On 03/20/2017 12:14 PM, Micky wrote:
I'm renting a room from a woman and the power is 220 Volts. More than
once she has scorched one pin of her room heater's plug. The last
guy who replaced it adviced her to only turn on one of the two heater
halves.





If it was loose, the wiring might be burned so I'd turn the power off to
inspect.

To answer your question though , yes, the receptacle needs to be replaced.