Sale of Displays and Panels for Yachts\Boats
Displays and panels are that part of the yacht’s equipment that it is impossible to do without not only during the navigation process, but even if the yacht is “wintered” or, moreover, undergoing technical inspection.
Without indicators and instrument panels, the skipper will be practically blind, losing the ability to monitor the status of any equipment at any time. That is, displays and panels help the captain monitor the life of the yacht and troubleshoot problems in a timely manner if any indicator, display, electronic or electrical panel demonstrates a malfunction of “their” equipment.
In various sections of the topRik marketplace dedicated to electrical equipment for yachts, a wide selection of displays is presented and panels that will help you form:
- reliable monitoring in the engine compartment;
- ideal helm panel;
- chart table panel;
- general electrical panel of the boat, etc.
Types of Displays and Panels
topRik marketplace experts will help you make the right choice of engine instrument panels, thruster control panels, switch panels, sensors, windshield wiper control panels and other displays and panels of marine instruments.
Engine Dashboards
Engine instrument panels may have a different color dial. This allows you to choose a panel that suits the style of the vessel and suits the taste of its owner.
Choose an engine panel depending on its configuration, which may contain:
- ignition;
- tachometer;
- hour counter;
- voltmeter;
- warning lamps and sound signal;
- oil pressure indicators;
- coolant temperature indicators.
Please note that such a panel may have zones for sensors, but you can choose the types of sensors yourself and install them.
If you already have a motor panel, then when replacing it, choose an interchangeable model with IP64 protection class. Typically such panels are supplied for 12 V and 24 V.
Thruster control panels for bow and stern thrusters are also available.
Switch Panels
Switch panels must be IP 64 waterproof. To install the panels, power and external devices must be connected to them. The panels are usually made of polymer synthetic materials and are not subject to corrosion.
They are designed for switching a different number of circuits with the corresponding configuration of switches, LEDs, fuse holders and fuses themselves, a bus for switching the power circuit and working stickers. Designed for 12 V and 24 V DC.
Gas Detector Control Panel
Accidents involving gas explosions on board can be easily prevented by installing a gas detector on board the ship. The most popular gas detectors are of two types:
- detector for detecting poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) and flammable gases such as propane, butane, methane and hydrogen;
- detector for detecting gasoline vapors and carbon monoxide.
Each gas detector includes one sensor and a control panel with alarm. When dangerous concentrations of flammable gases or CO are detected, the detector emits an intermittent sound signal and the LED on the panel begins to blink.
Control Panel for Windshield Wipers
Control panels for windshield wipers, washers, as well as rain sensors are equipment that improves the skipper's visibility through the windshield of the yacht's helm station.
Float Level Sensors
Used to control the volume of drinking water, gasoline and diesel fuel. Electronic sensors are located along the entire length of the sensor, thereby achieving high accuracy in level determination.
Ultrasonic sensors are also offered that allow non-contact determination of the liquid level in a tank of any shape and size, but no more than 120 cm deep. Once the sensor is placed in the selected tank, it can be easily calibrated. Sensor calibration is performed using an LED and a calibration wire; no external auxiliary equipment is required for this. However, when used with metal tanks in conditions of increased vibration, stable operation of the sensors is not guaranteed.
Separately, it is necessary to highlight sensors and instruments for boats and yachts, which are used to monitor various parameters of the vessel. Among them are fuel level sensors, tachometers, hour meters and indicators. Tachometers can be pointer or digital, with a built-in hour meter.
High Exhaust Temperature Warning Light
Designed for a wet exhaust system. Provides visual and audible warnings if the temperature inside the exhaust hose or muffler exceeds the permissible level. Temperature sensors are installed in the exhaust hose or muffler. In case of installation of two motors, two sensors are installed, which can be connected, if required, to one signaling device.
Trim Indicator
Connects to sterndrive or trim sensor. Supplied for on-board electrical network 12 V. Suitable for connection to sensors with internal resistance from 10 Ohms - trim down to 180 Ohms - trim up. The connecting cable must be ordered separately.
Waste Water Indicator
Indicators are available for 12 or 24 V DC. They can be equipped with an additional interface that allows you to connect a light indicator that gives a warning about the overflow of wastewater tanks and the impossibility of using the toilet.
