pedestal receptacle

NinerBikes wrote:

oldtrojan66 wrote:
I would not have thought this such a frequent problem, but twice now, only at Indiana state parks I have found loose female receptacle in the pedestal. Each was loose enough to burn the spade on my power cord. I replaced it once, but the second time was only two stops later. Do I need to carry a dozen spare ends? I have worked some with electrical receptacles on ranges and dryers, but then I have access to the house breaker box to change out the receptacle. Can't to that here, and by the time I notice the problem (heat) it's usually too late to call the maintenance people to fix. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Don't camp in cheap, poorly maintained, shoddy campgrounds with poor electrical outlets. Sounds like your state parks are not up on current maintenance for their pedestals.

I full time and it is not just cheap CG's it's all the CG's.

Those outlets are used 1,000 times more than what they were made for. With people yanking them out by the cord to add to it.

In my experience CG's don't replace them when they are worn. Throw a tester on it and you almost invariably will also find an open ground.

I have gone to the owner of several CG's when I come across this and most of the time they say "it's fine just a little loose".

My response is fix it or move me to another site or refund my money period.

IMHO it IS the one repair that CG's don't stay on top of. Their theory is if there is electric to it, it's good to go. :(