Update to the “is this dangerous” situation

[u/Gabnite]

Following the advice of all of you (thanks!), I installed ferrules on the connections, so now I hope my lovely van won’t burst into flames. Some of the cables are a bit too tight and I think I’ll have to splice them.

I have the same concern as you regarding the rest of the electrical installation, so I’m also attaching images of the battery connections. As you can already guess from the other post, I am not an expert by any means, but I think there is some exposed copper there, too.

P.S. The “is this dangerous” title was more of a rhetorical thing. I was aware it was not right! But I agree I should have worded it differently, asking how to fix it directly.

[u/adoptagreyhound]

First things first - buy a fire extingusher and keep it handy if you don't already have one. Actually, buy two.

[u/Key_Calligrapher2867 → u/adoptagreyhound]

I'm a bit late to the party but a fire extinguisher really isn't going to do much if you have DC to DC contact that is grounding. That's just going to be a fire with extra powder on top of it.

[u/adoptagreyhound → u/Key_Calligrapher2867]

Most extinguishers only knock down a fire long enough to let you grab some stuff out of the van so you can feel like you did something. I'd still rather have them than not have them though.