Power Center smoking/melting help (WFCO 8955)
Thanks all for taking the time to read. I searched but couldn't seem to find anything but please feel free to direct me to another post on the subject that I missed. So last night I'm sitting up way...
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smkettner wrote:
Seems odd to have them all burned. Lose or dirty connection causes the heat. Almost looks like some arching on the plug may have exasperated marginal connection on the neutral bus. But what was drawing so much power? Not that it takes a whole lot. Is the battery OK?
Arcing at the plug wouldn't affect the neutral bus at the power center in the camper; it would only result in lower current draw. The wires are all toasted because the heat from the bad connection was conducted across the neutral bus and made them all get hot.
Robbystone: I strongly recommend that you replace the neutral bus bar, rather than reusing the old one. Once it's gotten so hot, all bets are off as to whether it will still clamp and make contact properly. Replacement bus bars are readily available at electrical supply places (and probably home improvement stores) and are pretty inexpensive, doubly so when compared with the costs involved with having an RV burn.
