A DEADLY RV MISTAKE! (10 Important RV Electrical Tips)

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All great safety tips. Thank you. You cannot hear these enough!! Take care.

All great info! One thing to add is replacing fuses. Make sure to use the same amp rating as the one you are replacing. Ex. if a 10A fuse blows do NOT use a 40A to replace.

Chris this is one of your best videos! Most people don't understand how dangerous electricity can be!!

Gooood solid 411!!! The surge protector recognized bad power twice for us last year, so we were able to move to another spot. We have an inline surge protecter hard wired in and if it recognizes a fault, it won’t let the power in. The one CG spot we moved from, I noticed the next day there was a guy working on it. So, I walked over there and he had the pedestal taken down to parade rest. I did notice that the receptacle was fairly loose, but that is a common occurrence. The guy said the connection points for the hot wires had come loose and one wasn’t even attached. So, he rewired the whole thing and put some new components in there to prevent to connection from being loose. 👍😃🍻

Please never stop educating us newbies.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾I look forward to your videos👍🏾

Chris love watching your videos Always great stuff. Thank you. Ive Copied many upgrades off you.

Thank you so much for this video. I have never heard of hot skin and I learned a lot about keeping my electrical cords healthy thank you again.

Great tips Chris, thanks so much for sharing them !!!

Exactly right. Always test the power pedestal first. Followed by water spigot function and sewer receptacle for blockage/obstruction. Only after all hookups are verified, THEN begin the setup process.

Thank u... I find your advice most helpful

Awesome tips! Thank you for the info!

SUCH great information, once again. Thank you 💜

All good tips. I have been rving for 35+ years and for the last four years have worked seasonally in rv parks. Your advice on plugging in is especially good because many people don’t know to switch the breaker off when plugging in or out. I have to change out many breakers and receptacles due to people in hot receptacles. The arching is dangerous and damages the tv plug and the campground equipment. As far as pms systems I also use the Progressive Industries PMS. The warranty is very good and customer service is excellent. I had to have mine replaced once and progressive overnighted a new one to me at the rv park. Just had to email purchase information and photos of the rv plug and the campground receptacle.

Great video. I’m assuming this is targeting 100% stock RVs. That being the case, I had never contemplated the whole safety issue of using a 20 or 15 amp extension cited. You are 1,000% right, thank you! In case you did not know, if someone upgrades their electrical system to use the high end charger/inverter, like Victron Energy MultiPlus, it is possible to configure the inverter/charger to limit what it can pull from shore power, allowing someone to safely use a 15 amp extension cord. What is really wonderful about this configuration is if the RVs needs more power, it will pull it from the battery. So for those 15 minutes you need the hair drying or coffee pot, some power comes from the battery. Once the load is gone the shore power will recharge the battery!

Both Progressive and Hughes are quality products. We utilize the Hughes Autoformer followed by the Hughes Watchdog which has accurately alerted us to several problems over the last couple years. Very importantly, our power protection is installed AFTER the onboard power reel since power reels themselves can develop electrical issues due to poor design which limits or prevents your ability to properly inspect and maintain the point at which power is transferred from the rotating drum to the coach. Prior to our power protection education, our original reel actually developed an 'open neutral' condition that fried the dryer harness and could have resulted in a fire. A reel autopsy revealed that behind the riveted cover, the saddle connection for the neutral wire had worn, shorted and lost contact. Plus with our power protection mounted inboard, there is protection from theft because it is out of sight.

Just bought an RV last week so thank you. I learned a lot!

Great information! Thanks for sharing!!

Excellent video. Thank you.

Great info for new RVrs..!