I have encountered only one marina on the Gulf Coast that has 50A/250V for the primary service. That's Biloxi Small Craft Harbor. It's got a lot of commercial boats, shrimpers, large charter fishing vessels and the like. Its sister marina a mile away, Point Cadet, has a mix of 30A and 50 125V service. Point Cadet has more recreational vessels.
The rest of the marinas I've frequented have either 30A/125V or 50A/125V. I'm thinking as long as you stay away from commercial harbors and use marinas that are primarily for recreational vessels, you'd only need the 50A/125V adaptor. I have a 50A/125V adaptor. Keep watching eBay. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 10:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all; > > My boat is set up with the common 30A plug/cord and this works for almost > all the local marinas. > > However, occasionally I need to go into a slip that has only a 50A > service. Sometimes the marina can > supply a 'pigtail' that goes from the 50A plug to 2-30 A female plugs so I > can use that set-up as well. > > Of course sometimes I am out of luck since they have no 'loaner' pigtails. > > Thought I would buy an adaptor that would have a female 30A receptacle and > a 50A male plug. > > These are available on-line or West Marine but it appears that there are 2 > different 50A male plugs, > one for 125V service and another for 125/250V service and they are not > interchangeable--the male plugs have > different 'teeth' arrangements. > > My question is what is the most likely male plug that I should have on > whatever I buy--the 50A/125V or the 50A/125/250V? > > Even the on-line versions are not inexpensive so I would like to buy the > adaptor with the plug which is the 'most common" 50A male. > > Or is this marina dependent? > > On the air conditioner topic, I have a 16K BTU unit from Dometic which has > worked like a champ for the past 4-5 years. > Like many C&Cs, room for duct work is somewhere between slim and none. > Given the rather tight quarters on our racer/cruisers, > I gave up on ducts and plumbed the single inlet through the shower wall > blowing into the main cabin thru the open > head door with a single return in the aft cabin right next to the unit. > > For my use (after race cool downs, occasional overnights on the boat at a > marina, this 'duct-less' set-up works fine. > > YMMV, depending on how you use the boat of course. > > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > C&C 36 XL/kcb > > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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