Cowes Marine Electrical

20/06/2026

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17/06/2026

We were called to this beautiful classic after someone had used the battery link switch, linking engine battery to domestic battery and it blow a fuse.
Boat has had extensive refurbishment but sadly the electrician had passed away without completing all systems, and it was finished by another firm.
The domestic bank was liFePO4 and someone had somehow missed that the link switch will link the engine battery (agm) to the liFePO4 bank which should never be done due to the 2 completely different Chemistry of the batteries.
We've isolated the link switch to prevent this happening.

10/06/2026

With "A.I" becoming increasing popular, we had a customer try and diagnose a fault in advance and gave us the information. As great as A.I is, it couldn't find this melted battery isolator!!
All voltages showed ok but batteries stayed isolated.

08/06/2026

Returning customer opting for a Victron LiFePO4 Battery upgrade to compliment the existing Victron components we installed a few years ago.
2 x 200ah batteries
1 x Victron smart 500a BMS
1X Victron "power in" busbar installed and networked to existing Victron Cerbo GX.

05/06/2026

Things you didnt expect to find when called to a toilet that doesnt flush via sea water.
First thought it was a bit of seaweed blocking the flush outlet......but it was a fish!?!?!

02/06/2026

What was ment to be a simple shore power and battery charger install, escalated some what when greeted with the battery wiring.
2 batteries, both well overdue a change, 1 was over 10 years old!. Corroded terminals and quite frankly a mess!
Wiring tidied as best as possible, 2 new batteries and fuses added where necessary, then shore power consumer unit, socket and Victron Battery charger installed.
Customer originally stated battery lasted 1 minutes unless engine was running, now hes ready to enjoy the boat again 😎

28/05/2026

New Side power bow thruster installed on this motorboat whilst it was out for other work at Solent Marine Services.
Due to restrictions of space, a smaller water tank was installed to make room for the thruster tunnel and motor.

19/05/2026

24/02/2026

Nice little Victron Cerbo/Raymarine integration, allowing solar and tank levels to be displayed on multiple MFD's