Re: Reverse Polarity
Voltmeter or a polarity testing plug available in the electrical dept at Home Depot, Lowes, etc. However, since you haven't used shore power before, the problem may very well be on your boat. Show us a picture of what your shore power connection is on the boat and what the receptacle looks like on the dock. If both of those look like standard house outlets and plugs, the the narrower of the two vertical slots is the HOT circuit. The long slot is the NEUTRAL and the single, rounded connection is the ground. So there is a reversal either on the boat or at the dock. As for wires -- the HOT circuit is black, neutral is white and ground is green. On plugs and receptacles, the hot circuit is a bronze colored screw. Neutral is the silver screw and ground is the green screw. If you have a 220 volt connection then we will need to address that separately.
