Incredulous comments below:
"HaKrause" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 07:08:07 -0600, Tamaroak
wrote:

The inverter I am interested in only has regular 110V outlets, not a
hardwire option. Why couldn't I make up a cord with male plugs on each
end to go from the inverter to my A/C system? This would wire up my
whole system from the inverter, right?

Nope, wont work, polarity would be reversed.

And what happens when I forget to unplug it and hook up to shore pwer?

Nothing.

I'm assuning HaKrause's answerr is intended as a joke (or a troll) but I'm
responding anyway, in case someone believes his response to be true. There
is no polarity to AC power in any real sense. The OP's system would provide
power throughout the boat but I wouldn't recommend it. As others have said,
the cord needed to do what the OP suggested is very dangerous. As will be
the shore power cord as it will have live prongs as well when it's connected
to the boat with the inverter on. Your inverter will probably go poof if
you forget and leave the inverter connected when you connect to shore power
though there is a slim chance the breakers or fuses in the boat may blow in
time to save it.

Why don't you just plug your shore power cord into your inverter? This
would provide power throughout the boat with no danger of exposed live
prongs and no chance of forgetting to unplug the inverter before plugging
into shore power.

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Ken Heaton, Cape Breton Island, Canada
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