frozen stiff power cords
so for the few other brave souls (or crazy, you decide) who venture out in the winter with the camper... what do you do about your power cord being frozen stiff when you are out with power? mainly,...
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Hi. Many of the previous comments, I have followed too. I have spent considerable time in cold and snowy weather. A couple of years ago, I too grew tired of the ESPN battle with my own power cord. With that I took drastic action by cutting off the cord, drilling a hole (the size of the power cord) through the bay's outside wall. I did this to keep from needing to open and close the compartment door, during cold weather, since I use my camper more than most people. Because of this I too was worried I would break something off, inside this area of my Lance, with the continuance of pulling and shoving the heavy power cord.
Since I am familiar with doing this type of work, I just cut the cord myself and picked up the needed plugs at Lowes/Home Depot. I also have new ends on to facilitate my Honda 3K generator and Solar/Battery Bank (numerous pigtails for various scenarios). Bottom line don't be concerned about cutting the cord and and by passing the compartment, as Lance now has a plug on the outside to plug a power cord too. Also, the Factory pass through hole, I wanted to stop the cold air infiltration, so I picked up one of those plumbing plugs (Oatey) that is used to seal off a waste pipe and placed it in the hole. Keeps road debris/water/snow from coming into the compartment too and another reason to plumb your cord through the side of the compartment while you have the end cut off.
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Since I am familiar with doing this type of work, I just cut the cord myself and picked up the needed plugs at Lowes/Home Depot. I also have new ends on to facilitate my Honda 3K generator and Solar/Battery Bank (numerous pigtails for various scenarios). Bottom line don't be concerned about cutting the cord and and by passing the compartment, as Lance now has a plug on the outside to plug a power cord too. Also, the Factory pass through hole, I wanted to stop the cold air infiltration, so I picked up one of those plumbing plugs (Oatey) that is used to seal off a waste pipe and placed it in the hole. Keeps road debris/water/snow from coming into the compartment too and another reason to plumb your cord through the side of the compartment while you have the end cut off.
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