Taking Apart a Boat Lighting Control Panel
Channel: Keri Szafir
Date: 2023-06-01

Taking apart a control panel for boat/yacht lighting. Fighting electronic components and marveling at the quality of engineering I found there.

0:00 Intro
1:40 Taking Off the Front Panel
4:16 PCBs and Connectors
6:55 Power Board
9:00 Multipin Connector Disassembly
10:28 Amphenol Connector Coding Key
12:57 Engineered for Reliability!
15:17 Changeover Switch Disassembly
17:17 Surprised!
18:55 Reassembling and Testing the Switch
22:28 Dimmer Pot
24:38 Disentangling the Spaghetti
29:05 Current Transformers
31:05 Aftermarket Replacement Switch
43:25 Testing the Light Bulb
47:35 Destructive Discombobulation
54:25 Lessons Learned
56:27 It Was That Easy!
57:30 Afterword

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