Thanks for watching (and commenting) on this video series. If you have friends that you feel could benefit from what's presented here please consider sharing a link to this with them. I'd really appreciate it.
Talking to a boater friend, he mentioned watching your videos. He is an A/C guy and was impressed with the system you put up. Great services to the community. Love you guys.
Capsized best describes what happened in my life 5 years ago when an MS relapse disrupted most every facet of comfort that I knew. Over the months (and years) that followed, even more crumbled away. As I have been collecting the pieces that remain, …what is missing? What is this longing in my heart? It is to chart a new journey, one that I have dreamed about for most of my life. My goal is to be living on my own sailboat before the end of 2023 (within the next 17 months). I know that finances are such that I will need to find a good “fixer upper”. Where to begin and how best to proceed? Watching a number of sailing videos on TH-cam, I recently stumbled across your channel. 🙏 Thank You so very much for the content you post. It is helping to provide the confidence that I will need to begin making this major life transition. Though I have very limited experience sailing in the open ocean, it is then that I felt most alive. It is my responsibility to myself to keep progressing towards this new reality.
Clark is a rare breed. An Empathetic Genius = someone that can explain advanced concepts translated into simple terms paired with a want to share. Thanks!
@@icarumba5 I agree with this. Great explanations and just a pleasure to watch. I have an excel spreadsheet with conversions on wire with the resistance and surface area and oms calculations and lost volts because of the inspiration from this video
I loved your video. I now have my sailboat on a mooring ball. No shore power. I had to install solar panels. I realized how DC power is so important. Thanks, I'll keep watching.
Nice. The biggest help will come with video of the meter and how and where it is applied (showing good and bad circuits and connections). That is where most tutorials lose me...when they talk about it and don't show it. As a visual learner, that is key. Thanks
I just wanted to thank you for this series. I did not know even what a volt meant a month ago, however after watching some of your videos I finished installing a solar system on my boat today.
Thanks J. Always good to get reinforcement from pros. Part of me always wonders if I'm misapplying something. I don't script these really. I just start talking from the top of my head.
Wow! In 20 minutes, you made more sense than my physics professors ever did. You need to run graduate seminars on common sense electric design and troubleshooting. THANK YOU!
I need to buy you many beers. The two things holding me back from buying a liveaboard sailboat are the electrical and engine maintenance. You sir, have given me the confidence to keep learning and make my dream a reality. Thank you!
I'm never gonna fix the wiring of a boat, but I'm about to be working on a post apocalyptic book and one of the characters needs to be smarter than I am now. I actually found you guys because I wanted him to fix a refrigerator. Seems like a good way to make friends in a wasteland.
Hi Clark and Emily.. perfect Clark. Just like sitting in class..didn't realize ohms was measured in divisions of feet.. and when you explain resistance , explain what zero resistance or a diminishing value of ohms mean in terms of heading straight towards or what is called a short in your terminological power points.. Wish all my teachers were as non condescending as you.. excellent scientifically tecnalysizeing introducing conductors and the relation to insulator elements.... Plastic and metal is exactly what I seem to recall as I remember reading when I began teaching myself all the electrical theory myself to do refrigeration..and that electricity is just a force or the differential interactions between Electron charges of the 108 elements on the chemical chart of known elements in the world...can't wait for your next ones Clark.. you both take care now.... You both have such an electrical magnetism about you... Esp Clark.. neat to see the comments from Brian .. I took electronics and loved his explanation of compartmentalizeing varying degrees of voltage needed for the work in watts needed... You two should start some cool inventions between yourselves... like making say guitar pedals... Or any number of a million things. .. .
Wow, that is all i can say is Wow. I am a mechanical person, if it moves, if it has pressure, and it flows...I understand it. But, electricity and electrical...I always considered black magic. Until a friend explained it to me in mechanical terms. And I was amazed how much it is like plumbing or hydraulic systems, just in another universe. You video has explained it even more as to a boat aspect of it, and that is the info I need. Carry on my wayward son.....
