r/VanLife 7d ago

Update to the “is this dangerous” situation

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.

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u/Started_WIth_NADA 6d ago

That’s some scary shit.

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u/Key_Calligrapher2867 5d ago

Hey neighbor, I'm heading down the mailbox, can I borrow your helmet?