Jbear
Senior Member
So we finally had a dry day yesterday and I stopped by the boat to check the power cord connections. I usually do this every couple of weeks but this is a new to us boat and it had been raining for a long time and hadn't had a chance to check it before. I found fairly substantial corrosion on the boat side power input plug. So I pulled it apart... I spent the rest of the day replacing wiring. I am now replacing all connections in the boat as well.
A few pics... I know, not really that bad huh? I mean, shouldn't you use wire nuts on boat wiring? Note the solid "Romex"!!!
My question is, I hate to trash the power cord. In the AF, we used a burnishing tool to clean contacts. Has anyone tried to clean the contacts of a power cord or is it a replacement of the connector. The cord is fine other than corrosion on where it plugged into this mess!
~ Jeff
A few pics... I know, not really that bad huh? I mean, shouldn't you use wire nuts on boat wiring? Note the solid "Romex"!!!
My question is, I hate to trash the power cord. In the AF, we used a burnishing tool to clean contacts. Has anyone tried to clean the contacts of a power cord or is it a replacement of the connector. The cord is fine other than corrosion on where it plugged into this mess!
~ Jeff