Reversed Hot/Neutral Wires in 110 V Outlets

General
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I was shocked (not literally) to discover 2 out 3 outlets on my Nonsuch 26#9 had reversed hot and neutral terminals when I tested them this morning.

Apparently this is very dangerous on boats. Has anyone else found this or checked thus out in their NS’s?

2

I did not fine that on mine. When I bought the boat the port side outlets did not work. The power and load lines were reversed on ght GFCI.

3

This is a simple tester and great to have on a boat - 110 vac outlet test simple tool - Search

4

I guess it’s easy to connect them wrong if you have taken the wires off to modify some things like put on a GFCI, but I hear that the later Nonsuch’s have reverse polarity indicator lights on the A/C panel?

I have the same tester you posted Joe. Works great and I would recommend folks get one and go around checking outlets on your boat and house. You might be surprised what you find.

Ken Julian
“Blue Note” NS26#9
Kingsville, ON