I have a Sea Ray 215 EC and have been thinking about adding a shore
power hookup. We would be occasionally spending the night on the boat
and I do not want to run down the battery. Other than the boat
lighting and one power point on the helm, there are no other stock
power points. It would be nice to have at least one in the cabin,
maybe two. What is involved in adding this or a similar type of
fixture? Do I pull power from the main panel and just pull wire? I may
have my marina wire the shore power outlet itself, and just do the
rest myself.

Matt

I just run a heavy duty extension cord with an integral breaker. I can plug
anything I want in and no fuss with running a whole set of new wires.
David
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I have a Sea Ray 215 EC and have been thinking about adding a shore
power hookup. We would be occasionally spending the night on the boat
and I do not want to run down the battery. Other than the boat
lighting and one power point on the helm, there are no other stock
power points. It would be nice to have at least one in the cabin,
maybe two. What is involved in adding this or a similar type of
fixture? Do I pull power from the main panel and just pull wire? I may
have my marina wire the shore power outlet itself, and just do the
rest myself.

Matt

The desired and ideal setup is to have the shore power socket connect to
a breaker panel for shore power. This should have polarity indication,
and not allow connection if the polarity from the source is reversed or
the ground path is open (not unheard of, even in this day). The breakers
should allow control of A/C devices separately. There should be a high
capacity A/C marine battery charger connected to one, that has
sufficient capacity to charge your banks and allow you to operate your
D/C items off the boat's D/C system. Other breakers can control a couple
GFCI sockets, and your water heater, fridge, or cooktop, if equipped.
The shore power system must be properly bonded also. West Marine has
some nice SP panels.
JR

Matt wrote:
I have a Sea Ray 215 EC and have been thinking about adding a shore
power hookup. We would be occasionally spending the night on the boat
and I do not want to run down the battery. Other than the boat
lighting and one power point on the helm, there are no other stock
power points. It would be nice to have at least one in the cabin,
maybe two. What is involved in adding this or a similar type of
fixture? Do I pull power from the main panel and just pull wire? I may
have my marina wire the shore power outlet itself, and just do the
rest myself.

Matt



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