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[Music]  hi Jeff Cote here with Pacific yacht  systems we're gonna be talking about  masks is really your ACDC panels aboard  your boat here's an example of a DC  panel DC panels are connected to your  batteries it's direct current you know  you can have a 32 volt panel a 24 volt  panel a 12 volt panel but that's  basically what is running off your  batteries your AC panel on your boat is  things that are connected that are more  either from shore power from your  generator or even your inverter so what  happens is over time you know when you  think about when our boats were built  not all of us are buying boats today  there's actually a lot more stuff that  we have a lot more electrical loads that  we have on our boats and so it's not  uncommon even for a boat built in 1990  even 2000 2005 for the DC panel to be  right now overfilled there's not enough  circuit breakers to actually do  everything you want to do so one of the  common projects that we tackle is  actually changing or upgrading the DC  panel on a boat so that the panel  actually reflects all the electrical  loads on your boat you don't want to  have everything on a boat to be unswept  you won't have as an owner as an  operator of a boat you want to have the  ability to turn off circuits on and off  so that you don't have what are called  ghost loads so you can manage the power  draw on your boat and you have can  control so that your batteries last  longer and you can stay at anger for a  longer period of time so here's an  example of a pretty traditional looking  panel we do modern ones there's all  these different sizes shapes and we can  definitely help you choosing one and  installing one you know you're gonna  have modern switches which are a little  bit easier to understand they come in  different formats small and big we can  help you choose that as well and you  even have this light lifting nifty  device that we put on a lot of panels  right now we're doing a sailboat this  week and we put one of these on board  you know now they have USB connectivity  right of the panel so they can charge  their iPhone their cameras and that's  really nice and convenient so electrical  panels are really the nervous system of  your boat and that's where everything  interconnects and it's important to have  something that's clean organized so that  whenever there is a problem you don't  look for troubleshooting and ten too  much time wasting your time trying to  understand what's happening in the black  so neatness is key you want to make sure  that everything is properly labeled and  it's easy to troubleshoot  if you've got any further questions  about how we can make your electrical  panels easier or better contact us at  pacific out systems thanks for watching  you