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Grumpy374
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Apr 24, 2014

Details, Details, Details

Installed my Progressive Industries Surge Protector today, under the rear bed where power cord is fed into the unit.
While there I had a chance to give the wireing and plumbing a good looksee and almost had a heart attack. Now mind you, the overall workmanship on my Forrest River Lexington is good, but a bit of common sense by the workers would have gone a long way.
I found water lines and electric cables, run properly, but rubbing up against sharp edged metal supports and bracing where over a period of time would chafe through. Visions of shorting and water flooding shot through my widdle brain.
Needless to say, I spent the better part of two hours tracing and finding any lines I could and protecting the electric wires with wire wrap and water lines with some pipe insulation, wherever they came into contact with anything.
Pulled drawers out, access panels out, got under the unit. Wherever I could gain access.
Just a heads up for all you maintaince and detail freaks out there.
Grumpy
  • wmoses wrote:
    WIthout all these things to fix where would the fun be in owning an RV? :)

    The trick is to do these mods BEFORE a problem develops because they were not done. On the Flagstaff forum we are all deciding to split loom all wires where possible. Makes for neater appearance and protection for the wiring.

    My Four Winds has split wire loom on all the wiring. From what I see on the forum, Four Winds doesn't seem to have a very good rep, but they seem to have done a pretty good job on the wiring and plumbing in my rig. I'm very happy with it.
  • I had an intermittent 12V short that drove me crazy. Turned out to be a light circuit wire that was wrapped around the metal bed slide frame and was getting squashed when the slide was in. Just poor workmanship from somebody who was probably in a hurry.

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