Electrical Wire Fire
I was awakened by a strong electrical burning odor around 2:am. The inside of the RV Travel Trailer was filled with smoke. The smoke detectors seem to be working, however, they didn't go off that nigh...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I do not see an especially larger gauge "feeder" wire supplying the neutral bus.
The white wire on the bottom of the bus (in the pic) looks to be the #10 from a 30A shore cord.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
There are copper colloidal paste compounds (I use Thomas & Betts) that can be applied to copper conductor inserted into aluminum terminals and tin plated aluminum terminals. The purpose of the compound is many fold. First it is conductive - highly so. It conducts heat. It greatly retards degradation of tin plating, aluminum and copper corrosion. And lastly in many applications, the colloidal copper compound is needed to meet code.
GB Ox-Gard is one brand name you can get at Home Depot.
