Burl, replace the cord. It's sold at Camper's World and most campgrounds with little stores carry them. As for the screws, tighten all of them. The buss bar is not so much a tube but a bar with tapped holes. I believe most are aluminum and that's the 'rub'. Aluminum wire and other implements have been a problem for the electrical industry. I had a house that was wired with aluminum wire. We had to pigtail off every connection, crimping them to copper leads. Some of the connections, which were NOT subjext to the movement of a motorhome, broke off before I could unscrew them. Just the "movement' from heat expansion was enough to fatigue the metal. So, since our 'houses' bump and jiggle down the road, we have to be more vigilant...something I will be from now on!
Chas Morristown, NJ
Trail Lite
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You can just replace the cord cap. Likely at Home Depot you can buy another plug and just replace the moulded one that heats up. It is likely just as said, the wires connect to the metal strips inside the moulding, and fray away with time, causing heat and sometimes fires.
There are many different types all rated for different amps, phase, voltage, etc... so be sure to read the type on your present cord cap before you head to the store, and look up the lettering on the internet to confirm that is what you have.
I found this site... http://www.ervparts.com/rv-power-cords-outlets-adapters.htm#RV%20Extension%20/%20Power%20Cords%20-%2030%20Amp
Mike
Mike
2012 Winnebago Impulse Silver 26QP
2005 16.6 Double Eagle
2018 Jeep Wrangler JK
previously Snowbird Campers,
Triple E Motorhome and Fifth Wheel
http://www.trailerlife.com/cforum/index.........d/21670682/gotomsg/21674302.cfm#21674302
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Cheese, will I have a hard time accessing the bus bars - I assume they are under my dinette seat that backs up to the kitchen (behind the breaker panel in the 'hallway')?
Artum, are you saying there are important differences among 3 prong 30A replacement plugs that I will need to research?
2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy
You might find when you go to a big store like HD there may be choices galore. The 30 Amp 120 volt plug in you need is just that, but there are a great many three and four prong plugs and receptacles all for different uses. The 50 amp ones the big DP's use is a different plug, and there are many more, each for a unique application.
It is vitally important to connect the wires correctly if you replace something electrically. If you can see the connections from your present plug in cable, and the color of each wire and where it goes in your panel, you will need to know which terminal each goes under if you replace the cord cap (plug).
You raise the bigger point that I forgot: I cannot tell which color wires go to which of the 3 prongs in a molded (enclosed) plug. I assume there are three wires, and maybe a universal color scheme, like green=gnd, white=pos, black=neg???