"Ken Heaton" wrote in message news:lmk3e.125730$ZO2.43212@edtnps84...

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.

Not advisable unless ground fault interrupts are installed on the outlets . . .

Without those, the damned inverter, if powerful enough, might go right on
its merry way electrocuting you.

CN

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"Ken Heaton" wrote in message
news:lmk3e.125730$ZO2.43212@edtnps84...

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.

Not advisable unless ground fault interrupts are installed on the outlets
.. . .

Without those, the damned inverter, if powerful enough, might go right on
its merry way electrocuting you.

CN

This is good advice. Actually, as you will find marinas don't have ground
faults on their shore power feeds, this is good advice for shore power use
as well. Ground fault outlets are inexpensive, easy to install and as only
the first outlet on any one circuit has to be ground fault (the others can
be fed through the first, see the instructions that come with the outlet)
there is no excuse for not having them on your boat.
--
Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin
Cape Breton Island, Canada
kenheaton AT ess wye dee DOT eastlink DOT ca

"Ken Heaton" wrote in
news:96v3e.158120$fc4.3505@edtnps89:

This is good advice. Actually, as you will find marinas don't have
ground faults on their shore power feeds, this is good advice for
shore power use as well. Ground fault outlets are inexpensive, easy
to install and as only the first outlet on any one circuit has to be
ground fault (the others can be fed through the first, see the
instructions that come with the outlet) there is no excuse for not
having them on your boat. --


I doubt many boats would ever have power if the marinas used ground fault
interrupters. They'd trip every time the boat was plugged in. Most GFIs
are set to something like 6-10ma of leakage. Same is true for washing
machines at home. A little corrosion from the humidity around the
motor....click, no power.....