Toting RV power cord

rockhillmanor wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"I'd love one of the flexible SO cords. But can't bring myself to spend the money"

Buy the parts and make a nice FLEXIBLE cord then sell your current one that will offset the price. AMAZON has the cord in bulk and the cAMCO ends at great prices. Buy 100' and some ends and sell the extra ones to make yours no cost.

They sell a very 'inexpensive' answer to that, already made an ready to use. :B

I bought them and use them for EVERYTHING I need to attach to the back end of my MH! Once they are on and twisted nothing moves an inch.

I tie an extension ladder and 4 heavy ex-pens tied to that to my MH ladder and they are on their tight for the ride. I have thrown out all my bungee's and ratchet straps! These do NOT make any marks on whatever you tie up.

Rubber coated with a thick heavy wire inside. Comes in different lengths. find at hardware stores and big box stores.I've been using the same ones that come on and off at every CG stop and they are still like new.:C

Are we both talking electrical cords?

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"I'd love one of the flexible SO cords. But can't bring myself to spend the money"

Buy the parts and make a nice FLEXIBLE cord then sell your current one that will offset the price. AMAZON has the cord in bulk and the cAMCO ends at great prices. Buy 100' and some ends and sell the extra ones to make yours no cost.

They sell a very 'inexpensive' answer to that, already made an ready to use. :B

I bought them and use them for EVERYTHING I need to attach to the back end of my MH! Once they are on and twisted nothing moves an inch.

I tie an extension ladder and 4 heavy ex-pens tied to that to my MH ladder and they are on their tight for the ride. I have thrown out all my bungee's and ratchet straps! These do NOT make any marks on whatever you tie up.

Rubber coated with a thick heavy wire inside. Comes in different lengths. find at hardware stores and big box stores.I've been using the same ones that come on and off at every CG stop and they are still like new.:C

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"I'd love one of the flexible SO cords. But can't bring myself to spend the money"

Buy the parts and make a nice FLEXIBLE cord then sell your current one that will offset the price. AMAZON has the cord in bulk and the cAMCO ends at great prices. Buy 100' and some ends and sell the extra ones to make yours no cost.

It's unfortunately above my paygrade with abilities. I'm a computer guy and electricity scares me. :(

I actually have 2 factory power cords that I could sell off. Maybe this summer when I'm back at my in-laws. My father-in-law is a master of all kinds of trades and could likely do it.

ORbiker wrote:
25 ft of power cord is a bit to move around.
What are others using to tote the power cord around?

They come in all sizes and has a handle for carrying. they ratchet to fit the size you need and they ratchet nice and tight.

I use them for everything. Keeps everything round and flat for storage on top of each other to save space in the RV bays and the handle just can't be beat for moving them to where you need them.



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ford truck guy wrote:

Sprink-Fitter wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
I rolled mine up in an orange Home Depot 5 gallon bucket and it was a 50 amp cord.. Now I just press a button :B

Did you mount a button to the orange bucket? How does it work?

It was a bit harder than that.... It was mounted to a new 2016 fifth wheel. :B

A gentleman I was camping next to last weekend had a voice activated system.

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He yelled at his kids to hook up the power cord.

Sprink-Fitter wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
I rolled mine up in an orange Home Depot 5 gallon bucket and it was a 50 amp cord.. Now I just press a button :B

Did you mount a button to the orange bucket? How does it work?

It was a bit harder than that.... It was mounted to a new 2016 fifth wheel. :B

I realized I had wasted space near the ceiling of my basement in signature fifth wheel. I build a second floor with a divider across the pass-through. In this shallow area I have room for two shallow totes with lids for jumper cables, camp hatchet and other sundry goodies. The other side of the floor addition has room for 50' 30A cord and a 30' 50A cord, as well as some other small cables and wound up items. I coil things like extra water hoses (for when I'm within 300' of water spigot), cables for dog, lock up cables for generator, etc

"I'd love one of the flexible SO cords. But can't bring myself to spend the money"

Buy the parts and make a nice FLEXIBLE cord then sell your current one that will offset the price. AMAZON has the cord in bulk and the cAMCO ends at great prices. Buy 100' and some ends and sell the extra ones to make yours no cost.

ORbiker wrote:
My camper had a 30 A cord that was attached on the other end. I would just pull out what I need and plug it in.

My new toyhauler has a huge pile of 50 A wire with a twist in end on the RV end and 50 A on the other.

I was thinking about using a large milk crate to haul the cord around. Maybe I could feed out 3 ft of the outlet end and then coil the rest over it. So; I could set the crate by the outlet. Plug it in and pull out enough to plug into the toyhauler outlet.

Thanks for the different ideas and keep them coming.
KEN

Yes, never gave a thought to the old 30 amp cable on the previous 5er, but the 35' PVC covered 50 amp that came with the new unit was like dealing with an Anaconda when putting into a tub, as we do a lot of camping in temps below 40 degrees.
Well got 40' of SO cable now and as in the picture in the post above it is very easy to coil up and store.

rhagfo wrote:

ORbiker wrote:
25 ft of power cord is a bit to move around.

What are others using to tote the power cord around?

Well I have 40' of of 4/6 cable for our 50 amp service (SO cable), it all fits nicely in a 3 gal bucket! :B This even when winter camping.

Show off. :B