07-08-2018, 06:27 AM
Re; loose neutral in the 50 amp receptacle- another voltmeter check revealed an ultra short flashing of 120vac, but nothing strong or sustained. To me this points to a loose neutral connection. On my initial voltmeter check days ago, there was not any trace of a neutral.
My next move was to hook a Marinco Reverse Y Connector to 2 dockside 30 amp receptacles (containing both L1 and L2). The result was the same; 240 vac into the boat but no 120 at all which surprised me??
My next plan was to hook the 2 30 amp lines directly to the 2 30 amp receptacles on my boat. But wait, when I lifted the cap on one of these, there was no 30 amp inlet- only a female port for coaxial cable and obviously audio/video and some other small port that I did not recognize. So I did the only thing left- ie; connect a single 30 amp line to my single 30 amp receptacle. Now I had 120 vac which ran my Acs and battery chargers (which seem to run on either 120 or 240 volts depending on what is available. But no power to my refrigerator, freezer or outlets. As for the outlets, I may have a GFI problem. No breakers are off so I am not sure about the lack of 120 volts.
Does anyone know why my Reverse Y Connector is providing 240 but no 120 vac??
From the beginning, the marina owner has insisted the lack of 120 when plugged into his 50 amp box is due to my big cord connector being defective. It has a little black tape on it which is not pretty but this has not stopped it from working perfectly at many other marinas. For no good logical reason other than the fact that I do own a brand new replacement plug, I did replace the 50 amp boat side plug. Everything was good inside the old plug as I knew it would be so now the new one is installed. No change, no 120 from that 50 amp shorepower box. Guess what the guy has a loose neutral somewhere in his line. Fuzzdr
My next move was to hook a Marinco Reverse Y Connector to 2 dockside 30 amp receptacles (containing both L1 and L2). The result was the same; 240 vac into the boat but no 120 at all which surprised me??
My next plan was to hook the 2 30 amp lines directly to the 2 30 amp receptacles on my boat. But wait, when I lifted the cap on one of these, there was no 30 amp inlet- only a female port for coaxial cable and obviously audio/video and some other small port that I did not recognize. So I did the only thing left- ie; connect a single 30 amp line to my single 30 amp receptacle. Now I had 120 vac which ran my Acs and battery chargers (which seem to run on either 120 or 240 volts depending on what is available. But no power to my refrigerator, freezer or outlets. As for the outlets, I may have a GFI problem. No breakers are off so I am not sure about the lack of 120 volts.
Does anyone know why my Reverse Y Connector is providing 240 but no 120 vac??
From the beginning, the marina owner has insisted the lack of 120 when plugged into his 50 amp box is due to my big cord connector being defective. It has a little black tape on it which is not pretty but this has not stopped it from working perfectly at many other marinas. For no good logical reason other than the fact that I do own a brand new replacement plug, I did replace the 50 amp boat side plug. Everything was good inside the old plug as I knew it would be so now the new one is installed. No change, no 120 from that 50 amp shorepower box. Guess what the guy has a loose neutral somewhere in his line. Fuzzdr
