About a year ago the plug of the Bendix 7414 started to get warm and after checking inside, it seemed that the live cable was starting to melt and burn the inside of the plug.
To fix the problem I cut the cable about 3" down from where the old plug was connected and rewired into a new plug.
Everything was fine until yesterday when I (by chance) unplugged the dryer to move it and noticed that the plastic around the live terminal had melted and there were some signs of overheating around the neutral as well.
I will attach pictures below so you can see what I am talking about. What you cannot tell in the pictures though is the potent electrical burning smell that presented itself when I opened the plug (which was not easy as the two halves had melted themselves together).
Long story short, I have now cut the cable down and rewired into a new plug with a brand new fuse, however since this has now happened twice I am a bit worried about leaving it like that long term.
The tumble dryer dates from the early 1980s (I believe, please feel free to correct me) and the cable is of course the original. Is it possible that the cable has just "worn out" to the point where there is too high a level of electrical resistance throughout and it will keep overheating the plug?
I have never had this issue on my vacuums, but then again my vacuum cleaners of the same era have less than half the power going through the cable.
Needless to say I am considering myself very fortunate that I noticed it when I did, or else this could have been a "my house burned down" thread, or worse.
To fix the problem I cut the cable about 3" down from where the old plug was connected and rewired into a new plug.
Everything was fine until yesterday when I (by chance) unplugged the dryer to move it and noticed that the plastic around the live terminal had melted and there were some signs of overheating around the neutral as well.
I will attach pictures below so you can see what I am talking about. What you cannot tell in the pictures though is the potent electrical burning smell that presented itself when I opened the plug (which was not easy as the two halves had melted themselves together).
Long story short, I have now cut the cable down and rewired into a new plug with a brand new fuse, however since this has now happened twice I am a bit worried about leaving it like that long term.
The tumble dryer dates from the early 1980s (I believe, please feel free to correct me) and the cable is of course the original. Is it possible that the cable has just "worn out" to the point where there is too high a level of electrical resistance throughout and it will keep overheating the plug?
I have never had this issue on my vacuums, but then again my vacuum cleaners of the same era have less than half the power going through the cable.
Needless to say I am considering myself very fortunate that I noticed it when I did, or else this could have been a "my house burned down" thread, or worse.
