Very hot power cord with A/C on??
First time use on new trailer. When leaving RV park went to unplug power cord. Connector at RV site box was VERY hot to touch. Trailer is 30amp, as is power cord. Was running A/C but I've never exp...
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rockportrocket wrote:Yes, and that is a physical phenomenon of a cord which is getting hot due to being overloaded and coiled up on itself. Make sense.
But the property which can cause it to be potentially dangerous is the wire resistance and heat built up due to to many layers of close contact wire.
But I can find nothing on the 'net about inductance or resistance causing heat due to the coiling of the cord itself.
