Another Day in Orillia ONT

Rainy and 49 degrees this morning and the forecast does not get better all day. So we decided to do some cruise planning for the Georgian Bay and North Channel and wait out another day. Fortunately, the marina gives the third day free. We provisioned for the next week or so, took a shower and did some recreational reading. We have good WiFi here and can watch Netflix and catch up on Email here in the marina.

I have been noticing a shore power electrical issue, one of the ends on our power cords was scorched, a very bad sign. I replaced the end and noticed that the next time we had shore power that the new end showed minor scorch marks as well. So here I used the other cord and noticed from time to time the electrical connection would drop and then restart. It seemed the cord ends could not be the problem since several experienced the same issue. But how could the socket be causing the issue? Today, I considered the problem might be with the connection to the socket mounted on the wall of the boat. I looked at the back side of the socket and saw sparks, again a very bad sign. The positive wire had become loose and was over heating, the back side of the socket was burned and both the screw and nut and the cable eye were blackened and had lost their temper. I tightened the screw but was not happy with the fix, this could cause a fire.

We have two 30 amp receptacles one for all electrical and the second for air conditioning. I was able to move the wires from the faulty receptacle to the air conditioning receptacle to create a permanent fix on that set of wires. I will need to purchase a new receptacle for the air conditioning feed to finish the project. 

Burned wire end

Receptacle, right terminal burned