Jeff’s Marine Electrical Lessons Learned
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Have you ever wondered what advice Jeff would give to his younger self on the topic of marine electrical? Well, Ed wrote in to ask, "Jeff, what mistakes have made wiring your own boat that everyone could learn from?"
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Your Chinese fan from far east is benefiting so much from the great lessons you made, thank you so much
One of the tricks I do is use a cheap spray lacquer on the screw terminals. Keeps them looking like the day you installed it and if you need to service it the cheap lacquer will flake right off once you turn the screw.
Thanks for sharing Thorn, good one.
Good stuff Jeff. Let's see a pic of your boat!!! We are all boat geeks!
Almost ready for pictures... sometime this spring.
Great video, I have learned a lot from watching your videos wiring my new boat.
Awesome Ronnie!
This makes me happy all over. I've listened to all your past advice and now that's my standard - big hugs Jeff
Thanks Jane, much appreciated, all smiles reading your feedback.
That was probably the most useful episode of TechTalk yet and they are all useful, thank you.
Thanks Torsten.
Never get tired of watching your videos! Thank you for what you do.
Great advice AGAIN! The one new thing I got from this is to use a fuse block with blade fuses. Gone will be many in line glass fuses. Oh boy, another project. Oh, to make pulling cable easier the next time I use a messenger line that stays in the channel. To support another tip you suggest that I have always done is DOCUMENTATION of everything maintenance, improvements , etc. Thank you for keeping us up to date with advice.
Thanks for sharing your project with us John, inspires others to do the same,
Brilliant! And thank God I listen to you before I rewired my boat.
Excellent! Good one.
Document not just for you but for the next owner or a tech person hired by a future owner. Thumbs up on the big holes. Learned that one pretty early. Great channel.
Well said!
Jeff you’re an amazing teacher and I so appreciate the quality of the videos and advice you provide.
Glad you like them!
Jeff, great content, thamks. Something to remember when doing your own DIY work on your boat, always use ABYC approved components. The problem is when when you use non standard components can result in your insurance underwriter refusing to pay a claim if they find components or repairs that do not meet ABYC standards. If your DIY work results in a fire or sinking you could face a total loss.
Great point John, thanks for sharing about the importance of doing things correctly aboard our boats.
Great Lessons! :-) I still have to correct quite few mistakes mentioned in this video I did on my MF 605.
Glad it was helpful!
ive only done one of those things once, I mean 10 them. thought I would remember everything on mine too.
Exactly.
thanks for being honest. in did the same thing 10 +. I learn a lot from your channel. I applying this to my R V SO FAR SO GOOD
Glad to help!
Hi Jeff, as always it is top quality information. I have been following your videos last 2 years and this weekend, we got our first boat. It is a boat from '78. Previous owner (the first one) took very good care the boat but many things has been done early 80-90s. We would like to renew all electrical circuit. Including batteries, power distribution, cabling, solar panels, lightning etc. So it will be a lot of work.
But from your experience, what do you recommend, shall we do it right away, or just wait a bit and understand the boat? Review previous owner's documentation, and boat manual and do it on winter we we take the boat to cradle on ground?
As electronics engineer, there are many great people who share his/her experience with the community and you are one of the great examples. Thanks for doing this!
Thanks Jeff, always learning something from you.
Appreciate the feedback.
Hey Jeff,
I just want to thank you for all your work on these videos.
I'm usually a little bored in winter, and last year, as well as this year I have been upgrading my electrical skills. You have given what is the equivalent of a college course to me.
Anyway, I wanted you to know that because of you, my electrical work has gone from good enough hacky, to works of art. You really inspired me to take it to the next level. And again, I thank you.
Thanks Hippy for sharing, inspires me to keep posting and keep sharing the lessons learnt.
Great advice. My last project was a 17ft seaswirl striper. All true.
Right on
Exactly! I forgot all kinds of wires that I was going to get around to and label. I thought I was going to finish the project way before I did. New projects and my occupation/career kept getting in the way… My project fell behind schedule, and now, I’ve forgotten nearly everything 🤦♂️
Exactly!
Thanks for that Jeff. In terms of documentation it is now easy to grab a picture with your phone which can be a valuable reference in the future. Cheers
Good one.
Adding on to John’s point, a digital maintenance logbook makes adding photos, dates, descriptions that much easier. Backed up to the cloud, always accessible no matter which device you are currently accessing it from.
