Sailfish 360 CC, Owner'S Manual

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SAILFISH 360 CC | SHORE POWER
Your shore power system starts at the dock power pedes-
tal. The conventional system on your Sailfish boat and your
local marina combines two circuits with circuit breakers
rated at 30A, two female receptacles, and a hinged lid to
keep water off the connection. These receptacles have a
threaded ring that allows the shore power cord to connect
securely and make a waterproof connection. This is a 30A
25’ yellow cord. The contacts on the plug will only fit one
way into the receptacle, which prevents polarity problems
and provides a secure connection when the plug is twisted
slightly clockwise.
To operate off of the AC shore power, turn on AC Main
switch, top center of the shore power panel, then you can
flip on the AC Outlets, the on board battery charger to
charge the house batteries and engine batteries, as well as
turning on the Frig and the grill if equipped.
While shore power systems only work when you are
plugged in to an external source of AC power at the dock,
the 360CC may have the optional inverter system which
allows you to enjoy AC power when underway.
If equipped with the optional inverter system, once the
shore power is plugged in at the dock, the inverter will pass
the AC current through to the shower power panel and the
inverter/charger will start charging the inverter’s batteries.
You can operate your shore panel as normal.
While underway, you can turn on the inverter to either
standby or to the on position. In standby mode, the inverter
will wait until an AC appliance calls for current. In this mode
it will not deplete your batteries’ voltage, like it will in the on
position. In standby or on position, your shore power panel
will be supplied with AC current to run everything as if you
were at the dock. Running everything will rapidly deplete
the voltage on your inverter batteries.
Sailfish highly recommends that you limit your offshore
inverter power to run the air conditioner only. NOTE: please
make sure that the switch for the battery charger and the
frig, on the shore power panel, is in the off position. The frig
will run off the DC side using your house batteries that are
being charged by your outboard engine.