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Originally Posted by billr
Wow. I'm still feeling lucky Ha. So that's what those pesky Elec codes are all about. Lol
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Interestingly, compliance with the electrical codes is, i'm almost certain, voluntary rather than required, for RVs. It IS mandatory for normal (permanent) "residences" and businesses, but RVs are NOT legally permanent residences, so they do not apparently have to comply.
Of course, most manufacturers comply anyway for purposes of reducing the obvious legal liabilities if they do not and someone gets injured or killed, and any licensed electrician will refuse to work on anything that does not meet code, for the same liability reasons.
When a home, apartment, or business is built, each step of the construction requires a separate inspection by a city or county inspector. Apparently, this is not required for RVs.
Now the RV manufacturers will tell you that they comply with RVIA standards, and that is evidenced by the RVIA sticker on your RV. But, the RVIA standards are industry association standards, not legal standards, and most importantly, they apparently do NOT include individual inspection of each individual RV built. This is why you can receive a brand new RV from a manufacturer on which some electrical defects, some plumbing defects, and some basic construction defects exist at the time of delivery.
Also, did you know that any RV that already has an RVIA sticker will still need to have more safety stuff added in order to be legally importable into Canada? (not just to visit of course, but to import "permanently"). This is because the Canadians view the RVIA standards as inadequate.
Jim G