Suitability of a 58 hatteras long range cruiser in the med

Bouba said:
I like the picture on the front cover......was it too cold to send somebody out to put the fenders over the side ?
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Does it look like a harbour , oh Jim sent his regards . Jim’s dads name is Harley and his dad is named David. On his family tree it is down as Harley David’s Son.
 
Portofino said:
The electrics are not compatible with our 220v shore power or appliances like say your phone charger .
You can get them converted but it’s expensive .
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Not really . I had an US import searay sundancer and all you need is a 230V-110V transformer .

the european 230v shorepower feeds into the transformer only and is converted to 110v where it is directed to the onboard main ac power switchboard of the boat .

All onboard ac-systems stay 110v , the boat believes its still in USA .

the sockets are just changed to european style and connected via the existing cables and routing to the 230v source ( my transformer had 230v in , 230v out and 110v out ) .

not a big deal at all and worked without issues .
 
Bouba said:
The boat looks a beauty. It resembles a Grand Banks of that era and there are plenty of them in the Med. You have to rig up a passerelle for boarding when you come in stern to, which is the default docking method in the Med. As Porto says the electrical connections are a problem but I’ve seen US boaters using a step down transformer without any problem (that I know of).
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Why would they step down from 110 volt .
 
That’s a great shout JFM , they will run but could over heat due to higher amps which could cause fire , they would run upto 15% more load give or take .
 
jfm said:
Need to deal with frequency as well as voltage.
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50Hz in the EU and 60Hz in the USofA
Not too many things take the mains frequency as reference nowadays though, was a big problem with VHS video recorders and TVs.
Company I worked for had specced up security suite and put in 220V 60Hz generators as they were easier and cheaper to get than ones that were 50Hz. Oh boy was that a problem, none of the VHS tapes made on that platform would play back in a domestic VCR and if you lowered the speed of the genny to get the 50Hz then the voltage was too low.
Don't let the marketing dept. do the technical design.... :)
 
Seastoke said:
That’s a great shout JFM , they will run but could over heat due to higher amps which could cause fire , they would run upto 15% more load give or take .
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I can't see what difference it makes, if a US boat built for 120V is directly connected to a 120V shore line, vs. a 240V shore line with a voltage+frequency converter in between.
I mean, by definition the onboard AC wiring system of a US boat is already sized according to the lower voltage.
In fact, even if you would take the more tricky route of replacing all the AC appliances with 240V stuff (hence also the genset!), to connect directly to EU shore power, you would just have a boat with oversized AC cables, which doesn't hurt.
It's the other way round that could be dangerous!
 
To get it properly done we talk of course a voltage transformator with built in frequency converter . 230v at 50hz in , 110v at 60hz out . Most modern step down transformers will do it .

Like said : i had such a setup on my last boat and it worked perfectly . You want of course a properly sized transformer who is able to take the full load of a shore power socket , otherwise your load limit will be the transformer itself .
 
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