Contains 28 chapters divided into the following parts: Fundamentals; System Construction and Operation; System Diagnosis and Repair; ASE; Reference Section. This is an up-to-date, comprehensive text on the operation and repair of new computerized and conventional electrical systems found on automobiles.The new 1989 version is designed to help students pass ASE certification tests. Presents both the fundamental principles and the advanced procedures for troubleshooting and repairing the complex, interacting electrical-electronic-mechanical systems found on late model cars. Over 1,300 illustrations, including charts.

The Auto Electricity and Electronics Workbook provides questions that reinforce and review textbook content. Organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, the Workbook assignments help students engage with the textbook content and aid in effective retention of key facts, ideas, and concepts.

This textbook will help you learn all the skills you need to pass Level 3 vehicle electrical and electronic systems courses or related modules from City and Guilds, IMI and BTEC, and is also ideal for higher level ASE, AUR and other qualifications. As electrical and electronic systems become increasingly more complex and fundamental to the workings of modern vehicles, understanding these systems is essential for automotive technicians. For students new to the subject, this book will help to develop this knowledge, but will also assist experienced mechanics in keeping up with recent technological advances. This new edition includes information on developments in hybrid car technology, GPS, multiplexing, and electronic stability/vehicle dynamics control. In full colour and covering the latest course specifications, this is the guide that no student enrolled on an automotive maintenance and repair course should be without. Also by Tom Denton: Automobile Mechanical and Electrical Systems ISBN: 978-0-08-096945-9 Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis, Third Edition ISBN: 978-0-08-096955-8

This second edition is updated and streamlined to make learning electrical and electronic systems easy. At the request of service technicians and instructors form throughout the United States and Canada, information on computer sensors, high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights, antilock breaks, OBD ll, and digital meter usage have been included. A sample, ASE-style test is included in the appendix.

This new edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive book on the operation and repair of new computerized and conventional electrical systems in automobiles. The book presents both the fundamental principles and advanced procedures for troubleshooting and repairing the complex, interacting systems found on late-model cars.

Suitable for students with no experience in electricity and electronics, this volume in the CDX Master Automotive Technician Series introduces students to the basic skills and tools they need to perform electrical diagnosis in the shop. Utilizing a “strategy-based diagnostics” approach, this book helps students master technical trouble-shooting in order to properly resolve the customer concern on the first attempt.

This textbook comprehensively covers automotive electricity and electronics beginning at the basic circuit level, building up to computer control and digital storage oscilloscopes (DSOs). This is the only text with complete coverage of DSOs including explanations with what they are, when to use them, how to set them up and how to read them. Good and bad patterns are evaluated and illustrated with actual fluke DSO patterns. The repair and testing of starting, charging and ignition systems are emphasized.