Hope everyone is having a great boating season as we are here in Chicago! 100 degree heatwave continues..... I cannot take the night temps anylonger , we have the hatch ac and just isnt cutting it, So im ordering the real permanent solution and will do most of the install while in water and pull out to do the thru hulls, however my question is i have noticed similar boats to mine with ac that have 2 shore power supply . i have a breaker left on my existing panel for the ac but do i need an added shorepower supply? iif i do not add will i run the risk of overloading the existing situation ? breakers blowing? fire?!
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From my point of view since your limited to 30 amps at the dockside receptacle anyways there's no reason not to put the air conditioning on your existing panel and inlet you just need to manage your power use.
Jim McNeely
New Hope a 2004 Bayliner 305 Sunbridge Express Cruiser
Twin 5.7s with Bravo2 drives
Brighton, Michigan USA
MMSI # 367393410
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Scraping B wrote:
Hope everyone is having a great boating season as we are here in Chicago! 100 degree heatwave continues..... I cannot take the night temps anylonger , we have the hatch ac and just isnt cutting it, So im ordering the real permanent solution and will do most of the install while in water and pull out to do the thru hulls, however my question is i have noticed similar boats to mine with ac that have 2 shore power supply . i have a breaker left on my existing panel for the ac but do i need an added shorepower supply? iif i do not add will i run the risk of overloading the existing situation ? breakers blowing? fire?!
Port: Sassafras River Georgetown, MD Bayliner 2000 2855 7.4
http://www.chart.state.md.us/video/v...50fa36c4235c0a
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On my new (to me) 2855 It has two set up for cords. I still use just one. I just don't turn everything on at once
Port: Sassafras River Georgetown, MD Bayliner 2000 2855 7.4
http://www.chart.state.md.us/video/v...50fa36c4235c0a
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msd58 wrote:
On my new (to me) 2855 It has two set up for cords. I still use just one. I just don't turn everything on at once
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Scraping B wrote:
i have a breaker left on my existing panel for the ac but do i need an added shorepower supply? iif i do not add will i run the risk of overloading the existing situation ? breakers blowing? fire?!JimMc wrote:
From my point of view since your limited to 30 amps at the dockside receptacle anyways there's no reason not to put the air conditioning on your existing panel and inlet you just need to manage your power use.
Rick E. (aka RicardoMarine) Gresham, Oregon
2850 Bounty Sedan Flybridge model
Twin 280 HP 5.7's w/ Closed Cooling
Volvo Penta DuoProp Drives
Kohler 4 CZ Gen Set
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I have only one 30 Amp shore power connection and I have AC on my boat (1997 2855) It appears to have been added post-factory. I have had no trouble with this setup.
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