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Old 10-10-2019, 07:30 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by ghost View Post
I worry, a ton, about slip mates who run one or two plug in ceramic heaters. They will end up pulling about 22 amps on a 30amp marinco cable. The corroded plug overheats and then it’s only luck that determines whether they burn down the marina and my boat along with them. Every year we have a fire, it’s just whether it’s on your dock or someone else’s. Scares me a lot.

I have an infrared camera I walk my dock with looking for the glowing cords when it gets cold.

So freezing is not the end of the world around here, but the down side is that there is no simple answer, and lots of folks who don’t think about it much.

Just don’t plan to run more than 15 amps on a 30 amp cable if you are not there at the time. That’s my simple rule.
Two very good ideas!
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