Although the photo below is upsidedown it illustrates the problem.
Recently seen on a boat.

The male fitting shown is on the inboard (boat) end of a shore cable connected to a marina 230 volt supply. The conductors are therefore live and consequently lethal. The appalling thing is that the non-technical owner didn't even realise the danger! It was not the installation provided by the builder but was allegedly installed by a certified electrician.

ooooh, Boat electrics I could fill this forum with these kinds of horrors I've seen over the years! same with gas installs! I'm not one in favour of stricter legislation or nanny state kind o control but it does sometimes make you wonder?


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Steve,
Do tell us some of the horrors. I ask with trepidation as I fear I may have committed some of my own over the years!
Simon

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Steve Houssart - 2/18/2020

ooooh, Boat electrics I could fill this forum with these kinds of horrors I've seen over the years! same with gas installs! I'm not one in favour of stricter legislation or nanny state kind o control but it does sometimes make you wonder?

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Simon Currin - 2/19/2020

Simon, the shore power extension lead shown in the first post on this subject is far more common than you would think Heres a few more I've found, along with seriously undersized leads, lawnmower extension leads, connector block with tape joining two leads together, wires hanging out of lazarettes with domestic 13amp connectors (quite common).


It's strange that people wouldn't except this kind of things at home but are quite happy to go to sea or sit in a marina like this?
the other common fault is that people don't give there marinco plug that last twist as they insert it, this often results in a bad connection causing it to overheat, (If I had a pound for everyone one of these I've replaced for people over the years!)



 Don't even get me started on 12v circuits and the spaghetti some people call their panel wiring. I bet there's a few OCC boats like this?



We should start a section in the main forum pages " Pictures of Safety Horrors found on boats" a prize each month for the Worst!





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