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Power cord door when freezing temps

Just spent a night at 30 degrees and realized my power cord door when open and plugged into shore power lets cold air into the wet bay area. Not good! What are you all doing to plug that hole when the door is open for the power cord?
Thanks

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I had a piece of 2 inch foam with a hole on one side just large enough for the cord to pass through on one side and also old sweatshirt to fill any gap.

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I figured just improvise.  Bad design for sub freezing temps. Thanks

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I did like Ron (above) just cut a piece of plastic packing foam to size.  I got fancy and covered mine with aluminum foil tape.  I left room for the power cord and the water hose, and fill the little gap around the cord/hose with a old rag.  I also use my "plug" to keep critters out of the wet bay when camping in warmer weather and when parked at our house.

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I went a little fancier and made a cold air and rodent blocker from a piece of quarter inch aluminum and scraps of walnut wood from previous projects. 

Richard

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Reply #5 –
Great ideas. I'll get to fabricating this week! Good point on the rodent problem as well
Thanks

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I originally used wood as shown below but recently upgraded to marine board with 2 inches of insulation between them. Same principal but I do not have a recent picture available.

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Reply #7 –
I had a block of plastic like foam. Cut it to size and it works great.
Thanks for the pictures and help. Made it easy