TRC Surge Guard Model 34850 now TRASH ????
I have a TRC Surge Guard Model 34850 50 Amp Date Code 1616 (?). The Center female socket is showing major heat damage after camping for the week pugged into 50 amp service. Cause ? Is the sur...
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CA Traveler wrote:TenOC wrote:OK Your plug is molded vs the unit.CA Traveler wrote:
Is repair cost to high? Are you thinking of adding a 50A pigtail?
I do not understand your comment. Non Repairable. All one molded part.
Have you contacted the mfg for repair cost?
As a DYI person I'd take the unit apart to see about replacing the pigtail. If not then add a short pigtail with the individual wires and the entire splice encased in adhesive heat shrink.
Can't tell from the photo in the link but I do suspect that the entire body of the surge unit is sonically welded together and may not have any easy means to disassemble the body of the unit.
I have cut open a lot of sonic welded plastic power supplies and batteries over the yrs, it isn't the easiest nor neatest thing to do and extremely easy to cut into and damage internal items inside in the process of can opening.
Then once you have a sonic welded item can opened you now have the quandary on how to hold it together.
This type of repair is not for everyone nor for the faint of heart.
OP might be able to cut apart the female socket carefully and might be able to harvest just enough wire to make the connections with a new socket. But you would have to remove all the molding at each contact to find the wire and work back towards the surge unit. Either way there will not be a quick way to repair.
