On Apr 23, 8:38 am, druid wrote:
Ok, so Far Cove has been plugged in to shore power at the marina all
winter. I go out for the weekend (story athttp://www.bcboatnet.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Sal****er;action...
), and when I try to plug in again last night, I get a "POLARITY"
light on my panel! Now, I haven't touched my end of the wiring or the
power cord, and I just checked the Marina: they didn't to any work
over the weekend and assure me their connector is correct.

SO: first, is there a diagram somewhere that shows which pins on a 30A
shore-power connector are supposed to be Line, Neutral, and Ground?
And second, is there another reason why a "polarity" light would go
on: maybe a ground-fault?

druid


UPDATE: Well, sonofagun, the Government Solution worked: I threw money
at the problem and it Went Away. I bought a new shorepower cord and
no more polarity light! Maybe Chuck was right: open neutral getting
voltage through inductance from the hot. Anyway, it's working now, and
now prospective buyers see a nice shiny new shorepower cord instead of
the the grimy old extension cord I had.

Oh, and Sign Of The Times: this is the first "extension cord" I've
ever bought that's had an Instruction Manual.

druid