Am I a fool to put a 60 amp fuse in my 50 amp shore power socket?

[rwaldrop13]

Amen, I have had that problem whenever I tried to cheap out on a cord. I had one I paid $1k+ for that has lasted 10 years and if I'm being honest I have dropped it in salt water and hosed it out about 5 times and it's still working fine. It has followed me from my last boat. It finally got so ugly that I bought one of those discount generic ones off amazon for $400 and promptly had to replace my shore power fuse twice. Guess which one I'm back to using. Eventually the cords get moldy enough that they start leaving difficult to remove black marks all over the boat, so my next project is dragging it into the parking lot and scrubbing it down. That or replacing it with another good quality one. It weighs roughly 2x as much as the cheapo one I got online.

Try soaking some rags in SimpleGreen and wrapping a section for 24 hours. See if stuff comes off easy. Neighbor in our marina cleaned his cord with SimpleGreen every 3 months like clockwork, it always looked new.

 

[tom5518]

We bought 2 new Marinco 50' 50 Amp 125/250 cords last month. It hurt pricewise, but the old ones were losing about 10 volts from shore to input side.

It isnt the cable.

Read my post again, I didn't say anything about the cable. Replace the inlet, the thingie on the boat you plug that new cord into. It may not solve the problem but it should be replaced if it has not been.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Read my post again, I didn't say anything about the cable. Replace the inlet, the thingie on the boat you plug that new cord into. It may not solve the problem but it should be replaced if it has not been.

Had a friend that kept blowing fuses. We pulled the inlet panel on the side of the boat to find a burned hot lead from the fuse about 3 feet back toward the panel inside. It looked like the terminal on the fuse holder was somewhat loose and that's what caused the "near fire". The fuse saved that boat. Putting a larger rated fuse in there might have torched it. So, as Tom suggests, pull the inlet and look at the wiring.

 

[ageless]

One other thing that should never be overlooked but is VERY often is the cord itself. We were having issues with being able to utilize the stove top and microwave at the same time. After consulting Scott, the electrical guru, we chose to start with our cord and that was all it took to eliminate the "hot fuses". Circuit breaker install is next.

Read my post again, I didn't say anything about the cable. Replace the inlet, the thingie on the boat you plug that new cord into. It may not solve the problem but it should be replaced if it has not been.

I think he was responding to me

 

[rwaldrop13]

Read my post again, I didn't say anything about the cable. Replace the inlet, the thingie on the boat you plug that new cord into. It may not solve the problem but it should be replaced if it has not been.

Tom I was responding to the person that was discussing cleaning theirs. I had to replace the inlet plugs on my shore power connections because they were old and loose.

 

[rsmith]

The early boats like mine never had them and I’ve always thought they were a fire hazard. The problem is always the plug and inlet receptacle which isn’t protected by the fuses anyway. I do know someone who stuck pieces of copper tube in one to make it through the night but don’t tell Scott Boatsb