Captain Crunch
Member II
Hello all, I installed a new Blue Sea systems AC panel in my boat in the spring All was well until I arrived at my boat last weekend and the AC power was off. It seems the female shore power plug on the marina side of things was worn and burnt, taking my extension cord with it. Fine.... things wear out. I connected a new male end to my extension cord and plugged it in to the neighbors shore power. As I started to put my AC loads back online, 1500w heater, water heater,and battery charger the reverse polarity light slowly started to illuminate. What I mean by this is when I flick on my main 30A breaker no light at all. Flick on the battery charger, you can just see a tiny bit of illumination. The outlet plugs with the heater plugged in a little more, and by the time the water heater is brought online the light is on although I think a little dimmer then full on. The water heater seems to illuminate the light the most. I metered out all the wires from the marina to the outlets and everything is as it should be. I even opened everything up and rewired all the outlets just to make sure. The problem hasn't corrected. Has anyone had this experience with reverse polarity lights on AC panels. Any insight here would be much appreciated.