Hello everyone
My name is Albert. Im new to the forum. I recently purchase a 1984 Hunter 34. Im new to sailing, also, and am very excited to get my boat up and running so i can go out and get some sailing experience under my belt sorta speak. She has a few issues witch was what i was looking for when i was looking for a boat. I wantdd to buy a boat that had some issues i can fix myself. I originally was looking to buy a catalina 30 but i ran into this boat (1984 Hunter34) and liked the layout better than the Cat30. Since the day i biught the boat its been a little hectic for me because of some miscomunicational issues betwedn me and the seller. The seller that sold it to me said i would have a month to move her from the slip it was in and slip was not transferable. I figured it was ok because i figured it was enough time for me to get her up amd runnig so i can make the move from Marina Del Rey to Shoreline Marina in Long BeCh Ca...once i ought the boat and the Marina found out about thd zale they informed me that i would need to move the boat that very same day. Eversince then its been a roller coaster ride. At the moment i am slipped in their Guest slip area and paying high daily fees. Ive had the boat for a week now and have rebiult the engine (Yanmar 3gmf) and got her purring mike a kitten...but know im trying to tackle the electrical and i was hoping that maybe you guys can help me with some issues im having with the A/C110v circuit. Whenever i plug the shore power to the boat everything turns on but if i turn the main breaker switch at the panel on and off a few times it will blow the breaker at the shore power connection on the dock. Another thing i noticed is that the lights next to the switchs (on the A/C side of the panel only) look dimm (sometimes not all the time). I, also, noticed that the main breaker trips when i have one or more of the other AC breakers (a load) on when i turn the main breaker on. Im thnking it either the breakers are going bad or there is short or grounding issues. Ive been reading about the grounding system on boats and needless to say its not the same as a residential house system. I read about the galvanic isolators and isolating transformers but am stuck. Im not sure if the boat has one or if it had one installed from the manufacturer but.. Im wondering if you guys can shed some light on this for me. I tried looking for either one of tose isolators on my boat (1984 h34) but could not find neither one. I looked for it on the between the boats shore power plug on the boat to the breaker panel but it dont see anything. Please help?
My name is Albert. Im new to the forum. I recently purchase a 1984 Hunter 34. Im new to sailing, also, and am very excited to get my boat up and running so i can go out and get some sailing experience under my belt sorta speak. She has a few issues witch was what i was looking for when i was looking for a boat. I wantdd to buy a boat that had some issues i can fix myself. I originally was looking to buy a catalina 30 but i ran into this boat (1984 Hunter34) and liked the layout better than the Cat30. Since the day i biught the boat its been a little hectic for me because of some miscomunicational issues betwedn me and the seller. The seller that sold it to me said i would have a month to move her from the slip it was in and slip was not transferable. I figured it was ok because i figured it was enough time for me to get her up amd runnig so i can make the move from Marina Del Rey to Shoreline Marina in Long BeCh Ca...once i ought the boat and the Marina found out about thd zale they informed me that i would need to move the boat that very same day. Eversince then its been a roller coaster ride. At the moment i am slipped in their Guest slip area and paying high daily fees. Ive had the boat for a week now and have rebiult the engine (Yanmar 3gmf) and got her purring mike a kitten...but know im trying to tackle the electrical and i was hoping that maybe you guys can help me with some issues im having with the A/C110v circuit. Whenever i plug the shore power to the boat everything turns on but if i turn the main breaker switch at the panel on and off a few times it will blow the breaker at the shore power connection on the dock. Another thing i noticed is that the lights next to the switchs (on the A/C side of the panel only) look dimm (sometimes not all the time). I, also, noticed that the main breaker trips when i have one or more of the other AC breakers (a load) on when i turn the main breaker on. Im thnking it either the breakers are going bad or there is short or grounding issues. Ive been reading about the grounding system on boats and needless to say its not the same as a residential house system. I read about the galvanic isolators and isolating transformers but am stuck. Im not sure if the boat has one or if it had one installed from the manufacturer but.. Im wondering if you guys can shed some light on this for me. I tried looking for either one of tose isolators on my boat (1984 h34) but could not find neither one. I looked for it on the between the boats shore power plug on the boat to the breaker panel but it dont see anything. Please help?