The black wire on my plug is burnt up...
So after the winter, I pulled up and moved. I was using the 50A socket with the 50-30 adapter. One of my connections was burnt up and the plastic was melted. The flat prong was black. The ...
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groundhogy wrote:
Ok.. more info needed.
Contacts were almost new.
The RV is a 30A rig.
Current draw was minimal except on several cold spells when temperatures dropped below 10 I sometimes assisted the propane furnace with the built in electric back up. And this only over nights.
Assuming you are talking about the male end of the cord, the contacts in the female side were loose. That is what causes the over heating. tight contacts do not over heat.
If it's the trailer side your talking about and it has a twist lock receptical then you didn't have the twist lock tight with the locking ring in place.
