The Galley: How Things Work

Donald Launer - 112 pages - softcover

 

Delves in depth into the infrastructure of a boat galley—the equipment that is available and how those devices work, along with installation requirements and suggestions. The equipment described includes: water pumps; types of plumbing; the pros and cons of water-tank materials; reverse-osmosis watermakers; types of stoves and fuels; ice box insulations; electrical and mechanical refrigeration; marina water connections; raw water faucets; electrical and heat-exchanger water heaters; fume detectors; inverters; galley appliances; fire extinguishers; barbecues; shore-power connections—and much more.