@@paulclarke8013 you’ve taken it to the next level with a digital maintenance log - what an excellent idea and a great resource for yourself and the next chap who owns the boat. Cheers
I certainly recognize myself with size of fuse blocks and Swiss cheese bulkheads. I now try to install not based on what's needed, but based on what *might* be coming down the road (within reason).
Thanks for sharing Eric, we all strive learn from our own mistakes and the mistakes of others... sharing is caring.
Many good points.
Thanks Braith.
I just love this.
You nailed many things that I have done ✔.
And I have to say that your Tech Talk program is very useful and good.
Thanks for for sharing.
Best regards Mattias Sandström from Sweden
Thanks a ton Mattias, much appreciated.
My favourite video to date!. Great advice.
And how much more weight are you going to drop! Looking Fabulous .
Much prefer the intro .
Thanks David, glad our content resonated with you.
Hi Jeff, great video as always.
What SW do you use for creating diagrams, and wiring diagram in particular??
Aren't you allowed to have a Neg cable smaller than the POS??
Jeff, What type of shore power plugs do you use? Can you do a video on shore power plugs? Modern SmartPlug vs the antiquated 1938 NEMA L5-30, since many boat fires start in the shore cord/power system I think more info should be out there on this fire hazard on boats.
Good suggestion Abel. We've tried SmartPlug over the years, and don't recommend the DIY kit as too many retrofit installs don't hold up.
Congratulations on 30,000 subscribers!!!
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Great question and great answer thank you Jeff!
Thanks Jeff.
Great video Jeff!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you again Jeff for your valuable advise!!
Always!
This was another great video, thanks Jeff.
I am redoing some wiring now, including 40yo welding cables that were used for the starters and grounds with the "green growth" and when I cut through them to see the depth of corrosion, I was surprised by how much good copper there was, even with uninsulated ends and routed in the bilge. I'll be upgrading anyway and looking forward to seeing your next video
Thanks for sharing.
Good job Jeff, love your candor and your channel.
Much appreciated!
That was a great one again, Jeff. Talking about cutting holes for cables, do go back and fill in the surplus hole to prevent the possibility of water flooding? An example in my battery box the builder installed a hydrogen gas vent tube, then cut a huge hole through the side for the battery cables and left it open. Does anyone back fill holes? I’ve thought that polyurethane foam would be a quick way to do this, or for engine room holes there is a foam silicone that would fill the space around cables and pipes. Do you have any experience with this issue?
Expanding foam is good way to completely fill a void after running wires. We use that solution frequently.
@@PacificYachtSystems thanks, Jeff’ good to know that is a done thing.
Love this video. Thank you for distilling your knowledge!
Glad it was helpful!
Very good one, there were a few that I had to revisit and do. Circuit diagrams/labeling how/what do you use
Cool, thanks
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Video!!!! Thanks a lot for your generosity
My pleasure!
Thanks Jeff...nicely done!
Thanks RB.
Great Jeff, thanks. There were some excellent take-away lessons. Cheers.
Glad to help.
Great advice. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Really great, thank you Jeff!
Glad you enjoyed it Joshua.
Hi Jeff, do you recommend the use of Ferrule terminals for screw terminals using marine wire? Considering these for AC power sockets and my Dometic Aircons. thank you!
Big fan of ferrule terminals... never used on AC circuits, just low amperage DC circuits.
I just found wire nuts in some of the junction boxes for my A/C wiring. What is the best method to join 3 #14 marine wires together? Can I use ring terminals and join them with 10/32 Stainless steel bolts with lock washers, and nuts? Then friction tape followed by plastic?
Mike, i'd consider a small terminal block as a way to join 3 wires together.
@@PacificYachtSystems Thank you Jeff! I like your training, spot on every time.
Informative video on the electrical side of marine experience and even though you have mentioned in previous videos still i am trying to reminder the Microsoft program that you use for all the wiring diagrams. Any chance you could help my failing memory
We use Microsoft Visio.
@@PacificYachtSystems thankyou
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
whats your thoughts on using dual wall heatshrink ( with glue) over insulated crimp terminals
The challenge is that many insulated crimp terminals have an opening at the tongue of the crimp terminal. Making the heat shrink terminal limited in value.
Nice video,, thanks for sharing
Glad you liked it
Younger you could remember everything if you didn’t grow into older you… age happens …
Good stuff
Thumbs up.
merci
Avec plaisir, Philippe.
So what you’re saying is…….don’t be a hack 👍
Inspiring words, right?
Meh.
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Great video I have learned a lot from watching your videos wiring my new boat.
Great to hear!