Hello Clark, please continue. Who knows in the end you can build a electricity course. You already have one student interested. I am curious for the next lesson. This one was great. Thanks so much, Paul
I'm just starting the planning for rewiring our 1980 Cal 2-25. Thank you so much for creating this series. It will be so helpful and much more fun than studying books.
Clark, as an electronic engineer myself this series is SUPER, excellent job sir! Super kudos for the entire series. You have demystified electrics for the average boat owner and provided the tools to perform their own maintenance and upgrades!
Excellent primer Clark! Thank you. I have a degree in electronic engineering (a few decades ago now 🙂)...I wish my lecturers back then had the ability to explain these concepts as well as you did. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series! If there are those out there who still had some difficulties in understanding the principles, a couple of things I use is to think of electrical circuits like water pipes...Voltage is like the pressure in the pipe and the rate of water flow is the current (Amps)...bigger pipes (thicker wire) allows more current...an electrical switch is like a tap. When it comes to resistance, you can also think of this like rocks disturbing the flow of water in a river...more/bigger rocks slows the water flow (resistance).
I have used that water flow method to explain it to some and would use a balloon in line surrounded by needles and when the pressure gets to much it expands and pop's into pieces to stops the flow by a open in the circuit for the fuse/circuit breaker
My grandmother believed electricity would leak out of an outlet if it did not have plugs in both holes. I picked up her suspicions (though not beliefs) and so avoided understanding electricity. Love this. Sent a link to my granddaughter, who, having just graduated, is thinking of becoming an electrician. I am guiding her to specializing in marine electronics. By all means, finish the series. Hope to anchor up near you some day. You are doing good work.
Pretty cool Clark! Where are Kirchhoff''s laws and Maxwell's equations? Just kidding. I am sure this series will help people. Hope it goes well, and many views.
So impressed, thank you again Clark. Makes upgrading a 12V boat to 24V while leaving the larger gauge wiring in place interesting since so many modern marine appliances work at either voltage.
Really great information. I have worked with electronics my whole life. That equation is core to designing anything and it's so simple. People are afraid of electronics but there are only four basic parts and that equation to understand most all of it. Great work. You are providing real information to help people so they can become self sufficient. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he eats for life! Bravo!!!!! It's not about the views, It's about helping people! I hope this series continues to develop. PS I really liked the knife sharpening video. I ordered one of those!
Very very thanks Clark. I’m not a boater yet, but I’ll be one soon and this videos series are perfect for a beginner like me. Thanks for keep it simple.
Perfect, perfect perfect! I am reading Don Casey's Complete Sailboat Maint book and just went through the electrical chapter. This video made it very simple to understand. Can't wait to add the series to my watch and re-watch list!
Nice job Clark. KISS! Lol. I do hope you speak to how resistors are used in circuits to provide a "local" voltage for a particular component or function within the circuit. I also hope you offer your viewers other avenues to further the inquiring mind on the subject. There are many good options right here on YT as well as in print. Super fun subject. Looking forward to the next installment.
Wow, clean shaven and hair cut, looking good Clark! I'm in the process of buying an 88 Catalina 22 wing keel, my first boat, these kind of videos are very helpful as I intend to be as independent with repairs as I can.
One thing if you have a clamp on amp meter you can increase its resolution by putting more turns through the clamp 2 turns doubles your current reading ( divide reading in half to get actual current) Many times I do 10 turns on lower amperage then just move the decimal point 1 place to the left.
You always did it perfectly when you explained the three electrical fundamentals, almost until you slipped your tongue and said "amps" in the same category as voltage and resistance. But, to your credit, the text on the screen clarified the difference. Unfortunately, you do not use the unit of measure [Ohm, V, and A) to describe what you measure -- many people can not make up this simple difference which creates more confusion. This is just little detail in an otherwise excellent episode and channel. Cheers.
Had to teach one of my techs about voltage drop after he tried to order a third starter for the car being repaired, saying they were all defective. Once class was over, he replaced the battery terminal end on the positive cable that was dropping ~11 volts under load (invisible corrosion hidden between the copper and lead inside the factory-made terminal/cable) - enough to kick the bendix out into the flywheel but no amps to crank the engine. Back to basics, buddy! Oh, first too!
