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Power panel amp question
- Blake
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Power panel amp question
I have a 2002 Carver Mariner 350. Yesterday I noticed that the main meters are showing 110 v when plugged into shore power, and everything seems to be working.
However, the meters show almost 0 (zero) amps drawn, and also the green lights to show "Shore #1 Safe" and "Shore #2 Safe" do not turn on. I have never noticed if the green lights on the panel ever turned on.
When the a/c kicks on, the amp meter needle moves to show initial draw and then returns to slightly above one amp.
I turned on water pump and did not notice any movement in the amp needle.
Thoughts?
Sorry, here is photo of the panel.
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Re: Power panel amp question
Your water pump is 12v. It will not affect your amp meter.
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Re: Power panel amp question
Yes, the a/c compressor did kick on and cold air came out.
I expected to see more amps drawn with systems on, and more importantly why no "green" light illuminated.
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Re: Power panel amp question
Put a large load like a water heater, microwave or even use a portable space heater and turn it on and you should see the amps gauges move. Depending on the size of your A/C unit, it may read anywhere from 5-12A. Your meter may also not be reading entirely accurately. The water pump for your A/C would probably be about 1-2A
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Re: Power panel amp question
In addition, when I turn on my water heater, I can see a small movement in the AMP meter.
Your setup sounds normal...
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Re: Power panel amp question
The a/c should be on shore power #2. I cant blow up the pics, but it looks like you have 60amp gauges on what I would guess is a 30 amp feed. So I would try to figure out the scale. Looks like the first number is 20, so the needle wouldn't move very far with one a/c unit running, it should jump to around 10 on start up.
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