Good article Hans, it illustrates what I have been suggesting for years that residential appliances be checked before install on boats. It is not the marinas that are creating a problem for boaters, it is the poor wiring practices on some boats over the years and some marinas were balancing cost vs marina residency IMO. I am sure that the regulating agencies have electrical engineers that know exactly what the problem is and how to try to correct it.Midnightsun wrote:QR_BBPOST Some marinas have GFCI shore power which is causing issues with many boaters. Something is obviously different with your marina pedestals as you say it works fine with generator and other marinas. https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/main ... hore-power
Electricity tries to return to it’s source at all times, when on generator power it returns to the generator because that is where the ground and bonding returns. On shore power leakage could be returning to the pole thru the water and that pole / ground point could be quite a distance away, that could be is the reason for the shore regs to have been changed, too many electrocution drownings in marinas from poorly wired appliances and boats.
Like it says marinas post No Swimming in Marina for a reason, that also applies to what happens to the many people that fall off their boats or docks and are killed every year due to this issue...
These same appliances at home work fine many times, houses are wired differently in regards to neutral and ground, doesn’t make those same appliances safe on your boat. They may be but need to be checked.
In this case the OP knew enough something was wrong and went about finding out why and correcting it....
In closing , boat ownership comes with serious responsibility so follow the regs, get your boat checked, don't assume anything ( prove it ) and don’t take short cuts with electricity especially now when most of our appliances come from offshore.
Be safe folks....
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