@@jonathanwetherell3609 Used to be in broadcasting. If we lost program the first remedy was to whack the jack plugs in and out of the jack. (And don't clean them with Brasso, ever, it leaves a residue which isn't that conductive.) If that didn't work then a new double ender lead to replace the original. If that solved the issue then a loose knot in the old lead and leave it to maints. If that didn't work it meant the gear itself was duff. A very rare occurrence indeed. Ergo ALWAYS check the wiring or connectors first. Battery connections, especially, are worth doing properly as that's where your bilge pump gets its power from. You can work out the rest for yourself.
Looking forward to the series from Nova Scotia. Even though our boats are in the water for a few short months, finding electrical issues in the spring is exciting.
I long to live on a boat one day and I appreciate what you are doing, so much! One day I will be able to afford some kind of boat.. The water's calling.
Watched other videos and read a bit to try to figure out what wire is needed for what device and was not really sure I understood. Your discussion really cleared it up for me. I'm always impressed on your ability to explain things in a way that makes it easy to understand. One of the reasons I love your channel. Will be looking forward to the rest of this series.
I like this person ALREADY ! He talks like he understands WE MAY NOT KNOW ELECTRICAL JARGON. PLEASE, TALK TO ME LIKE I'M 11 YEARS OLD. THST IS THE BEST WAY TO TEACH.
Great job 👍 I just aquired an isotherm DW65 for my 33 Pearson. I have it connected to 800 amp hours of battery (probably overkill) on 4 gauge wire. The explanation of the resistance was stellar! I just feel I need a big wire for longer runs but that made it so clear as to why. Please keep doing the deep dives they are great for guys like me doing the diy installations.
Larger boats have 3 phase AC electrical systems. For an example on my tug everything is 120/208 AC from the navigation lights to the steering pump motors. The only 12 and 24 volt DC systems are some of the wheelhouse electronics like the VHF radios. There are zero batteries in my boat other then the emergency lighting batteries and a UPS for the PC and 12 volt power supply for the VHF radios, everything is air start other then one genset that has a hydraulic starter, allowing for a cold and dark startup if the boats been laid up cold and dark for an extended time and the air tanks are empty. We have 3 gensets and without a running genset we are basically out of control and dead in the water. No steering, air compressors, engine controls (they are pneumatic). This is also the case on larger recreational boats.
Great start of an important series with a master-class presentation. After watching other sailing channels showing electrical problems, solutions, and/or general electrical upgrades and such, the terminology and graphics (that are mentioned and/or rarely shown), make viewing them a half-wasted experience, since it is undecipherable in the basic aspects. Thank you SO much, for this opportunity to really learn how to understand all this. Yes, more, please!!
Gee, Clark & Emily i know that it`s off subject but this video highlights just what a really great job you did on the interior refurb of the boat. It looks great. Respect. 👍
Great post Clark ⭐️ I've been needing a series like this. Electricity has always been so mysterious to me. Can't wait to learn more. I will share this. 🌞🌴⛵️
Hi guys. Only just found you on TH-cam and I'm chomping my way through your excellent videos. I've aspirations to become a full time cruiser in few years and I cant wait for the rest of your electrical series.
Thanks for the video! Very educational and well explained. I myself hope to take on the electrical installation of a small sailboat soon. Waiting for the next video!
Very good explanation. Important also to consider heating in the wires, and different wire types by their ability to handle heat and other types of degradation.
Hi, @Emily & Clark's Adventure ! Congratulations and thanks for explain and sharing, with simple words, your knowledge and experience. Fair winds and seas!
Thanks for watching (and commenting) on this video series. If you have friends that you feel could benefit from what's presented here please consider sharing a link to this with them. I'd really appreciate it.
I just bought a sailboat and the electrical is one of the things I have no clue how to sort out and fix. Can't wait for lesson 2
Talking to a boater friend, he mentioned watching your videos. He is an A/C guy and was impressed with the system you put up. Great services to the community. Love you guys.
