I did look at three way switches but could not get one with enough poles
to do everything I wanted. I would need 2 for the live and neutral, one
for the battery charger and then I would also have need something to
turn on the DC power to my inverter (probably an electronic battery
switch driven by another pole). I am guessing that you have something
very flash and expensive which I will wish I had spend money on in a few
years when my stuff is playing up.

Thanks for the reply.

Steve

Dennis Pogson wrote:


We have a 3-way switch (Off, Inverter,Shore Power) on our Beneteau 50. This
is the first switch we use on entering the boat. The battery charger is
wired to only operate when the switch is on Shore Power. Seems to work OK.

Dennis.


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Steve wrote:
I did look at three way switches but could not get one with enough
poles to do everything I wanted. I would need 2 for the live and
neutral, one for the battery charger and then I would also have need
something to turn on the DC power to my inverter (probably an
electronic battery switch driven by another pole). I am guessing that
you have something very flash and expensive which I will wish I had
spend money on in a few years when my stuff is playing up.

Thanks for the reply.

Steve

Not really, it's a circular 3-way DC switch with a pointer/knob which turns
left, right, and straight up. AFAIR our +/- battery leads (massive) go
straight to the inverter via the main master switches (2,+/-), and there is
an on/off switch on the inverter itself. With the 3-way switch off, turning
on the inverter's on/off switch does nothing, with the 3-way switched to
shore power, the battery charger and all the 12-volt systems are activated,
but the inverter is still out of circuit. Only when the 3-way is switched to
inverter is it possible to activate the inverter and the 240-volt ring main
et al. The only remote switch we have is the gas solenoid in the cockpit gas
locker, actuated by a contact-breaker switch on the main saloon panel. It's
all manual, and all very simple.

Dennis.