[PUP] Power cords 30/50

[Kevin Kearney]

Scott
  Point is that if you are hooked up to a 30amp shore outlet-30amp cord, 50amp house outlet and 30 amp interior wire- how could you over amp? Now from a liability perspective-IF someone replaced the 30 amp cord (30/50) with a (50/50) amp cord at a later date there would be a potential problem-depending on your wire inside the boat. Its like hull insurance-some people have it and are relaxed if the boat is lost/damaged,-some people dont and devise safties and backups.  Its not just a question of clean and shine. dock wire, lightning, loose fits are issues. No one with a new boat is going to do this type of modifacation- you can always trust in the USCG abdication of saftey build certifacation to the boatbuilders sic.,anyone who has had a hot cord/outlet issue would prefer that the issue be decieded anywhere else than on his boat. The 30/50 cord suggestion is safer than a 30/30 cord when the s-it hits the fan-and it does on boats. Kevin (30 days to launch/repowered) JOLIE
 Miles River Yacht Club after 5 years on wait list)

"Scott E. Bulger" <scottebulger at gmail.com> wrote:
  I would not consider placing a 50amp shore power receptacle on the exterior
of my boat with wire rated at 30amps behind it. If the boat burned in the
future I'd no doubt be liable for violating the wiring specifications.
Perhaps if I retrofitted everything from the receptacle to the inverter I'd
be ok, but that's more work than keeping the connectors bright and shiny.
This sounds like a case of the cure being worse than the disease. Just my
humble opinion.

Scott
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