On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:25:32 -0800 (PST), Itinerant
wrote:

HELLO PETER, THANKS FOR REPLYING. SORRY IF WE SOUND CONFUSING WE HAVE
ONLY HAD THE BOAT FOR A WEEK AND ARE NEW TO HAVING A POWER BOAT, OUR
PREVIOUS SAIL BOAT WAS VERY SIMPLE WITH FEW GADGETS =) THE PREVIOUS
OWNER DID NOT HAVE THE BOAT FOR VERY LONG, SO HE DOES NOT REALLY HAVE
MANY ANSWERS FOR US EITHER.

Your caps lock key seems to be broken...

More details would be useful. As it stands, your description doesn't
make sense to me, as the common North American 30 amp shore power
service _is_ 110 volts. Do you mean that the boat has a 30 amp power
inlet and shore power cord, but the dock only has a household-style 15
amp/110V outlet?

YES THAT IS CORRECT THE DOCK ONLY AS A HOUSEHOLD STYLE 15 AMP OUTLET
(WE ARE AT HEATHER MARINE IN FALSE CREEK)

If so, first thing I would do would be to turn off all the AC panel
circuit breakers - both main and branch. Then connect the shore power
cord. If the shore breaker trips, you have a wiring problem in the 30
- 15 amp adaptor, the dock outlet (unlikely) or on the boat (also
unlikely, if things worked when plugged into a 30 amp outlet.)

WE DID TURN EVERYTHING OFF AND PLUGGED IN AND TRIPPED THE BREAKER ON
THE DOCK. WE TRIED OUR NEIGHBOUR BOAT'S ADOPTOR ON OUR CABLE (WHICH I
MIGHT ADD IS NEW) AND IT STILL TRIPPED THE DOCK BREAKER. (ON THE DOCK
AT GRANVILLE ISLAND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH USING THE 30 AMP.)

The marina's breaker trips even with your main breaker turned off? If
so, something is seriously wrong.


WE HAD SET THE (XANTREX LINK 1000) POWER SHARE VALUE TO A NUMBER OF
VALUES -- DEFAULT IS 30 -- WE THINK WE WILL TRY SETTING IT TO 15 AND
TRY AGAIN? I'M THINKING THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING SET CORRECT ON
THIS LINK 1000.

The Link 1000 is a battery monitor/control panel used with a Xantrex
Fredom-series inverter/charger.

If the marina outlet has a 15 amp breaker, you should set the power
share setting to less than 15 amps. If you can reduce the maximum
charger current to 50 amps or less, you should do that as well. I
have a Prosine 2.0 inverter/charger on my boat, which has an "Source
Breaker Rating" (or somesuch) setting. If you have something like
that, set it below 15 amps.

However, none of this will help if the marina breaker trips even with
the boat's main breaker off.

BTW -- WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE VANCOUVER POWER SQUADRON WHICH I SEE
YOU HAVE A LINK TO ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR POST, ARE YOU A MEMBER? IS
THERE AN EVENING THAT WE CAN COME AND CHECK IT OUT?

THANKS AGAIN.

Yes, I'm as member of VPS (webmaster and radio instructor). We have a
christmas potluck dinner Monday Dec 10 at FCYC. Give me a phone call
for further information, or if you'd like me to come have a look at
your electrical problem - phone number is on the VPS website, under
"officers".


--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca