2000 FV270 Galvanic Isolator?

WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Anyone know if this model/year might have had a galvanic isolator mounted behind the electrical panel at the factory?

"Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe I can rephrase the question....if there does happen to be one on that year/model, would I be able to see it somewhere behind the electrical panel?
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
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  • frenchshipfrenchship Member Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭
    You don't seem to get any answer, maybe if you contact Rinker directly you could find an answer..
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks guys. Will do. 
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ask @Alswagg , he should know.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
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  • Kaptain_KenKaptain_Ken Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    Don't know if this was ever answered, but I have a 2000 270 FV and it doesn't have one.  If you did, it would be inline on the green ground line between the shore power inlet and the electrical panel.  I'm installing one since I'm always on shore power and every bit of protection you can give your drive, the better.  Cheers.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2018
    I believe the diode is an isolator but not a galvanic type. @Kaptain_Ken do you have a pic of what you are installing???
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  • Kaptain_KenKaptain_Ken Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    I've narrowed it down to two likely models.  The Promariner or the Guest.  Both made by same company and similarly priced but different footprints.  So it will come down to what fits.  There's also a company in the U.K. that sells them.  http://www.safeshoremarine.com/buyitnow.htm  I hear good things about them.



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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ah
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  • Kaptain_KenKaptain_Ken Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    This is a real inexpensive way of keeping stray current out of the water and eating your fragile Bravo 3.  I'm lucky in that before I bought the boat last year it was fitted with a new engine, drive and gas tank.  So I'm going to keep this thing in as new condition as I can.
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good call sounds safe and inexpensive.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You need this in addition to what comes from Rinker? I thought I was already galvanic isolated....
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    I was going to ask what was different between this and Mer-Cathode.

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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All of the boats post 2000 should have a galvanic isolator already installed. They might have installed them even earlier than that. @Alswagg would be able to give a better answer as to when they were installed.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
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  • Kaptain_KenKaptain_Ken Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    Stodge said:
    I was going to ask what was different between this and Mer-Cathode.
    Well I'm not an expert, but I do know that they are two different systems working towards the same thing.  Mercathode works off the 12 volt system, so is therefore working at all times, while a galvanic isolator is connected inline in the shore power feed and functions only when you're connected to shore power.  If you are connected to shore power for any length of time, you really should get a galvanic isolator.
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