How to secure 50amp power cord?

Nolan wrote:
Twelve plus years of full-time RVing, the cord never walked away. In fact everything we have owned has never walked away.

Easy to say when you have lost nothing. To keep the honest ones honest replace the male end with a yellow Camco D Handel cord cap and run a cable lock thru it.

Lantley wrote:

Johno02 wrote:
Have it direct wired into your rig, with no way to disconnect it. Or have the connector moved to inside a lockable storage bin. A thief will need a big set of cable cutters, so just watch for anyone wandering around with a long set of cutters in their hand. No, I am really being serious. A direct wired cable requires a lot of work to steal.

All a direct wire requires is a set of $20.00 bolt cutters.
The wire can be cut and gone before you can say "Where is the rest of my cord."

X2. And how does one store it? These cords are large and heavy which is one reason they are detachable. There is no way it can be stored in a small box compartment like the old 30 amp cords. On my trailer the shore power connection is on the road side rear of the trailer, way far away from the basement storage area.

10 yrs and never a problem. And never heare of any walking away. Storage facility where we keep ours was broken into several yrs ago. Thieves broke into several RVs and stole items. But no power cords were taken even though all were connected to power.

Johno02 wrote:
Have it direct wired into your rig, with no way to disconnect it. Or have the connector moved to inside a lockable storage bin. A thief will need a big set of cable cutters, so just watch for anyone wandering around with a long set of cutters in their hand. No, I am really being serious. A direct wired cable requires a lot of work to steal.

All a direct wire requires is a set of $20.00 bolt cutters.
The wire can be cut and gone before you can say "Where is the rest of my cord."

I had thought about this, too. The 50 amp Marinco cords cost hundreds and the inconvenience of losing one while on the road wouldn't be nice. I had worked out some locking devices and such but thought better of it and didn't implement anything. It is one thing where I will just trust my fellow man with his intents.

StarkNaked wrote:
Search "RV Surge Protector Locking Device". There a couple of locking devices. One from Surge Guard "Universal Lock Hasp - Model 34590" and from one from Camco "PowerGrip Power Lock Security Solution".

They're both plastic and worthless - certainly the Surge Guard locking hasp that came with the TRC I bought a few years ago was. :(

Search "RV Surge Protector Locking Device". There a couple of locking devices. One from Surge Guard "Universal Lock Hasp - Model 34590" and from one from Camco "PowerGrip Power Lock Security Solution".

Have it direct wired into your rig, with no way to disconnect it. Or have the connector moved to inside a lockable storage bin. A thief will need a big set of cable cutters, so just watch for anyone wandering around with a long set of cutters in their hand. No, I am really being serious. A direct wired cable requires a lot of work to steal.

I've got a fancy metal box with a padlock to lock the 50 amp cord to the surge/ current protector. I quit using it a couple years ago.

The only thing that I know I've lost in a campground was my very nice Craftsman 19.2v battery powered drill. And I know I left it sitting on the back bumper of the truck when I drove away from the campsite. Probably fell off when I went through the pot holes about 20 sites from mine. Didn't realize it was gone for a couple days....

My experience is that theft is not really a problem among RVers. I've never met anyone who had one stolen.

One guy did have his unhooked on day. Another camper thought he saw it smoking, threw the breaker, disconnected the power cord, and left a note as to why. Turned out the surge protector had fried from a power surge (that's what they are supposed to do - sacrafice the surge protector to prevent much more expensive damage to the rig)

I liked the one post of using hand cuffs - neat idea...

When i am done with my 30A Cable I coil it up inside a bucket to keep in the storage bay...

I too have never lost anything camping from thief ... I have run off and left a few things at the site however... One thing I can't locate is my Sears Clamp-on ammeter... No where to be found. Reckon I left it on a tree stump somewhere a couple of seasons ago...

One of my favorite OFF-ROAD places I ran off and left a shovel leaning up against a tree... Went back a couple of weeks later and there it was still leaning up against the tree. This was off the beaten path...

Seems like when camping a camp ground the neighbor campers all like to look out for everyone. I know I do that... You can tell pretty easy if someone is snooping around... I will approach them in a heart beat and ask if they need some help... They usually come up with a lame duck answer hehe...

Roy Ken