10-31-2019, 05:01 PM
2 years ago I changed out the 30 + year old power cord. 6/4 SO with 50 ft of new 6/4 Soow . Several times I have needed nearly all 50 ft to get to a power pedestal. Of course our old coach doesn't have any hi tech winder upper, but the insulation of the red, black, white and green conductors had begun to fail. The insulation was coming off the conductors in tiny pieces.
The scary thing is that the problem did not become evident until I changed out the 50 amp plug and notice the degraded conductors. A direct short to ground was coming soon if I had not seen the problem. The outer black jacket looked fine. BTW, I have since discovered that the same portable cord is used on my front mounted gen set 35 ft to the transfer case. It also needs to be changed. That is a project that I am not looking forward to.
The scary thing is that the problem did not become evident until I changed out the 50 amp plug and notice the degraded conductors. A direct short to ground was coming soon if I had not seen the problem. The outer black jacket looked fine. BTW, I have since discovered that the same portable cord is used on my front mounted gen set 35 ft to the transfer case. It also needs to be changed. That is a project that I am not looking forward to.
Guy & Sue
1984 Classic 40' #59