On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:26:56 -0400, you wrote: Bob got the plugs and made his own splitter five or six years ago because of the same problem with 50 amp service. More of a problem for us because we have a big boat and a lot of big slips are for the big power boats..
He says he does not remember where he got the plugs from. He told me just now how he did it, but I'm not going to risk writing it down because I didn't understand what he said. He is saying he got the wire from a consignment shop or something. My memory is that he got it in Titusville but I could be wrong. It's a big fat yellow thing. Then he made the splitter with plugs on each end. >On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:55:02PM -0400, SteveW wrote: >> Well, Ben, I stopped by the HD and there was absolutely nothing resembling >> anything that would match up with the prongs on the male end (the 50A >> pedestal side). > >Oh, well. Like I said, it's been a mort of years, so I don't recall >exactly which plug/socket pair it was - 30A? 50A? 125V? 250V? All I >remember is that the plug that HD sold me had the tab (the little bent >piece on one of the prongs) on the opposite side of the prong from the >one that the "marine" socket wanted. Otherwise, the pattern and the >diameter were just right. I filed off the tab, and it fit like a champ. > >> The guy working the electric department happened to own a >> boat so he, at least, knew what the hell I was talking about. Guess what >> his recommendation was - "look it up in a Marinco or West Marine catalog"... >> So I figured I completed the circle and am now back where I started from. > >[laugh] I'd say that we talked to the same guy, except that mine was in >St. Augustine FL. Sadly, it's _very_ rare these days to find anyone >behind a counter that knows what he's talking about... damn shame, since >I got a lot of the best tips, mechanical and otherwise, from old guys in >little hardware stores and machine shops. Driving screws into a bar of >soap before putting them in wood, welding through a nut to put a head >onto a broken bolt, waxing a saw blade, using "monkey dung" for holding >any screw to a screwdriver and using Moly-B to drill stainless... >thousands of these things that make up a very solid base of knowledge, >and I'm truly grateful to all those "blue-collar wizards". > >(Which reminds me - thanks again for the "lifetime supply" of Moly-B, >Norm! I was wondering where I could find some...) > >> Fortunately I don't get slips a lot when cruising (I prefer my own hook or a >> mooring ball) but from asking around I'm getting the impression that most >> marinas - at least in my cruising area (L.I. Sound, Block, Newport, P-town, >> etc.) - all have 50A 120/240V pedestals. I'll keep it on board for the >> "just in cases" but for the most part, over the years I've been able to get >> into slips with 30A service. > >Be sure to keep those pigtails and adapters locked up tight; they have a >way of growing legs, I'm told. > >> But enough of this..... we're heading out Monday for the week and, at least >> at this point, aren't planning on any marinas.... > >Enjoy! I've got a ton of stuff to do on my boat before it's fully >cruise-ready, and I'm chasing all that stuff down at full speed. Already >did one major project today, another one - installing the Balmar >regulator (mostly, finding space to install that bugger!) coming right >up. > > >Ben _______________________________________________ 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
