We brought power to a boat dock in Cape Coral and installed a GEM Remotes boat lift control on a dock piling, with two weatherproof receptacles under it and two boat lift motors wired up.

  • Location: Cape Coral, Florida
  • Service: dock electrical and boat lift wiring
  • Equipment: GEM Remotes boat lift control, two lift motors, two weatherproof (WR) receptacles, Siemens outdoor panel, GFCI circuit breaker

What we did

  • Brought power out to the dock.
  • Installed the GEM Remotes control on a piling, with two weatherproof receptacles under it in a clear cover.
  • Wired up two boat lift motors.
  • Ran conduit down the piling to the dock.
  • Provided the No Swimming warning signs required by the National Electrical Code.
  • Bonded the ladders and metal railings near the dock.
  • Put everything on the dock on a GFCI circuit breaker fed from a Siemens panel.

What a GEM Remotes control does

GEM Remotes makes boat lift controllers. The control box switches the lift’s motors up and down and lets the boat owner raise and lower the lift from a handheld remote instead of pressing a button on the unit.

Why the GFCI breaker and the bonding matter

A GFCI breaker shuts the power off when it detects electricity leaking to ground, which is the kind of fault that matters most around water. Bonding connects metal parts such as ladders and railings to each other and to the electrical system’s grounding, so those parts cannot become energized on their own and a fault has a path to trip the breaker.

Warning signs

NEC Article 555, section 555.10 requires a warning sign at docking facilities telling people that electrical currents may be present in the water. The control box and a motor cover in these photos carry a No Swimming, Warning, Potential Shock Hazard sign.

Planning dock power or a lift controller in Cape Coral? See dock wiring installation or request a quote.