Hello I just found you lol. Enjoying the class so much I subscribed and shared
@jazzyjace1 thanks I appreciate that
This is excellent. Thought it was too basic for me, then quickly realised I was wrong.
We will go deeper.
I learned this stuff in school 40+ years ago. I wish you were my instructor.
Thanks Jr
Capsized best describes what happened in my life 5 years ago when an MS relapse disrupted most every facet of comfort that I knew. Over the months (and years) that followed, even more crumbled away. As I have been collecting the pieces that remain, …what is missing? What is this longing in my heart? It is to chart a new journey, one that I have dreamed about for most of my life. My goal is to be living on my own sailboat before the end of 2023 (within the next 17 months). I know that finances are such that I will need to find a good “fixer upper”. Where to begin and how best to proceed? Watching a number of sailing videos on TH-cam, I recently stumbled across your channel. 🙏 Thank You so very much for the content you post. It is helping to provide the confidence that I will need to begin making this major life transition. Though I have very limited experience sailing in the open ocean, it is then that I felt most alive. It is my responsibility to myself to keep progressing towards this new reality.
A happy upgrade to the usual sailing videos from youtube.
Thanks Torch.
You might like these as well
CAPABLE CRUISING GUIDES: th-cam.com/play/PLsT7_jPsZM5pFpq8RX0oxjibknM2Gz361.html
Clark is a rare breed. An Empathetic Genius = someone that can explain advanced concepts translated into simple terms paired with a want to share. Thanks!
Ahhh.
100%
@@icarumba5 I agree with this. Great explanations and just a pleasure to watch. I have an excel spreadsheet with conversions on wire with the resistance and surface area and oms calculations and lost volts because of the inspiration from this video
I would love for you to complete this series. ELECTRICITY !!! And really like your videos. I wanna be a capable cruiser!!
Thanks Brandon.
This might help
CAPABLE CRUISING GUIDES: th-cam.com/play/PLsT7_jPsZM5pFpq8RX0oxjibknM2Gz361.html
Do it!...,the first instalment is the clearest explanation of basic electric terms I have ever seen 👏
Thank you
I loved your video. I now have my sailboat on a mooring ball. No shore power. I had to install solar panels. I realized how DC power is so important. Thanks, I'll keep watching.
Thanks Luis
Nice. The biggest help will come with video of the meter and how and where it is applied (showing good and bad circuits and connections). That is where most tutorials lose me...when they talk about it and don't show it. As a visual learner, that is key. Thanks
Got your hint
I just wanted to thank you for this series. I did not know even what a volt meant a month ago, however after watching some of your videos I finished installing a solar system on my boat today.
Thanks, that was nice of you to say.
I'm glad it helped.
I hope you subscribed and please consider sharing this with friends
I do electrical engineering for a living and Clark has done an excellent job teaching in this video. He's a natural! GREAT JOB!
Thanks J.
Always good to get reinforcement from pros. Part of me always wonders if I'm misapplying something. I don't script these really. I just start talking from the top of my head.
Such a great teacher! I’m smart enough, but haven’t found an understanding about boat electrical systems until now. Thanks!
So nice of you to say
Wow! In 20 minutes, you made more sense than my physics professors ever did. You need to run graduate seminars on common sense electric design and troubleshooting. THANK YOU!
Looking good Clark, glad to see you completely recovered from Covid. You look years younger than when you were sick.
Thanks. Back is also getting better.
I need to buy you many beers. The two things holding me back from buying a liveaboard sailboat are the electrical and engine maintenance. You sir, have given me the confidence to keep learning and make my dream a reality. Thank you!
Well I was going to say there is a Patreon link in the description below the video but if you're Steve all just say thanks as I see you just did
And you're very welcome
That is amazing. I never understood any of this but it completely makes sense after you explained it. 100% correct on the quiz
That's great Richard
That triangle is a thing of beauty.
Yes. Surprised I hadn't seen it before.
