Thanks all. Looks like I have some investigating to do. I opened up two
outlets the other night and discovered they were both individually wired (or
the end of a chain; they each had only three wires). I had thought they
would all be wired together. Thanks for all the help.
J
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Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: GFCI?
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:11:47 +0000
BUT...if you travel to other marinas, you can't be certain that they will
have GFCI protection, so protect your boat!
Bob Mann
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From: Russ Dearmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Another alternative is to verify how many receptacles are on how many
circuits by tripping the breakers one at a time and using a lamp or
voltmeter to really see what is on what circuit. Then if they truly are on
several circuits you probably should install all new GFCI's. But if they
are on just one circuit then install a GFCI breaker instead to control all
of them. The rub is that the breakers are more expensive. I'm a retired
electrician and like the other sailor said just check the dock power at
your slip and if it is GFCI protected then don't worry about it. Just
remember to check at least once a season to make sure the marina didn't
change anything. One more thing since the load side of a GFCI receptacle
will control anything downline, put a GFCI receptacle on the first one and
the rest on the load side of it. That would be the cheapest and safest
scenario. I'm sure that's clear as mud but once you figure out the wiring
it may be easier to see..... Good lu!
ck...
Russ
James Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hmm. I didn't think about that. Thing is, when I bought the boat, the
surveyor said I should install a GFCI. Does anyone have A GFCI aboard? And
if you must replace every outlet with a seperate GFCI, the project starts
to
become a costly one.
>From: "Sailor Chef"
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To:
>Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: GFCI?
>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:37:11 -0500
>
>I can't speak to your individual outlets but around here the dock outlets
>are GFCI. If that is the case, I would think you would not need
individual
>GFCI outlets.
>Mark
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>From: "James Henderson"
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>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:04 AM
>Subject: catalina27-talk: GFCI?
>
>
>While tinkering with my outlets last night, and trying to install a GFCI
>outlet, I noticed that none of the 110v outlets seemed to be wired in the
>same circuit and would thus each need to be changed to a GFCI. Am I
>correct?
>As it is, my boat has no GFCI installed at all. Thanks!
>
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