Are we done with the wiring preferences? Good!
I’d like to cap off this thread with a few final comments, based on findings. The original main breaker was bad, and the replacement also seemed to fail...initially after installation. None of the 110V outlets proved functional, as tested with a small portable AC fan that I had on board. I was dumbfounded, or maybe just found dumb. I also found a tripped GFCI receptacle in the head. Reading a previous thread here on SBO I thought...well that’s gotta be the issue, assuming the outlet was connected in series. Nope, still no power to the outlets. I should also mention that I had no other devices plugged into other outlets around the boat, as I feared a potential short occurring somewhere I hadn’t looked.
Yesterday, we got together for a refreshing respite from the boat maintenance with a new friend and his lovely wife, on our boat. While chatting, we discovered that
@Mohawk Jack is a gifted electrical contractor working on naval destroyers. He casually asked how my shore power issue was going, having read it here, so I simply
expressed my inability to resolve, and indicated I was going to hire a professional electrician to review.
So Jack asks “Do you have a multimeter?”...and then the lesson began.
After confirming each of my previous evaluations and performing additional monitoring, he agreed that we had power to the breaker cabinet. Throwing the main breaker we had voltage on both poles. I was then asked to test the outlets with my portable fan once again, the result...still no power.
Therefore my new genius friend, asks if I could try another appliance, so I plug the microwave into a different receptacle and a resounding beep occurs with the clock flashing.
Jack looks up from the breaker cabinet with a piercingly smug grin
and says...”I think your fan is bad too.”
I sincerely want to publicly thank
@Mohawk Jack for his generous efforts and owe him a debt of gratitude. I also want to say that this recovery was only possible through contacts made on this SBO forum. So far, the costs associated with electrical repair were $35 for the replacement breaker and a couple of Gatorades. I can do better than that...
It also appears that my Cindy and his Jeanne hit it off quite well while the dudes operated.