Electrical cords in the Water

no they don't drink beer, but they are a cause of spilling lots of beer when a certain girl freaks out and knocks my beer over.

Actually, i've never really thought about my power cord until this thread. Now i've added it to my growing list of things to do.
 
Hey, we never heard what the captain(small c on purpose) of the boat and cord in question had to say about Hampton disconnecting his cord. What was his opinion? If we're going to have a fight I nominate Gredmers wife for ring girl?
 
I must admit I unpluged one myself, thing is there was no boat attached to the other end:wow: The female part of the cord was about 2 feet under water, and the male was plugged in. Shocking experience!

The best one however is when I pulled away from the dock and forgot to disconnect mine... Needless to save it unpluged itself rather quickly. Opps, my bad!
 
I think the real question here is, was a potential disaster averted? sounds to me like the answer is a resounding YES!!!! many other issues at stake not just burned out cords, spiders,snakes, seamonkeys all kind of things could climb a dangling cord and then who knows what could happen, monkeys stealing boats, pretty girls getting attacked and spilling their beers, then what, just imagine, happy boating, Mike
 
You guys are funny. I've been down at the dock everday, both for fun, work on my boat, and checking on his boat. He hasn't returned. A friend of mine and I came up with loaner cords to get his boat plugged back in without burning the house down. You see, it's not about being a policeman, dock nazi, 4-star general, spider, sea monkey, or ring girl, but about learning and helping each other out. Not nearly as much fun, but a lot more productive. (I can hear it now "You better not plug my boat in while I'm gone, I may have left explosive charges hooked up......").
 
Two questions; how did the issue of partially submerged shorepower cords become boat manufacturer specific?, and how did we make the leap from possible shock hazard to a 5 alarm marina fire?
 
Other boats that are around me, I have their phone number and they have mine. I don't mind one bit if others plug, unplug, board the boat if they think or notice something is wrong. They feel the same. Borrow the cooler, deck chairs, whatever...
We all look out for each other.
 
I dont mean to be brash but, in the unlikely event the loaner cords create a fire who do you think is going to be responsible, or you reverse this guys polarity and fry his panel and systems. Liability is greater than being a nice guy. Why not just stop the immediate danger and contact the dockmaster and leave it in the hands of the proper mgt. He will know the responsible, ethical and reasonable protocol to follow.

was I critical? I hope not, love you guys!
 
jg300da said:
Two questions; how did the issue of partially submerged shorepower cords become boat manufacturer specific?, and how did we make the leap from possible shock hazard to a 5 alarm marina fire?
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And spiders? Who can tell us about the spiders?
 
Dancin Dave said:
I dont mean to be brash but, in the unlikely event the loaner cords create a fire who do you think is going to be responsible, or you reverse this guys polarity and fry his panel and systems. Liability is greater than being a nice guy. Why not just stop the immediate danger and contact the dockmaster and leave it in the hands of the proper mgt. He will know the responsible, ethical and reasonable protocol to follow.

was I critical? I hope not, love you guys!
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And those damn explosives!
 
Dancin Dave said:
I dont mean to be brash but, in the unlikely event the loaner cords create a fire who do you think is going to be responsible, or you reverse this guys polarity and fry his panel and systems. Liability is greater than being a nice guy. Why not just stop the immediate danger and contact the dockmaster and leave it in the hands of the proper mgt. He will know the responsible, ethical and reasonable protocol to follow.

was I critical? I hope not, love you guys!
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You have got to be kidding me! How is that supposed to happen? If his docking station was wired backwards, and his power cords were wired backwards, then the power at his boat would be normal, and then, if we hooked up a good power cord to a reverse-wired box and plugged him back in, then, we would be reversing the polarity on his boat. What bastards! We deserve to be sued. And all along, we just thought we were stopping a severe electrical problem and providing a neighbor's boat with power on our time, as good neighbors...

We don't have proper management. I'm working that issue. You guys crack me up.
 
Good call Dave, that is not what most people consider, Liability.

I once helped save a man's life when his lungs ripped open during a diving accident. A month later I was served with papers. He was suing me for cutting his dive gear off his convulsing body so we could lift him into the boat. In this case I was protected by the good Samaritan law because his life was in immediate danger. In the case of a funky power cord, you probably would not be protected.
 
Oh, and if his cords withstood open exposure to the ocean while being plugged into his boat, and was rescued from the burning, melting, distorting plastic around his electrical inputs, and replaced with perfect electrical cords to ensure power to his bilge pumps, which then shorted and burned and sank..........oh, nevermind.
 
You guys have obviously never served in the military. There are some things about the military that are different than normal life.

1) We do anything and everything we can to help eachother.
2) We live by a certain set of rules and laws. (No, you're not removed from threat of lawsuit).
3) Nobody tolerates breaking the rules or laws.
4) Anyone who does tolerate breaking them is treated exactly like the one who broke them.
5) Many, many more

So, what's my point?
1) When I found the cord end in the water, removing it was the correct thing.
2) When I got home, asking you guys for your opinions about lines drooping in the water was the right thing.
3) Getting help and hooking the boat in question back up to dock power was the right thing.
4) Getting barraged with endless posts about liability and fire and sinking does not apply.
5) Continuing to respond to these posts is not the right thing - sue me for that.
 
5 posts in 10 minutes, your the one doing all the posting. You need to cut back on the lithium. Oh, and any night in shining armour playing the dock saint who touches my boat, is going to get an ass whipping. DONT TOUCH MY BOAT thank you anyway.

I dont care if you make the rules, I have my own.

I dont mean to be rude, but were not in the military, this is normal life.
 
He did the right thing by taking action on the offending cord. People have been known to be electricuted by swimming near the boats in marinas.

But frankly its posts like yours that agitate John, and then he snaps at someone like me who has a rational response, because he thinks people are ganging up on him.
 
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I thought the issue was giving spiders a way to get back on the boat. poisonous killer ones.
 
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