The shore power setup on my boat is pretty primitive-looking: there is only a two-conductor Romex-looking wire running from a standard shore power plug in the cockpit directly to a GFC-protected outlet in the cabin. There is no AC panel, nor breaker, nor even switch in the circuit.
At the very least, shouldn't there be a ground wire in there? And if so -- and I hadn't ever thought of this before -- is it kosher to ground 110v AC to the same ground as your 12v DC? I can't figure how you could do otherwise in a boat, but it seems wrong, somehow.
At the very least, shouldn't there be a ground wire in there? And if so -- and I hadn't ever thought of this before -- is it kosher to ground 110v AC to the same ground as your 12v DC? I can't figure how you could do otherwise in a boat, but it seems wrong, somehow.
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