Well, Ben, I stopped by the HD and there was absolutely nothing resembling anything that would match up with the prongs on the male end (the 50A pedestal side). The guy working the electric department happened to own a boat so he, at least, knew what the hell I was talking about. Guess what his recommendation was - "look it up in a Marinco or West Marine catalog"... So I figured I completed the circle and am now back where I started from.
Fortunately I don't get slips a lot when cruising (I prefer my own hook or a mooring ball) but from asking around I'm getting the impression that most marinas - at least in my cruising area (L.I. Sound, Block, Newport, P-town, etc.) - all have 50A 120/240V pedestals. I'll keep it on board for the "just in cases" but for the most part, over the years I've been able to get into slips with 30A service. But enough of this..... we're heading out Monday for the week and, at least at this point, aren't planning on any marinas.... Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V -----Original Message----- From: Ben Okopnik Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 10:14 PM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Expensive Marine Elect components On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 09:24:03AM -0400, SteveW wrote: > 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! Good luck - I hope the plug that I remember is the one that fits your needs! Ben -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html