Install of 30 amp SmartPlug

[Jglover08]

I enjoy my 2010 3124KB more than any camper I've ever owned. The one thing I've never enjoyed is stuffing the 30 amp cord back into the bumper. I have been looking at the SmartPlug for a while. I installed one on my camper today. It replaces the mousehole with a waterproof inlet and comes with a plug for the end of the cord. Now all I have to do is roll the cord up and throw it in the storage compartment. It's safer and less cluttered. Let me know what you think.

[Bill]

Like you, I really disliked the mousehole, especially since the silly little flappy cover kept falling off on the road. I took an even easier route to a solution, though not as elegant as yours. On my 2006 2720SL, the inboard end of the cord was (and still is) secured inside the left bumper compartment. I simply pulled the entire cord, including the plug, back through the mousehole and into the bumper compartment. Once inside, the cord is easy to coil up in the compartment, and is deployed directly out of the compartment, rather than through the mousehole. And it's easy to uncoil just the length I need to reach the power post.

http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...pictureid=1975

As it turns out, the center of the coil is just the right size to store a 20-amp-to-30-amp dog bone adapter, plus the hold-down weight for the sewer fitting, making it handy as I push the fitting into the campground's sewer riser. That weight is described here

http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...ad.php?t=13615

And there is space for a battery cutoff switch next to the coil.

Now, how can I use that open mousehole?

Bill

[Brittany Dogs]

I have to wonder if the smartplug has advantages over the Parkpower plug that uses a standard Hubbell L5-30 NEMA standard? If I had to replace my Parkpower plug all I would need to do is go to Home Depot or Lowe’s and buy another one.

[tentcamper]

I was wonder the same thing?

Also, I was wondering if its readily available across the nation. Just in case the male or female end fails on a trip?

[Craigrrr]

There is always amazon they carry it