UPDATE Splicing 30A plug to 50 amp cord
First of all, don't tell me to buy a new 50A plug. We are in southern Mexico and there are none to be had. On Amazon US I have seen them for under $20.00. On Amazon Canada the Camco 55255 Power Gr...
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UPDATE (Late, sorry)
Once I changed the 30/50 dogbone the heating decreased substantially do I did nothing with the 50A plug.
Later noticed that the park's breaker box was very warm. Notified the park owner who called an electrician. A BURNT buss in the breaker box. New box, new breaker, new wires spliced in: about a foot of red #8, and about 8 inches of a green #10 or possibly 12, into the middle of the white neutral! Ground? We don't need no stinkin' ground! The earth grounds (Tiera Fisica) consists of a piece of no more than #14 from the ground terminal of each breaker boxes to a ground rod at each site. There is no ground lead back to the service entrance.
To fool the test devices, in the box, the neutral is jumpered to the earth ground terminal. I am SO glad that I am not an Electrical Inspector, or Electrician--I wouldn't be able to sleep at night!
The electrician told me that he has many customers where he has to return year after year to replace outlets and breaker boxes due to the high salt content and humidity of the off shore winds. Not to mention many of their appliances.
Once I changed the 30/50 dogbone the heating decreased substantially do I did nothing with the 50A plug.
Later noticed that the park's breaker box was very warm. Notified the park owner who called an electrician. A BURNT buss in the breaker box. New box, new breaker, new wires spliced in: about a foot of red #8, and about 8 inches of a green #10 or possibly 12, into the middle of the white neutral! Ground? We don't need no stinkin' ground! The earth grounds (Tiera Fisica) consists of a piece of no more than #14 from the ground terminal of each breaker boxes to a ground rod at each site. There is no ground lead back to the service entrance.
To fool the test devices, in the box, the neutral is jumpered to the earth ground terminal. I am SO glad that I am not an Electrical Inspector, or Electrician--I wouldn't be able to sleep at night!
The electrician told me that he has many customers where he has to return year after year to replace outlets and breaker boxes due to the high salt content and humidity of the off shore winds. Not to mention many of their appliances.
