I tasked Franklin with designing and setting up the electrical system, which involved converting the battery system to lithium-ion and putting solar panels in the mix. It also, apparently, required rewiring basically any and all plugs and electrical devices going to or from or into both the new RV and my old RV (which I am currently living in) as well as installing surge protectors and circuit breakers in various places. I’m doing all of the cosmetic and carpentry work so I off-loaded the electrical labor to Franklin who is better at it than I am (even counting in my backstage electrical experience).
These are the social media posts Franklin made about the various electrical … mishaps he experienced while here:
June 15, 2025:
Her: “The power in the RV keeps flickering.”
Me: “There’s scorching on the power socket it’s plugged into. I’ll just replace that outlet, easy 15-minute job.”
Me: “THERE IS NO GOD!”
Me: “How has this house not burned down yet??”
July 18, 2025:
I’m not an expert on RVs, but I’m reasonably certain this isn’t how you’re supposed to hook up your house batteries.
August 3, 2025:
My wife: “The power just went off in the RV!”
Me: “Hmm, that’s odd. Power is going to the cable, but there’s no power at the transfer switch. I wonder if—“
Me: “THERE IS NO GOD.”
August 6, 2025:
So the bright flash and loud, frightening noise at 4AM was just the RV surge protector exploding, nothing to see here…
August 6, 2025:
Y’know, I didn’t expect to be using the super-expensive, body-safe, medical-grade silicone I use to make sex toys to pot the connections on a new RV power plug, yet somehow, here we are.
August 8, 2025:
The 30-amp to 50-amp converter that came with the new RV. This…went straight into the trash.
August 15, 2025:
<Crocodile Dundee voice> That’s not a crimping tool, THIS is a crimping tool! </Crocodile Dundee voice>
August 20, 2025:
Here’s a failure I’ve never seen before. This GFCI plug popped, shorted closed, and tripped the circuit breaker…which is pretty much exactly the kind of failure mode GFCIs are never, ever supposed to have.
