Retirement

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Sailing Poodles

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Apr 24, 2011
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Hunter 41DS Riviere Sens, Guadeloupe
OK, it's the big one. Retirement! Taking off for Caribbean and seeing how long we can live there.

Done some research and taking a bare boat charter before we go to; literally, try the waters.

Big question. When I take my Hunter 41DS across the pond and start to live the nautical equivalent of the good life, what amendments should I have made to the electrics on the boat? Clearly I assume it will be US voltage, so question is do I rewire or can I convert easily?

No abuse please, I'm knocking on a bit. :confused:
 
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eianm

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Jul 7, 2010
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Hunter 42 Sydney
I bought my H42 in America and then freighted it to Australia- we have 240v 50hz. USA has 110v 60Hz. I fitted a step down transformer (240>110v) and everything is fine- no change to any wiring. If you have 220v, all you will need to do is to fit a step up transformer(110>220v). On my boat it was possible to fit it so that i can still plug in either 110v or 240v as my boat had 2 x shorepower inlets.
 
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