Stovepipe wrote:
myredracer wrote:
Don't forget to always turn the pedestal breaker off before you plug in.
Just out of curiosity, why?
If you plug in live, there are capacitors in the converter/charger circuitry that cause a high momentary inrush current. You can hear a zap and in the dark you can see a flash. The zap causes pitting on your shore power plug blades and inside a pedestal recept. The pitting attracts dirt and eventually there is poor contact causing heat and possibly a meltdown. You can clean up a plug, but there's nothing you can do about pedestal recepts. and they just get worse and worse over time. If your plug blades look dirty or discolored, clean them up with some fine grit sandpaper.
I've seen some newer pedestals with a label on them to turn power off first. No shock hazard.
In the beginning, I used to plug our TT in at home with a couple of light gauge 15 amp extension cords. I had one connector & plug go up in smoke and melt one day because I was not turning the power off first. I ended up install a 30 amp recept. in the carport along with a disconnect switch beside it.