[Cruisingdad]

Originally Posted by btrayfors

Thirty-amp connectors are a perennial problem in marinas. I've seen many failures and meltdowns over the past couple of decades. Many of these could be traced to "user failure", i.e., overtaxing the connectors by overloading them, not cleaning them, not keeping them dry, etc., etc.

The sad truth, however, is that we're now seeing FAR TOO MANY failures of 30A Marinco connectors to believe that its always "user failure".

First, the design stinks: these things cannot handle anywhere near 30A continuous power, without heating and burning.

Yes, do everything possible to keep contacts clean and dry, and try to limit power draw to not more than 25A or so. That will help.

But, bottom line, IMHO these connectors are real crap. Be very wary of them....i.e., ALL 30A connectors....but, especially, those recently coming out of Marinco. These seem to be substandard in construction.

Is this really the best we can do?

Bill

Hi Bill... how are you?

Thanks for the input. Yes, I think I agree with you. But you would think (using the 20% rule), they would over size their cords/connectors for continuous operation at 30 instead of 80% of 30A. I wonder if that is not the case?

- CD