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myredracer
Explorer II
May 24, 2017

Bad receptacle installation by factory - potentially unsafe

I removed a receptacle in our KZ Spree TT on the weekend to replace it with a black one and what I found was disturbing as can be seen in the first photo. Let this serve as a warning to RV owners out...
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j-d
Explorer II
May 24, 2017
I'm not the first on RV.net to have the water heater go out because of one of those devices. Mine was the junction box type, not an outlet type, but they work the same way when it comes to punching the connections down. Mine was too burned to really be able to "autopsy" but it makes sense that only one tang well punched would let the installation pass an operational test. It just wouldn't last.

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