Can't get shorepower to work...keeps tripping breaker
07-13-2005 | 11:45 AM
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Re: Can't get shorepower to work...keeps tripping breaker
The boat's circuit breakers read the dock ground fault as a short and trip the breakers on the boat. Try it without a ground fault and you will verify this.
07-13-2005 | 11:58 AM
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Re: Can't get shorepower to work...keeps tripping breaker
You may find that the boat is wired with the green and white leads joined at the box, this seems to be normal practice for some manufacturer's. If it is like that then a GFI will trip as soon as you plug in. You will find that typically the 30 amp service at docks is not GFI protected.
07-13-2005 | 12:24 PM
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Re: Can't get shorepower to work...keeps tripping breaker
Originally Posted by insptech
You may find that the boat is wired with the green and white leads joined at the box, this seems to be normal practice for some manufacturer's. If it is like that then a GFI will trip as soon as you plug in. You will find that typically the 30 amp service at docks is not GFI protected.
07-13-2005 | 01:59 PM
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Re: Can't get shorepower to work...keeps tripping breaker
Originally Posted by Jersey Tom
The boat's circuit breakers read the dock ground fault as a short and trip the breakers on the boat. Try it without a ground fault and you will verify this.
Just to clarify for others, the GFCI on the dock doesn't trip...the circuit breaker on the boat trips.
07-13-2005 | 05:55 PM
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Re: Can't get shorepower to work...keeps tripping breaker
Originally Posted by CObarry
That's what I'm going to do...wire the shorepower receptacle to the house side of the GFCI on the dock. That will prove it one way or the other.
Just to clarify for others, the GFCI on the dock doesn't trip...the circuit breaker on the boat trips.
Just to clarify for others, the GFCI on the dock doesn't trip...the circuit breaker on the boat trips.
For clarifying the boat's main breaker is NOT a GFI breaker correct?
