Whats the difference between home AC breakers, and Marine AC breakers.

[PKomrowski]

What is the difference between a normal home breakers and those used on a boat?
Is there an actual difference, and how, 10amps ac is 10 amps ac no matter where it is. I understand the grounds and neutrals are always kept separate right back to the plug, but that has nothing to do with the breakers. No hocus pokus or magic is there a difference?

 

[jhebert]

Re: Whats the difference between home AC breakers, and Marine AC breakers.

Purchase UL Standard 489 for the answer. See

http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/scopes.asp?fn=0489.html

 

[Don S]

Re: Whats the difference between home AC breakers, and Marine AC breakers.

The main difference as far as boats go is how they are mounted. marine circuit breakers are designed to screw into a flat panel, whereas the home type CB's are designed to fit in a circuit breaker box of that particular manufacturers design.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Whats the difference between home AC breakers, and Marine AC breakers.

The environment in which they are intended for use -- shock, vibration, humidity and maybe salt.