plug failures
Hi, Why would a 30 amp plug connected to a 15 amp shore power show evidence of heating to the point of showing brown marks? The burns are on the "wide" blade. If I was pushing 30 amps from a 30 amp...
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pianotuna wrote:Are you saying you bought these two items and plugged them into each other and they have burn marks from 15 amps? Was power off when you plugged in?
Hi,
Why would a 30 amp plug connected to a 15 amp shore power show evidence of heating to the point of showing brown marks? The burns are on the "wide" blade. If I was pushing 30 amps from a 30 amp shore power I could understand some heat stress. It appears to be worse on the female plug.
Voltage under the greatest load was 106, and more often was about 112.
The plugs in question are:
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