At our voluntary EMS squad we keep our ambulances connected to shoreline power any time the ambulance is "in the barn," and each ambulance has an automatic cord ejector which actuates when the ignition switch is turned on.
We're having a continuing problem with the inline receptacle burning up as a result of arcing due to loose connections inside the inline receptacle. The connections are becoming loosened due to repetitively hitting the concrete floor when automatically ejected. At one time we were manually pulling the receptacle from the ambulance before start-up but that also caused burnout of the receptacles because of contact arcing.
Has anyone else experienced this sort of problem and if so, how did you fix it?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
We're having a continuing problem with the inline receptacle burning up as a result of arcing due to loose connections inside the inline receptacle. The connections are becoming loosened due to repetitively hitting the concrete floor when automatically ejected. At one time we were manually pulling the receptacle from the ambulance before start-up but that also caused burnout of the receptacles because of contact arcing.
Has anyone else experienced this sort of problem and if so, how did you fix it?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
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