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.