A system for providing marine shore power comprising:
- a vessel plug comprising:
- a male plug component;
- and
- a cable housing component;
- a plurality of adapters, each comprising:
- a female socket component;
- and
- a male adapter component;
- wherein the cable housing component of the vessel-side shore power plug receives and installs on a vessel shore power cable;
- wherein the female socket component of each of the plurality of adapters interchangeably attaches to the male plug component of the vessel plug, creating an electrical connection therebetween;
- wherein the each of the male adapter components are each configured differently to attach to, are compatible with and attach to shore power sources with sockets having known configurations or are otherwise uniquely configured to attach or connect to any shore power source regardless of the configuration of the shore power source, creating an electrical connection between each male adapter component and the shore power source;
- wherein each of the male adapter components has a configuration unique from each other male adapter component so that regardless of the particular configuration of a shore power source or the particular configuration of a socket that may be installed on a shore power source, at least one of the male adapter components is compatible with and attaches to the socket installed on the shore power source or otherwise connects to the shore power source regardless of the configuration thereof, creating an electrical connection between the attached male adapter component and the shore power source;
- wherein installing the vessel-side shore power plug on a vessel shore power cable, attaching or connecting a compatible male adapter component of an adapter to a shore power source, and attaching the installed vessel-side shore power plug to the attached or connected compatible male adapter component of an adapter creates an electrical connection between the vessel's shore power cable and the shore power source and provides electricity to the vessel from the shore power source provided the shore power source outputs electrical power;
- wherein the vessel plug and the plurality of adapters have means to safely ground the vessel plug and the plurality of adapters to a shore power source;
- and
- wherein the vessel-side shore power plug and the plurality of adapters are configured to provide three-phase electrical power to a marine vessel, up to, including, and exceeding 100 amperes of current, regardless of the configuration of the shore power source or the configuration of any socket that may be installed on the shore power source.