4xOverland

Every Electrical Installation is a Gamble @4xoverland

Because there are no formal qualifications, no set curriculum or even a basic set of standards for DC power distribution in fleet Utes, campers, 4x4s or caravans, EGON is raising installation quality criterion not yet seen in this industry. #overlanding #4x4accessories #caravancamping #electrical #solarsystem #solarpower BLOG: https://egon.com.au/blogs/the-egon-lab EGON: https://egon.com.au GEAR I USE: https://www.overland-workshop.com/product-links ANDREW'S COMMUNITY: https://www.aspwexperience.com EGON IS CHANGING THE DC POWER RULES So, here’s the thing with with electrical installations in 4x4s, campers, caravans, etc: There is no qualification on planet earth that qualifies anyone to build a power distribution system in them. None! One assumes that auto-sparky courses taught in colleges and trade schools might be a worthy qualification. But they are not. How can they be when the curriculum doesn’t even touch the subject of building auxiliary power distribution systems? Which begs two questions: How qualified is the person doing the design and installation of a build? And secondly, how does a customer tell if they got a good job with their DC installation? When dealing with a medical issue, we go a qualified medical practitioner. Their qualification is measured by the time they spend at college or university and sometimes the letters after their name. On the less qualified end of the scale are perhaps the chiropractors and physiotherapists. And for argument's sake, someone on the upper end of the scale might be a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. And when we need medical help, we know by virtue of their qualifications what to ask for, and what to expect. But with DC power distribution, there are no similar yardsticks. You can’t even see an example of their work, like one might do with a graphic artist or accountant. Which means the guy or girl working on your rig could be on the end of the scale measured by having watched some YouTube videos and loves to doom-scroll Instagram. On the upper end of the scale you might be lucky enough to have a mechatronics engineer who was also spent 10 years in a workshop building rigs. For decades this industry has been leaving the quality of its DC output to chance, and this is the reason why the quality of electrical installations is as untrustworthy as ever. One needs no qualification for working in a 4x4 accessory workshop. You just have to be interested in 4x4s and sometimes that isn't even necessary. The proof of this is that quality in one big-name store can be good, and the same branded store in another town, absolutely shocking. And no big name brand is exempt. No country is exempt. And with owner shops, one has to go by word of mouth because what else is there? Thanks for watching.