2004 265 express circuit breaker replacement

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I have no power to the receptacle that my shore power charger is plugged into. I pulled down the circuit breaker that is located just after the shore power connector and right before the galvanic isolator and tested the wires and found there is only current supplied to one of the 2 wires. I’m guessing the breaker is bad. What would be a good replacement breaker for this?
 

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Not sure how you "tested the wires". Its 120Vac. Reading to Ground you are only going to read on the power on the HOT (Black Wire).

Are you using a meter or an AC volt tester (blinky buzzy thing)?

With breaker on, did you test at the AC panel Main Breaker?
 
SkunkBoat said:
Not sure how you "tested the wires". Its 120Vac. Reading to Ground you are only going to read on the power on the HOT (Black Wire).

Are you using a meter or an AC volt tester (blinky buzzy thing)?

With breaker on, did you test at the AC panel Main Breaker?
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I used both. The wand deal that blinks and beeps when you put it next to a wire and I also used a volt meter. One wire has zero. The other shows 110v
 
SkunkBoat said:
You have power to other receptacles?

The thing pictured is the Main Inlet Breaker. If it is open, you will have no AC power anywhere
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No power to any receptacles. Power to microwave and fridge.
 
Does the Charger have its own breaker on your panel? Separate from outlets?
The outlets are all fed from the load side of the GFI in the head. It might be tripped
 
SkunkBoat said:
The charger has an outlet or is it hardwired? GFI Outlet? Mine was originally hardwired.
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SkunkBoat said:
The charger has an outlet or is it hardwired? GFI Outlet? Mine was originally hardwired.
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Mine actually has an outlet. It has zero power going to it. I have one of those three prong testers I can plug into the outlets. Also used the wand and there is no power to the outlet.

Complicating the matter, it seems intermittent. I had this issue last year and it “went away” and there was power to the charger. Now the issue is back and I currently have no power to any outlets.
 
Well, all of my original outlets were sketchy. They needed replacing. 20+ years of turning green inside. And the steel parts rusted.
Dangerous. I used "weatherproof" outlets from HD.
Grady didn't impress me with their AC wiring. They cut the bottom off the boxes to get the wire in. really zero strain relief.

Not sure of your wiring knowledge... Remember AC wiring colors are Black HOT, White NEUTRAL, Green Ground.
You cannot use the Red & Black wire you are used to in 12Vdc.
If someone connects AC black HOT to DC black ground it will not be pretty.

Boat AC wire is stranded. .
You cannot use solid wire that you get at HD.
I did not have to use any new AC wire.
You need to use crimped fork terminals to wire an outlet. You can't wrap stranded wire to an outlet screw.

30A Shore power inlet was all green corrosion too.

IMO if you are going to plug to shore power you should Inspect/replace everything. Update the Galvanic Isolator.
Green corroded AC connections cause heat and start fires.


The Charger on mine has its own breaker on the panel. I assume your does also. Wire runs forward on Port side. Mine ends at a single RV cord outlet near the charger. (When I replaced the charger I cut the hardwired connection and added a single receptacle ) You have a single receptacle or a double receptacle or a GFI receptacle?

So your charger problem can only be the Battery Charger breaker on the panel or the connections between the panel and outlet, or the outlet.
 
SkunkBoat said:
Well, all of my original outlets were sketchy. They needed replacing. 20+ years of turning green inside. And the steel parts rusted.
Dangerous. I used "weatherproof" outlets from HD.
Grady didn't impress me with their AC wiring. They cut the bottom off the boxes to get the wire in. really zero strain relief.

Not sure of your wiring knowledge... Remember AC wiring colors are Black HOT, White NEUTRAL, Green Ground.
You cannot use the Red & Black wire you are used to in 12Vdc.
If someone connects AC black HOT to DC black ground it will not be pretty.

Boat AC wire is stranded. .
You cannot use solid wire that you get at HD.
I did not have to use any new AC wire.
You need to use crimped fork terminals to wire an outlet. You can't wrap stranded wire to an outlet screw.

30A Shore power inlet was all green corrosion too.

IMO if you are going to plug to shore power you should Inspect/replace everything. Update the Galvanic Isolator.
Green corroded AC connections cause heat and start fires.


The Charger on mine has its own breaker on the panel. I assume your does also. Wire runs forward on Port side. Mine ends at a single RV cord outlet near the charger. (When I replaced the charger I cut the hardwired connection and added a single receptacle ) You have a single receptacle or a double receptacle or a GFI receptacle?

So your charger problem can only be the Battery Charger breaker on the panel or the connections between the panel and outlet, or the outlet.
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SkunkBoat said:
Well, all of my original outlets were sketchy. They needed replacing. 20+ years of turning green inside. And the steel parts rusted.
Dangerous. I used "weatherproof" outlets from HD.
Grady didn't impress me with their AC wiring. They cut the bottom off the boxes to get the wire in. really zero strain relief.

Not sure of your wiring knowledge... Remember AC wiring colors are Black HOT, White NEUTRAL, Green Ground.
You cannot use the Red & Black wire you are used to in 12Vdc.
If someone connects AC black HOT to DC black ground it will not be pretty.

Boat AC wire is stranded. .
You cannot use solid wire that you get at HD.
I did not have to use any new AC wire.
You need to use crimped fork terminals to wire an outlet. You can't wrap stranded wire to an outlet screw.

30A Shore power inlet was all green corrosion too.

IMO if you are going to plug to shore power you should Inspect/replace everything. Update the Galvanic Isolator.
Green corroded AC connections cause heat and start fires.


The Charger on mine has its own breaker on the panel. I assume your does also. Wire runs forward on Port side. Mine ends at a single RV cord outlet near the charger. (When I replaced the charger I cut the hardwired connection and added a single receptacle ) You have a single receptacle or a double receptacle or a GFI receptacle?

So your charger problem can only be the Battery Charger breaker on the panel or the connections between the panel and outlet, or the outlet.
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I’ll get some more pics of mine today. My receptacle at the charger is a double. I have to look at the front panel again and see if there is a breaker. When you replaced everything, what did you use for a breaker after the shore power connection?
 
I moved the 30A inlet and Galvanic isolator closer to the panel so I did not need a 30A breaker near the inlet. The Main Breaker on the panel is the breaker.

On mine, the GFCI in the head fed the other outlets in the galley and helm. So if the gfci trips, all outlets are dead.
The Charger and Microwave had separate breakers and no gfci.

see the other thread for more details.
 
Skelly said:
When you replaced everything, what did you use for a breaker after the shore power connection?
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That is a 30A 125v ac breaker. You remove it from that black housing. You don't need the whole thing. Just the breaker.
There is a number on it. Its a common breaker. you can find on blue seas website, WM, Amazon..
But its not your problem. It feeds everything.
 
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