On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 08:49:25PM +0000, Densler, Vernon R (IT Solutions) wrote: > I was told that my power cord on my boat was actually on fire between the 50 > to 30 amp adapter and the 30 amp cord. Anyone have any idea what could cause > something like this? Trying to figure out why there of all places and if > something on the boat was able to draw enough current to cause something like > that. The rest of the cord is fine and it has been plugged in and running > fine for almost a year.
I'm certainly no authority (or even an expert) on the matter, but if you're talking about the fire happening at the plug/socket joining the cord to the adapter, corrosion and loose fit seem like obvious candidates. I think that those sorts of interfaces are generally warm spots, since the connection between two cords plugged together on the dock ay my marina (for another boat moored too far from the power pedestals to reach with a single cord) seem to have a lot less snow on them than the rest of the cord. Also, my first winter aboard a neighbour two slips down lost their boat in a fire that started at such an interface (it was covered by a cushion in their cockpit). To some extent, I'm tempted to blame your fire on "that's just what they do; make sure you keep them clear of flammables". Cheers, Kris -- Kris Coward http://unripe.melon.org/ GPG Fingerprint: 2BF3 957D 310A FEEC 4733 830E 21A4 05C7 1FEB 12B3 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
