Electricity meter - why?

[misterg]

Just re-organising Ayla's cockpit locker to make room for a holding tank, and one of the items that's in the way is a (domestic type) electricity meter in the shore-power supply.

Why would this have been fitted? - It can't be read without opening the locker.

My current plan is just to remove it, and connect the shore-power straight into the "consumer unit" - Is there any reason why I should retain it? (The marina has prepaid metered outlets).

Andy

 

[matelot]

since all it does is read the leccy consumption, whether you keep it is up to you. but the installation of that sort of meter in a boat suggests that the whole set up is both diy and inappropriate, and should be very carefully checked out before connecting anything up to it.

on my last boat I found domestic wiring joined mid length with chocolate blocks and insulating tape for example.

 

[john_morris_uk]

It has not been unusual in the past for boat owners to dispute their electric usuage with the marina. Perhaps a previous owner fitted it to check exactly what was going on. If you don't use it, then the simple answer is to remove it.

 

[misterg]

Now removed.... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Thanks,

Andy