Melted plug prong - would you use it?
I was given this cord form a gentleman who sold his rig. I can't use it as our camper has the rat hole cord - however, I'd like to replace it with this type of setup (had the cord pretzel on itself tw...
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Chum lee wrote:I don't think this is the most likely cause. It can also be caused by a failure to keep the plug blades clean or plugging in live. Any photo I've seen of burnt blades is just about always the neutral blade like the examples below. If it was due only to a bad receptacle that is being plugged into, you'd see just as many burnt hot blades or both neutral and hots. Not sure why just the neutral would be affected. Also sometimes happens to the twistlock end of a cord which obviously doesn't have anything to do with a pedestal.
The damage you see on the plug provided in the OP's pictures was most likely caused by a bad female receptacle.
Chum lee
