How to stay warm

Huntindog writes “One thing to consider is that many walls in an RV are not thick enough for a standard outlet/box.. I believe that is why the RV version was developed... I have never had any trouble with mine.”

There ARE SHALLOW workboxes which ARE designed specifically for thin walls and with a slight trimming of the mud ring they work PERFECT in a RV wall (my 1984 TT CAME with this type of box and I bought some new boxes for the extra outlets I wanted to install)..



Available
HERE
for $2.35..

A shallow workbox with a HIGH QUALITY 20A outlet IS cheaper than a vampire tap outlet..

HERE
for $3.29

Cover for outlet costs about $1.00 for a Total of $6.64

A Hubbell outlet WDR15wt (15A in white) is $9.38 HERE

I found the Hubbell that I had laying around..



Contact is 24ga material which is .0239 inch thickness, wire contacts on two sides so the overall wire contact area is .0478 inches

Wire in contact photo


Photo of wire contact



Compared to a regular screw terminal outlet which the contact area is 5/8" LONG (.0625") and two sides of wire contact is 1.25"..

Photo of regular outlet



So tell me which one IS “superior again”?

What would YOU rather depend on in a high current situation?

Insulation displaced connection (Hubbell WDR15) or a screw terminal connection of a standard outlet..

I WILL take the screw terminal ANY DAY over the Hubbell vampire tap..