[C38] What happened?

[Chapuys at aol.com]

The smartplug website does not list Westmarine.  Westmarine does carry  
smartplug.
 
 
In a message dated 6/2/2011 10:07:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
maxsoto at gmail.com writes:

Check  out the smart plug, this is what I consider a nice upgrade over the 
marinco  cords.  


_http://www.smartplug.com/_ (http://www.smartplug.com/) 


 (http://www.smartplug.com/) I  like it because is easier to plug and has 
an overheat protection. Also has the  same footprint as the standard marinco.


Regards,


Max

2011/6/2 <_Chapuys at aol.com_ (mailto:Chapuys at aol.com) >


Don't forget, when you pull the shore power cord, make sure you open  the 
circuit breaker on the panel first.  If you leave the breaker  closed there 
will be arcing at the receptacle which in time will cause  failure of your 
shore power receptacle
 
Bob Miller
"Bolero" #113 at Southwestern YC in San Diego
 
P.S.  I paid my dues via paypal this morning.  Thanks for the  reminder.
 

 



 
In a message dated 6/2/2011 9:13:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
_hlhowell at pacbell.net_ (mailto:hlhowell at pacbell.net)  writes:

On  Wed, 2011-06-01 at 13:49 -0700, Patrick Harpole wrote:
> This  weekend we sailed to Petuluma and stayed for a couple of nights.  
The  
> last day we lost shore power.  Is there a breaker on the  Catalina?
> We may have overloaded the system with microwave and  hair dryer.  Or 
should 
> the breaker go out on the dock?   It didn't trip.
> Patrick 
> 
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The  only breaker on the standard Catalina panel is on the left side of
the  power panel, 2 of them in parallel.  What has happened to at  least
one person is that the shore power receptacle on the side of the  boat
had one of the wires burn out.

Alternatively we have had  one shore power cable that would just come
loose in the shore  box.  I had to replace it.  Also sometimes the shore
box will  trip but not look tripped.  Generally throwing it off and on
will  reset it correctly.  Those are the only problems I have  had.

Regards,
Les  H


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C38 #198 ESTANCIA
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