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The most easily-understood explanation of the purpose and function of this electrical safeguard. How to test if yours is working. And instructions for making your own - if you feel competent. Diagram and photos.
[Yandina Ltd., Beaufort, SC, USA]
A vendor′s brief but lucid explanation of the galvanic corrosion problem and its solutions. Includes comparison of galvanic isolator with isolation transformers.
[Dairyland Electrical Industries, Inc., Stoughton, WI, USA]
ABYC standards and recommended practices for the design, choice of materials for, manufacture of, and installation of galvanic isolators, if installed, in alternating current (AC) electrical systems on boats.
[American Boat & Yacht Council, Edgewater, MD, USA]
An explanation of the causes of galvanic corrosion at the dock, who causes it, and what you should do to protect yourself. Lots of stuff you should know if you have any electrical system on your boat, dock or no dock.
[Yachtsurvey.com]
An argument against galvanic isolators as useless on many boats and dangerous on some.
[SailNet, 7 August 2002]
Description of galvanic isolators in the context of other equipment for preventing corrosion from shorepower systems, such as sacrificial zinc and magnesium anodes, isolation transformers, and control systems. Special attention to protection for aluminum hulls.
[Practical Sailor]
Brief grab bag of facts and commentary about electrical corrosion, anodic protections, and galvanic isolators. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Unmoderated forum on marine electrical and electronic equipment. Good advice and resources here, but you have to dig and you have to be selective.
[Usenet, USA]
Simple method of seeing whether one of your diodes is shorted or open, or if the capacitor (if you have one) is defective.
[Peter Kennedy Yacht Services, Annapolis, MD, USA]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes focused on the best ways to generate, distribute, and control electricity on a cruising boat.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
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