truck to camper power cord trying to melt
I went to my camper last night to check inventory for our next trip. The camper battery was almost dead and it was cold inside the camper. Therefore, I backed the truck up to the camper and plugged t...
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TNGW1500SE wrote:YamaDooed wrote:
More than likely you had arcing in the plug... Clean and inspect both contacts add a lil dielectric grease and replace if they're bad...
Dielectric Grease is not supposed to be used between the contacts. Is is used to "cover" the contacts after they are put together. Electricity will not flow through the grease. Dielectric grease prevents corrosion when applied directly to metal connectors and though it works well for this purpose, it can sometimes cause a connection to stop working if not all of the grease is pushed out of the way between the points of contact inside the connector.
I beg to differ on this if this is the case why do they got dielectric grease on battery terminals and just the other day i watched to electricians put it on the contacts of a 13200 volt breaker when they racked it back in and when you change out say a taillight light bulb they give you a package of dielectric grease to put on the contact points of the bulb
