CLH
Member
So the Glendinning Cablemaster is another new-to-me system. The 50 amp cord is something I'm always seeming to find myself struggling with in one way or another and today it about whooped me again.
In getting acquainted with my 460 DA, I found that about half of the cord was a tangled knotty mess inside the cable master bin in the engine room which of course would not allow me to pay out the full length.
With the help of a dear and patient friend at the marina, I wrestled the tangled cord out of the bin into the engine room floor, we unhooked the shore power end, and brought the rest of the cord all into the engine room so I could try and straighten out the cable as much as I could inside of the engine room; as the tangled portion would not pass through the cable master unit (or else it would have been easier to do this outside the boat!).
Long story short, I got all but about the final 10' untangled but there's still a bit of a knotted mess at the engine room end that I can't get unwound without, I believe, damaging the cord.
1. Has anyone had this happen before and how did you get out your tangle?
2. Ideas on how I might get out the tangle at the end, other than disconnecting the cable?
3. How do you prevent cable master cord tanglage from happening in the first place? This is a mess I inherited when I took possession of the boat and did not notice on the survey.
Cheryl
In getting acquainted with my 460 DA, I found that about half of the cord was a tangled knotty mess inside the cable master bin in the engine room which of course would not allow me to pay out the full length.
With the help of a dear and patient friend at the marina, I wrestled the tangled cord out of the bin into the engine room floor, we unhooked the shore power end, and brought the rest of the cord all into the engine room so I could try and straighten out the cable as much as I could inside of the engine room; as the tangled portion would not pass through the cable master unit (or else it would have been easier to do this outside the boat!).
Long story short, I got all but about the final 10' untangled but there's still a bit of a knotted mess at the engine room end that I can't get unwound without, I believe, damaging the cord.
1. Has anyone had this happen before and how did you get out your tangle?
2. Ideas on how I might get out the tangle at the end, other than disconnecting the cable?
3. How do you prevent cable master cord tanglage from happening in the first place? This is a mess I inherited when I took possession of the boat and did not notice on the survey.
Cheryl