Rewiring Shore Power Plug

[Aljo]

I had a small incident. I didn't leave enough slack on my shore power cord and we had some high winds. Long story short the wire got pull right out of the socket attached to my boat. (Beneteau Oceanis 40 - 220 volts).

I took it apart to reconnect but I'm not sure which wire goes where. I have three wires (blue, brown and yellow/green). Can someone help me out?

[Zanshin]

While your boat is 220V, is the shore power a 220V/50Hz or a 110V/60Hz. Both are wired differently. I have a cheat sheet for the 2 wiring methods that I'll dig out of my archive.

The following image shows the standard 220V connection wiring on a plug:

[Turtle Blues]

Think I attached the Marinco Wiring Diagram

[Aljo]

220 volts (Spain)

[Zanshin]

I was going to add the Marinco wiring, but @Turtle Blues beat me to it

[Aljo]

Thanks guys but my wires are brown, blue and green/yellow. No white or black. Sorry if I'm dense here but still in the dark

[more]

Originally Posted by Aljo

Thanks guys but my wires are brown, blue and green/yellow. No white or black. Sorry if I'm dense here but still in the dark

green/yellow always ground ok you understand this (GROUND)
your brown wire go where is market XYZ other color.brown is other color you know
you have rest blue (german white) in reality i never see white wire,or very rare for AC 230v sistem


green/yelow -ground
brown/black (somtime red) hot wire L1 we call
blue always neutral we cal this N null

[stevead]

Part of me wants to say if you don't know the standard EU wiring colours, or don't know how to find out, then perhaps you should get a professional to rewire your plug. You could even visit your local ferreteria and ask them.

But seeing as though the shops are closed on Sundays in Spain and you don't know how to use google

[Zanshin]

The green/yellow is ground
The "W" in the Marinco is Neutral, which would be your blue
What is left is the brown, which is the live. If those two are switched, your instrument panel will show "reverse polarity" but the power will still work.

[Aljo]

Great. Perfect Thanks Think I'll get an expert to rewire