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Forum: Marine Electronics 01-06-2017, 14:21
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Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

Robbie,

My interest in US power to an EU boat is mostly theoretical - we sailed from Denmark last May and we haven't been hooked up to shore power since we were in INverness, Scotland in the...
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-04-2017, 10:10
Replies: 68
Views: 6,323
Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

I checked my Sterling charger manual - says it is good for 90-260V automatically - so I don't ahve to do anything there, also good for up to 60 amps so sounds like i'm ok there
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-04-2017, 08:10
Replies: 68
Views: 6,323
Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

well, so have I. I just don't want to fry my system.
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-04-2017, 07:36
Replies: 68
Views: 6,323
Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

Ok trying to un derstand (this is electricity for dummies).

So I buy a US plug and make an adapter wire with a US plug at one end and an EU at the other. But I have to intall a 16 amp fuse in...
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-04-2017, 07:23
Replies: 68
Views: 6,323
Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

Dockhead, my system is wired with a shunt around the inverter when I take shore power. This is because otherwise, I am limitied to only being able to "pull" 1800 watts if the shore power goes...
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-04-2017, 07:18
Replies: 68
Views: 6,323
Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

Care to expand on this? Not sure why my boat would be wired for 15 amps? And if I plug into a 110 outlet, when this goes through my charger won't it be halved or more than halved to less than 15...
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-04-2017, 06:43
Replies: 68
Views: 6,323
Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

Thanks Dockhead,

Half wattage doesn't really matter to us - our needs are pretty basic as most everything is 12v..ONly the water heater and our ice cube maker have heavy draws - waterheater - 1400...
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-04-2017, 05:35
Replies: 68
Views: 6,323
Posted By carstenb
Re: EU vs US electric

Turning this question around (now that all the real gurus are reading). I'll be making landfall in the US in a couple of weeks and will have the same issues - but in reverse. We have a new Sterling...
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