UL's View Of Aluminum Electrical Components
I have mentioned this clearly several times in several threads, now I will scream it. NO MATTER WHAT BRAND OF RV YOU HAVE YOU MUST MUST MUST MUST REMOVE THE COVER OFF OF THE ALTERNATING SHORE...
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COMMON SENSE should tell you the NUMBER of burned wire incidents in RV's at the AL/CU interface proves the issue is relevant. "Uhhh, he dint have an aw-topsy so maybe the bullet in the brain dint killem" logic is not exactly intelligent. There is a direct correlation, a direct connection aluminum, copper, steel, vibration BURN THE WIRING.
OF COURSE THE MANUFACTURERS DO NOT SUGGEST THIS!
The litigation issue and blame and culpability game would be insane. This is where common sense over rules rote paint by the numbers sheep-ism.
Tin coated AL is mandatory for a reason. But loosened connections causes heat which vaporize the tin coating and very few technicians never mind neophyte do-it-yourselfers understand that a simple unprotected AL/CU bonding is Russian Roulette. So they clean up the fireworks, scrape off the worst of the damage and connect copper to aluminum without the tin.
Keep the connections TIGHT and Kaptain Kangaroo time never happens. Everyone is scared of a gas leak, or getting shocked. But few realize the dangers of being asphyxiated by the 1009 synthetic materials that a smouldering fire will create in an RV.
I've seen this far too many times. Today the sight of identical twin boys, who were sleeping eight feet away from the smouldering box, got my goat. There is zero reason for this stupidity. Ten minutes with a screwdriver. Is this too much to ask?
Yeah this really got my goat. I tried a couple of unrelated posts and a long walk to shake it off. Maybe tomorrow...
OF COURSE THE MANUFACTURERS DO NOT SUGGEST THIS!
The litigation issue and blame and culpability game would be insane. This is where common sense over rules rote paint by the numbers sheep-ism.
Tin coated AL is mandatory for a reason. But loosened connections causes heat which vaporize the tin coating and very few technicians never mind neophyte do-it-yourselfers understand that a simple unprotected AL/CU bonding is Russian Roulette. So they clean up the fireworks, scrape off the worst of the damage and connect copper to aluminum without the tin.
Keep the connections TIGHT and Kaptain Kangaroo time never happens. Everyone is scared of a gas leak, or getting shocked. But few realize the dangers of being asphyxiated by the 1009 synthetic materials that a smouldering fire will create in an RV.
I've seen this far too many times. Today the sight of identical twin boys, who were sleeping eight feet away from the smouldering box, got my goat. There is zero reason for this stupidity. Ten minutes with a screwdriver. Is this too much to ask?
Yeah this really got my goat. I tried a couple of unrelated posts and a long walk to shake it off. Maybe tomorrow...
