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Old 04-19-2007, 07:10 AM   #2
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Hi,

From your list I would say that you will be ok with a transformer as they all appear to be in the 50 Hz part of the world. I am just not 100% certain what the power is in the Middle East where you plan to cruise. If you fit a converter or shore power unit you will be able to plug into a wide range of voltages regardless of the frequency and thereby save yourself a lot of hassles in strange ports further a field.

As to the exact services available I suggest you contact the marinas where you want to go and ask them what is available, I could not say for sure who has what available as it is quite a while since I have been in many of these places and even thought about plugging in. I do recall that if it's plugged in then 63A seems to be the limit of the off the shelf plugs. Over this you would normally need to connect to the marinas terminals in the shore power box.

You should also be aware that whilst the Power may well be 400V 3Ph 50HZ at the dock office end of things it and often is a lot less at the very far end of the dock if there are lots of others plugged in as well. It is a bit like the water pressure the further from the source and the more users the less pressure you get.
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