Len and Jo
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After two winters of cold weather camping I got tired of fighting the power cord when stowing it. Also I have had two times where the two year old OEM twist lock cord was installed but needed to be jiggled before the RV had shore power. That is not good.
So I bit the bullet and built an all season flexible power cord with a 30 amp SmartPlug. I made it 35 feet in length because at home I park in front of the garage and power the RV from the garage. The SmartPlug advertising states that the contacts have 20X the contact area as the traditional twist plug. Took about 2 hours to make the cable and install the RV plug. Bonus: No more fine thread locking ring.
FYI
Camco male grip plug.......................$22.31 Amazon
35 feet of SOOW flexible cord.......$85.05 Amazon
SmartPlug kit B30ASSYPW............$195.18 Ebay
Total cost of pwr cord......................$302.54
So I bit the bullet and built an all season flexible power cord with a 30 amp SmartPlug. I made it 35 feet in length because at home I park in front of the garage and power the RV from the garage. The SmartPlug advertising states that the contacts have 20X the contact area as the traditional twist plug. Took about 2 hours to make the cable and install the RV plug. Bonus: No more fine thread locking ring.
FYI
Camco male grip plug.......................$22.31 Amazon
35 feet of SOOW flexible cord.......$85.05 Amazon
SmartPlug kit B30ASSYPW............$195.18 Ebay
Total cost of pwr cord......................$302.54