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Is it normal to spend the best part of 30 grand on a motorhome to find that critical wiring is protected from the elements with nothing more than insulating tape?
The wiring to the rear lights is fixed to the underside of the wood floor - until it gets near to the lighting units. Just before each light unit there are spade connectors, and these are protected with nothing more than black insulating tape.
With non-functioning offside rear light, I looked at bulbs, fuses and the wiring to discover that the connector had oxidised and snapped.
Water ingress from washing and rain may have contributed, but I suspect simple seasonal condensation inside the tape winding will have caused this.
I could have taken the van back to Marquis (200 mile round trip?), or to my Fiat dealer (warranty work? - hardly).
Have just replaced the connector, but the rest are ready to break. I've sprayed them with WD40, dried and rewrapped them individually then wrapped them in polythene before taping up again.
After our hols I shall replace and grease all the connectors, and fit plastic hose over them. and then box them in junction boxes secured to the underneath of the floor.
A 30 year old Dormobile - I should expect part of my enjoyment to include a bit of maintenance - but an 18 month old vehicle?
Wonder if Swift Group are in breach of regulations.
Insulating tape? - More like INSULTING tape.
The wiring to the rear lights is fixed to the underside of the wood floor - until it gets near to the lighting units. Just before each light unit there are spade connectors, and these are protected with nothing more than black insulating tape.
With non-functioning offside rear light, I looked at bulbs, fuses and the wiring to discover that the connector had oxidised and snapped.
Water ingress from washing and rain may have contributed, but I suspect simple seasonal condensation inside the tape winding will have caused this.
I could have taken the van back to Marquis (200 mile round trip?), or to my Fiat dealer (warranty work? - hardly).
Have just replaced the connector, but the rest are ready to break. I've sprayed them with WD40, dried and rewrapped them individually then wrapped them in polythene before taping up again.
After our hols I shall replace and grease all the connectors, and fit plastic hose over them. and then box them in junction boxes secured to the underneath of the floor.
A 30 year old Dormobile - I should expect part of my enjoyment to include a bit of maintenance - but an 18 month old vehicle?
Wonder if Swift Group are in breach of regulations.
Insulating tape? - More like INSULTING tape.