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Electricsail

Anyone come across this crowd, www.marineelectrics.ie looking to have a 26 footer wiring overhauled in the winter, any info useful

JohnCleary

I reckon any good sparky could completely re-wire a boat. My oul man (sparky by trade) has just re-wired a 35ft yacht for his friend.

Getting a 'Marine' electrician is the exact same thing - except double the price because 'Marine' is mentioned

JamesM

Electricsail wrote: »

Anyone come across this crowd, www.marineelectrics.ie looking to have a 26 footer wiring overhauled in the winter, any info useful

Fancy website. Looks like there's just 1 person behind it.

Mr. Paul Cunningham
Enterprise Centre
Georges Place
Dun Laoghaire
Co. Dublin

Drop in and talk to him !.

Electricsail

Thanks for the advice re using a sparky. The boat was re-wired four years ago by a sparky, the owner in fact. It is in sh1t, wrong cables used, cheap terminations using ordinary connectors which have corroded.
I have spoken to Angela in ME, and met one of their guys in the Dun Laoghaire marina, Gavin I think his name was, just wondering if anyone had any dealings with them. Don't want to get my fingers burnt again!

JohnCleary

Electricsail wrote: »

Thanks for the advice re using a sparky. The boat was re-wired four years ago by a sparky, the owner in fact. It is in sh1t, wrong cables used, cheap terminations using ordinary connectors which have corroded.
I have spoken to Angela in ME, and met one of their guys in the Dun Laoghaire marina, Gavin I think his name was, just wondering if anyone had any dealings with them. Don't want to get my fingers burnt again!

Wow, that's pretty disappointing

Feel like i've given you bad advise now! I only gave that advise because my father has re-wired a few boats and imho did a good job. Then again he's tidy and always used the right gear. Of course if you use standard connectors around a salty enviornment they're gonna corrode

aidancoughlan

12-volt electrics are different than normal 240volt house electrics (standards are different, products used are different etc.), and Marine electrics are different from Auto electrics. Marine shorepower in particular is different from how a normal sparky may wire it without knowing the standards, Marine batteries (and battery chargers) are different to auto ones, and a good marine sparky will wire the 12-volt circuits with corrosion-resistant terminals, heat shrink tubing, tinned cabling etc., and pay particular attention to over-sizing cables and sizing fuses - you can't pull over on the side of the road when you have a fire at sea - and I know !!.

I had my batteries and main switch panel completely re-wired after I bought my 27footer a couple of years ago and it was well worth it - the resulting cabling was infinitely better than what was there and what I could have done myself.

I'd recommend Colin Cody, the sparky at Malahide marina - I think he also occasionally does jobs in Dunlaoighre as well or may be able to recommend a Dunlaoighre based sparky otherwise. If you want top-quality marine electrical components, look at http://www.the-merlin-group.com/ in the UK, or http://www.indexmarine.co.uk/.

Get Merlins catalog and info on their complete boat electrical systems to educate yourself on whats available etc. before getting the electrician on board.