Black Series fire hazard

Gdetrailer wrote:

Anon_Tech wrote:


Look I don't mean to be rude or deny that you're knowledgeable, please don't take it that way. One of the pictures I posted in one of those threads clearly shows a 100a breaker in the box of a 30a service, and all of the 120VAC wiring entering into a residential distribution panel via a hole cut with what was most likely an angle grinder with a cut off wheel. I'm familiar with the codes regarding high and low voltage wiring. If you would look at the thread I posted to RV forums and linked to then you can see what I'm referring too. I'm sure you guys get a lot of angry know it all's on here so I'm not taking this personally. Please just have a look at that post.

Your post DID get taken down on IRV2 for some reason before you made the OP in this thread..

Look at this way, YOU could have placed ANY breaker yourself, you could have done anything and then taken a picture.

The OWNER of the RV could have also modified the electrical system or could have had a "friend" modify it. And you end up having to "mop up" the resultant mess when it goes sideways.

And yes, I have dealt with jerks that tried to fix stuff and not tell me before they brought it to me and made a mess of it.. Yeah, they ate a lot of crow and paid dearly for the real repairs.

I am not aware of ANY "single pole" 100A breakers, one would have to buy a 100A TWO POLE breaker and then remove the common mechanical bond..

Doing that is very expensive, those breakers are north of $100, a standard 30A single pole might cost you $15 now days..

There is ZERO reason for a RV manufacturer to buy and install a $100 breaker into a panel when a $15 breaker will work. RV manufacturers simply would not have 100A breakers in stock for the manufacturing floor to pull..

I highly doubt the RV manufacturer is going to have someone on the line with a grinder modifying panels either..

I spent my last 22yrs working in a manufacturing environment, every thing is specd by the engineering team, then you have the budget teams, the purchasing teams, the accountants tossed into the mix for good measure.. It is pretty hard to push $100 parts into the mix when a $15 part is what is required.

I suspect the "mods" you have noted did not happen at the manufacturers factory.

iRV2 removed my post. It is still live on rvforums and expedition portal

You realize these aren't built in the US right? They're made almost entirely in China, then shipped into CA to have the suspension and wheels installed before they get sent to dealers. I find it a lot more likely that they had a big batch of panels that they modified for use rather than 5 different customers doing it themselves. That also really wouldn't explain why Black Series admitted fault, sent new panels, and paid for them to be installed.

If you looked at the photos I've mentioned multiple times you would see these things. It's become pretty obvious that you would rather cast doubt and argue instead of spend 5 minutes looking at the proof I already provided.

All that matters is that anyone who owns one of these is aware and gets their trailer checked out. I honestly don't care about Black Series as a company, they've done nothing to me personally. You don't have to trust me, I'm a stranger on the internet, please don't downplay the issue though.