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Potentially DANGEROUS advice.
Subject: Potentially DANGEROUS advice.
From: "Steve Lusardi" Secondly, when plugging in to shore power, never connect the safety earth line. Instead use a line to your boat earth for the safety connection. Remember, your hull will always be a better earth connection than the one from the distribution transformer for the pier or yard and any leak anywhere in that distribution net will use your hull as the preferred return path. This will create severe electric corrosion on your boat and you will never know why. I'd say Always make sure your green wire is connected to the shorepower, use an isolator to prevent corrosion. If you need that green wire return due to a short, the electricity will go back up the wire and trip a breaker. If its grounded to the hull you create a very dangerous situation in the water around the boat. Dennis |
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