I'm an aircraft mechanic and i'm here to learn. looking forward to it.
I'm never gonna fix the wiring of a boat, but I'm about to be working on a post apocalyptic book and one of the characters needs to be smarter than I am now. I actually found you guys because I wanted him to fix a refrigerator. Seems like a good way to make friends in a wasteland.
Yes I can identify with that character.
You might find this one useful.
th-cam.com/video/AEISxhk43o0/w-d-xo.html
I am an airplane mechanic (school 20 years ago) This was a great refresher and better taught than A&P school!!!! Good job
By the way I havent worked on aircraft for 10 plus years
Thanks Joel. That was nice of you to say.
Hi Clark and Emily.. perfect Clark. Just like sitting in class..didn't realize ohms was measured in divisions of feet.. and when you explain resistance , explain what zero resistance or a diminishing value of ohms mean in terms of heading straight towards or what is called a short in your terminological power points.. Wish all my teachers were as non condescending as you.. excellent scientifically tecnalysizeing introducing conductors and the relation to insulator elements.... Plastic and metal is exactly what I seem to recall as I remember reading when I began teaching myself all the electrical theory myself to do refrigeration..and that electricity is just a force or the differential interactions between Electron charges of the 108 elements on the chemical chart of known elements in the world...can't wait for your next ones Clark.. you both take care now.... You both have such an electrical magnetism about you... Esp Clark.. neat to see the comments from Brian .. I took electronics and loved his explanation of compartmentalizeing varying degrees of voltage needed for the work in watts needed... You two should start some cool inventions between yourselves... like making say guitar pedals... Or any number of a million things. ..
.
We do have some.
Most interesting just now are www.emilyandclarksadventure.com/bbms
And MarineDCAC.com
And Emily develops board games.
th-cam.com/channels/R86k5oL50-6JPSiFQz2hOQ.html
This is exactly the video (and hopefully series) that I need to see right now in my boating journey! Thank you!!
Glad you found it Cody
Wow, that is all i can say is Wow. I am a mechanical person, if it moves, if it has pressure, and it flows...I understand it. But, electricity and electrical...I always considered black magic. Until a friend explained it to me in mechanical terms. And I was amazed how much it is like plumbing or hydraulic systems, just in another universe. You video has explained it even more as to a boat aspect of it, and that is the info I need. Carry on my wayward son.....
Thanks Michael. Glad it helped
Well done !!! As an electrician, and familiar with harsh environments I would like to see you add a mention of dielectric grease. My only critique.
Hello Clark, please continue. Who knows in the end you can build a electricity course. You already have one student interested. I am curious for the next lesson. This one was great. Thanks so much, Paul
You're very welcome Paul
I appreciate these sort of technical deep dive videos!
Great Zachary.
You might also like these
CAPABLE CRUISING GUIDES: th-cam.com/play/PLsT7_jPsZM5pFpq8RX0oxjibknM2Gz361.html
Superlative explanation, with one caveat: Many boats have both DC and AC circuits.
Yes. I guess we could get to that.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
You're very welcome Tim
I'm just starting the planning for rewiring our 1980 Cal 2-25. Thank you so much for creating this series. It will be so helpful and much more fun than studying books.
You're welcome Dave. I'm sure you will do fine
Thanks for the electricity class. Keep them coming.🤙
Just filmed episode two
Clark, as an electronic engineer myself this series is SUPER, excellent job sir! Super kudos for the entire series. You have demystified electrics for the average boat owner and provided the tools to perform their own maintenance and upgrades!
Thank you
Excellent primer Clark! Thank you. I have a degree in electronic engineering (a few decades ago now 🙂)...I wish my lecturers back then had the ability to explain these concepts as well as you did. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series!
If there are those out there who still had some difficulties in understanding the principles, a couple of things I use is to think of electrical circuits like water pipes...Voltage is like the pressure in the pipe and the rate of water flow is the current (Amps)...bigger pipes (thicker wire) allows more current...an electrical switch is like a tap. When it comes to resistance, you can also think of this like rocks disturbing the flow of water in a river...more/bigger rocks slows the water flow (resistance).
