We are adding 110v system to our custom sailboat. We have located marine grade
wire and distribution panels but have been unable to locate marine grade
outlets. Any help on this will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Benny
S/V Panacea
Panama City FL

West Marine, Boat U/S, etc. Marinco makes them.

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"SCUBA 11" wrote in message
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We are adding 110v system to our custom sailboat. We have located marine
grade
wire and distribution panels but have been unable to locate marine grade
outlets. Any help on this will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Benny
S/V Panacea
Panama City FL

I have looked through these catalogs and could only find "low voltage" outlets.

On 30 Sep 2004 18:28:26 GMT, (SCUBA 11) wrote:

I have looked through these catalogs and could only find "low voltage" outlets.

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For interior (dry) usage, any good quality GFCI outlet is
satisfactory. For exterior usage a weather proof box and cover is
required (also GFCI).

There are some marine rated outlets in the "Wiring devices" catalog
downloadable from this site:

http://www.hubbell-marine.com/catalog.htm


(SCUBA 11) wrote in message ...
I have looked through these catalogs and could only find "low voltage" outlets.

Hate to tell you but the Hubble HBL53CM62 20A duplex "marine" socket is
constructed from exactly the same material as a standard $1.50 Levitron
outlet you can get from Home Despot. They are just yellow. I know because I
have a half dozen of them. Now the yellow does warn you that you are
dealing with 120V but they are not worth $35 each. I went with Levitron GFI
recepticals for $4 each.

"Charles Erskine" wrote in message
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There are some marine rated outlets in the "Wiring devices" catalog
downloadable from this site:

http://www.hubbell-marine.com/catalog.htm


(SCUBA 11) wrote in message
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I have looked through these catalogs and could only find "low voltage"
outlets.

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:ez27d.18278$3n.10962@okepread06...
Hate to tell you but the Hubble HBL53CM62 20A duplex "marine" socket is
constructed from exactly the same material as a standard $1.50 Levitron
outlet you can get from Home Despot.

Amen - except they are $0.79 up my way. All switchable or
disconnectable electrical things eventually incur some corrosion over
time; when it is problematic with an outlet, it takes 5 minutes to
renew it with another $0.79 or $1.50 outlet. For the fastidious or
those who don't know that an AC outlet carries AC, yellow spraypaint
is $2 a can. Depending upon specific location & use, a watertight
cover may make things worse instead of better.

Benny:

A very good line of marine AC wiring products is made by Hubbell of Milford, CT.

See: http://www.hubbell-marine.com/catalog.htm

for their marine product line.

Mike Worrall
Los Angeles

(SCUBA 11) wrote in message ...
We are adding 110v system to our custom sailboat. We have located marine grade
wire and distribution panels but have been unable to locate marine grade
outlets. Any help on this will be appreciated.

If they're interior, it doesn't really matter much as long as they're
wired correctly. If they're exterior, use IP66 rated outlets. That's
what we use on oceangoing vessels for weather deck outlets.

Talk to a good electrical wholesaler not a marine chandlery.

PDW