janice142
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Greetings Gents. A few slips down from me is a lovely boat. She's been experiencing problems with one leg of her AC power. We have isolated the problem to this switch:
As you can see there are a boatload of 8 gauge wires into that beast.
The thing is, IDEALLY it would be great to buy another On-Off-On switch that would fit all those wires. The article (next link) explains how we got to this point. Is there another solution? What would you do?
Article here: 8awg Selector Switch Needed article on janice142
If you are curious, here is how we (other fellows and yours truly on the docks) got to this point: (this is a lot... and most of you probably know all this stuff -- and are smarter than I was!)
Part 1: 50 Amp 125/250 Volt Power Plug Wiring How-To (4 wires) article on janice142
Part 2: Troubleshooting a 50A Power Leg Problem article on janice142
Part 3: 50A Power Cord Option to Save Money article on janice142


As you can see there are a boatload of 8 gauge wires into that beast.

The thing is, IDEALLY it would be great to buy another On-Off-On switch that would fit all those wires. The article (next link) explains how we got to this point. Is there another solution? What would you do?
Article here: 8awg Selector Switch Needed article on janice142
If you are curious, here is how we (other fellows and yours truly on the docks) got to this point: (this is a lot... and most of you probably know all this stuff -- and are smarter than I was!)
Part 1: 50 Amp 125/250 Volt Power Plug Wiring How-To (4 wires) article on janice142
Part 2: Troubleshooting a 50A Power Leg Problem article on janice142
Part 3: 50A Power Cord Option to Save Money article on janice142