I have used that water flow method to explain it to some and would use a balloon in line surrounded by needles and when the pressure gets to much it expands and pop's into pieces to stops the flow by a open in the circuit for the fuse/circuit breaker
My grandmother believed electricity would leak out of an outlet if it did not have plugs in both holes. I picked up her suspicions (though not beliefs) and so avoided understanding electricity.
Love this. Sent a link to my granddaughter, who, having just graduated, is thinking of becoming an electrician. I am guiding her to specializing in marine electronics.
By all means, finish the series. Hope to anchor up near you some day. You are doing good work.
If you see Temptress in a bay. Stop over.
Pretty cool Clark! Where are Kirchhoff''s laws and Maxwell's equations? Just kidding. I am sure this series will help people. Hope it goes well, and many views.
Small steps.
As a soon-to-be boat owner, I love the deep dive videos. Keep up the good work, Clark!!
Thanks Mark
Grate information to know even if you don't have a boat.
Thank you.
Thanks Steve
Loved your electrical tutorial Clark. Well done.
Thanks Sam
So impressed, thank you again Clark. Makes upgrading a 12V boat to 24V while leaving the larger gauge wiring in place interesting since so many modern marine appliances work at either voltage.
Really great information. I have worked with electronics my whole life. That equation is core to designing anything and it's so simple. People are afraid of electronics but there are only four basic parts and that equation to understand most all of it. Great work. You are providing real information to help people so they can become self sufficient. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he eats for life! Bravo!!!!!
It's not about the views, It's about helping people! I hope this series continues to develop.
PS I really liked the knife sharpening video. I ordered one of those!
It's a little about the views...
Very very thanks Clark. I’m not a boater yet, but I’ll be one soon and this videos series are perfect for a beginner like me. Thanks for keep it simple.
Glad it's helping
Looking forward to the more advance, complete series !!! Thank you !!
It might take a while to get there. Lots of viewers seem to like taking small steps.
@@Clarks-Adventure No hurries, I will follow the steps. Happy to recommend your videos, grateful for the quality content.
Thank you for sending out the links Agustin
Perfect, perfect perfect! I am reading Don Casey's Complete Sailboat Maint book and just went through the electrical chapter. This video made it very simple to understand. Can't wait to add the series to my watch and re-watch list!
Excellent! Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge!
You're very welcome Lúcio
It’s fun watch girls on the beach, but these practical videos make a difference in one’s ability to go cruising!
Nice job Clark. KISS! Lol.
I do hope you speak to how resistors are used in circuits to provide a "local" voltage for a particular component or function within the circuit.
I also hope you offer your viewers other avenues to further the inquiring mind on the subject. There are many good options right here on YT as well as in print.
Super fun subject. Looking forward to the next installment.
Wow, clean shaven and hair cut, looking good Clark! I'm in the process of buying an 88 Catalina 22 wing keel, my first boat, these kind of videos are very helpful as I intend to be as independent with repairs as I can.
That's the right mindset
You will go far
Very good. Clear, specific, simple.
Thanks Joe
Your content is some of the most useful content on youtube for boat owners. Thanks for posting this stuff!
You're welcome Tim. Please share our links around. It helps a lot.
Excellent lesson. I’m a journeyman lineman and the triangle equation is the way I learned. I use it all the time in my work.
Thanks Tyson.
When was that? I think I learned this before the idea got out.
I was an apprentice 2007-2011 in mountain states line constructors. We call it ohms law.
It may not have had the triangle but was expressed as V
I R
As a very spacial thinking guy this representation appealed to me.
Yep it's certainly ohms law. I just realized I forgot to say that in the video.
One thing if you have a clamp on amp meter you can increase its resolution by putting more turns through the clamp 2 turns doubles your current reading ( divide reading in half to get actual current)
Many times I do 10 turns on lower amperage then just move the decimal point 1 place to the left.
Perfect! Getting ready to buy a boat and want to learn everything so I can fix myself. Thank you!
