Patent ID: 7408273

Claim:
A shore power access system for directing shore power to a power distribution center of a boat, the shore power access system comprising: at least two shore power inlets mountable onboard the boat, the shore power inlets being connectable with a source of shore power located off-board the boat to receive shore power from the off-board source; an actuatable switching means for establishing an electrical connection between one of the shore power inlets and the boat power distribution center, the switching means being operatively connectable to the shore power inlets and to the boat power distribution center, the switching means having multiple switch conditions, the switching means in every switch condition electrically connecting one of the shore power inlets to the power distribution center and electrically isolating the remaining shore power inlets from the power distribution center; and actuating means for actuating the switching means, the actuating means being actuatable in response to a connection of the shore power source to any one of the shore power inlets to actuate the switching means to the switch condition directing shore power from the shore power inlet where the connection was made to the power distribution center.