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JaxDad
Mar 29, 2019Explorer III
Ralph Cramden wrote:
What or who determines legal anyway?
Maybe the RVIA certification label which is a joke and not required to begin with?
The goobermint sets out life safety standards, in a sticks & bricks, it’s a building code, electric code, gas code, fire safety items, etc., etc.
With an RV it’s covered by the NFP 1192 standard it covers more than 500 safety specifications for electrical, plumbing, heating, fire and life safety established under the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard for Recreational Vehicles.
No, the RVIA seal is NOT required, but compliance with NFP certainly is. There are several private companies that can do the work, several small RV manufacturers go this way instead of using the RVIA system.
BTW, every park I’ve seen people refused at was in the US. In almost every case it was when the person registering put down what their ‘RV’ was. In one case we had pulled in late and in the morning when they came around they gave him the option of moving to an unserviced ‘tent’ site or leaving.
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