I twisted turned pulled and pushed and it still won't come out. I had it out a few weeks ago. Do I really have to remove the whole assembly?
I'm with both you and Capt. Bill however I'm trying to understand what I'm seeing and what the inlet is rated for?It looks like someone had replaced the female plug on the power cord and he slid back the cover. My votes with Capt.Bill.
Bligh: Can you see the back of the male receptacle for inspection? Till you get the plug and receptacle apart, to inspect them, I'd keep the power off.
You have to unscrew the round black plastic piece first.
Thsi is all new to me. But, what I do know is the PO said he put a 30 amp adapter on one end and a 50 amp adapter on the other end. Why, I dont know.What is that adapter? Is the power inlet a 30 amp or 50 amp inlet, what is the cord rated for 30 or 50 amp service. A quick picture of your main AC breaker panel might help us better understand the posted picture.
Bill
What have you got there, a 50A cord into a 30A adapter? Have you over-juiced your system and welded the connector to the plug? Hot cord? Hot plug?
(I cleaned up your 4 duplicate images...no charge)
Thsi is all new to me. But, what I do know is the PO said he put a 30 amp adapter on one end and a 50 amp adapter on the other end. Why, I dont know.
I'm pretty sure its not 'welded' as it does move around in the plug. I think , like N4 said, Its the retaining cap that screws onto the outlet holding it in there.
Gotta remember to wear my glasses.
I agree, it seems in the North East dual 30 amp pedestals are found at most marina I have been to.Some boaters also want the total wattage that only a 50 Amp 125/250 power cord can supply aside from the better connector, others are happy with 2 -30's with or without smart plugs.
There was a decent thread on the value of smart plugs not too long ago...interesting inputs.
Did Smart Plug ever get UL and ABYC approval? Last I heard they had both refused to approve the design??
There were a couple of Smart Plug failures resulting in melt downs a couple of months ago that brought this all to a head. As I recall there was a problem with the plastic cable binding device in the boat end of the plug. And from that it was determined that the plug design was not UL approved.
Well I'm sending mine back. I'm not saying this isn't a better connector than the current 30A standard but I'm not dealing with any potential insurance issues. We all should know that the current 30A inlets are the number 1 cause of fires on boats.
You have to unscrew the round black plastic piece first.