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I decided to tow our bailey ranger s5 620/6 with the caravan fridge on battery position and 12S grey connected and try using the frdige whilst we travelled

I went from midlands to dover (disconnected) had a day on a pitch then went on to the ferry.

I thought when I got on the ferry I should diconnect the grey cable.

It would not budge. After much pulling and wiggling it came out, inside the caravan Grey 12S male end the middle had slighlty melted and the middle female receptor from the car has seemingly  sheared off and stuck to the pin on the caravan end. I thought it wise to not reconnect.

Question is:

1) What would have caused this?

2) Is the car "end" easy enough to change, do I need to diconnect my car battery.

I'm ok with changing the grey 12s on caravan!!

cheers

when you mention switch do you mean mains switch or switch on fridge.

fridge switch has 4 ;ositions

off / gas / electric / battery

master switch has 2 positions ON or OFF

I had mains switch in on position and fridge in battery position

as for the other bits ask me one on sport!! I really wouldnt have a clue

There is a problem with the single earth. I saw an article somewhere where the unused pin on the socket is used as an additional earth thus spreading the load.

The fridge does take quite a lot of current.

Our van did the same (using 13 pin to twin adaptor).

On the advice of our dealer I had the car wiring changed to 13 pin, seems fine now. It is also a more positive location as the plug locks in.

Here you go!

http://www.towitall.co.uk/faq/1.aspx

I would advise disconnecting the battery before dismantling the socket as there is a 12V live feed to the battery on 12S!

 As the Towitall site says connect 7-2 & 6-5 on the male socket you have 2 live feeds and 2 earths, did mine in 2006 no problems since.