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09-09-2022, 06:10 PM
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Admiral
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Shore power cords
Took my boat out for a spin yesterday and when I disconnected my shore power cords I noticed that they were very sticky. Looks like a black crud growing on them. I have bought cord cleaning before and didnt work at all.
I have two of them for my 01 3000 scr and these are around 5 years old. I'm curious what causes this ? The obvious..the sun ...is it breaking down the cords yellow rubber cover? Other than being sticky to the touch they are fine. No tears either .
What's going on here or is this just a natural process with being exposed to the elements outside and I replace them with new ones?
Roger
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09-10-2022, 12:26 AM
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Admiral
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Roger, what brand are the cords? I’ve not seen this on name brand one.
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09-10-2022, 01:04 AM
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Marinco. I have always stuck to a good name brand.
Roger
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09-10-2022, 01:17 PM
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Admiral
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerseagar
Marinco. I have always stuck to a good name brand.
Roger
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Yup they make good cords. Is there a product that you have been using to clean them that made had attacked the jacket material?
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09-10-2022, 02:04 PM
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They make a cord cleaner which I have used a long time ago and didn't work very well. I was on u tube and there was a video of someone using a razor blade and scrapping the crud off. Lol . So I think the elements are doing something to these cords being exposed 24/7.
Roger
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09-10-2022, 06:23 PM
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Admiral
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerseagar
They make a cord cleaner which I have used a long time ago and didn't work very well. I was on u tube and there was a video of someone using a razor blade and scrapping the crud off. Lol . So I think the elements are doing something to these cords being exposed 24/7.
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Your guess is as good as mine on this one.
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09-10-2022, 11:26 PM
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Admiral
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Thank Mike... I can't believe other boaters don't have this same problem. All of the cleaning remedies seem so labor intensive. Oh well ... have a beer Roger lol
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09-11-2022, 02:23 AM
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Admiral
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerseagar
Thank Mike... I can't believe other boaters don't have this same problem. All of the cleaning remedies seem so labor intensive. Oh well ... have a beer Roger lol
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Being that my Maxum is on a lift I haven’t used shore power. Now that I have my Silverton not sure if I’ll use it but had a power pedestal installed on my pier.
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09-12-2022, 03:11 PM
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I have one cord that is turning more brown than yellow and is a bit 'sticky' feeling.
When it gets gross enough, I'm going to replace it.
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09-12-2022, 04:59 PM
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Admiral
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I think that is my conclusion also ! My boating season is almost over so I think Santa is getting me new cords....ho ho ho for the next season.
Roger
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09-17-2022, 04:56 PM
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Roger, I have the same issue, but like you no solution. I haven't seen any deterioration in the conductivity of the cable itself, and think it's merely an astatic problem, and like you, I rather the cable be nice and yellow, not black.
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09-17-2022, 11:50 PM
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Admiral
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Paul ....thanks for the vote of confidence. I hope you mean aesthetic. It feels like I'm handling an old licorice stick that's been out in the sun to long.
Roger
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09-18-2022, 06:26 PM
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Phat Phinger Phone spelling
Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerseagar
Paul ..... I hope you mean aesthetic.
Roger
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One, I can't spell to begin with, and two, typing on a phone's keypad doesn't help - but yes - aesthetic it is 
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09-18-2022, 09:21 PM
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If looks is the concern... Kyrlon
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09-19-2022, 04:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PJHoffnet
One, I can't spell to begin with, and two, typing on a phone's keypad doesn't help - but yes - aesthetic it is |
There is no 'fat finger' shaming here, nor do we grade on spelling here at MOC.
Now.....abuse of capitalization, bold, or egregious lack of punctuation is another story.  LOL!!!
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09-19-2022, 05:59 PM
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Admiral
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Not to beat this to death here but the word Paul typed in was "astatic ". Which means unstable or if used as a physics term something to do with magnets. Another fun fact . Please bury this thread!
Roger
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09-19-2022, 06:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerseagar
Not to beat this to death here but the word Paul typed in was "astatic ". Which means unstable or if used as a physics term something to do with magnets. Another fun fact . Please bury this thread!
Roger
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I was only joking. But that is a fun bit of semantics.
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