macsail
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Most here are probably aware of the 2017 National Electric Code requirements for new marinas to set a threshold for electrical current leakage to 30 mA at the pedestals. Our (new to us) boat trips our new marina in New Orleans. I've had an electrician work for a week to isolate our problem without success. So it's either a new electrician and/or maybe go for the big fix… install an input transformer to provide isolation. The latter solution has other benefits. It eliminates galvanic corrosion to our boat caused by stray currents from neighbors, and assures that we will never be a source of stray current.
As best I can tell, we will need a 15 KVA/120-240V transformer, weighing in at around 170 lbs. Our boat was rewired by the last owner with a single 50 amp/120V input plug (I won't get into it why they did not go with a 240 V system).
Here's my question(s): 1) Am I right to skip the diagnostics and solve with the new transformer? and 2) any suggestions as to make/models of transformers plus any other considerations? I've had a hard time finding "expert" advice.
Our boat is a Marine Trader 50' with three16 kbtu a/c's.
Rick
As best I can tell, we will need a 15 KVA/120-240V transformer, weighing in at around 170 lbs. Our boat was rewired by the last owner with a single 50 amp/120V input plug (I won't get into it why they did not go with a 240 V system).
Here's my question(s): 1) Am I right to skip the diagnostics and solve with the new transformer? and 2) any suggestions as to make/models of transformers plus any other considerations? I've had a hard time finding "expert" advice.
Our boat is a Marine Trader 50' with three16 kbtu a/c's.
Rick