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j-d
Dec 05, 2016Explorer II
I take it this "plug" is an Outlet... And it's also serving as a pass through, where one wire feeds it then it feeds another wire to another outlet. Like This...
The outlets serve as a junction box and connections.
There's been a rash of failures in these connections lately. I finally had one, junction box powering the water heater. Maybe it's worse with cold weather.
Here's another point of failure: Junction of stranded Shore Tie with solid Coach wiring. Running two "small" electric heaters will keep the coach's total load below 30-amps. BUT it's been found to ruin the connection. Connection can be re-done, but it seems all too many connections are just slapped together.
There's been a rash of failures in these connections lately. I finally had one, junction box powering the water heater. Maybe it's worse with cold weather.
Here's another point of failure: Junction of stranded Shore Tie with solid Coach wiring. Running two "small" electric heaters will keep the coach's total load below 30-amps. BUT it's been found to ruin the connection. Connection can be re-done, but it seems all too many connections are just slapped together.
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