Puddles wrote:
Veebyes wrote:
The video shows the standard way of coiling boat line, or any other line for that matter. Works on thin line & cable up to what can be held in the hand when all coiled up.
Long lengths of 30amp & 50amp shore power, not so much.
After some years struggling with 25' of 50amp I now use a method I used for an en extra long length of spare anchor rode that I had for the boat. Flake it into a laundry basket.
Put the trailer end into the basket first with enough hanging out for the female RV plug to reach the RV shorepower input receptacle. Flake the cable into the basket with the pedestal plug last in ontop.
Now all I have to do is take the basket out, plug into the trailer, pull enough out of the basket to reach the pedestal leaving uneeded cable in basket & shove basket under the trailer out of the weather.
The basket with cable in it is one easy unit to handle.
I always pull/unroll all the cord out... snake it around under the trailer... my thinking is that in 95 degree weather with the AC, Reefer, WH running, the cord needs to dissipate a lot heat. Prbly not a big issue. :)
Using a coiled up shore power or any other cord runs the risk of overheating from "mutual" heating of adjacent wiring. It's why the code does not allow more than 3 romex cables to run together through the same hole in a wall stud and why it's a bad idea to run a power cord under a carpet. Extension cords are not designed to operate in a confined space or immediately adjacent to other cords as per the UL standard they are designed and tested to and temps. could exceed the individual conductor insulation rating or overall jacket rating.
A 25' #10 gauge 30 amp shore power cord has a resistance of approx. 1 ohm per 1000 ft. At a full 30 amps, the cord would generate 27 watts. A 50 amp 25' cord would generate 25 watts max. May not seem like much but say in a storage compartment or sitting in the sun could theoretically cause overheating. However, you won't typically be running a shore power cord at or near it's full current rating for extended periods and won't have the full length tightly coiled up. Have never heard of a shore power cord starting a fire from overheating but better safe than sorry.
You can tell when there's nothing much on the internet when I end up writing up something like this. :R
