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Oscar Mike · 02-05-2013, 05:43 AM

My Fleetwood Bounder did not come with a chord reel for the 50A electrical chord. Wrestling that big chord is a real pain. I've been researching chord reels and was wondering if anyone had any experience with these aftermarket devices...

The one pictured above is at www.RVupgrades.com and was wondering if it is worth the $348.00 cost...

nightriderrv · 02-05-2013, 06:23 AM

You got to think how many times you had to fight that beast and when 30 outside it fights even more. I think the motorized one is the way push the button and it comes in but thats my thought

vraines · 02-05-2013, 07:20 AM

Just one more thing that makes camping a lot easier. Well worth the price. I don't know of any serious drawbacks to this investment. Maybe it uses a little more space than just lolling the cable.

Steve Ownby · 02-05-2013, 07:22 AM

These cable reels are very well make.

http://www.glendinningprods.com/products/cablemaster

greezykid · 02-05-2013, 07:25 AM

Glendinnings are the best you can buy,have it on my boat and motorhome.

Wizard · 02-05-2013, 07:32 AM

Just wish I had room to mount one, they are not small

tom77hmstd · 02-05-2013, 07:47 AM

The cord reel is the cat's meow!

wa8yxm · 02-05-2013, 07:57 AM

Gee, my cord is not all that hard to wrestle. but then I may have developed a method for doing it..

What is "natural" is to coil it up on the ground and then insert it in the storage bay for travel.

What I do is lay it on the ground and coil it into the bay (That is put just the end in and then put loop after loop into the bay.. There is a trick to coiling a cord that way but with my 50 it's short enough that said trick is optional.

The trick is called "over and under method" in this you put in a coil then the next coil you kind of fold it UNDER the first. But for a short cord not needed.

I will make this warning

WARNING: If you use a reel or any other method of coiling the cord (including mine) Be sure to FULLY UNCOIL the cord before plugging in, Do not run power through a cord that is coiled.

WHY.. I once pulled about 5 amps through a 12ga cord that was coiled,, When mains power was restored and we pulled the cord it was hot, Not dangerously hot but uncomfortably hot where it was coiled. The coil concentrates the head and due to the physics of the thing adds to it.

Now my 100' Main radio antenna... (100' of 14 ga Stranded copper) That I roll up with a power reel

Jim Estes · 02-05-2013, 08:17 AM

Its like fighting a giant anaconda...I got to get one ;-)

**CLIFFTALL** · 02-05-2013, 08:24 AM

The cord reel would be nice . I don't have room in the bay or my wallet

, so I trained my cord to behave and coil up on command.
Cliff

RedWing Nut · 02-05-2013, 08:34 AM

I loop mine in like a figure 8 or infinity symbol. It's a lot easier for me.

pcurt23 · 02-05-2013, 08:46 AM

If I could fit it in my bounder I would have one. However, did you consider getting the more flexible 50amp cord? The reels use a different cord that is more flexible.

Rburke8 · 02-05-2013, 10:02 AM

I purchased and installed the Moryde cord reel. It is a manual reel and compact in size. It also was a lot less than other after-market reels. Only cost me $175.00

Here is a link to their web page:

http://www.morryde.com/aftermarket/o...y-reel-79.html

Hope this helps.

PyrateSilly · 02-05-2013, 10:12 AM

We pull out the container of the bay with the electric cord and adapters. Thom pulls the cord out and plugs things in. When done we pull the container out and Thom coils it back into it and then picks it up and puts it back into the bay. The cord and adapters all stay in one container so that we know where they are at any time. We do the same thing with the hoses. Everything has it's own container to keep all the things that go with it together.