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On Dec 19, 9:09*pm, Larry wrote:
He's probably made an enemy on the dock. * More likely that someone has a heavy electrical load and is tripping one of the main breakers at the distribution panel. The power pylons are wired based on the assumption that not all pylons will be supplying full power at the same time. I don't know what the conventional ratios are; it would not surprise me if ten 30A outlets are fed by a 100A distribution circuit. If someone is plugged into two 30A outlets (charger/house/water heater on one and heat pumps on the second) and regularly drawing a total of 50As it wouldn't take very many other smaller consumers on the same circuit to trip the distribution breaker. Through a couple of electric heaters into the mix and the loads get big. I have wintered at a couple of marinas with home runs from each power pylon to the distribution panels. The cabling under the docks was truly impressive. In other places the winter liveaboards and frequent winter boaters were redistributed in the slips to keep loads on different distribution circuits. Even so we quickly figured out which boats we could turn off power to on really cold nights. It's polite to turn them back on in the morning however. Just a thought. sail fast, dave |
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