CHAPTER 6
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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INVERTING
To use AC power when no generator or shore-power is available, make sure the inverter breaker
is ON. Be sure the Xantrex display shows it to be in the default
Operating
mode and not
Safe
mode used when adding or removing devices to disable all charging and inverting functions even
stopping the generator if its running
.
To return to operating mode, select
Operating
from the
System Settings menu under
Desired Mode
then push
Enter.
To enable inverting on the Xantrex remote
panel, scroll down to
Inverter
using the
up/down arrows, then push the
Enter
button. A light will come on to confirm that
AC power is now being supplied to the
forward AC Panel #1, which includes those
items which may be run from the inverter
alone…although not necessarily all at the
same time for very long. The inverter can
only be powered by the house bank, but can
monitor both the house and engine start
banks. When finished using AC power
through the inverter push
Exit
to turn off.
CHARGING
To activate the charger when SHORE POWER is applied to AC Panel #1 or when GENERATOR
is on: Scroll to
Charger
then push
Enter.
CAUTION:
DO NOT LEAVE THE BOAT WITH THE INVERT SWITCH “ON” AT THE XANTREX
ALONG WITH THE INVERTER/CHARGE SWITCH “ON” ON THE AC PANEL IF YOU ARE NOT
INVERTING AS THIS MAY DRAW 10-12 AMPS EVEN IF NO AC DEVICE IS TURNED ON. OR,
SEVERAL DAYS LATER YOU MAY END UP WITH DEAD BATTERIES (All of them if the Parallel
Switch is “On” too.)
6.4
AC SHOREPOWER
The first of three ways to supply AC power to boat
appliances/systems is through Shorepower #1 and #2
30A 125V connections in the transom. These are shown
Left to Right with the 3
rd
Inlet for a TV cable hook-up
The cover lid springs open by pushing in at the bottom,
If two 30A 125V sockets are not available on the dock,
very often you will find a 50A 225V socket to which you
can connect a “Y” pigtail (West Marine 410373).
If you overload, an AC circuit, one of two AC shorepower
breakers may trip. To reset, locate the shorepower
breaker box (shown at right) in the aft starboard corner of
cockpit locker. Be sure both switches are ON.
Hot Water
If a second shore-power receptacle is not
available and you have not operated the boat recently,
there won’t be any hot water from the engine’s heat
exchanger. Simply shift the single cord from the Shore 1