Just read this article from motorhome fulltime http://www.motorhomefulltime.c…-winnebago
A nearly new MH destroyed cause could have been the EHU lead.
This made me think about some of the issues we have had on the campsite. Firstly my electric points were installed and tested by a qualified electrician and are tested annually and I also self test them on a regular basis. We had one motorhome here that had problems with the electric in his van not only did the problem trip the rcd on my EHU it broke the ehu unit to the extent it needed to be completely replaced. We have a number of others that have tripped the rcd and as we provide 16amp which is more than most campsites and should be plenty for most MH my first question now after asking what they had running on electric is how old is their ehu lead and have they checked it recently. We have spares leads and when I swap mine for theirs the electric does not trip.
So in short it makes sense to keep your ehu lead in a safe, dry place and either check the connections yourself on a regular basis or get a competent person to check it for you.
A nearly new MH destroyed cause could have been the EHU lead.
This made me think about some of the issues we have had on the campsite. Firstly my electric points were installed and tested by a qualified electrician and are tested annually and I also self test them on a regular basis. We had one motorhome here that had problems with the electric in his van not only did the problem trip the rcd on my EHU it broke the ehu unit to the extent it needed to be completely replaced. We have a number of others that have tripped the rcd and as we provide 16amp which is more than most campsites and should be plenty for most MH my first question now after asking what they had running on electric is how old is their ehu lead and have they checked it recently. We have spares leads and when I swap mine for theirs the electric does not trip.
So in short it makes sense to keep your ehu lead in a safe, dry place and either check the connections yourself on a regular basis or get a competent person to check it for you.