How to Choose the Optimal Set of Displays and Panels
In order to ensure reliable monitoring in the engine compartment of a yacht, where electrical equipment is installed, to correctly design a new helm panel, skipper's table panel, electrical panel, or to select additions for an existing one, pay attention to the offers of the topRik marketplace, which presents some of the latest development of marine equipment.
The list of displays and panels above is far from complete. Imagine the size of the helm panel you will need to install ALL indicators, displays and instruments on it so that you can get real-time information about the operation of all equipment on board!
Victron Energy, represented on our marketplace, offers the ideal solution. Victron Energy is a world leader in the field of autonomous and backup power supply systems. And a modern yacht is precisely the object of an independent electrical system, especially when it is at sea, without access to shore power.
Consequently, the most optimal set of control panels, indicators and instruments should be provided here in order to notice the slightest failure in the power supply system and promptly eliminate the malfunction.
Displays and panels are widely represented in the topRik marketplace from this famous manufacturer from the Netherlands. Often they effectively combine monitoring of several types of electrical equipment, which allows you to significantly “enrich” the helm panel and other control objects of the yacht without expanding their area.
This is the Victron Energy electrical system diagram that is based on lead-acid batteries - pay attention to the part of the diagram that demonstrates the placement of monitoring displays and panels.
This set is enough for the captain to have a complete understanding of the life of the yacht at any moment. The diagram shows only electrical equipment, but add here all the devices, accessories and equipment that provide passenger comfort, and you will see that this is one of the most optimal monitoring and control sets.
Introducing some of these unique displays and panels from Victron Energy.
Control GX Color Panel
Control GX (CCGX) color panel provides intuitive control and monitoring for all connected Victron products. List of Victron products that can be connected: Multi, Quattro inverters, solar MPPT controllers, BMV 600 and 700 series battery monitors, Skylla-i chargers. In addition to product monitoring and control on CCGX, information can also be transferred to the free portal of the Victron Energy website for remote monitoring - "VRM Online Portal". The capabilities of the CCGX panel are constantly expanding through automatic software updates via the internet.
Ekrano GX Control Panel
Represents the next generation of GX family products and is the successor to Color Control GX. With a full range of connections and interfaces, as well as a built-in 7" touch display, it is the most powerful GX device to date, allowing you to always have full control over your system, wherever you are, and maximize its performance. Simply access your system through our Victron Remote Management (VRM) portal, or access it directly using the built-in touchscreen, multifunction display (MFD), or the VictronConnect app thanks to the built-in Wi-Fi hotspot.
Venus GX Control Panel
Venus GX control panel, same as Control GX also provides monitoring and interaction between connected Victron products. The Venus GX panel does not include a display or control buttons. The built-in Wi-Fi module is used to communicate with the panel. All hardware and software are compatible with the Control GX panel. The Venus GX panel has several additional features.
Remote Management and Control
Digital Multi Control Panel - designed for inverters Multiplus, Multiplus Compact and Quattro. The panel allows you to change the limits of the current "PowerControl" and "PowerAssist" settings for two AC sources: generator and utility power. Setting range up to 200 Amps. An absolutely necessary option if the backup power supply system, which includes an electric generator, is built on a Multiplus inverter and it is necessary to set different input current limits from the generator and the network.
Phoenix Inverter Control – designed for monitoring and remote activation of Phoenix inverters equipped with VE.Bus port. The panel can also be used with a Multiplus inverter, but without using the Charger Only mode.
Skylla-i Control GX – designed to work with all models of Skylla-i chargers. The Skylla-i panel and chargers have a VE.CAN information bus. The control panel allows you to change the charge current and monitor the system status.
Skylla Control – allows you to change the charging current and monitor the system status. Varying the charging current is useful if network power is limited: the AC input current of the charger can be controlled by limiting the maximum output charging current, thereby preventing the input circuit breaker from tripping.
Phoenix Charger Control – provides remote control of the charging process with LED indication of the charger status. In addition, the charging current can be adjusted from the panel.
Control Panel
The MPPT control panel is designed to monitor the status, view historical data and change settings of all Victron MPPT controllers that have a VE.Direct communication port. The MPPT control panel is housed in the BMV-700 battery monitor housing, maintaining the professional appearance of panels and equipment monitoring systems.
If you have any questions about displays and panels, contact the experts of the topRik marketplace - and you will receive a professional free consultation.