Steve - Works sometimes - blows up other times. Depends on the source of
the two services. If they are simply two runs from the same electrical
phase it works fine. If - as I would expect is often the case, they are two
runs from different phases you are going to get fire works when you
interconnect.
You can set your boat up with two different 120 volt runs and run them off
two separate plugs safely. This would be normal if you have your boat
fitted for 240 for heavy loads and then split that for the 120 volt loads.
Each of those 120 runs can go to a seperate 120 volt plug.
There are commercially available systems that take care of all this. Mostly
you can do it with a sophisticated autotransformer though it will not work
on some combinations. Or perhaps more correctly - both the operator and the
autotransformer need to be sophisticated if it is to work in all
circumstances.
I suspect you could qualify for the operator role without much trouble if
you got the correct package.
Jim
Steve - Works sometimes - blows up other times. Depends on the source of
the two services. If they are simply two runs from the same electrical
phase it works fine. If - as I would expect is often the case, they are two
runs from different phases you are going to get fire works when you
interconnect.
You can set your boat up with two different 120 volt runs and run them off
two separate plugs safely. This would be normal if you have your boat
fitted for 240 for heavy loads and then split that for the 120 volt loads.
Each of those 120 runs can go to a seperate 120 volt plug.
There are commercially available systems that take care of all this. Mostly
you can do it with a sophisticated autotransformer though it will not work
on some combinations. Or perhaps more correctly - both the operator and the
autotransformer need to be sophisticated if it is to work in all
circumstances.
I suspect you could qualify for the operator role without much trouble if
you got the correct package.
Jim
