Yesterday, when we were hooking up our trailer to site utilities, I noticed that some metal parts had become energized, offering exciting creative dance possibilities when touching almost any exterior surface. I guess I was grounded because everything was wet and I had been strolling around in the mud and goo. I fooled around with the service panel connection and the in-line surge protector and the electrical umbilical connection at the trailer and finally was rewarded with trailer contact without busting a move.
I did note that the cordset plug at the trailer end had some unsettling tension relief and contact issues and decided to replace the whole thing, hopefully with a right angle adapter. I have seen right angle cordset ends but I’m not sure I’ve seen them in replacement ends. The search for the right angle replacement end plug was long, tedious and, ultimately, futile. We visited an electrical supply house, an RV parts seller in Burlington, a RV supply house in Mount Vernon and Camping World twice before we eventually settled on a replacement plug and right angle adapter that is very nearly sort of what we wanted. It cost less than $200, if you don’t count fuel. I will start working on the electrical system, including replacing or installing the new components, once the weather starts to cooperate. I hate being shocked.
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