Understood, Norm. I always check the condition of the shorepower plugs on my cable - both ends - every time I use them (which is as infrequent as possible). And if they were used a lot - like the past 5 days where the heat drove us into slips to plug in and use the air-conditioner overnight. Actually it was so hot that for the last few hours of each day as we sailed to wherever we were headed I actually had the genset running so Carolee and the dog could stay below in air conditioned comfort! But to the point you made, I figure that if the plug ends are nice and bright yellow as the day I bought them and plug prongs (or whatever they're called) are still nice a bright silver, then I'm good! If I see corrosion or darkening of the yellow rubber around the prongs, then I definitely look at the sockets themselves to make sure all is in order.
Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V -----Original Message----- From: Norm Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] EXT :Re: An elusive plastic box The larger, more expensive, connectors bigger boats use have larger parts that corrosion has less effect on. They may also have professional crews who are constantly looking for things to do to "polish" their boss's boat, a large stock of spare parts, and a equally large budget to replace any imperfect item as it ages. It is hard to beat a full-on preventative maintenance program. And often, these larger boats use onboard gensets 24/7 (full time AC, all electric galley, electric heads, entertainment centers, etc.) because the shore power available is too weak for their loads. Vern,Norm, etc., Please don't get me wrong because you know I truly value your input in areas such as we're discussing now and I'll always (well, ___most___of the time :-)) but I'm not so sure exactly what is wrong with using the OEM shorepower recepticles which come with the boat. We have a few large yachts (one @ 70' and one beautiful 125' sailboat) which call our Marine Center home. Norm, you've seen them when you've been here on past July 4ths. Granted, I have no idea what's going on below, behind the plug, but they connect to our shorepower pedestals (I think they've go dedicated larger amperage ones)just like the rest of us and the boatside end of the cable goes into recepticles on the boat, just like the rest of us except larger. I'll grant you that sometimes there's shoddy electrical work done at the factory on production boats (that's a whole 'nuther thread!) but for the most part the system works. Seems to me that with proper inspection of the plugs to insure nothing's burnt or overheated, you could go with the stock system forever. Steve _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
