Lawleys
New Member
I have a 1988 weekender and have "finally" replaced our hot water heater. The issue I am having is if I run the A/C and hot water heater at the same time... I am using about 25 to 30 amps. I know this is right at the limit of my shore power but one lead of my cord melted. Not something you wanna see on your boat. I thought the problem was I had an older 30 amp power cord and maybe it wasn't getting a good connection so I bought one of those new fancy EEL cords. and the next week the same lead was melted as well.
I have a couple questions.
1. why is my power cord lead melting (on the boat side)?
2. Is there something I can add to avoid this? I have seen newer searay boats with a Y adapter with 2 plugs on the boat.
I am asking the obvious but want to make sure something else is not going on here.
Thanks so much for any help on this issue,
Scott
I have a couple questions.
1. why is my power cord lead melting (on the boat side)?
2. Is there something I can add to avoid this? I have seen newer searay boats with a Y adapter with 2 plugs on the boat.
I am asking the obvious but want to make sure something else is not going on here.
Thanks so much for any help on this issue,
Scott