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.