Who Manufactured our 30 amp Electric Cord?
Good morning everyone! Does anyone know who manufactures the 30 amp electrical cords for Forest River Rockwood Roos? (It is black on the plug end and has a yellow and black screw-on end at the campe...
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Typical 30 AMP SCREW ON PLUG looks like this...
Take the plug out and first check the ends of the cable...
You should not see any indication of burn marks
A real bad case would look like this
Everytime you wiggle it it has to be burning the contacts somewhere...
Then look on the trailer side at the prongs sticking out. They also should all be clean and show no signs of burns. Notice the burned area in this photo..
Worse case will look something like this...
It all starts out by just not making a good contact and gets worse and worse. Needs to be replaced before more damage is done...
It is usually the other end of the 30AMP cable that see the burn marks first. The site pedestals are used so much they are getting worn out. I always look at the pedestal connector and if it is bad or burned I will not plug into it. Request another location...
This is what will happen to the other end if you plug it into a bad connection point.
NOTE GOOD...
Roy ken...
Take the plug out and first check the ends of the cable...
You should not see any indication of burn marks
A real bad case would look like this
Everytime you wiggle it it has to be burning the contacts somewhere...
Then look on the trailer side at the prongs sticking out. They also should all be clean and show no signs of burns. Notice the burned area in this photo..
Worse case will look something like this...
It all starts out by just not making a good contact and gets worse and worse. Needs to be replaced before more damage is done...
It is usually the other end of the 30AMP cable that see the burn marks first. The site pedestals are used so much they are getting worn out. I always look at the pedestal connector and if it is bad or burned I will not plug into it. Request another location...
This is what will happen to the other end if you plug it into a bad connection point.
NOTE GOOD...
Roy ken...
