Detachable Power Cord?
I have been looking at new Trailers and see most are coming with the power cord detached now instead of just pushing the cord into a trailer box? My question is why? What is the benefit from have a...
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IU always hated having to shove the 30amp cord into the box, and sometimes it was hard to get it all the way out, so I cut it off and made a 3 foot pigtail which is all I have to push in and pull back out.
The unused space in the box where the power cord used to live happens to be between our two recliners so I made it into a book/magazine shelf. I put a replacement male plug end on the pigtail, and a replacement female end on the power cord that I cut off. The power cord stores in my storage compartment along with the 2 other 50 foot 30 amp extensions I have. It doesn't matter which one plugs into the pigtail, because they are all the same. It's cheaper than the Marinco detachable setup, and the best part is I won't leave home and forget the screw on cord for a Marinco Adapter. Any 30 amp extension will do. All my cords live in the storage compartment.
As for mice, etc., I just keep a stainless steel pot scrubber under the power cord door and wrap it around the base of the pigtail when it's extended and close the hatch.
The unused space in the box where the power cord used to live happens to be between our two recliners so I made it into a book/magazine shelf. I put a replacement male plug end on the pigtail, and a replacement female end on the power cord that I cut off. The power cord stores in my storage compartment along with the 2 other 50 foot 30 amp extensions I have. It doesn't matter which one plugs into the pigtail, because they are all the same. It's cheaper than the Marinco detachable setup, and the best part is I won't leave home and forget the screw on cord for a Marinco Adapter. Any 30 amp extension will do. All my cords live in the storage compartment.
As for mice, etc., I just keep a stainless steel pot scrubber under the power cord door and wrap it around the base of the pigtail when it's extended and close the hatch.