You always did it perfectly when you explained the three electrical fundamentals, almost until you slipped your tongue and said "amps" in the same category as voltage and resistance. But, to your credit, the text on the screen clarified the difference. Unfortunately, you do not use the unit of measure [Ohm, V, and A) to describe what you measure -- many people can not make up this simple difference which creates more confusion. This is just little detail in an otherwise excellent episode and channel. Cheers.
EXACTLY the education I need right now. Excited to repair my own electrical issues. Ears open Clark, GO GO GO
Thanks Steven
Definitely enjoy your deep dives. You video on VHF radios and antennas was really informative and really made things make sense.
Thanks Nathan
Had to teach one of my techs about voltage drop after he tried to order a third starter for the car being repaired, saying they were all defective. Once class was over, he replaced the battery terminal end on the positive cable that was dropping ~11 volts under load (invisible corrosion hidden between the copper and lead inside the factory-made terminal/cable) - enough to kick the bendix out into the flywheel but no amps to crank the engine. Back to basics, buddy! Oh, first too!
Cars and boats, most of the problems are corrosion or a broken wire.
@@jonathanwetherell3609
Used to be in broadcasting. If we lost program the first remedy was to whack the jack plugs in and out of the jack. (And don't clean them with Brasso, ever, it leaves a residue which isn't that conductive.)
If that didn't work then a new double ender lead to replace the original. If that solved the issue then a loose knot in the old lead and leave it to maints.
If that didn't work it meant the gear itself was duff. A very rare occurrence indeed.
Ergo ALWAYS check the wiring or connectors first.
Battery connections, especially, are worth doing properly as that's where your bilge pump gets its power from.
You can work out the rest for yourself.
Constant equipment and especially diesel issue. Many times all I do is fastidiously clean up every contact in a circuit.
Looking forward to the series from Nova Scotia. Even though our boats are in the water for a few short months, finding electrical issues in the spring is exciting.
Thanks for clarifying. Excellent video!
Your welcome Carl
Awesome. Great intro guys. Taking notes as I go. Thanks!
I long to live on a boat one day and I appreciate what you are doing, so much! One day I will be able to afford some kind of boat.. The water's calling.
Watched other videos and read a bit to try to figure out what wire is needed for what device and was not really sure I understood. Your discussion really cleared it up for me. I'm always impressed on your ability to explain things in a way that makes it easy to understand. One of the reasons I love your channel. Will be looking forward to the rest of this series.
Episode two is about wire. Just filmed it yesterday.
Thank you. I am very much looking forward to the coming parts.
You're welcome Michael
Thanks for taking the time to produce such wonderful videos. I have used a lot of valuable info you have given....Thanks!
You're welcome Howard
Thank you...did the thumb up , and share it to a sailor friends..can't wait to keep learning
We appreciate that Elie
I like this person ALREADY ! He talks like he understands WE MAY NOT KNOW ELECTRICAL JARGON.
PLEASE, TALK TO ME LIKE I'M 11 YEARS OLD. THST IS THE BEST WAY TO TEACH.
Great review. New to sailing and looking forward to next class
I just filmed it yesterday
Awe yeah! The much anticipated series! Electrical or as I like to call it, magic!
PFM
i like electrickery
love your deep dive videos Clark, and i'm so weak in electrical. i'm counting on you to help that improve! Thank you so much, I will watch them all
You're welcome Michael
Great job 👍 I just aquired an isotherm DW65 for my 33 Pearson. I have it connected to 800 amp hours of battery (probably overkill) on 4 gauge wire. The explanation of the resistance was stellar! I just feel I need a big wire for longer runs but that made it so clear as to why. Please keep doing the deep dives they are great for guys like me doing the diy installations.
Clark, this is great! One of my greatest cruising fears is running out of power. I need to learn the basics and how it all works.
this is fantastic!!!! so so excited for the rest of this series you have no idea! learned so so much in one video
Thanks Melanie. So glad you liked it.
Great teacher. Loved the lightening rod video. Very knowledgeable man.
