Shore Power Cords

[mung]

Currently my shore power cord is just hanging out of the center bay door when in use (PO setup), I don't like it, especially since I keep it plugged in all of the time at home.  So, what have you guys done for those connections?  I was thinking of maybe running it out of AC motor fuel door since I am going to be pulling the basement AC stuff anyway and I was told the AC fuel tank leaks.  Any other suggestions on where to have it come out?

Thanks,
Vern

[pabusnut]

Vern,

Mine now has a hole through the bay floor & a wooden plug.  It only took one very expensive lesson involving forgetting to unplug the thing from the garage!

Steve Toomey
PAbusnut

[sledhead]

I use a 4" pvc clean out cut into the floor and silaconed ,
a 6 " for the waste line
when open I use stainless steel wool to stop anything from getting in


http://www.lowes.com/pd_23308-1814-PVC+00106++1200_0__?productId=3132725

dave

[mung]

That is a great idea!  I can put one on either side so that I can run it the shortest route. 

[eagle19952]

That is a great idea!  I can put one on either side so that I can run it the shortest route. 

My sewer dump is simply a 3" rubber 90 that comes off a short 3" ABS (black), the rubber protrudes below the bay an amount that then allows a ABS bayonet adapter to be installed with a worm screw hose clamp. beats making a larger hole, it would take a really skinny and determined mouse to get passed it...

[bevans6]

I have a Marinco socket mounted on the side of the bus.

Brian

[mung]

I learned on my boat that the less junctions the better.  Almost burned up my boat because of corrosion on the back side of the socket.

[eagle19952]

I have a Marinco socket mounted on the side of the bus.

Brian

which is nice, but won't stop a steal-er....i have a 34 foot 4 wire 6ga cord hard wired that i cannot afford to lose ... 

[bevans6]

Put it in conduit then, the stealers use bolt cutters to cut the cable.

Brian

[eagle19952]

Put it in conduit then, the stealers use bolt cutters to cut the cable.

Brian

Most crackheads would find that shocking...

[Beesme]

My switch gear panel auto start generator and auto disconnect is all in bay behind front drivers side . My 50 amp cord on spool and the end comes out behind tire with a pivoting door . Works great I just pull cord how much I need . I do have to wind up after so I am going to make it reel up auto next.

[flynbanjo]

We installed a floor hatch and roller kit ahead of our shoreline reel. 

[mung]

Very nice.

[bevans6]

Most crackheads would find that shocking...

Oddly, a stealer (may or may not have been a crackhead) was killed near here recently when he was cutting cable out of an abandoned factory.  He cut into a big cable that still had 600 volt three phase live in it...  The stealers have figured out how to unplug the RV cord before they cut it off.  I heard that the RV's that have the fairly common port on the side that you pull out the cable are getting hit, sometimes in parks, sometimes at truck stops when they go in for a meal.  Just open the port and pull out the cable.  I figure that I can put my cable inside the locked luggage bay if I think I should.

Actually, I heard of some guys stealing a couple hundred yards of cable off a live feed off the poles.  They knew enough to take it after the step down transformer and into the house.  I wonder what the conversation was "Dude, I got 200 yards of brand new 2/0, what are you paying for copper?"

Look into what can happen if you put a decent amount of power through a cable on a reel.  It can over-heat enough to catch on fire.  You are usually supposed to un-reel the cable fully before you use it, not just pull out enough to reach the socket.  I had it happen once with a 12/2 extension cord that I was running my table saw with.  Caught it before anything happened, but it heated up fast.

Brian

[TomC]

I bought a plug door with cord cutout from Camping World. You open the door to get the plug through, then close the door with only the cord going through the cutout. Keeps little critters out of the storage area. Good luck, TomC