Understanding RV Electrical!

The RV electrical setup can be a complicated thing. I hope this is a good starting point for those interested in RV Electrical. There are so many ways to customize it to fit your needs but this is a good starting point to begin with a few recommendations that might really help those starting off in RVing.

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[journeyswithcraig]

I know nothing about electrical and am just starting to learn before we get into RV living. Your style of explaining made the basics soooo much easier to begin to understand. Thank you!

[lauravictorious]

I'll still need to watch this again to understand and probably have someone walk me through it in my rig.

[ghostpepperrides]

Getting into the RV world and being a retired Electrical/Mechanical contractor I think you did a excellent job explaining the system. I enjoy the refreshing and learning anything new. Sub

[ronkirby]

Thank you for all your videos, they are really helpful.Rv electrical can be very confusing.We just purchased a coachmen 27qb class c motor home and got a surge protector after watching your video.

[goldenyearstraveling]

Thank you Jared for another RV Instructional Video. Your videos are very easy to follow and understand and are especially important to new RVers such as me. Thank you for taking your personal time to help others.

[choimdachoim]

Just this week I replaced a 30 pound converter in my 30 year old class A with a converter that weighs maybe 4 pounds and does much more for my house-batteries and D.C. system than convert A.C. The old one hummed 24 hours a day, the new one is silent. I think that old converter ruined my 2 new lead-acid house-batteries in less than 2 years. I also discovered that my AGM starter battery had been hooked to a non-AGM trickle charger and maybe that's why that Optima battery only lasted 2 years. I started on this voyage of discovery when I was cleaning terminals and found that there were 8 "short stop" switches, heat-sensitive switches fed by the converter and the one coming from the converter was defective. That was why my radio, tank-monitors, battery-readers, lpg alarm, water pump, captain's chair controls and under-cabinet lights weren't functioning. And, that's probably how I was able to purchase this motor home at such an unbelievable price. By replacing a $3.50 switch, everything functions correctly. Pure luck.

[shoerock]

Thank you for your knowledge and experience. Ruth and I pick up our Tiffin 37AP on April 21 and electric is an area that we want the dealer to spend a lot of time with us. Thanks again!!

[fellixx]

Excellent work as always Jared. Most of what I know about these RV electrical systems I attribute to you. I even refer to your videos when talking with new RV owners I run into. Many thanks for what you do. It's a big help.

[bptraveler]

Another good device like the Huges Autoformer that insures your not getting low voltage from the power pedestal.

[HunterWinchester]

G'day mate! Just wanted to give you a shout out all the way from Australia 🇳🇿 & say thanks for all the fantastic tutorials! Safe travels to you & the family✌️

[xamitz]

This is truly the only channel where I’m blown away from how great the explanations are. Also one of the few guys that I’m like - hey I could hang out with that guy!

[MMKarrh]

Great video of the overview of RV electrical systems for those of us that are new at this! Thanks!

[johndias]

Very well done video. I'm on a Facebook RV repair group. I cringe at the questions asked about RV electrical systems and issues. I'm sharing this to the group in hopes it clears up some things.

[susanmetz]

Thank you for putting this in terms a layperson can understand. Well done.

[Les]

Thank you for a fantastic video. You provided a lot of information that should help me get started into the process of changing from lead acid 6v golf cart batteries to lithium. I will probably watch this several times.

[slappadabass]

Just started watching your videos since I just purchased my first camper. Appreciate the tips!

One minor correction to your video is 240v is still considered single phase. It is 2 phases but is still not called 2 phase or split phase. It’s just single phase

[miltonsharpe]

I replayed hoping you showed and pointed out in a picture what the battery monitor looked like and where it is mounted in the RV.

[lorih]

Thank you for your videos. They are helpful. As new rv’ers we’ve learned so much.

[scottadamson]

Thank you, your videos have helped in numerous projects we have taken on.

[susansigler]

You do a great job explaining things! Thank you!