The Line 2 (aka shore power B) male connector and cables burned up pretty badly so I replaced the male connector with a new one and yet the same thing happened. This was after connecting both the Line 1 and Line 2 shore cables and running each side of the 110V panel independently that Line 2 burned up. Before this, I seemed to be able to run fore and aft AC units using only Line 1 and switching to A/B parallel on the panel.
Some past history for the sleuths...In the past, the windlass magnets basically melted. I had some high heat/fire problems with the inverter charger cables at a point where some past owner had installed inline connectors and finally, I just the other day, I had to replace some of the wires in the forward AC that were essentially melted and fused together. I'm pretty sure those things happened in the past when I had both Line 1 and Line 2 connected.
Now I'm only back to only running on the Line #1 cable with panel switched to A/B parallel in order to run only the forward AC unit and as little as possible demand.
A fellow cruiser has suggested is that the problem might lie in a cut or damaged line #2 neutral wire. Could this be the problem? My boat was recently bottom painted and they primed and painted over all the bronze through hulls. Where does the neutral terminate on a 2000 Passage 420? I've looked at the schematics but I'm no electrical engineer. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Some past history for the sleuths...In the past, the windlass magnets basically melted. I had some high heat/fire problems with the inverter charger cables at a point where some past owner had installed inline connectors and finally, I just the other day, I had to replace some of the wires in the forward AC that were essentially melted and fused together. I'm pretty sure those things happened in the past when I had both Line 1 and Line 2 connected.
Now I'm only back to only running on the Line #1 cable with panel switched to A/B parallel in order to run only the forward AC unit and as little as possible demand.
A fellow cruiser has suggested is that the problem might lie in a cut or damaged line #2 neutral wire. Could this be the problem? My boat was recently bottom painted and they primed and painted over all the bronze through hulls. Where does the neutral terminate on a 2000 Passage 420? I've looked at the schematics but I'm no electrical engineer. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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