T&T: Shore Power and Electricity Concepts (LONG POST - was "Power Cords")

[Jim Boyd]

All
Sorry to add to this already confusing (at least to me) subject but I have a
situation that I have received at least a dozen different answers to and I'm
not sure which, if any, is correct.

When I purchased Lark it came with two 50A cables and a 50A splitter that
hooked to a 50A shore power source.  Each of the 50A cables attach to a
separate receptacle on the boat.  I have been told the following...

1.  Due to the splitter I have 50A on each leg
2.  Due to the splitter I only have 25A on each leg and would be better off
buying 2 30A cables so I would have 30A on each leg
3.  I could eliminate the splitter and go with one 50A cable and still have
50A as both legs share one incoming source (now I am really confused at this
point)

Hopefully I have supplied sufficient background to receive an answer that is
correct and that I could understand.

   Thanks for any assistance

Jim Boyd
Lark