Marine Electrical Remote Consulting Services

Safety – Performance – Reliability – Maintainability… all elements of your boat’s electrical system effectiveness are directly proportional to the quality of design, integration, installation, and maintenance employed. ‘Best industry practices’ exist for the recreational boating community as ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council) standards. These standards define thoroughly developed, specific requirements focused on Safety of Personnel and Catastrophic Damage Risk Mitigation. They also provide the basis for realization of intended onboard equipment performance, reliability over time, and maintainability as faults may occur or new equipment is installed.

OCBI follows ABYC Standards, particularly E11 – AC and DC Electrical Systems on Boats. Coupled with utilization of these best industry practices, long-proven workmanship processes are employed – yielding high quality solutions designed to perform in harsh environments over a long period of time.

The purpose of owning a recreational boat is to enjoy it– not suffer electrical problems when enjoying family time on the lake, having a great day of fishing, or entertaining friends. Our philosophy toward achieving trouble-free electrical system performance is simple: once a circuit is touched, it should never need to be touched again. The same approach is practiced when designing new systems, such as rewiring all or part of the power distribution scheme, and/or adding new equipment to an existing configuration.

Utilizing parts/components and materials designed specifically for the marine environment is obviously important. Boats exist in an environment harsher than automobiles and RV’s – and not just because of moisture. Proper awareness toward hardening against shock, vibration, and temperature cycles is also important.

Most boat wiring problems occur at the terminations; hence, how terminations are made and how wiring is installed is paramount to effective and long-lasting solutions. Proper selection and installation of wire, terminals, splices, harness materials, et al is the beginning. Terminations should actually be made with specified parts utilizing specified tooling performed to specified workmanship processes – all specified as a total solution concurrently (i.e. a MIL-SPEC type approach.)

This approach works to our advantage as well as yours – when we make a termination, we know that the need for a warranty repair is extremely unlikely. Terminations made to our specifications are backed by a lifetime warranty.