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Shore Power Question
- Sadey
- First Mate
- Posts: 174
- Joined: September 16th, 2018, 6:56 am
- Vessel Info: Former owner of a 2003 Carver 356 with 8.1 Mercs
Agradecida
Current owner 1989 60’ Hatteras MY with 8v92 Detroit’s
Benedetto - Location: Racine Wisconsin/Ft. Lauderdale
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Shore Power Question
Dave & Trina
- Midnightsun
- CYO Supporter
- Posts: 2852
- Joined: March 27th, 2016, 2:27 pm
- Vessel Info: The Midnight Sun
2007 41CMY
Volvo D6-370's - Location: Montreal, Canada
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Re: Shore Power Question
- Sadey
- First Mate
- Posts: 174
- Joined: September 16th, 2018, 6:56 am
- Vessel Info: Former owner of a 2003 Carver 356 with 8.1 Mercs
Agradecida
Current owner 1989 60’ Hatteras MY with 8v92 Detroit’s
Benedetto - Location: Racine Wisconsin/Ft. Lauderdale
- Has thanked: 4 times
- Been thanked: 29 times
Re: Shore Power Question
Dave & Trina
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- Scurvy Dog
- Posts: 21
- Joined: September 7th, 2013, 3:44 pm
- Vessel Info: 2007 560 Voyager, Volvo D12
- Location: Charleston, SC
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Re: Shore Power Question
Shore cord 2 supplies the larger loads like A/C. In my case these larger loads are 220 V.
You should have two master breaker switches on your panel. Just experiment with then - off and on - to confirm which power cord powers what.
- Cooler
- Admiral
- Posts: 1570
- Joined: May 22nd, 2018, 12:09 pm
- Vessel Info: 1995 Carver 330 Mariner
Twin 350XL Crusaders
Home port: Menominee, MI - Location: Green Bay, WI
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Re: Shore Power Question
Keep asking any questions you have, but I am curious. Did you get an owner's manual with the boat? Carver is good with defining and provides diagrams of all these systems. I am only asking this because some boats were built with certain OEM and system configurations, and some of the same models were built with slight changes. If you did not get an owners manual, you could contact Carver. They can look up the construction log for your specific vessel, and they may have an owner's manual for you. Those are also available on the Carver website, but for some reason, the 2003 model year is not functioning properly. Carver also loves to know who the current owner's of their boats are. Let me know if you need a contact point. If you have email access in your profile, I will send you a contact. Did you figure out your refrigerator noise? Finally, check with your storage facility on keeping power cords plugged in. Most facilities have a rule that the boat should not be plugged in unless you are on site. Good Luck. er
( All weather people have to say this on air, near lakes )
- Cliffm
- First Mate
- Posts: 160
- Joined: September 27th, 2018, 6:21 pm
- Vessel Info: 2006 Carver 36 MY
"the Condo"
VP 8.1Gi-F - Location: Renton WA
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Re: Shore Power Question
We had exactly the same question, read the manuals, still didn't get it? (I'm a visual comprehension guy) so I plugged in one cord, then the other, to a single 30 amp shore power outlet, while my wife noted which one powered the main AC power input.
Then we applied different colored duck tape tabs to the cords for future reference until we could apply labels on the cords.
We got shore power and A/C power labels (one of the office label makers) and applied to cords and then applied "clear" duct tape over the top for future protection (Gorilla tape makes clear UV resistant)
We also applied "boat name" labels to our 2-1 and 30A-50A adapters, using same steps.
Now we know exactly which cable to unravel/hookup to shore power.
As others have said #1 is all ship power/battery chargers, etc... #2 is A/C heat units
- mjk1040
- Admiral
- Posts: 1507
- Joined: July 30th, 2015, 8:15 am
- Vessel Info: 1998 355 AC/MY "Deja Vu"
- Location: Savannah, NY
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Re: Shore Power Question
I'd Rather Be Boating!
1989 Sea Ray Seville
1986 Carver Mariner 32'
1990's Thompson 22' Cuddy Cabin
1990's 4Winns 245 Vista Cruiser
1980's Thompson 19' Open Bow
- Midnightsun
- CYO Supporter
- Posts: 2852
- Joined: March 27th, 2016, 2:27 pm
- Vessel Info: The Midnight Sun
2007 41CMY
Volvo D6-370's - Location: Montreal, Canada
- Has thanked: 257 times
- Been thanked: 1099 times
Re: Shore Power Question
- Sadey
- First Mate
- Posts: 174
- Joined: September 16th, 2018, 6:56 am
- Vessel Info: Former owner of a 2003 Carver 356 with 8.1 Mercs
Agradecida
Current owner 1989 60’ Hatteras MY with 8v92 Detroit’s
Benedetto - Location: Racine Wisconsin/Ft. Lauderdale
- Has thanked: 4 times
- Been thanked: 29 times
Re: Shore Power Question
Dave & Trina
- Cliffm
- First Mate
- Posts: 160
- Joined: September 27th, 2018, 6:21 pm
- Vessel Info: 2006 Carver 36 MY
"the Condo"
VP 8.1Gi-F - Location: Renton WA
- Has thanked: 260 times
- Been thanked: 19 times
Re: Shore Power Question
We have second batery charger now, but's for the twin 12V bow thruster batteries, charged when on AC power only.
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