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Whoo wee... and we think the marine power cords are expensive and prone to failure... 
In Response To: Damage at end of cord is often result of bad or loose wiring at recpt on boat or shore 
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Chevy Volt power cords are prone to melting AND cost $450 apiece. Yow!
The thing is, these don't even appear to be built as well as your typical marine power cable.
Hey, at least we have twist lock connectors on the marine power cables.
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- Ground fault question, or other issue?
- Could the GFCI be faulty? They do go.
- I'm in the process of building an AC
- Suspect a fault on the load side
- First, assume the GFCI is OK.
- Hmm, if it only trips when there is a load...
- Thanks. Between your feedback and Al's I have the clues to look for
- Just went to the boat and checked - both circuits blow the breaker
- Master breaker (RCD) replaced with identical unit
- More measurements taken today
- GFCI info
- Today's update on the shore power
- You may have a bad shorepower connection at the dock
- I have a bad connection mounted at the boat.
- Damage at end of cord is often result of bad or loose wiring at recpt on boat or shore
- Dont'cha get tired of tying up loose ends!!
- Whoo wee... and we think the marine power cords are expensive and prone to failure...
- Dont'cha get tired of tying up loose ends!!
- Someone on another forum told me about the Smartplug
- Damage at end of cord is often result of bad or loose wiring at recpt on boat or shore
- I have a bad connection mounted at the boat.
- You may have a bad shorepower connection at the dock
- More measurements taken today
- Thanks. Between your feedback and Al's I have the clues to look for
- Could the GFCI be faulty? They do go.