[C320-list] blown fuse? or something else?

[Allan S. Field]

Kevin - By now I see you have things figured out.  However...several years
ago at Herrington Harbour South, several (more than 1, don't know exactly
how many) space heaters were plugged in and all turned on at the same time
on a very large catamaran on a very windy day.  The owners were aboard,
having just sold their home and all possessions, and ready to start a
several year cruise once the weather broke.  Fortunately, they were able to
get off the boat when the space heater-induced fire started but the boat was
gone to the waterline in under 10 minutes.  You gotta' really watch these
space heaters...

Sea Shadow is in the water all winter, I visit almost every weekend, and
would be glad to stop by HHN if you'd like and walk through some of the
nuances of this boat. Just let me know if you'd like to do this sometime in
January (hope to still be sailing through most of December). 

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Herrington Harbour South
Rosehaven, MD

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Subject: [C320-list] blown fuse? or something else?

This might be a semi-dumb question but I'm not the most experienced
electrical guy and haven't dealt with this on my 320 yet.

I came out to the boat late last night. Temps were projected to get down to
the high 30's so I brought along another small 1500w heater. I used it along
with the one that was already on the boat. Within minutes the 110 volt
outlet circuit that both were plugged into had shut down. I figured a
circuit breaker had tripped or a fuse had blown.

There is a "30 Amp Master Circuit Breaker" on the panel at the nav station,
but it was not tripped. Is there a fuse panel somewhere? Or has something
else gone wrong?

I'm still on the boat this morning and am using my laptop with its rapidly
dying battery as I can't plug anything in until I get this figured out and
fixed.

Thanks in advance for any tips.

Kevin Rooney
S/V Cecilia Ann, #211
Deale, MD
http://kevjot.com/boat/