| If you have some one staying at your house in a | | | | happen to you. It could and that's why I'm writing |
| trailer, that's plugged into your house and using | | | | this article. |
| your electricity, you had better read this article. | | | | I came home from work one day and he told me |
| This is something that happened to me, when my | | | | that he didn't have any electricity in his motor |
| father in law was visiting us in the summer of 92. | | | | home. I gave the electrical cord a inspection, only |
| I just said that because it sounded good, I don't | | | | to find out that my electrical outlet in the garage |
| remember what year it actually was. | | | | had been smoked and the extension cord was |
| My father-in-law came to visit us for a few | | | | melted into it. |
| months and parked his motor home in a spot | | | | The motor home air-conditioning system drew |
| next to the home that I had prepared for him. I | | | | too much electrical amperage for the extension |
| poured a nice concrete driveway, but never gave | | | | cord to supply, causing it to heat up and melt until |
| enough thought to electricity and waste. | | | | the electrical outlets until it disconnected from the |
| He plugged a regular 14 gauge 100 foot long | | | | electrical system. Electrical problems like these |
| extension cord from an electrical outlet in my | | | | happen, but they can be avoided, by reading |
| garage to his motor home. This wasn't that big of | | | | articles like these. |
| a problem, until it started to get a little warmer | | | | If you do have a trailer at your house and |
| and he needed to start using his air-conditioning. | | | | someone living in it, it wouldn't be a bad idea to |
| Nothing happened for a few days and I'm not | | | | contact a licensed electrician to remedy the |
| suggesting that this will ever happen to you, but | | | | situation and prevent any electrical overload outlet |
| there is a possibility and that's why I'm sharing this | | | | damage in the future. Remember that electrical |
| story with you. Just because one thing happens | | | | problems like these start fires and this normally |
| to someone, it doesn't mean that it will ever | | | | isn't a good thing. |