MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I appeared in Superior Court county of Los Angeles in the winter of 1990 as an expert witness. An insurance company was trying to sleaze out of payment claim for a total loss.
Interesting! Would be interested to hear more. Any idea how often investigations get carried out or do they just routinely write them off sometimes?
Amazing how some folks treat their health and well being in regard to misinterpretation of specifications. Probably a mere couple of members here can accurately describe the differences in receptacles "Contractor - Specification - Industrial - Federal - Hospital"
If you do not know the differences in receptacles I fail to see how you can judge why they exist and when not to use one or more.
Agree! Many want nothing to do with ST tires hecho en China but have no concern whatsoever about using a 50 cent receptacle from a big box store. Heck, you can even buy RV extension cords and adapters that are made in the same off-shore country and they have NO UL or CSA certification - that's asking for trouble but it's not illegal to sell them.
There is big difference in retention force and resistance between the lowest and highest grade receptacles. If you want the best and have enough arm strength, try a hospital grade recept...
Using a heater in an RV is quite different than a house due to the comparatively poor insulation and air leakage, plus in the winter you should be opening windows to remove moisture. The result is that heaters in an RV tend to run non-stop 24/7 and there is no on/off cycling like there would be in a house and RV recepts. can heat up. Then, if you plug into a recept. that is the last one on a series run, you could have poor connections downstream.
fj12ryder wrote:
Considering that after a trailer fire there is usually not enough left to even consider where the fire started. So who's to say some fires haven't been started by badly installed outlets.
I used to work with an EE that was trained as a forensic fire investigator where electrical causes are suspected. It's pretty amazing what they can find with the few clues that are left behind. There are firms that specialize in RV fire investigations like
this one.
