Looking at a 34 to liveaboard and am bothered by the what i have heard about the 110 breaker panel. I noticed when turning on something (a/c, microwave, etc) it draws a ton of amps on the amp meter. I also have heard that above 60 amps or so of draw you are at risk of breaking the circuit at the panel which must be changed by an electrician. Anyone know more about this? Any way to change the panel to accomodate higher draw with a liveaboard? Or is it just better to continue turning things off before turning something else on? Also, anyone want to guess how many amps a CO will pull? THANKS!
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CO Inverter
Robin: I have a LAPTOP CO and plan on running it off a small inverter (not sure about the size) but it works fine. If you have a DC accessory plug near the area where you are going to use your CO you will not need to worry about current and blowing a circut breaker which will crash your CO. You will always running off of the battery power. These small inverters can be purchased for under $100.
Robin: I have a LAPTOP CO and plan on running it off a small inverter (not sure about the size) but it works fine. If you have a DC accessory plug near the area where you are going to use your CO you will not need to worry about current and blowing a circut breaker which will crash your CO. You will always running off of the battery power. These small inverters can be purchased for under $100.
I don't think so
The original h34 panels did not have amp meters. Most of them I have seen including mine was set up with 30 amp shore power 110v ac. I doubt you can pull 60 amp there without a lot of smoke. Most marinas I have been at only supply 30 amps and have their own breaker in addition to the main breaker on the boat. 30 amps at 110v is adequate for live aboard A CO uses very little current compared to heaters, hot water heaters, irons, refrigerators, hair driers, .... ect. If the vessel you're looking at uses 60 amps I suspect someone modified the original panel. (Unless you mean 60 amps at 12 volts which is a different story) Barry
The original h34 panels did not have amp meters. Most of them I have seen including mine was set up with 30 amp shore power 110v ac. I doubt you can pull 60 amp there without a lot of smoke. Most marinas I have been at only supply 30 amps and have their own breaker in addition to the main breaker on the boat. 30 amps at 110v is adequate for live aboard A CO uses very little current compared to heaters, hot water heaters, irons, refrigerators, hair driers, .... ect. If the vessel you're looking at uses 60 amps I suspect someone modified the original panel. (Unless you mean 60 amps at 12 volts which is a different story) Barry
P42 has 60 amps worth
My P42 had two 30amp shore connections. Tripping a breaker (which happened once) required simultaneous operation of two marine air units, water heater, space heater, and hair dryer. If you don't have AC on board, you can probably run almost anything you need off 30amp power.
My P42 had two 30amp shore connections. Tripping a breaker (which happened once) required simultaneous operation of two marine air units, water heater, space heater, and hair dryer. If you don't have AC on board, you can probably run almost anything you need off 30amp power.
Heaters are electrical banditos
Robin: You are correct in assuming that you are going to be tripping breakers. Our H'31 also is setup with 30amp shore power. If we run our heater and the coffee pot we will trip the breaker. I assume you are going to have the same problem with A/C and microwave(or any other high amp draw with the A/C). The only thing that you can do is add a second 30 amp circuit or do power management. Why don't you setup your boat to run as many accessories as possible off of DC power and reserve the A/C for the things that you don't have any choice. You may also consider an inverter for some of the items that don't need continous power (like the microwave)
Robin: You are correct in assuming that you are going to be tripping breakers. Our H'31 also is setup with 30amp shore power. If we run our heater and the coffee pot we will trip the breaker. I assume you are going to have the same problem with A/C and microwave(or any other high amp draw with the A/C). The only thing that you can do is add a second 30 amp circuit or do power management. Why don't you setup your boat to run as many accessories as possible off of DC power and reserve the A/C for the things that you don't have any choice. You may also consider an inverter for some of the items that don't need continous power (like the microwave)
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