On Sun, 6 Sep 2015 16:04:41 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 9/6/2015 1:20 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 6 Sep 2015 10:44:21 -0400, Justan Olphart
wrote:

300A? That's probably bigger than your house has.

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Where did you come up with 300 amps? Most shore power legs in the US
are 50 amps on each side of neutral. In euro marinas you typically
get a single or double 220 leg rated at 30 to 50 amps.


Your generators

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You can only use one generator at a time since they are wired into an
A/B selector switch, and we run them very conservatively, no where
near full power. The real issue is not running them in a marina
however. You become unpopular with the neighbors very quickly. We've
had to do it a few times for various reasons and unless power to the
whole marina has failed, we usually get a visit from the dockmaster
asking us to cease and desist. It's unneighborly.



Same with camping. Even the Honda EU-2000, as quiet as it is, sounds
loud at night when all is quiet in the campgrounds. Running generators
is frowned upon there also.

The only time I ran the generator on the boat while at the dock was when
there was a power outage. Came in handy then. While underway in the
hot, dog days of summer I had it running all the time, mostly for the
A/C units.

My experience also. Even when no electricity is available, the campgrounds usually
want generators off by 10 or 11 pm.
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