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Old 09-26-2013, 05:44 AM   #5
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Peter

I may be wrong, but if you use a splitter from a 50 amp shore power tower the issue is whether the shore power is 50 amp 110 volts, or 50 amp 220 volts (North American). If it is 50 amps 110 volts then the boat will receive only a total of 50 amps. If it is 50 amps 220 volts than the boat is actually receiving 50 amps on each shore power inlet - limited of course by the boats 30 amp fuse.

In North America our 220 volt systems are actually two 110 volt "legs" which can then be split either at the tower or once on the boat. An explanation of the "legs" is that instead of one hot wire (with 110 volts) you have two hot wires each with 110 volts.

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