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WOW........What was the cause of that?.....any Idea?........
No, thats not it...........
All connections were clean and tight. This was the receptacle in the boat that is in a protected area.
The other end of the cord (at the dock) showed no signs of corrosion. Also in the boat I have that screw ring and that was tight .....
How did this happen and why did I not blow an breakers, (two breakers inline)?????
Walter
All connections were clean and tight. This was the receptacle in the boat that is in a protected area.
The other end of the cord (at the dock) showed no signs of corrosion. Also in the boat I have that screw ring and that was tight .....
How did this happen and why did I not blow an breakers, (two breakers inline)?????
Walter
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Loose connection or corrosion on that wire in the back of the plug. You are lucky to still have a boat. This is one of the common causes of boat fires.
walter: those connection are designed to work with the specified current. I suppose lightning or a very high line voltage spike could have done the deed, but other things would probably be damaged as well such as breakers and wiring . In the absence of all that I still vote for the most common and simplest answer.
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Walter,
Sorry to see that your having a problem. I'd also like to know why your breaker didn't trip. The supply breaker should be the same or of lower amperage than the boat. The possibility is that the power was interupted and when it came on your boat placed a full load on the circuit, the breaker could be defective and didn't protect the circuit when it should have.
Rob
Sorry to see that your having a problem. I'd also like to know why your breaker didn't trip. The supply breaker should be the same or of lower amperage than the boat. The possibility is that the power was interupted and when it came on your boat placed a full load on the circuit, the breaker could be defective and didn't protect the circuit when it should have.
Rob
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Had one just like it last year. Cable stays chaffed the line between the plug and the breaker panel. I wound up replacing the burned plug and just for good measure, the other plug too, the shore power line from the plug to the breaker panel and both shore power cords. In addition, Florida now requires additional breakers between the plug and the breaker panel. Got really lucky that the boat didn't catch fire.
Ronny
Ronny
were ya running heaters? seems like these show up more in the winter times.
My 3988 had same issues on the boat side, ruined the cord and the boat inlet.
Also was recommend to me to use a dielectric grease on the connection fittings.
Since I have been using the grease I have not had any signs of arching.
My 3988 had same issues on the boat side, ruined the cord and the boat inlet.
Also was recommend to me to use a dielectric grease on the connection fittings.
Since I have been using the grease I have not had any signs of arching.
Pix too big!
It probably isn’t rust but corrosion, same result, heat. When you draw high current through even a small resistance, you create heat. I squared R = Power.
50 Amps squared times 1 ohm is 2500 watts. A lot of power in a small space.
It probably isn’t rust but corrosion, same result, heat. When you draw high current through even a small resistance, you create heat. I squared R = Power.
50 Amps squared times 1 ohm is 2500 watts. A lot of power in a small space.
