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Shore power 1 causing shore power 2 breaker to trip
- SaltyCracker
- Scurvy Dog
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- Vessel Info: 1995 325 Aft Cabin
- Location: Cape Haze, FL
Shore power 1 causing shore power 2 breaker to trip
When this happens the load on shore power 1 is not what I would consider to be excessive, typically pulling around 15 amps.
Any suggestions of what may be causing this or where to start troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated.
- bud37
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Re: Shore power 1 causing shore power 2 breaker to trip
- Tireless
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Re: Shore power 1 causing shore power 2 breaker to trip
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Re: Shore power 1 causing shore power 2 breaker to trip
Do you have voltmeters for each incoming line? What do those show when you're running the house loads?
- chpsk8
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Re: Shore power 1 causing shore power 2 breaker to trip
Shore 1 and 2 are probably sharing the same neutral bus bar and need to be isolated.
Our marina did an electrical upgrade and half the boats needed to have their neutrals separated. It was common practice in the past to share, but with the way they are required to wire docks now, this can cause problems.
- SaltyCracker
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Re: Shore power 1 causing shore power 2 breaker to trip
The pedestals at the marina have one 30 amp outlet and one 50 amp outlet. Shore power one is running off the 30 amp. Shore power 2 runs off the 50 amp and has a 50-30 amp adapter. I recently replaced the cables and inlets and inspect the cables regularly. The look good.
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