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:Why the neutral would burn more than the other doesn't quite make sense and I've never looked into it. The hot & neutral both carry the same current and alternate 60 times a second and the ground should not be carrying/sharing any current. There's gotta be a reason but if you're at the point of a meltdown or fire, doesn't matter if it's the neutral or hot and you've got to get to the heart of the matter.
Myredracer shows pics of the WHITE wire getting burnt.
On mine, it was the BLACK wire.
If equal current is flowing through both prongs, why arent both white and black wires getting corroded and hot?
Why the white on redracers pic and the black wire on mine?
If this is normal and it's just a matter of putting some protective grease on the terminals/prongs fine. I can easily do that going forward. But if it is some type of wiring issue, I would like to know what that might be.
Dielectric grease or anything else isn't going to help a poor connection due to a bad pedestal receptacle or pitting on your plug blades.
