Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I am posting this to forewarn other members of a possible electrical fire. I just woke up fifteen minutes ago and for some reason I decided to look out my window and I happen to notice a red glow coming from my shop about 100 yards from the house... first instinct is someone has broken in it so I grabbed my 38 and headed out the door. I first looked thru the window facing my house to see if there is movement before I enter and see my brake lights are on. So now I'm thinking my damn brake stop switch is shot and I walk into the garage and smell a horrible burning electrical stench. I wiggled the brake pedal a few times and then pulled my brake light fuse under the hood and it is still on so I continue pulling every fuse until I jerk my trailer fuse and the lights go dark. In my sleepy stuper I look behind my truck to reassure myself I unhooked the gooseneck before I drove in (which wouldn't be possible unless I did some MAJOR remodeling with a chainsaw) and no surprise it's not there. I walk behind the truck with torx bit in hand to pull my tail lights to see if my in-bed plug maybe shorted in the boxside behind the tail light but I happened to notice the stench worse when I had to set the torx bit on the ground to get my sticky tailgate down and I notice that my big 7 to 6 plug reducer is still in the factory plug from last week when I pulled my bumper hitch trailer. I grabbed ahold of it and it's hotter than a skilet after frying eggs so I get some gloves quick and jerk it out and the whole inside of the plug is melted and stinks to high hell. I'm no expert on electrical fires but I feel God was looking after my baby out there by waking me up and telling me to look out the window because I think with the heat that plug put out when I grabbed it could have very soon burned my truck and shop up in flames. The reducer plug was one that my local dealer gave me when I bought the truck from him last year so beware about leaving them plugged in when not in use! I can only hope this warning prevents a family loss among us... I could have very well had it in the attached garage and never noticed it until it was too late!
Good Night, Chris
Good Night, Chris
