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Old 02-26-2013, 07:11 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by FF View Post
For most of us with 30-65ft boats , we CAN live without electric for 60 seconds.

While a transfer switch may work , if wired properly , even automatically , its just more to buy install and maintain.

Weather it melts down when a boat on dock power with you starts his noisemaker is always open to speculation.

For 50A 250V or less , the solution is cheap simple and safe.

Install a plug inside that is the boat power supply , and plug it into a socket.

Shore Power , Generator 1, Night Generator, Inverter,Engine Cruise gen power , what ever is installed.

The neutral/ ground question will no longer be a problem, as each should be grounded at its source.

So simple a guest could do it.
That will certainly work. It's not as convenient as throwing a switch or having an automatic transfer switch on the genset or inverter, but it will work just fine.
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