Camco 55195 Power Grip 50-Amp 30-Foot Shore Power Cord

When you pull into a 50-amp slip or an RV park pedestal, the last thing you want is a shore power cord that fights you. The Camco 55195 Power Grip is a 30-foot, 50-amp cord built to make that hookup quick and clean. Both ends carry Camco's molded Power Grip handles, so you're pushing and pulling on solid plastic instead of yanking the cord itself. That one detail saves your connectors over a season of daily plug-ins.

This is a full 50-amp cord with a NEMA 14-50P male and a 14-50R female end. That's the standard 125/250V configuration you'll find on bigger boats, most large motorhomes, and just about every marina pedestal rated for 50 amps. Inside the black STW jacket you've got 6/3 plus 8/1 gauge copper conductors, which is the right wire size for carrying a real 50-amp load without heating up. Run your air conditioning, your water heater, and a battery charger at the same time, and this cord handles it.

Thirty feet is the sweet spot for most hookups. It reaches the pedestal from a normal slip or site without a mess of coiled cable underfoot, and it's short enough to store without eating your whole locker. When you're done, the built-in carrying strap wraps the coil and gives you a clean handle to sling it over your shoulder. Coil it the same direction each time and it'll lie flat for years.

Who's this for? Anyone with a 50-amp shore power inlet. Larger cruisers and sportfish boats, big fifth wheels and Class A coaches, anything drawing the full 50 amps at the dock or the campground. If your inlet is a 30-amp TT-30, this isn't your cord, you'll want the 30-amp version instead. And if the pedestal sits farther than 30 feet from your inlet, add a matching 50-amp extension rather than forcing this one to stretch.

Installation is about as simple as it gets. There's nothing to wire and nothing to configure. Match the 14-50P male end to your boat or RV's power inlet, run the cord to the pedestal, and drop the 14-50R female onto the pedestal's 50-amp receptacle. Always plug into the boat or coach first and the pedestal last, and reverse that order when you leave, so you're never making the final connection on a hot cord. The Power Grip handles give you a firm hold for both moves, even with wet hands or gloves on a cold morning.

Why 50 amps matters: a 50-amp service is really two 120-volt legs, which is why the 14-50 has four pins and why you get far more usable power than a 30-amp hookup. That headroom is what lets a big boat or coach run multiple air conditioners and appliances at once without tripping the pedestal breaker. Undersize the cord and you get voltage drop and heat. This 6-gauge cord is sized to deliver that power the length of the run.

A few things we've learned over years of selling these. Saltwater is hard on any connector, so hit the blades with a little dielectric grease before you plug in and you'll keep corrosion off the pins. Keep the jacket routed away from hot engine exhaust, because the black jacket will show heat marks if it rests against something hot. And take thirty seconds to set the carrying strap the right way around, so the cord doesn't twist itself into knots every time you carry it.

The STW jacket is built for outdoor life. It's rated for wet locations, stays flexible in the cold, and shrugs off the sun better than cheap cable, though like anything left in the UV all season the fabric strap will fade before the cord does. The molded strain reliefs at each plug take the stress off the wire where cords usually fail first. It's a simple piece of gear, but it's the one thing standing between your batteries and the dock, so it's worth buying right.