As it turns out, Ben, I'm sneaking out of the office early this afternoon to
go to the boat to some some maintenance (replacing the stock water pump) and
there's a Home Depot 10 minutes from the yard. I'll stop in and cruise their
electric department to see what they've got. Good recommendation!
Steve Weinstein
S/V CAPTIVA
1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Okopnik
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 2:37 PM
To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Expensive Marine Elect components
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 02:04:50PM -0400, SteveW wrote:
>
> So I did some checking and discovered that while the larger, newer marinas
> all provide the 50A 120/240 pedestals, there were still a huge amount of
> older marina's with 50A, 120V pedestals. So I called Jamestown
> Distributors
> and found out that if I wanted an "adaptor" to use my "120/240" plug in a
> straight "120" pedestal it would cost close to $250 - which was more than
> I
> paid for the 50A, 120/240V splitter!!!!!!!!
Gack - what a ripoff!
As I dimly recall, the last time I had to deal with something like that,
I borrowed the needed pigtail and went scrounging at a Home Depot. Lo
and behold, one of the available high-amp plugs had almost the exact
pattern of prongs needed... in fact, 30 seconds of work with a file made
it fit perfectly. Something like 18 bucks instead of the $150 or so that
West Marine wanted.
Unfortunately, I don't recall exactly which plug that was - I don't
spend much time at marinas - but it's one of that 30/50A 120V/240V
bunch. Worth checking at HD if you're faced with spending that kind of
green.
In a very distant, totally-broke-sailor past, I've also just taken a
piece of 12 gauge Romex cable, wired it to a standard 120V wall socket,
and poked the wires on the other end through holes drilled in a piece of
hard rubber that matched the pattern of the socket on the end of a 50A
extension cable. Then, I cinched and wrapped the whole thing with
electrical tape so it couldn't move, and hid it away in my anchor
locker. Not a recommendation - more of a survival tactic. :)
Ben
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