I have an AC panel with two pairs of main breakers, one for shoreline and one for onboard gernerator. Obviously protected so only one set is on at a time. Below the mains, I have four individual breakers. 1. Charger/Inverter 2.
Water Heater 3. Spare (recently wired to provide charge to bow thruster
battery bank) 4. Outlets. I have only owned the
boat since August 2017, and I'm
learning new things about it ever since.
The Charger/inverter is a Heart Interface Freedom 20. I have never used it as and
inverter, not sure I know how. The previous owner mentioned while on the hook they might use the
inverter instead of starting the
generator just to use the microwave to heat a meal (in outlet circuit).
Here is the issue, when I switch off no. 1 circuit breaker the outlets go dead, naturally when I switch off no. 4 they also go dead. I have not followed through to determine if circuits 2 and 3 also go dead when circuit 1 is switched off.
As you all know, everything on a
boat is zip-tied so in order to follow what red wire and yellow wire and black wire etc etc .. goes, it could be a challenging endeavor. Cutting the ties, follow the lines, marking them so I never have to do that again, and the zipping up again.
Now the question is there a reason the charger/inverter switch needs to be on for the other circuits to
work? After all, that is what the main of shore or ship is about.
Or is it some crazy way of having the capability of the inverter to supply
power to the outlets?
Or finally, when the bow thruster was installed, did the tech screw up my panel.
Should I change it, or just griin and bear it. I really am a analyst that needs to know why.
Thanks in advance
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