On Aeolus, I inherited the standard AC charging cable and have used it since. Over time the yellow cable cover has faded, and somewhere along the line the end that connects to the boat had sparked or something and there was some carbon residue around the fixture. At one place along the cable, there was a suspicious looking discoloration that looked very much like heat damage to the cable cover. You know that look of heated plastic?
So the time had come, and perhaps had been present for some time, for me to update and upgrade our shore power system. I went with Smartplug due to liking their use of tinned cable and the more secure boat connection system.
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| Super easy to install and much more secur |
I got it from Defender and installed it today. Easy peasy. You may know that the #1 cause of boat fires is the AC system sparking or shorting. I see far too many very old AC cords and it worries me for my fellow boaters.
