Advice from new Winnebago owners?
We're taking delivery on our first MH in a few weeks, a Winnebago (Itasca) Sunstar 30T & it seems like there are a million things to do & get just to get prepared for it. We have been reading the foru...
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kennethwooster wrote:
I'm parked by another unit, and watched them change out the 50amp male and female plug. Said he had been at a camp ground where the electricity would go off and on about 3 times per day. He had to protection, and both male and female were burned very bad. He was lucky the entire unit didn't go up in flames. Breakers at park and trailer never flipped. I showed him my serge guard. We;ll see if he gets one.
A burnt plug is usually from high resistance between the plug and the recepticle it's plugged into. If the plug or socket are corroded, have become oxidized, or if there's a poor connection it will raise the resistance and cause the terminals to heat up. One way to lower the resistance is to clean the plug regularly with Scotch brite, sand paper or emery paper. The prongs should be brite and shinny to ensure a good connection. It's a little more involved to clean the socket end of the cord since it has to be disassembled.
It's curious that both the plug and the socket on the cord were burnt. I wonder if there's still a problem where it hooks into the coach.
