Automotive Electricity and Electronics 5th Edition

Book Preface

PROFESSIONAL TECHNICIAN SERIES Part of Pearson Automotive’s Professional Technician Series, the fifth edition of Automotive Electricity and Electronics represents the future of automotive textbooks. The series is a full-color, media-integrated solution for today’s students and instructors. The series includes textbooks that cover all 8 areas of ASE certification, plus additional titles covering common courses.

The series is also peer-reviewed for technical accuracy.

UPDATES TO THE FIFTH EDITION

■ Over 60 new full-color photos and line drawings to make the subject come alive.
■ Updated throughout and correlated to the latest ASE/NATEF tasks.
■ New Case Studies included in this edition that includes the “three Cs” (Complaint, cause and correction).
■ New OSHA hazardous chemical labeling requirements added to Chapter 2.
■ Additional explanations added to Chapter 4 about electri-cal circuits to make learning this important topic easier to understand.
■ New content on three-legged and low profile fuses plus smart junction boxes added to Chapter 10.
■ New content on immobilizer systems added to Chapter 26.
■ Unlike other textbooks, this book is written so that the theory, construction, diagnosis, and service of a particu-lar component or system is presented in one location. There is no need to search through the entire book for other references to the same topic.

NATEF CORRELATED NATEF-certified programs need to demonstrate that they use course material that covers NATEF tasks. All Professional Technician textbooks have been correlated to the appropriate NATEF task lists. These correlations can be found in two locations:

■ As an appendix to each book.
■ At the beginning of each chapter in the Instructor’s Manual.

A COMPLETE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SUPPLEMENTS PACKAGE All Professional Technician textbooks are accompanied by a full set of instructor and student supplements. Please see page vi for a detailed list of supplements.

A FOCUS ON DIAGNOSIS AND PROBLEM SOLVING
The Professional Technician Series has been developed to satisfy the need for a greater emphasis on problem diagnosis. Automotive instructors and service managers agree that students and beginning technicians need more training in diagnostic procedures and skill development. To meet this need and demonstrate how real world problems are solved, “Real World Fix” features are included throughout and highlight how real-life problems are diagnosed and repaired.
The following pages highlight the unique core features that set the Professional Technician Series book apart from other automotive textbooks.