RV Electrical Safety

[kodabear]

I ALWAYS carry and use one of these. 



And I ALWAYS check the pedestal for proper polarity, etc, before plugging in. 

[jmsokol]

[quote source="/post/4663/thread" timestamp="1414770418" author="@icebear"]I ALWAYS carry and use one of these. 

[kodabear]

Thanks, Mike. I think your message finally sunk in through my thick skull. The video of the three outlets was telling. Henceforth, I'll always carry the non-contact voltage tester in addition to the bug.

[daplumbr]

In addition to the general RV safety considerations, there are a couple things to consider for our Camplites. My breaker/fuse panel was cryptically and somewhat randomly labeled (breakers and fuses did not all affect their labeled components). And fuse 10 was not inserted into both receiver slots, a bad connection waiting to happen. I'm in the process of re-labeling the panel. But as a safety heads up, if you work on the electrical system, don't count on the labels being correct.

Further, I had an overhead light that couldn't be turned off. With info from this forum, I figured it might be a short from the aluminum machining. It was. When I took the light off the ceiling and shook out all the aluminum screw debris, the switch worked fine. I'll be checking other places that aluminum machining debris could cause mischief, or worse, safety issues
. I've attempted a couple of photo attachments. I wonder how that will work?