A busy day at Poulsbo’s guest moorage.
The Port of Poulsbo has completed a major upgrade to its guest moorage electrical power systems, and in doing so, now complies with the National Electrical Code.
The Guest Moorage facilities at the popular Puget Sound destination have been outfitted with GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) breakers to catch vessels putting out stray current. As a result, the marina says, you may experience difficulty connecting your boat to the power pedestal without the breaker tripping.
Basically, the new breakers detect any difference between the amount of electricity flowing into a circuit and the amount flowing out of it. It the breaker detects a difference of at least 30 (.030) milliamps, which is the new National Electrical Code standard, it will shut off the circuit.
The standard was established in an effort to curb the increase in Electrical Shock Drowning (ESD). Read an explanation of ESD here.
What this means for visiting boaters is that if the breaker you are connected to keeps shutting off, your vessel is leaking electricity and the breaker has detected the leak. You will not be able to successfully connect to the breaker and get power until the leakage has been found and corrected, or at least isolated.
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to operate the new breakers:
Also, because this is a requirement by the National Electric Code, look to see more of these popping up at marinas you visit. Roche Harbor Marina, Port Orchard Yacht Club and Olympia Yacht Club have all recently made the upgrade as well.
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