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Scott Harris's avatar

As a mobile RV tech (specializing in electrical systems) I very frequently find customers who don’t know or forget to twist the twist lock. Or that it became un-twisted due to tension on the cord. I am trying to think of a way to mark a line on the plug and receptacle to show when it is lined up correctly and help the customer remember to twist. Also putting a couple of counter clockwise twists in the cord before plugging in may help it from working itself untwisted.

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Tommy Molnar's avatar

Two questions - I think. If we are close to our power post at an RV park, is it a good idea to roll out our entire cord and curl it up nice and pretty anyway? We have a trailer that has the cord hard wired in and comes out of the side of the trailer? I've always wondered if bunching the cord up in that storage space can cause it to heat up.

Also, when we're boondocking I have it set up so we plug us into ourselves. I have a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter installed near my batteries in the front crawl space. There is a heavy duty extension cord plugged into the inverter and it runs to the rear of the trailer where the power cord is. I HAVE been doing this "plug into ourselves" thing for decades now (yes, I've had solar that long) but the hard wired shore cord then sits in the storage space all jumbled up and plugged into the extension cord that leads to the inverter in the front, Is there a problem with all that cord bunched up in that small space?

I hope my explanation isn't too convoluted. I understand it completely - HA.

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