30 amp power cord overheating
I've searched around and can't find the info I'm looking for. I have a 30' 30-amp shore power cord hard-wired to a built-in Surge Arrest, and I frequently use a 30' 30-amp extension cord for yard ca...
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Great idea. Think I will make one up.
We were at one CG a couple of years ago that only had 30 amp pedestals and were all really, really old - so bad I had to use a stick to keep the 30 amp plug from falling out. No tester needed there... That's when I decided to buy a 30 to 30 amp pigtail adapter for the next time it happens.
We were at one CG a couple of years ago that only had 30 amp pedestals and were all really, really old - so bad I had to use a stick to keep the 30 amp plug from falling out. No tester needed there... That's when I decided to buy a 30 to 30 amp pigtail adapter for the next time it happens.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I've seen strands of copper annealed "pink (red) until they felt like strands of a paint-brush under pressure of a finger. These problems usually occur at the wire-to-terminal socket of plug and socket and not between the actual plug and socket themselves. My made-up plug on Quicksilver is soldered to the wire. I have a made-it-myself steel and plastic plug insert to check socket prong tightness one at a time. I cannot tell you how many single slots I found loose as a goose. Yet if a regular plug is inserted, it feels "tight enough"
Simply remove one tang from a plug. Get a block of wood then roughly gouge out a fox hole just big enough to hide the base of the pin. Use JB Weld to epoxy the base of the pin to the wood. I used a large knob to grip with.
Checking socket tang tightness is a heck of a lot easier than replacing a plug.
Insert plug into socket to be checked. It should fit tight. Then try and twist the tool. It should not twist -at all-
