What did you do today

[bobhenry]

Neighbor cut down and diced up a tree to stove length. Then he must have thought of me. I went by and there was a free sign on the pile of wood that is the size of a Buick. I rushed home and hooked up my 5 x 10 utility trailer and returned. By the time it all was loaded it filled the trailer almost 3 feet deep. Went home and wrestled out the splitter and went at it. It is all split and ready to stack. Rearranged the tractor barn to accommodate the splitter and the little 8N tractor and got them tucked away out of the weather. This left the side shed for old what's her names mustang to get it tucked in for winter. Took time to start a bonfire and settled in for a breather and a cold one.

[MickinOz]

My mate Euro decided that the automatic gate we installed for him warranted a party.
Don't ask why, I think any excuse will do.
So it was last night.
He hired a band. These guys played the biggest hotel in town on Friday night, then played for about 18 people (us) on Saturday night.
We had a ball, the band had a ball, and the two lady cops who received a noise complaint at 10:00 pm laughed their heads off when they saw who they were dealing with.
The youngest audience member was probably my wife, and she's in her mid 50's. One of the guys who was dancing is 83.
They walked up the dark driveway, stepped into the light, and stood there with big grins on their faces until we noticed them.
The hosts brother immediately offered refreshments, which they regretfully declined, the host said he had invited all the neighbours so was a bit disappointed.
The band turned it down one notch, and the ladies departed and weren't seen again all night.

[friz]

Busy week. Hosted 30 of my inlaws at my house Thanksgiving day. Traveled 3 hrs to watch KSU defeat KU for a crack at the conference title. Today, I ride my bike.

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[featherliteCT1]

Happily, I discovered this problem with my shore power inlet.

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[tony.latham]

Happily, I ...

Holy crap! Any idea what caused it?

Tony

[twisted lines]

My mate Euro decided that the automatic gate we installed for him warranted a party.
Don't ask why, I think any excuse will do.
So it was last night.
He hired a band. These guys played the biggest hotel in town on Friday night, then played for about 18 people (us) on Saturday night.
We had a ball, the band had a ball, and the two lady cops who received a noise complaint at 10:00 pm laughed their heads off when they saw who they were dealing with.
The youngest audience member was probably my wife, and she's in her mid 50's. One of the guys who was dancing is 83.
They walked up the dark driveway, stepped into the light, and stood there with big grins on their faces until we noticed them.
The hosts brother immediately offered refreshments, which they regretfully declined, the host said he had invited all the neighbours so was a bit disappointed.
The band turned it down one notch, and the ladies departed and weren't seen again all night.

Should have left the gate closed

[friz]

Happily, I ...

Holy crap! Any idea what caused it?

Tony

Looks like a connector became a resistor to me.

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[twisted lines]

Happily, I ...

Holy crap! Any idea what caused it?

Tony

Ground

[tony.latham]

Ground

Sheeeeesh...

Tony

[featherliteCT1]

Routinely, my trailer sits with an extension cord with one end attached to shore power and the other end plugged into the yellow adapter. A week ago, as I was leaving on a trip with the trailer, I forgot to unplug the extension cord before I drove off. Doh!

As I pulled away, the extension cord jerked out of the adapter.

When I got back home, I plugged the extension cord back into the adapter again. Thereafter, the extension cord supplied power to my trailer for about a week without any apparent issues. I was drawing about 12aH continuously, for about a week.

The other day, I tried to remove the yellow adapter but it was stuck tight onto the white power port. With some struggling, I eventually was able to pull the adapter off the power port.

When I disassembled the white power port, the neutral wire pulled out of the melted neutral terminal. The wire itself was fine.

So, I ordered a new adapter and new power port. Should arrive on Wednesday.

I was lucky not to have burnt up my trailer, with me in it.

In the future, I will try not to forget to unplug the extension cord. If I do forget, I will replace both the adapter and the power port immediately, instead of ignoring the situation like I did last time.

Now that I think about it, I am going to order a spare set so I can carry them around with me as spares.

[MickinOz]

My mate Euro decided that the automatic gate we installed for him warranted a party.
Don't ask why, I think any excuse will do.
So it was last night.
He hired a band. These guys played the biggest hotel in town on Friday night, then played for about 18 people (us) on Saturday night.
We had a ball, the band had a ball, and the two lady cops who received a noise complaint at 10:00 pm laughed their heads off when they saw who they were dealing with.
The youngest audience member was probably my wife, and she's in her mid 50's. One of the guys who was dancing is 83.
They walked up the dark driveway, stepped into the light, and stood there with big grins on their faces until we noticed them.
The hosts brother immediately offered refreshments, which they regretfully declined, the host said he had invited all the neighbours so was a bit disappointed.
The band turned it down one notch, and the ladies departed and weren't seen again all night.

Should have left the gate closed

Haha, never thought of that.
The story gets better.
One of the local detective sergeants also plays in a band, and his band has played at one of Euro's parties.
The cops would have been worried they were going to have to tell the boss off, I reckon.

[KCStudly]

My Jeep has block and oil pan heaters that I plug in for low overnight temperatures. To idiot proof this to make sure I don't rush out of the house on my way to work the next morning and forget to unplug it, I use a sufficiently long extension cord and route it over the driver's side mirror. I'd be a real idiot if I managed to get into the Jeep with that there, even if it gets covered by snow.

So it seems that a better solution than just trying to remember better, or carrying spares that may or may not protect your camper from damage, would be to route the extension cord around the hitch; so you can't hook to tow w/o being reminded to unplug. Alternatively, if you want to stay hitched while plugged in, wrap the cord around your driver's side mirror.

[featherliteCT1]

route the extension cord around the hitch; .

Good idea!

[KCStudly]

It's one of those simple solutions that is so simple it seems brilliant if you hadn't thought of it.

Happy to share.

[friz]

I ordered an SJK roadhouse tarp. Product review to follow next spring.

https://sjkgear.com/roadhouse-tarp/

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