Power panel amp question

[Blake]

Good morning, new owner here.

I have a 2002 Carver Mariner 350. Yesterday I noticed that the main meters are showing 110 v when plugged into shore power, and everything seems to be working.

However, the meters show almost 0 (zero) amps drawn, and also the green lights to show "Shore #1 Safe" and "Shore #2 Safe" do not turn on. I have never noticed if the green lights on the panel ever turned on.

When the a/c kicks on, the amp meter needle moves to show initial draw and then returns to slightly above one amp.

I turned on water pump and did not notice any movement in the amp needle.

Thoughts?

Sorry, here is photo of the panel.

[buster53]

When the AC turned on, did the compressor actually turn or or just the fan?

Your water pump is 12v. It will not affect your amp meter.

[Blake]

Thanks for the water pump info!

Yes, the a/c compressor did kick on and cold air came out.

I expected to see more amps drawn with systems on, and more importantly why no "green" light illuminated.

[km1125]

Can't speak to the "green light" as we don't have that, but good sign is that the red 'reverse polarity' light is not lit!!

Put a large load like a water heater, microwave or even use a portable space heater and turn it on and you should see the amps gauges move. Depending on the size of your A/C unit, it may read anywhere from 5-12A. Your meter may also not be reading entirely accurately. The water pump for your A/C would probably be about 1-2A

[bud37]

If its like ours, we can only see those lights in the dark, very dim.......

[SanJuanDreamer]

As Bud37 said.....
In addition, when I turn on my water heater, I can see a small movement in the AMP meter.
Your setup sounds normal...

[JohnS]

Was there any resolve on this, mine is doing the same thing 2003 350 Mariner

[Viper]

Are you talking about the indicator lamps or the amp meters or both?

[tomschauer]

The green lights are most likely just burnt out from age. Not a big deal. If your meter shows 120v your are good there.
The a/c should be on shore power #2. I cant blow up the pics, but it looks like you have 60amp gauges on what I would guess is a 30 amp feed. So I would try to figure out the scale. Looks like the first number is 20, so the needle wouldn't move very far with one a/c unit running, it should jump to around 10 on start up.

[JohnS]

Meters show 120v just like they should but the ammeters do not move at all really even with 2 ac's running.