After replacing the perhaps original shore power cord with Smartplug, I tossed it on a shelf in the garage.
Still worked, the cover faded and a bit nicked. The cockpit plug retaining ring had broken, the socket plastic a bit scratched and deformed. And it was hard to plug in, and too loose to be sure the connection was correct.
So--give the old cord away? Seems wrong to offer somebody else equipment I had doubts about, even if unproven. And I remember a member in Ventura who woke up on his boat in the slip to a funny smell, and indeed his shore power cord was melting.
So how bad off were the wires inside the cover?
Not bad at all, it turns out
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Still worked, the cover faded and a bit nicked. The cockpit plug retaining ring had broken, the socket plastic a bit scratched and deformed. And it was hard to plug in, and too loose to be sure the connection was correct.
So--give the old cord away? Seems wrong to offer somebody else equipment I had doubts about, even if unproven. And I remember a member in Ventura who woke up on his boat in the slip to a funny smell, and indeed his shore power cord was melting.
So how bad off were the wires inside the cover?
Not bad at all, it turns out
: