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Post by greenman on Mar 17, 2022 19:06:09 GMT
A question for those in the know.
Could I plug an invertor generator into my shoreline plug and run the 240v appliances.
Or would it all go bang.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 19:47:45 GMT
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Post by greenman on Mar 17, 2022 19:53:44 GMT
Cheers Gazza. Take it there's no need for additional protection for the 240v circuit.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 20:12:47 GMT
Cheers Gazza. Take it there's no need for additional protection for the 240v circuit. The nut jobs on CWDF will trot out a load of Whatiffery about earthing arrangements for the vanishingly small risk of your shoreline chafing through both outer and conductor insulation, back in the real world it never happens- largely due to the fact you won’t have a portable generator as a fixed power source; some bastard will either pinch it or chuck it in the drink if left unattended for long periods of time! |
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Post by quaysider on Mar 18, 2022 8:29:02 GMT
something to bear in mind if you have a 230v fridge freezer - the startup pull is something like 10 times the rated use... I have a little 700watt genny that I plug in to my shoreline socket (I've a combi inverter/charger) and it charges the batteries really economically at a 40 amp setting)... but IF the fridge tries to kick in, it shuts down the genny. Ergo, I have to turn the fridge freezer off for the duration of the charge which is a pain.
ergo, make sure you have one (genny that is) big enough to be able to tolerate the startup current of the fridge/freezer.
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Post by greenman on Mar 18, 2022 16:02:37 GMT
Cheers Gazza. Take it there's no need for additional protection for the 240v circuit. The nut jobs on CWDF will trot out a load of Whatiffery about earthing arrangements for the vanishingly small risk of your shoreline chafing through both outer and conductor insulation, back in the real world it never happens- largely due to the fact you won’t have a portable generator as a fixed power source; some bastard will either pinch it or chuck it in the drink if left unattended for long periods of time! I'll try to avoid gnawing through the cable  |
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Post by greenman on Mar 18, 2022 16:04:57 GMT
something to bear in mind if you have a 230v fridge freezer - the startup pull is something like 10 times the rated use... I have a little 700watt genny that I plug in to my shoreline socket (I've a combi inverter/charger) and it charges the batteries really economically at a 40 amp setting)... but IF the fridge tries to kick in, it shuts down the genny. Ergo, I have to turn the fridge freezer off for the duration of the charge which is a pain. ergo, make sure you have one (genny that is) big enough to be able to tolerate the startup current of the fridge/freezer. Good point, fridge is 12v so that's not a problem but Mrs Greenman is talking about having a table top washing machine. Not sure why we can't use a rock and canal water. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2022 16:12:55 GMT
With the Victron combi that I have if the generator/shore supply is not good enough the inverter will supply the extra needed. Only once has it been a problem when a 2kW electric fan kicked in on a 1.5kW Combi and the shore supply was sagging badly at 190volts.
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