I have installed two 30A shore receptacles on my boat. The thought was that I could feed the shore power circuit with two 30A feeds-- either from (2) 30A sources or (1) 50A source through a splitter (eg Marinco 153AY or equivalent).
Spoke with the marine electrician that I have bought most of my stuff from and he indicates that it cannot be done. The 30A circuits must be separate and the leads cannot be aggregated at the shore feed of the (shore/gen/off) switch panel.
? So all these boats using two 30A cords have dual systems in the boat- one for each cord? So if a single cord is used- only that part of the AC system is hot.
So I need to toss the second 30A receptacle and add a 50A with a upstream switch to select one of those as my shore power source?
Spoke with the marine electrician that I have bought most of my stuff from and he indicates that it cannot be done. The 30A circuits must be separate and the leads cannot be aggregated at the shore feed of the (shore/gen/off) switch panel.
? So all these boats using two 30A cords have dual systems in the boat- one for each cord? So if a single cord is used- only that part of the AC system is hot.
So I need to toss the second 30A receptacle and add a 50A with a upstream switch to select one of those as my shore power source?