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Female Speaker: All properly designed vessels have marine-grade electrical panels with appropriate circuit breakers for the loads anticipated. Electrical panels are divided between AC and DC units with some special appliances, such as stoves and washer dryers occupying their own breaker panels. There is usually a separate breaker and switch for your windlass because it consumes vast amount of DC power. This gauge shows the amount of liquid in the diesel, fuel, water and waste tanks.
A good feature is to provide your interior lighting with a dimming system. Dimming not only reduces your power requirements and lengthens bulb life but also adds a great deal of ambiance to your cabin. Install switches that feature a light when power is turned on. The light will remind you to turn off that waste discharge pump that’s been left on for over a half hour.
The most important feature of any shore power connector is that it must be waterproof and made for the marine environment. When your boat is at the dock, you cannot use household type connectors or cords to make electrical connections. Female and male connectors have definite configurations depending on the amount of power and voltage they are to carry. Unless you possess advanced electrical knowledge, do not attempt to repair any connector, high voltage can easily kill you.
If a connector should fall overboard, you can have many matters shutting off all power, rinsing it in fresh water and then drying the end completely. It’s a good idea to spray some WD-40 or similar lubricant on it. This electrical device made by Glendinning makes the chore of handling heavy shore power cords easy. Always buy adaptors made for marine use and never try to dry with one yourself. Observe the proper polarity when hooking up and if you are not sure about anything, contact the Marina Management.
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