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Prospector
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Response Posted - 03/09/2009 :  10:34:32  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
Steve, your panel is a lot "cleaner" than mine, where does your shorepower live? Do you have shorepower?
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SteveRoberts
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Response Posted - 03/14/2009 :  13:33:10  Show Profile
Sorry for the slow reply; this is my first week at a new job and that took some mindshare.

Anyway, no shorepower for me. It's something i'm considering; I'd like to get a plug or two inside the boat but it's a pretty low priority.
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fpill
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Response Posted - 03/14/2009 :  18:36:52  Show Profile
Steve,
I've also been thinking about installing shore power.
I'm curious to hear where you would install the connection, and the AC panel.
I also have an early model C25 (from your hull #) and the gas is right behind the DC panel (sorry I can't think of the boating name for the port side dumpster). I'm nervous about having exposed AC wiring back there.

Frank
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SteveRoberts
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Response Posted - 03/15/2009 :  14:09:29  Show Profile
Haven't thought it through that much but would expect to come in near the distro panel in the port locker. I'm thinking a simple breaker panel and maybe one plug-in would be all I'd install.

Like I said, it isn't a high priority for me so that's about as much thought as I've given it.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 03/15/2009 :  17:16:26  Show Profile
On our '84 C-25, the shore power plug is on the forward facing "wall" of the port winch island and wiring runs to a reverse polarity switch on the bulkhead behind the galley, then to two 110 outlets, one on each shelf behind the settees. But we also have the isolated gas locker that vents directly to the cockpit. On the older models with the gas tank shelf in the port dumpster and not fume-isolated, I don't think I would mount shore power hardware on that side. What about the same position on the starboard side? What my brother did many years ago on our C-22, which has the same problem with the gas tank position, was to mount a 110 household outlet on the wall under the companionway step not far from the DC switch panel, connect a section of outdoor extension cord to the outlet terminals where the household wiring would go, and route the extension cord over to one of the two clamshell vents for the port dumpster, going through the flexible hose and up out the vent. Then we could attach an extension cord from there to the outlet on the dock. It was crude, but it worked and kept any possible spark away from the dumpster. Actually, we had a small line tied to the cord coming out of the vent to the stern cleat so the extension cord was just inside the vent and out of sight when not in use. The 110 outlet inside the boat was useful for plugging in devices such as the battery charger, a power drill, and electric light we kept next to the battery in the winter, a boom box, etc.
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