RV Safety Features, Tips & Tricks

Review

Mark and Dawn Polk have a reputation for delivering information-packed training videos without wasting any words, or skipping any facts. And, so it is with RV Safety Features, Tips & Tricks. So, don't let the short, 42 minute length of this video deceive you into thinking it's simply an overview.

Safety is an important responsibility for an RV owner. But learning how to maintain a safe RV is often accomplished in steps, over a period of time. In this RV Education 101 video you will learn the most critical safety information before you leave for vacation.

Safety Seals and Marks

Organizations that establish safety standards issue seals that assure you that motor homes, trailers, RV equipment, appliances and accessories have met reliable safety standards. Mark begins by pointing out some of those that you may not know about, and should look for before purchasing your RV or equipment.

LP Gas Safety

Mark jumps right in with details on inspecting, using, maintaining and replacing one of the most common systems, the LP gas system. Although LP gas can be one of the most dangerous systems RVers use, when you understand how to use is properly, it becomes one of the most beneficial sources of energy available. Mark takes all the doubt and mystery out of using LP gas with his in-depth coverage of this system from liquid form to its end use.

RV Water System Safety

The water system in your RV is considerably more complicated to care for than the ones in site-built homes. Since there's no direct connection either to city water or sewage, you have to make these connections manually. Mark shows you all the safety steps that keep these two systems separated, clean and keep your RV free of contamination. Once you learn to maintain all the inlets and outlets, you'll find it really is as easy as Mark makes it look.

Electrical System Safety

RVs are powered by several sources of electricity. Each serves a unique purpose, and each has unique advantages, limitations, and potential for danger. Knowing how to use each safely is important for every member of your family. Running multiple appliances as you might do at home can damage them. Overloading circuitry can cause fires. Generators add additional safety factors to consider. Mark covers all of these.

RV Fire Safety

Mark points out that there may be as many as 20,000 RV fires annually, and that a fire can burn an RV to the ground in 6 minutes. Fire safety should be at the top of your inspection list. Mark gives a thorough explanation of the different kinds of fire extinguishers available, how to use them, inspecting and replacing them, which ones to have and where to keep extinguishers of the appropriate kind. He also covers other fire safety equipment to have in working order throughout your RV.

Carbon Monoxide Safety

Sadly, carbon monoxide poisoning, the number one cause of poisoning death annually, has caused deaths that were easily preventable. What makes carbon monoxide so deadly is that it is odorless, invisible and comes from equipment we use frequently, both at home and while RVing. This video shows you the sources of carbon monoxide so you are able to prevent poisoning accidents with little effort. Mark gives you a thorough list of the causes, how to prevent exposure, how to detect exposure, and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.

RV Emergency Escape Plan

Mark wraps up his lessons on safety by focusing on detailed instructions for making an emergency plan for each of several possible situations.

He goes over emergency exits, plans, survival equipment to have on hand, and various detectors you should have in your RV. He talks about weather safety and how it affects RVers. You will learn all you need to know to organize a plan that will keep your family and pets safe during an emergency.

Mark also gives a checklist of emergency items, an exerpt from his Checklist for RVers Ebookˆavailable online at http://www.rveducation101.com/.

This is truly a lesson no RVer should miss.

If you use a computer with Vista or Windows XP, you can watch this video online, Mac users will have to run under Boot Camp with either of these operating systems. It will NOT work with a PC emulator.

Alternatively, RV Education 101 videos are available on DVD individually or in bundles.  These DVDs run on your Mac, PC or DVD player. What you learn will save you many times the cost of this video.