Attention: TDR Forum Junkies WARNING! Trailer plug reducers!
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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
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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
Was one of those just invisible enough not to notice... but boy did it short when it crossed the plug. Just cut the end off and put on a new end and away I went. Oh yeah... the breaker in the barn never tripped either... . just kept on welding until I was able to pull it apart again. 
