chiefward
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My electrical hooup cord plug contacts are looking pretty bad and pitted. I;ve filed and cleaned the contracts but I think I really need to replace the plug. At my local rv store I saw male sealed rubber like plug with a short pigtail. I couldn't stay around at the store to ask someone about this item so I thought i'd ask some of you electircal experts. Is this item intended to be a replacement plug? If so, when I splice this pigtail to my cord wouldn't it cause resistance and heat up? I check at a couple of hardware stores and didn't like the hard plastic universal plugs.
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itsalleasy
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It would be a lot easier and better to cut the old plug off and get a plug without a pigtail. The connections will be better electrically and mechanically, no worry about them getting wet and corroding. They are RV30 plugs available at any electrical supply or most big box home improvement stores.
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Chris Bryant
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I've used those in a pinch, but if you have the room for it, I recommend this replacement- it's much easier to install than most.
The only problem is if the end has to go through a small hatch, in which case I would be inclined to still use it, but saw off the handle.
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Caseydon
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That plug could do your job, and a properly twisted, soldered and taped splice would be ok electrically, but far from neat. It's best used to make an adapter, say from 30 amp RV socket to 15/20 amp outlet.
You want one of these.
On edit: Hey, I like Chris' Camco plug better.
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SidKaye
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I have replaced a number of male plugs with the molded pigtail plugs over the last 35 years. No problem. When cutting and stripping the wires I cut them at different lengths so I don't end up with a big bulge and the splices are not ON each other. Tape each individually and then all together. I will carefully cut off the rubber covering the wires and then use that to cover my splice.
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Chris Bryant wrote:I've used those in a pinch, but if you have the room for it, I recommend this replacement- it's much easier to install than most.
The only problem is if the end has to go through a small hatch, in which case I would be inclined to still use it, but saw off the handle.
Wal-Mart carries the Camco. I bought one and installed it without thinking (duh!), and it wouldn't fit in the little compartment.
I had to go with the hard bakelite-like plastic one and broke the first one the day I installed it! I'm a little more careful with it now!
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smkettner
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I would not use the pigtail spliced onto the existing cord. IMO either replace the end $20 or replace the entire cord $50.
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Roger Kneeland
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I used one of the "pigtail" type plugs when I made up a 30a extension cord. I used a waterproof splicing kit that I found at an professional elec supply house (they may be available at home centers now) that included appropriate wire gage size connectors and shrink tube sleeves that worked very well. If you follow the directions carefully the outside diameter of the splice is only slightly larger than the original cable and is waterproof.
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I installed one of the Camco replacement plugs and it's worked fine everywhere except one small RV park in Canada that had a very unusual plug-in that was designed for the normal round molded plug to fit exactly. I like the handle on the plug which puts less strain on the wires. Recommend that if you use the Camco, instead of wrapping your wires around the screws like lots of folks do, buy some ring terminals and crimp them on your wires. It makes for a more professional installation.
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No it is not intended as a replacement plug.. They also sell a replacement plug
In fact I very much like the Camco Power Grip plugs
http://www.campingworld.com/browse/products/index.cfm?prodID=5810&src=SRQB
Is such a plug
These are not waterproof though, but then you should not be putting them under water
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