ParkPower to the People!
In our last post entitled “Shore Power Basic”, we discussed the typical AC electrical system for boats. In recent years, Marinco has brought their range of top notch, harsh environment electrical wiring devices to the RV market as well. Boats and RV’s are more than just “near neighbors”. A disproportionate number of RV’ers are also boaters. The two activities are highly synergistic.
Historically RV’s used a “hard-wired” AC hookup arrangement. That means a 30 amp or 50 amp powercord is permanently hard-wired into the system, as opposed to a marine application in which powercords are “detached” from the inlet and stored out of sight.
Over the years Marinco successfully convinced a good number of RV OEM’s (Manufacturers) to embrace the detachable concept. Inlets were typically mounted in storage compartments or on the side of the coaches, and mated up with the RV style powercord (male end straight blade device, as opposed to marine “locking style”). To make it retro-fittable for existing hard wired users, Marinco developed a Conversion Kit that easily allows the consumer to shift to a detachable hookup system.
This all happened under the ParkPower brand which was devoted to RV applications only. The products are available at your favorite retailer or on the web at www.marinco.com
Editor’s Note: John Tinghitella formerly VP Sales / Marketing for the Marinco Electrical Group spent many years in the trenches of the marine electrical products market. He’s moved on and now runs the hottest negotiation training group in the business.
