A marine electrician for the river towns, built to drive to the boat.
Arkansas River Marine Electric is a mobile marine electrical service based in North Little Rock, Arkansas. We troubleshoot and repair boat electrical systems across central Arkansas, and we install the electronics that go with them. The truck comes to wherever the boat sits. That is the whole business, and the rest of this page explains how we run it.
This is river and lake country with a working fleet. Tournament bass boats launch on the Arkansas River pools, duck rigs stage for the bottoms every fall, and pontoons and cruisers fill the marinas. All of them develop electrical trouble eventually, because vibration and humidity are hard on wiring and so is sitting unused for a month. For a long time the only option was hauling the boat somewhere and hoping. We built the service around a simpler idea, which is that the meter should do the traveling.
Two habits we will not break
First, the prices are published. The cost page prints the diagnostic fee, the common job ranges, and the trip charges. When we quote your job it comes off that same table, and the invoice matches the quote. Anyone weighing the call at the kitchen table deserves to see the numbers before dialing, so we put them where you can read them.
Second, the meter goes first. Every fault gets traced before anything gets replaced. Most marine electrical trouble turns out to be a connection rather than a component, and guessing with parts is how a boat ends up with three new batteries and the same dead helm. Once the real fault shows itself, the repair gets done with marine-grade materials and follows ABYC wiring standards, meaning sealed connections, proper fusing, and wire sized to the load it carries.
The honest fine print
Arkansas has no state license class for marine electrical repair, so what we offer instead is liability insurance, ABYC-standard practice, and a written record of what was done on every job. Some work sits outside our scope. Engine internals belong with a mechanic, fiberglass with a hull shop, and big-marina AC switchgear with a commercial electrician, and when your job crosses one of those lines we say so and point you to the right trade. Email runs to [email protected], photos and calls to (501) 214-5882.
Ready to get the boat sorted? Start with the price menu, find your town on the service area pages, or just call. We would rather have you on the water than on the phone, and the fastest route there is usually one honest visit.