B+ motorhomes
I just bought a Trail Lite B+ 211s with 8.1 Chevy engine. This is my fifth motorhome (others range from an old 20' Vagabond, and three Winnegagos, from 19 to 32'. This vehicle is fantastic. I am...
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Artum Snowbird wrote:
In any case, please do consider if the metal wiring inside the cover has been overheated, it must be replaced completely. Overheated copper does not have similiar properties of conduction and resistance as good copper.
Mike
Mike, I see what you are saying, as I guess the electrons will not flow the same in copper of a new form (heat tempered). I cannot say for sure that my plug ever OVERheated, and I may have just felt it one hot day and jumped to a simplistic thought that, "Aha, that must be what caused the cord to come out of the plug head."
But the plug prongs show nothing, and it occurred to me (after fooling with long waterhoses) that my long cord may be doing a one-way 'racheting' in response to the flexural strains of coiling./uncoiling it, as I said here...
burlmart wrote:
Plugged the cord into adapter and house outlet and ran the AC - there seems to be no noticeable heat issue.
I will monitor the plug heat at a cg.
If I do determine a 'cool' plug at cg power stations, I will be inclined to guess that the cord pulls away from the plug due to all the uneven 'bunching' that might occur when winding and unwinding all or partial lengths of the 25 ft. powewr cord. Maybe not related to heat at all. Will let you know.
What do you think?
