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Old 03-06-2016, 10:17 PM   #10
ksanders
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Originally Posted by boatpoker View Post
Food for thought. The back of my electrical panel and shore power inlet are accessed through a dedicated hatch. I keep a smoke detector in there. it went off a couple of months ago when my shore power inlet melted.

I have since hard wired my shore power cord thereby eliminating six connections and not having to wory about loose prongs. I did this on my previous boats but had not gotten around to it til' after I got this reminder.
I have a new smoke detector on my boat right now that is destined for that same spot, behind the panel.

I also have two temperature sensors that I'll be adhering to my shore power inlets.

All of these will tie into the boats alarm system so I will be alerted if I am on or off the boat.
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