[daisycutter85]

I believe 240v @ 1.9 Amps = 456 watts.......not 228

It doesn't sound like he is running anything at 240v anyway

They are going to pull basically the SAME watts at 240 or 120

Lol figured i was off somewhere

 

[ntohunt]

I ran all that and those two 150hps that are on the back off that eb3500 honda. I had it all wired, the converters and 400hps wired into one 20amp plug and then the two back lights were just on the regular plug in. Worked fine ran the troller maxed and never had a problem. I know that doesn't fix the problem but that is how I had it hooked up.

 

[eb82]

Shoulda talked me into your genny Chris.... : ) Boat is doing great by the way!

 

[richy]

i personally would because you only have one hot to deal with and ive heard a lot of people saying the 120v power is more constant than the 240v. if you go 240 then run half your stuff on one hot and the other half on the other hot. dont use speaker wire. i used a 10gauge outdoor extension cord wire.

 

[eb82]

Thanks richy! So to confirm-- try the rv plug? Thanks again everyone.

 

[richy]

yes, by using it you get max wattage on one hot wire instead of two, but if you already have the 220 and dont wont to spend the extra cash on a 120 rv plug just run a second hot wire having half your stuff on one and the other half to the other. if i was doing it i would just do the rv plug for the simplicity of it. if you have two of the regular 120 outlets you could also run half your stuff on each of the two outlets. hope this helps.

 

[richy]

also to be clear a 240 is just two 120 volt lines thats why you have two hots. so by using only one you are running 120v and only half your wattage.

 

[eb82]

Awesome! Man I am into easy... Rv plug it is. Richy thanks again

 

[ntohunt]

I tryed to talk you into the gennerator. Glad to hear its working good!

 

[boder]

This may not help you but is there oil in the genny? there is a low oil automatic shut down on those champions. threw me for a loop one night when i couldnt keep the genny running. figured it out after a few mins of head scratching.

 

[eb82]

O ya, it's well lubed! Great to know tho!

 

[wbeadlescomb]

How do you like the coverage from those lights

 

[eb82]

Man the lights are great! The hps have a amber like tent to them that really helps out in the merky waters. Love them! Sem the boat off with a buddy for him to fish tonight after installing the RV plug so I should hear in the morning how it all turned out but after hooking it up to make sure we did it right all seemed to run well for the few minutes we tested it. Keeping fingers crossed. : )