Electric Problems, Near Miss??

[Bluebird Bob]

About a year ago, while volunteering in Texas, I smelled smoke at the rear of
the rig.
Looked out the pass. side window and noticed smoke coming from the battery door.
Went out to open it and the inverter was smoking. Pulled the power plug on it
and it stopped smoking.
Had an electrical person come out and found out the male side of the 50 amp plug
had shorted out.
I guess years of pulling it out and pushing it in caused the wires on one of the
hot side to break.
Put a new plug on and no problem since.
Did need a new inverter tho.

Bob Lawrence
84 PT36
Volunteering at Skidaway Island State Park, Georgia


> When I fried my inverter (ProSine 2.0) it was a symptom, not a cause. I had
loose/shorted wiring in the female plug on the shore cord, and that allowed 240v
to hit the inverter. It kept all of the critical appliances from being fried,
but the inverter itself was not salvageable.
>
> Like yours, generator worked fine.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
>