On Jun 15, 11:14 pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"cruisin" wrote in message

oups.com...

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. The docks here, as everywhere but

the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the
appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every
time we turned on our "AC in" breaker.

How big was that transformer? I am about to fit one to my boat for the same
reason and was wondering about the initial peak load while it builds up its
flux. Mine is 2kw capacity but it was supplied with a condenser which the
makers say should be put across the input terminls to reduce the load on
startup..

Oh, I forgot to mention the tripping of the dock breaker wasn't
because the transformer was overloaded. It powered the charger/
inverter just fine. Turns out the AC plugs on the boat have the
neutral and ground connected somehow, and that was short-circuiting
the dock power. A helpful man suggested we disconnect the ground on
our ac system temporarily, a dangerous, but effective, solution.

M