Draw half the power by balancing loads

[smitty477]

Maybe there not unbalanced. Maybe whoever wired the panel put appropriate loads on opposite power legs. AN example would be if you had two air conditioners you would wire those on opposing legs because chances are they both be on at the same time.

All of our AC and heaters were on one circuit and that was great since we did not use them all of the time - therefore we did not run that power cord when not needed.
Balanced or not is not the key issue just that you can supply sufficient amperage for what your intended usage is.

 

[Bud]

All of our AC and heaters were on one circuit and that was great since we did not use them all of the time - therefore we did not run that power cord when not needed.
Balanced or not is not the key issue just that you can supply sufficient amperage for what your intended usage is.

I agree, If you have enough capacity amperage for evrything you want to run on one leg then you do not need to balance your loads.

 

[smitty477]

I agree, If you have enough capacity amperage for evrything you want to run on one leg then you do not need to balance your loads.

So in summary - your post really applies to one or more of 3 cases:
1. the manufacturer did not configure the boat you own correctly
2. a previous owner messed up the initial design
3. you previously did … or are currently making changes and unbalanced the loads

 

[Bud]

So in summary - your post really applies to one or more of 3 cases:
1. the manufacturer did not configure the boat you own correctly
2. a previous owner messed up the initial design
3. you previously did … or are currently making changes and unbalanced the loads

yes that is correct