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Discovery of Fire Hazard and Lessons Learned

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Surviving Texas Winter Storm 2021 in an RV: No Power..No Fuel..What Happened? (90s Newell Coach)

What happens here

The owner discovers that the battery charger he left plugged in had a frayed wire, causing it to almost burn down his entire setup overnight. He shows the melted insulation and exposed wires, expressing extreme paranoia and emphasizing that he will never again leave a battery charger unattended or indoors. He reiterates the many lessons learned from the week's events, including the importance of preparation and avoiding preventable mistakes.

Goal: Identify a critical fire hazard and reflect on preventative measures for future incidents.

Tools and materials

  • Battery Charger — Charging RV batteries (damaged and became a fire hazard)

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i uh i left it down there i thought about going to get it but that night i didn't want to open the door again because it was so hard to accumulate in there that every time you open the door it would set you back like an hour's worth of heating and i thought they leave that charger hooked up and stuff all the time in the shop and they've told me before that just shuts off when it's full so i didn't think anything of i thought okay it's fine i'm not going to bother wrong move this thing almost burned us to the ground overnight it was so so close we either got very lucky and had that gas generator run out of gas before it went fully off or it just stopped but yeah honestly makes me sick to look at just to think about how how close this was to what could have happened it just it just freaks me out i don't know why it happened this box was already um smashed like this it's been dropped several times that may have had something to do with it i would i would venture to guess that's probably why this happened but regardless this video could be very different that's not something to mess around with i am ultra paranoid now you will you'll never see me leave a battery charger hooked up to anything unless i'm sitting there freaking watching it i'll tell you that much and i'm never putting one inside my bay again if i have to charge that battery that charger's sitting outside swear that's just i dude i don't like looking at it it freaks me out learn from my mistakes that's why i'm making this video might be a little bit entertaining to watch my struggles and see what life has been like here in dallas for the last week but dude seriously learn something from this that's why i'm putting this out there hopefully that changes someone's mind and it saves lives and saves things and valuable possessions stuff that can't be replaced that can do some freaking damage if it's in the wrong spot and something like that happens

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