Camco/Marinco 50 amp Right Angle Adapter

RB211 wrote:

Bob Landry wrote:

RB211 wrote:

Carl n Susan wrote:
The Camco Right Angle Adapter has the ground plate at 8:00 (looking at it from the rear as it is being plugged in). I had to rotate the receptacle on my Montana (an easy job) to match and allow the plug to hang down.

Phew....plus the Camco one is half the price of the Marinco.

There's a reason for that.

Bob,

If you can offer some more insight on the Camco product I'd like to hear it as the only things I've read to date are positive.

Thanks in advance..

Yes, I'll be happy to share a couple of points.

On the counter at my eater's parts department there is a display of shore power connectors, cord ends, and doggones in various stages of having burned up. Everything on the counter was a cameo product or some other aftermarket product. I'm sure it wasn't meant to be a direct hit against the other manufactures as it was intended to show the results of bad contacts on shore power cords and CG pedestals. The products on display just happened to be Camco. I'm not saying that is can't happen with Marinco, and I'm sure it does.

The second point is in the course of 15 years doing marine air conditioning, 12VDC, and shore power installations and repairs on everything up to and including large houseboats, I have seen fewer equipment failures from products that were designed and built to withstand harsh environments. I'm sure some will argue, but a power cord that is outside in all extremes of temperatures and gets subjected to less than gentle use is in a harsh operating environment. Maybe it's coincidence, but I see fewer equipment failures from products like Marinco, Blue Sea, Ancor, Bass, and Paneltronics than I have with installations that have been cobbled together by tight fisted owners with components from Harbor Freight, Home Depot and Lowes.
Actually, I kind of like the cheap stuff. It keeps me in business, I just won't use it on my equipment, and I won't sell it. I decline a job before I sell someone something that they are going to be unhappy with and that is going to create a maintenance headache that I'm going to have to live with.

Look at it like this. If you see two similar items for sale and one is half the price of the other, why do you suppose that is? With the cost of raw materials being relatively the same for everyone, to undercut your competition, something has to change. You can reduce the quality of the materials you use, you can reduce the amount of materials used, or you can reduce the amount of labor going into it. There's just no other way to do it, short of taking a loss and you will make some people happy but you won't stay in business very long doing that.

wa8yxm wrote:

Bob Landry wrote:
On a 50A plug, it doesn't matter male or female, the round pin is ground, the one opposite to it is neutral and the remaining two are L1 & L2(hots) They are all the same.

Uh, they are not talking the 50 amp park plug (your comments apply)

They are talking the marinco connector at the RV end of the cord.

(Your comments make no sense when applied to that port, NO round pin there)

Someone else properly described it.

And on my RV that ground plate is in the 5:00 position as I recall without looking.. So I'd need to rotate something (either plug or socket) as noted, an easy job.

Uh, I'm aware of that. I mistakenly though he was talking about the pedestal end, and I got sidetracked before I could change my post.

Bob Landry wrote:
On a 50A plug, it doesn't matter male or female, the round pin is ground, the one opposite to it is neutral and the remaining two are L1 & L2(hots) They are all the same.

Uh, they are not talking the 50 amp park plug (your comments apply)

They are talking the marinco connector at the RV end of the cord.

(Your comments make no sense when applied to that port, NO round pin there)

Someone else properly described it.

And on my RV that ground plate is in the 5:00 position as I recall without looking.. So I'd need to rotate something (either plug or socket) as noted, an easy job.

I just E-mailed the OP.....I too have the Marinco and it does hang at a left angle and changing my 50 amp input was not going to be as easy as others so, I use it as is.....its a MOLDED Cord and it still serves the purpose of relieving the strain on the straight plug, I've been using it as is for over two years now.

I just bought one of these and found that the situation you described exactly matched my installation. The plug in the wall of my RV did not allow the 90 degree adapter to hang properly and did not allow the plug to make a proper connection.
I bought a new plug for the RV and now life is very good! I wish I had done this years ago as I will no longer have to replace my power cord due to the wires twisting out of the end connector. The power cable now simply hangs from the adapter. Even better, the new adapter simply slips into place at about a 30-45 degree angle and then drops vertically to make the necessary connection. It's so easy, even a girl could do it! (My wife always struggled with our previous cabling but not with this so don't give me any .......)

....and I'll assume from the Camco adapter users you've had no safety or quality issues with the product.

Carl n Susan wrote:
The Camco Right Angle Adapter has the ground plate at 8:00 (looking at it from the rear as it is being plugged in). I had to rotate the receptacle on my Montana (an easy job) to match and allow the plug to hang down.

X2 here also, took about 10 minuets to do...

Bob Landry wrote:

RB211 wrote:

Carl n Susan wrote:
The Camco Right Angle Adapter has the ground plate at 8:00 (looking at it from the rear as it is being plugged in). I had to rotate the receptacle on my Montana (an easy job) to match and allow the plug to hang down.

Phew....plus the Camco one is half the price of the Marinco.

There's a reason for that.

Bob,

If you can offer some more insight on the Camco product I'd like to hear it as the only things I've read to date are positive.

Thanks in advance..

I was thinking about the pedestal end, my bad. On the female, the ground is the plate and the attaching screw is going to be colored bream, and the neutral is silver colored. The other two will be hots. Both West Marine and Marinco's website should show the configuration also.

Bob Landry wrote:
On a 50A plug, it doesn't matter male or female, the round pin is ground, the one opposite to it is neutral and the remaining two are L1 & L2(hots) They are all the same.

It's a twist lock receptacle vs a plug in receptacle
Ground is a plate.