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GFC · 07-08-2008, 09:37 PM

I was very lucky last summer with my boat. I stopped by the slip to just check on things and found the was no shore power on the boat. I checked the breakers on the dock and they were not tripped.

I then checked the shore power connection and the plug end of the cord was black. Looking into the boat's connector I found it severly scorched, blackened and one of the male contacts was burned completely away from the connector.

I pulled the connector out of the boat and found the plastic cover on the back of the plug was melted, the screw connector where the wire attached to that loose contact was burned as was the wire insulation for about 2" back from the connector.

I am not sure what stopped the heat/fire, but I'm thankful it did not get any hotter and spread to the rest of the boat. A new shore power cord and boat-side connector were all that was needed to make it good as new.

07-08-2008, 09:37 PM	#19
GFC Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tri Cities, WA Posts: 41	I was very lucky last summer with my boat. I stopped by the slip to just check on things and found the was no shore power on the boat. I checked the breakers on the dock and they were not tripped. I then checked the shore power connection and the plug end of the cord was black. Looking into the boat's connector I found it severly scorched, blackened and one of the male contacts was burned completely away from the connector. I pulled the connector out of the boat and found the plastic cover on the back of the plug was melted, the screw connector where the wire attached to that loose contact was burned as was the wire insulation for about 2" back from the connector. I am not sure what stopped the heat/fire, but I'm thankful it did not get any hotter and spread to the rest of the boat. A new shore power cord and boat-side connector were all that was needed to make it good as new.