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Judith and Paul

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Does anyone know where we can purchase the white side window pulls/handles for opening and closing the window? I tried West Marine with no luck.

Our Honda generator (2000) gives us a "reverse polarity" signal, but doesn't trip the breaker. We have been told that the Honda is a land based generator not a marine generator and shouldn't be used since wiring is different for house than boat??. We put a wire between the neutral and ground and that took care of the "rp" situation, but wonder if that's the correct solution. Read an article that said it's ok, don't worry about it.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Judith and Paul
Tranquilo
 
For the window handles, try the mfg: http://www.diamondseaglaze.com/ . They'll sell you a couple.

In my experience, those handles don't stick to the glass very long. We've gotten used to pushing the glass by hand. However, I've found some epoxy which swears that it's good for glass, so I'm going to try again, since they also act as latches.

As for the Honda, I've used various portable generators on boats for years, and I'm not the only one. I'm not sure what happened, but it's only recently the the "experts" have started to advise against their use on boats. The only reason I can see is carbon monoxide, and one just has to place the generator where the exhaust gases get blown away. BTY, that's true of the ourboard also.

As for the reverse polarity light, remember the generator chassis isn't grounded to earth, so it floats, electrically. Just check that the return wire from the generator goes to the return wire on the boat (white to white,) and the same for the power wire (black to black) and that the green is connected. You should be OK. It's happened to me before, and I checked the wiring and kept going.
 
Thousands of boaters safely use the Honda EU series on boats. But people can be foolish, and safety experts are suggesting it is best not to use them because if you allow CO to accumulate that can cause death. The electrical issue is as Boris stated. There is no real "ground" in an alternator/inverter as the Honda EUXXXXi series. You are grounding the frame of the generator and the ground of the system, and sort of fooling the red light.

A normal 110 v circuit has a neutral which should be at the same potential as ground, plus a hot. The EU only has two hots, which are put out by the inverter in a quasi sine wave pattern.

If used properly--no problem with the Honda generator.
 
Dr. Bob is almost always "there". It's just that "there" is in different places! :mrgreen: Right now he's down near Key West.

Wish he and Marie (and Angel) had a SPOT or other tracking device, then we'd know when he's on the move again! Thanks Bob!

Charlie
 
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