While the Autoformer is a robust appliance, I did have a failure on mine - I have it plugged in constantly in a basement compartment and I lost power on one side of the RV once. After checking the pedestal, I determined that the outlet on the Autoformer had a loose connection on one of the hot lines - the plug was no longer making contact with the outlet. I replaced the outlet on the box and it's been working great for over 5 years now. The outlets work by forcing the plug blades to push their way into a piece of metal that's been bent over so that it contacts both sides of the blade. Over time the metal fatigues and it loses its ability to keep a tight connection with the blade. Normally that happens when something is constantly being plugged in and unplugged, such as the outlets on the campground pedestal, but I learned that it can also happen when something is plugged in all the time and never unplugged.