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Spott
SE Michigan
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The factory power cord that came with our 10-2000CD NL was only about 20' long, we almost always had to have an extension cord.
It never occurred to me to swap out our cord for a longer one until our good friend CDL2 made a very generous offer of a 30 amp cord he just happened to have hanging around and now we shouldn't have to use an extension cord for a long time.
Our new cord measures in at a whopping 45' long and heavier duty (10ga) to account for the length, an interesting part is NL had already put in a very large cord box and has plenty of room for all this cord.
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Wrasle Castle
antioch ca
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Did you instatll a larger door for your power cord?
The door I have is only about 5x5". And the cord is is pretty tough to get back in its home .
I do have an extra 10/3 cord that I carry with me for those special places that my hard wired cord won't reach.
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btggraphix
Golden, CO
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How stiff is that cord when it is really cold out?
I want to change out our cord for a couple of reasons. 1, it is too short (it's only barely longer than our truck/camper, if run diagonally. I parked nose to a 30Amp outlet recently but it was on the front right corner, cord is left rear, and it almost wouldn't reach. 2, the space in the valve bay is too tight, even when the cord is flexible and most importantly, 3, when cold, I have to cram it in there so hard I am afraid I am going to break one of the valves, pipes, shower hoses etc if I am not very careful. I'm going to change to an external plug, coming downward from the bay, and store it elsewhere. One of these days.....
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cdl2
ohio
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FORTY FIVE feet????? WOW!!!! who would have thought? ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
Another fine upgrade, but what about all that added weight?
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Mooney
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A Northern Heavy.
Long enough to reach your neighbors outlet. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
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Spott
SE Michigan
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Wrasle Castle wrote:Did you instatll a larger door for your power cord?
The door I have is only about 5x5". And the cord is is pretty tough to get back in its home .
I do have an extra 10/3 cord that I carry with me for those special places that my hard wired cord won't reach. I would say my door is about the same size and it seems to go in and out with out issue.
btggraphix wrote:How stiff is that cord when it is really cold out? Well it's 19 deg F here all afternoon and it's ply-able enough to get in the compartment, of course 70 deg F would be easier.
CDL2 wrote:FORTY FIVE feet????? WOW!!!! who would have thought?
Another fine upgrade, but what about all that added weight? It must have been 50' total since it still had to go to the electrical panel, I may have to start thinking about an F-450 now.
Mooney wrote:A Northern Heavy.
Yes it is.![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
Long enough to reach your neighbors outlet.
Now you're thinking.
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jjohnson1179
Girdletree, Maryland
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Very nice upgrade spott now all you need to do is wash your truck before ya come down here in april for the rally lol
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luv2skyski
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Great idea, Bruce. I'm always carrying around an extra cord myself. How come there isn't any of that cold, white stuff on the ground? Later, Dave.
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Spott
SE Michigan
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jjohnson1179; Yea she needs washing but we live on a dirt road and until it freezes solid I think I'll wait. I'll have her clean for the rally though.
luv2skyski; we just so happen to be getting lots of white stuff tonight, a couple of inches so far.
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The Mad Norsky
Yankton, South Dakota
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Good idea!
Nothing worse than a cord just a tad too short.
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