Electric Cord..."getting the Genie back in the bottle" - lol

opnspaces wrote:
I find that if I gently give the cord about a half turn with each push it seems to go in easier.

Same here. I use to fight mine until I started doing this.

I found the detachable cable to be more of a hassle.

sgrizzle wrote:
Great! This is what I had in mind. So, did you pull out the cord and cut it to length for the new box. Decent instructions included? Does the box seem "secured" and sturdy? I am really nervous about cutting the trailer...never done that before! lol

Buy the Marinco adapter. It will also help keep mice out of your TT.

You have to help coil and uncoil the cord by slightly twisting the cord slightly one way or the other as needed when pushing the cable in or out of the hole. Practice by sticking the end of a garden hose into a 5 gallon bucket. You can't feed it in and get it all inside by just pushing it straight into the bucket. You have to twist the hose slightly as you feed it into the bucket and it will coil easier.

When pulling the cable out the opening it tends to bunch up sometimes if one coil slips over the other. You may have to work it loose by twisting it and pulling or pushing a little to unbind it.

It is a bad idea to leave a cord or cable coiled with power running through it. Especially when it may be running the max amount of amps the wire is rated to handle. It has a tendency to heat up because of the resistance created by the magnetic field generated by the coils. The same principle as winding a wire around a nail and sending a current through the wire to turn the nail into an electro magnet.

I find that if I gently give the cord about a half turn with each push it seems to go in easier.

Had the same problem. I found out that if I aim up while I am feeding the cord in instead of aiming straight in my problem goes away.

OP. before you make a drastic change. Why don't you try feeding it in at an angle and see what happens?

Thanks!

Ha! That's TOO easy! Thanks rvten!

Hi,

It is far cheaper to simply shorten the cord down to about three feet and add a male plug. Then a standard RV cord from Walmart may be used.

Cut and leave enough cord that will hang out just above the ground. Put the correct male/female ends on. Your ready to go.
That is what I did.

Just put a little more elbow grease into it... I had the same problem. I didn't hurt anything and it works great now. Just the initial knot or use I guess, after sitting on the lot for a while. It'll work itself out most likely.

I agree sometimes it's a fight to deal with this cord but we always pull it completely out, was told by our dealer that the cord needed to be stretched completely out when in use. I don't understand elec. and didn't ask why that needed to be done. Maybe some electrician could elaborate on that.