Wiring

I was in the 12 volt fuse box and found it installed upside down but wired right side up. So what is labeled one is actually six etc. Yea I figured it out, but really? Was this built on a Friday? How bad can the rest of it be?

So I crawled under the thing and traced the wiring looms. The wire from van battery was too close to the header and the protection melted off. No fuse, just straight from the van to the coach battery. Then no fuse at the battery between it and the loads, just 4 feet of wire to the fuse box.

All the Starcool wiring had the same problem. Not cool, pun intended. The harness protection melted down and the insulation of the individual wires crispy and discolored. Between the plumbing and wiring the Starcool is really a rats nest, but only near the header was there a problem.

Then there are the after market electricians. The brake controller guy opened up the Ford harness near the header, the worst place possible. Now a perfectly good harness has the wires exposed  to heat. The brake wire he used has crispy discolored insulation.

Not to forget the alarm guy. Mount the metal plate over two positive terminals and put electrical tape between them for insulation.