Boat eWOF with incorrect polarity on GPO's
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 7:40 pm
I have an eWOF to issue on a Leopard 51 Power Cat which is now in NZ indefinitely. Built by Robertson & Caine in South African and wired to the IEC 60092 standards.
We have checked over the installation and found a few issues of the common issues like incorrect RCD type, incorrect current limiting for shore power lead(s), no inverter ac isolating on main board etc...
The concerning issue that we are seeking additional advise on please.
The owner is using plug in travel socket adaptors (see attached photos) for NZ appliances, after checking the polarity of the GPO's out we found they are all wired in reverse to our standard, phase and neutral swapped over. They can't be easy swap around as the ship builder has used boot lace ferrules and the tool-less terminals won't release the ferrules.
Sparky is trying to push that the boat was wired to the IEC standard so is ok to stay incorrect. I disagree. What do others think? Do the sockets need changing to NZ flat pin type?
We have checked over the installation and found a few issues of the common issues like incorrect RCD type, incorrect current limiting for shore power lead(s), no inverter ac isolating on main board etc...
The concerning issue that we are seeking additional advise on please.
The owner is using plug in travel socket adaptors (see attached photos) for NZ appliances, after checking the polarity of the GPO's out we found they are all wired in reverse to our standard, phase and neutral swapped over. They can't be easy swap around as the ship builder has used boot lace ferrules and the tool-less terminals won't release the ferrules.
Sparky is trying to push that the boat was wired to the IEC standard so is ok to stay incorrect. I disagree. What do others think? Do the sockets need changing to NZ flat pin type?