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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Don't knock the di-electric grease till you've tried it. I've been using it for years. At times I run pretty high loads and usually found my plug had a blackened blade on it when I did. The connector was partially deformed but not to the point it wouldn't still work. I scraped and sanded all the black oxidation off and have been applying di-electric grease to every pedestal since then. There has been no further degradation of the cord cap and no blackening of the blades. It keeps the air from getting to the hot surfaces of the blade preventing them from oxidating. Again I say, it works - try it! It couldn't hurt.
Back to the OP's issue. He stated he was using a 50amp pedestal connected to a 50amp to 30amp dogbone so he could connect the 30amp cord from his unit. Doing that, he could use well over what the 30amp connector (the weakest link) could carry. He could turn on all his high draw appliances and not trip the 50amp breaker in the pedestal but his 30amp cord paid the price. He's lucky he only needs a new cord connector. Di-electric grease would have helped some in this case but it couldn't overcome a clear overload situation like this.
Back to the OP's issue. He stated he was using a 50amp pedestal connected to a 50amp to 30amp dogbone so he could connect the 30amp cord from his unit. Doing that, he could use well over what the 30amp connector (the weakest link) could carry. He could turn on all his high draw appliances and not trip the 50amp breaker in the pedestal but his 30amp cord paid the price. He's lucky he only needs a new cord connector. Di-electric grease would have helped some in this case but it couldn't overcome a clear overload situation like this.
