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dock box A/C mystery
I've recently had an interesting, perplexing, and disturbing situation come
up. I connect my boat in the usual way to the dock box supplied A/C. It can easily sit for a week (without me visiting) or more during the colder months here, especially during the holiday season between late November and early January. I believe it's a 20 am circuit. In any case, I have very modest A/C requirements when I'm not on the boat, namely, maintaing the two bilge pumps and keeping the two batteries (starting and house) topped up. I have a newish 30 amp rated cord, and the charger is very new, as well as the batteries. Haven't had any problems aboard, as far as circuit tripping or even a fuse popping. I tested both bilge pumps, and they work fine, dumping the small amount of water without a problem. In the last month, I've arrived at the dock to find that the dock box switch in the off position three times. The first time I chalked it up to me forgetting to switch it on when I arrived back at the slip. The second time to my neighbor perhaps switching it off by mistake. However, the third time I did some checking. My neighbor didn't do it (hasn't been to his boat in over a month), the marina hasn't been working on the docks (check with the maintenance guy), and I haven't been there to forget (unless I forgot going, which is unlikely LOL). When I spoke with the maintenance guy on the phone, he went down to take a look, then tried to claim that it was an old cord (it's less than two years old, shows practically no weather wear, and the terminals look fine - no charring/pitting - on either end). The boat connection is secure with a ring lock, so none of that flies. I'm fairly certain that no one else who has a boat has even been around this last month, except for possibly the rich guy on the end tie who rarely leaves the dock. So, I'm left with a couple of possibilities... either someone has been deliberately turning off the A/C (not necessarily maliciously) or something in the box is tripping the switch. Am I missing something? Could it be something else? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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