|
|
|
|
|||||
|
||||||
From: Peter Bennett (no email)
Date: Thu Jan 01 2004 - 23:55:10 EST
Thursday, January 1, 2004, 6:09:30 PM, Ron wrote:
> Then what does Margery's $400.00 "Y" adapter do? Physically, it takes two 30
> amp connects and translates that into one 50amp 240V connection. How?
Actually, although it converts to a 50 amp connector, you can only
draw 30 amps, since that is all the outlets will deliver.
Assuming "sensible" wiring on the dock, you should find 208 or 240 V
between the hot wires of adjacent outlets. The fancy adaptor
apparently contains a circuit to prevent incorrectly wired (hot and
neutral wired reversed) outlets from causing damage, and to prevent a
disconnected 30 A plug from becoming "hot".
The hot wire from one 30 A outlet becomes one side of the 240V output,
and the hot from the other 30A outlet becomes the other side of the
240V, with the neutrals from the two outlets presumably connected
together, and becoming the neutral of the 120/240 output, so you will
have 120V on board.
> Ron Rogers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Fidler" <>
> To: "TWL" <>
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:55 PM
> Subject: TWL: RE: 50amps
> | Usually there is 240 vac between the "hot" wires on two 30 amp
> | outlets on the dock so you cannot parallel the outlets.
> |
> | Jim Fidler "Fiddlesticks"
> _______________________________________________
> http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list
> To Unsubscribe send email to
>
> Include the word "Unsubscribe" (and nothing else) in the subject or body of the message.
-- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI Vancouver, B.C., Canada GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list To Unsubscribe send email to Include the word "Unsubscribe" (and nothing else) in the subject or body of the message.
|