T&T: Electrical Problem

[Peter Bennett]

Since you have this "no power" problem at two marinas, it is almost
certainly a problem on your boat.

As Bob Peterson wrote, check for hidden breakers that may be between
the shore power inlets and yhour main AC panel.  According to ABYC,
you should have your AC main breakers within 7 ft. of the shore power
inlet.  If there is much more than 7 ft between the inlets and your
main AC panel, there may be breakers hidden somewhere near the inlets.

Since the problem appeared on both inlets simultaneously, I would
suspect a tripped two-pole breaker somewhere, rather than
broken/damaged wiring.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 7:14:46 PM, Tbehan6468 wrote:

tac> Hi everyone. I'm in the middle of moving my boat from one side
tac> of Florida to the other. I have run into an electrical problem
tac> but don't know yet if it's with my boat or?marina dock power. 

tac> Last night I plugged in my two 30 amp cords to the city docks at
tac> Moore Haven about 8:00 PM. Things were fine until I woke up at
tac> 3:00 AM and noticed the air conditioning was not running. I
tac> suddenly had no? incoming 120v power on either line. It had
tac> rained heavily so I figured they just had problems with their
tac> dock power. So I just cranked up my generator so we could run the
tac> air conditioning for the rest of the night. Didn't think any more about it till tonite.


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