Nellie's Broken Cord Seal
A SmartPlug was installed on Nellie in October of 2012. It has worked well and we're happy to have the extra safety it affords. In June of 2016 there was a noticeable tear in its black cord-seal. I contacted SmartPlug hoping to purchase a repair kit. Terry Gilliland, tgilliland@smartplug.com, asked that I send him a picture of the problem area. After seeing the picture (shown above) he said the replacement parts would be provided free under the warranty. A week later the repair kit (pictured below) was received. As the picture below shows, a new socket is included with the kit.
SmartPlug's Repair Kit Contents
Today I installed the new parts. It took about an hour. If I had to do it again 15 minutes would be sufficient.
Repaired SmartPlug
The new socket is definitely better than the original: the three wires are held in place with setscrews and the cable is tightly clamped to the socket. Another nice improvement is that a weather shield is provided to protect the connector when it's not attached to the boat. DBH
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