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Sat, 02 August 2014 10:49   |
emerystora
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I was in an Ace Hardware yesterday and happened to walk by their RV section and saw some very nice replacement plugs for both 30 and 50 amp. They were quite sturdy and looked to me like excellent replacement. Some also had a built in handle.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO
On Aug 2, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Jon Roche wrote:
> Wally - that midwest one looks like to be the one to get. I did not find any locally, and did not do alot of searching, but they seem to fetch a
> higher price, but you must get what you pay for. Just by the pictures I can see how the wires attach is much superior engineering then what I have
> seen at home depot, menards, and the camco plug.
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> but I stubborn as I can be sometimes, I have my camco plug, and i like that handle. so below is what I learned the past 24 hours:
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> Soldering the wires is probably the best thing to do, to assure that plug will not fall apart. that would be easy to do, and probably solve most
> issues with that plug. I had the assistance of an electrician, he came over with the silver solder, we fired up the cutting torch. touched the
> prongs with the flame for a second, then the silver rod, and presto, the wires were essentially welded to the prongs.
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> the suggestion of using heat shrink on the wire to help the strain relief was a good one. that worked very well. It is a trick to fine the correct
> size, but luckily two things I am not short on with my profession is zip ties and heat shrink.
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> the electrical potting compound product listed above from Digikey part # 473-1083-ND. was probably not the stuff to use. I am glad I did not pay
> full price. (about 1/2 list). It was and still is a mess. this epoxy compound, is slow setting (24 hours), and even over night, it was still
> somewhat fluid. so I have a mess to clean up. and not sure if there is any epoxy left in the plug that did not fine a crack to escape. even
> when mixed, it has a very thin consistany, even over an hour after mixing. good for getting into all electrical crevis. not good on an RV plug with
> 4 prongs out the bottom, and a cord out the other end, and is split right down the middle.
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