Thanks Johnathan
Thanks Sooo much.. You guys are the BEST TEACHERS for all things Boats!
You're very welcome
I'm pretty confident with 12v wiring but I still found this video interesting and useful. Thanks, now I'm on to part 2.
Larger boats have 3 phase AC electrical systems. For an example on my tug everything is 120/208 AC from the navigation lights to the steering pump motors. The only 12 and 24 volt DC systems are some of the wheelhouse electronics like the VHF radios. There are zero batteries in my boat other then the emergency lighting batteries and a UPS for the PC and 12 volt power supply for the VHF radios, everything is air start other then one genset that has a hydraulic starter, allowing for a cold and dark startup if the boats been laid up cold and dark for an extended time and the air tanks are empty. We have 3 gensets and without a running genset we are basically out of control and dead in the water. No steering, air compressors, engine controls (they are pneumatic). This is also the case on larger recreational boats.
You make a complex subject matter very easy to understand! Thank you kindly! Take Care
Thanks for this video Clark. I'll be watching again. Looking forward to the next video
You're welcome Rita
Great start of an important series with a master-class presentation. After watching other sailing channels showing electrical problems, solutions, and/or general electrical upgrades and such, the terminology and graphics (that are mentioned and/or rarely shown), make viewing them a half-wasted experience, since it is undecipherable in the basic aspects. Thank you SO much, for this opportunity to really learn how to understand all this. Yes, more, please!!
Wow, thanks
Gee, Clark & Emily i know that it`s off subject but this video highlights just what a really great job you did on the interior refurb of the boat. It looks great. Respect. 👍
Thanks. Yes we are very happy with it. We might to the other cabins this fall
Howdy from down under!
Loving your videos
Just discovered your chanel and it’s what I needed to keep the dream alive and be inspired
Thanks so much
Nice of you to say
Hope you find a lot of good stuff here in our back library.
Happy binging.
Just started watching this series now and actually feel like the info in being absorbed, so thank you!
Well done! I used to do small boat electrics before Covid. I will share this with my ex customers.
Thank you
A Great Video and presentation. Excellent lesson Clark.
Thanks John
Very informative and easy to understand. I’m in desperate need of all this knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing!
You're welcome Teresa
Really looking forward to this series as I have some significant electrical projects ahead :-)
Great. Looking forward to the next video.
Thanks
Excellent. Thank you for doing this series. I look forward the the next video.
Thanks Mark.
I plan on filming part two today. Wire and fuses
Great video, Clark! Clear and comprehensive. Thanks!
Thank you
Great post Clark ⭐️
I've been needing a series like this. Electricity has always been so mysterious to me. Can't wait to learn more. I will share this. 🌞🌴⛵️
Thank you Gef
Thank you for this. Can't wait for it to progress.
You're very welcome
Awesome thanks! Going to watch the rest of your videos.
Thanks. We really appreciate that.
Hi guys. Only just found you on TH-cam and I'm chomping my way through your excellent videos. I've aspirations to become a full time cruiser in few years and I cant wait for the rest of your electrical series.
Thanks Chris. Happy binging.
Great serie in becoming, Clark! I have just starting rewiring my Sonic 23 to get rid of the boat gremlins, and this will be of great help!
Thanks Mathieu. Hope it goes well
Thanks for the video! Very educational and well explained.
I myself hope to take on the electrical installation of a small sailboat soon.
Waiting for the next video!
You're welcome Germán
Great presentation Clark!
Thanks Matti
Very good explanation. Important also to consider heating in the wires, and different wire types by their ability to handle heat and other types of degradation.
Yes.
I learned that triangle in my first year apprenticeship for heavy duty mechanics with Cat , 1978 awesome handy for
Troubleshooting
Hi, @Emily & Clark's Adventure ! Congratulations and thanks for explain and sharing, with simple words, your knowledge and experience. Fair winds and seas!
Glad to hear you liked it Miguel
you guys rock!! been refitting a sailboat and using ALL of your content as reference!!
Glad to help Pedro
Thank you for making this series.
You're welcome Torsten