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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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Blacklane
Explorer
May 26, 2017
Those self-contained devices in RVs have been designed, tested, and certified by at least two different agencies (UL/CSA & NFPA) to be safe for their intended use. Even the original poster on this thread showed a mis-wired device that still showed no signs of overheating. I have yet to find a single instance of one failing in an unsafe manner.

Why are people removing perfectly safe devices and installing inappropriate ones?

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