Okay, thanks. This reassures me. The storyline was indeed on ship. I didn't know about the earthing situation there.
I remember as a child being told that ship's equipment never worked on shore because of superstition. However, I fairly soon found out it was not because of superstition but because if was DC.
bzzzt.
Why would having the earth floating between live and neutral be worse than the usual "inland" situation where one or other of the common mode surge suppressors will usually have the full mains voltage across it? It should make no difference at all for suppressors between live and neutral. John
Some types are wired delta, and the working voltage rating of the part connected neutral to ground *might* be low (expected inland, but not on a boat)
Meanwhile, I'll offer US travellers a conversion service for their onboard electrical devices. $100 a snip ;->
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