[C320-list] AC inverters

[Monte B.]

I would agree with OD on this one. If you have that much AC usage and
capacity I would wire it directly into the AC input with a voltage sensing
relay to take it off line when shore power is on the boat. To power the
system from an outlet may invoke the law of unintended consequences, I.E.
feeding through a circuit without current over load protection as in a fuse
or breaker. You would then be relying on the inverter for circuit over load
protection and the inverter over load protection was designed to protect the
inverter not the circuit.

Monte


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] AC inverters

I would suggest a licensed AC electrician....

Plugging in an inverter output into an AC plug sounds like a future Boats US
Insurance advertisement....


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OD

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Heyman" [bruceheyman at cox.net]
Sent: 07/07/2008 03:51 PM
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] AC inverters

Bob,
My thoughts are to make sure the cover on the transom is securely in place
as if someone accidentally touched the plug while in this configuration the
could be hurt.  The other thought is that the "main" breaker is now going to
be the "outlets" circuit breaker and may not be high enough capacity to
supply everything you intend to run, AC, Water Heater....
Lastly I don not think you can use it to run the charger to keep the
batteries charged as that would create a perpetual motion machine and
violate a couple laws of physics...
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Robert
Seastream
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:50 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] AC inverters

Any thoughts on 'backfeeding' (plug the output of an inverter into an  
available AC outlet, thus supplying all AC outlets with 110 VAC) the  
cabin AC outlets with an inverter?  I know there's a 'galvanic  
isolator' just after but inline with the aft shore power outlet.  I  
wonder how it would react to this scheme.

Bob Seastream
'Intuition' # 906


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