There are plenty of pictures of melted and burn RV plugs out there on the internet. Thankfully I don't have one to show you. I believe the primarily cause of burned plugs is poor contact in the plug leading to resistance and heat.
I just took a look at my almost three year old 50 amp cord and at first glance the spades look clean. However, a close-up picture shows a nice thick layer of oxidation.
This got me to thinking about how to keep the ends clean? I guess they could be mechanically wiped with a rag or maybe even steel wool. But it's not really possible to mechanically clean the female ends mechanically, at least not very well.
My searching led me to DeoxIT D5 https://caig.com/deoxit-d-series/ so I bought some to see how well it cleans the plugs. Has anyone here used it?
I just took a look at my almost three year old 50 amp cord and at first glance the spades look clean. However, a close-up picture shows a nice thick layer of oxidation.
This got me to thinking about how to keep the ends clean? I guess they could be mechanically wiped with a rag or maybe even steel wool. But it's not really possible to mechanically clean the female ends mechanically, at least not very well.
My searching led me to DeoxIT D5 https://caig.com/deoxit-d-series/ so I bought some to see how well it cleans the plugs. Has anyone here used it?