR sucesfully for many years, but since I've not needed to download another copy for a very long time, thinking I'd to be helpful I did a Google and that was the link I came up with Please use the link Gary provided!!! Drinks on me methinks... Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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