Looking for info re; chinese fuses causing fires

Thanks RoyB and nomad297, both threads are interesting but not the one I was looking for. I'll keep trying.

Not fuses but I posted about bad and counterfeit circuit breakers circulating before…

To many things on most trailers is spec at just sufficient… tires, wheels, springs, brakes from the 50’s, axles, frames, holding tanks and plumbing, and the power systems along with the industries purchasing methods…

For me this creates distrust in the RV industry…

so many claim to be able to use power indiscriminately almost without much power management and do it successfully…

That, the distrust for the industry and bottom line buying, and the reported RV fires, sure make me think and wonder if there may be a unknown safety issue going on…

I remember the Security and Exchange Commission filing by a company that purchased Federal Pacific Electric that said the UL listings on circuit breakers made by Federal Pacific had previously been obtained through the use of deceptive and improper practices… millions of them were sold and caused many home fires…

Then there was the counterfeit Square-D circuit breakers…

and not long ago over 100,000 made-in-China counterfeit Schneider Electric breakers were routed through Colombia and found in a Miami warehouse (may be connected with the Square D issue)…

A circuit breaker is designed to trip during an overload or short circuit, thereby cutting off the flow of electricity and preventing a fire. But if the breaker doesn’t trip, the increasing current can cause the wires to overheat, and even ignite inside the walls…

there may be nothing to it, but to many report being able to overdrive the breakers in their RV’s IMO and that concerns me…


I didn’t mention my distrust of Chinese imports…

I found this thread on RV.net.

Bruce

Did a google search for chinese fuses causing fires and got a few hits..

This one in particular

chinese fuses causing fires

Roy Ken