Re: Power Cord Reel
Reply #2 –
My post may not be a help to your current issue and I remember others here with this issue in the past but as a future change option and to maybe give others an alternative the boating industry and most rv builders in the 2000's went to a glendinning power cord reel with a storage bin under the mechanism.
RLC Cablemaster "Package Unit" | Store - Glendinning Products
The slip rings are a known safety issue so I changed out our slip ring cord reel proactively soon after we purchased our coach.
The installation required turning the cablemaster sideways in front of our slanted water tanks and we had to remove the hose reel assembly.
The safer and more reliable cablemaster was worth the changeout and loss of the hose reel for us.
Separately my guru buddy and I recently installed a Hughes Autoformer behind the cablemaster with a repluggable Hughes connector to be able to by pass the Autoformer if it fails.
I can reach in and unplug the Autoformer and replug the power cord directly into the coach. It's tight but not hard to do.
Yes I understand that an Autoformer may not be per the new code but it's in the compartment and bypass-able easily the way we did it.
In Mexico the possible code issue would be moot anyway.
Sorry for your issues. Especially far from home....
Topic: Power Cord Reel