Yesterday, I removed the hard wired shore power cord and mouse hole, and replaced it with a Marinco detachable shore power cord kit. I work slow, so it took about an hour. Real easy mod. Before doing it, I did look at several install videos on You Tube to make sure there were no hidden surprises.Before starting I did remove the negative ground on the battery. Not sure I needed to, but wanted to be extra careful.

I've read and heard in the past where folks have had their electric cords cut and stolen from their RV's. Replacing the original with a detachable is a good idea. Glad you got it done.I cut my own cord, and put in a surge protector (inside the trailer), leaving only the plug of the surge protector sticking through the mouse hole. If anyone attempts to cut that, they are going to get only about 6 inches of wire. I've felt much better about shortening that wire ever since I did it.Good Job!

I hated that detachable cord, so I hard wired it. Using a locking hatch, larger than the usual mouse hole, I only pull out what I need and no more bother finding a place to store the cord. Good riddance!

Hi,I used standard 3 prong 30 amp male and female plugs to truncate the pull out cord. I found it far more convenient. The cords are easier to replace than the Marinco type.

Lynnmor wrote:I hated that detachable cord, so I hard wired it. Using a locking hatch, larger than the usual mouse hole, I only pull out what I need and no more bother finding a place to store the cord. Good riddance!Different strokes - yada, yada, yada. :W I'd never own any trailer that didn't have a detachable main service cable ... any I did own that were hard wired I installed a Marinco Park Power kit, kept it when I sold the trailer, and re-installed it on the next one. :B

Atlee wrote:Yesterday, I removed the hard wired shore power cord and mouse hole, and replaced it with a Marinco detachable shore power cord kit. I work slow, so it took about an hour. Real easy mod. Before doing it, I did look at several install videos on You Tube to make sure there were no hidden surprises.Before starting I did remove the negative ground on the battery. Not sure I needed to, but wanted to be extra careful.Thank you for posting this!My MH has been parked not using it for awhile. Yesterday I did a walk around and found the darn mice had chewed thru my power cord. Thought for sure I would have to pay someone to come out to replace it. Trip charges out here are in excess of $75.00 before they even start to work on your RV. :RI think I will try and replace it myself like you did.Where did you buy the cord from?And does that mean you can detach the whole thing and take it with you when not in use?Thanks. :C

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pianotuna
Nomad III
Oct 10, 2017
Hi,

I used standard 3 prong 30 amp male and female plugs to truncate the pull out cord. I found it far more convenient. The cords are easier to replace than the Marinco type.
Lynnmor
Explorer
Oct 10, 2017
I hated that detachable cord, so I hard wired it. Using a locking hatch, larger than the usual mouse hole, I only pull out what I need and no more bother finding a place to store the cord. Good riddance!
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Oct 10, 2017
I've read and heard in the past where folks have had their electric cords cut and stolen from their RV's. Replacing the original with a detachable is a good idea. Glad you got it done.

I cut my own cord, and put in a surge protector (inside the trailer), leaving only the plug of the surge protector sticking through the mouse hole. If anyone attempts to cut that, they are going to get only about 6 inches of wire. I've felt much better about shortening that wire ever since I did it.

Good Job!

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