30 amp plug hot and started to melt
Hi guys, Plain and short, I packed up the 2016 30 ft. travel trailer to come home from the camp site and the plug (of the cord) burned my hand and the rubber was so hot it was slightly disfigured. ...
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fla-gypsy wrote:
The receptacle is bad or the park system was overloaded causing low voltage which is hard on plugs and RV systems
Low voltage itself is not hard on plugs. High currents are hard on plugs, and some devices (most notably air conditioners starting up) draw more current for longer when the voltage is low. However, even then the circuit breaker should trip before current enough to cause plug damage flows provided the connection to the socket is solid.
The worn receptacle (or poor connection to its wire) caused a high resistance connection, which caused power to be dissipated in the socket or the plug connection and hence the heating.
