SmartPlug BF30 Female Connector/Gasket Kit

The SmartPlug BF30 Female Connector and Gasket Kit holds electrical components, hardware and gaskets for servicing a 30A BF30 cord-end connector.

Thirty amps at 125V is the most common recreational shore service, which makes the BF30 the connector most boats actually have and this the kit most often needed. It covers the cord end rather than the boat-side inlet. The BM30 kit serves that, and the two are not interchangeable.

The cord end is the half that gets dropped on the dock, stepped on and dragged through water, so it wears faster than the fitting bolted to the boat. Gaskets and contacts go while the connector body stays sound, which is what makes a service kit worth having rather than a replacement.

Matched components preserve the fit and sealing arrangement as engineered, which generic hardware on a sealed electrical fitting does not. A connector that no longer seals lets water into a live 30 amp connection every time it rains. Explore more shore power accessories.

• BF30 is the 30A cord end, the most common rating
• Covers the cord end, not the boat-side inlet
• The cord end wears faster than the boat fitting
• A failed seal lets water into a live connection