MonacoMike
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- Sep 15, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 2000 Cruisers 3870
8.2 Mercs
- Engines
- 85 Sea Ray Monaco 197
260hp Alpha 1
You can have an outlet in the engine bay from the interpretation of the ABYC rules. However, there are a lot of suggestions around the force that is needed to unplug that connection, and a standard outlet is probably not going to meet that. A clamp of some sort preventing the plug from coming out is needed.
Now, I am not suggesting you do that, but it is allowable.
Your application is probably better suited for a dry mount charger that gets hardwired. Most of these also have a power supply mode for when you are hanging out in the boat at the dock using lights and stereos and refrigerators. The one you selected will make short life of a battery of you try to use it that way.
Paul, would you have documentation on that? That sounds close to what Dennis was saying above, as I took it, the act of unplugging is the spark source not the outlet itself.
MM