carryout power cord

RoyB wrote:
AFter looking at where you plug in the 12VDC Plug I can understand alittle more about how easy it may be pulled out easily...


Roy's image from PDF manual

It still looks like once you make the connection you can use something like heat shrink tubing to seal around the connection next to the Carryout Unit and make it more difficult to be ripped out...

Definitely needs to do something along this line to keep from having to keep purchasing new extension cords...

I probably would make the connection and slip the heat shrink over both the plug part and the receptacle part and shrink it in place. Then I would add a small tie wrap around the receptacle part to keep it more secure in place. This would definitely make it more weather tight as well. Then I would just leave the 12VDC extension cord in place all the the time and wrap up the 25 or 50-foot length around the the carry out...

Enough of me rattling on here haha. Maybe some others on here will have some ideas as well...

Again just my thoughts here

I heat shrink all of my outside DC connections around my battery bank etc... They also make adhesive type heat shrink tubing that is excellent for doing the battery ring terminal connection for use outside where weather tight connections are important...

Roy Ken

The above picture is NOT the connection used in his 3 year old Carryout. That is the updated "good" power connector and does not suffer from the problems that nearly everyone with the OP's original power cord suffers. Unfortunately, the new good power connector is not a direct replacement for the old style so you have to keep buying new cords over and over or you have to ensure that you never pull on the cord itself while trying to unplug the cord. It's not an easy task but it can be done.