Good find!
If yours passes the self-test, I would not bother to replace it. Be sure to test it every time you connect to shore power, however.
Also, any DIN-rail RCD should work, as long as the trip current is 0.03A and the overall capacity is as high as you'll be using ... i.e., much less than 30A if you are not using the roof air conditioning.
I too am pessimistic about Airstream or Westfalia helping out at all. The rationale is as follows. If you look at all the things they had to change or completely re-engineer for the NAFTA version: (non-exhaustive list off the top of my head)
- LPG storage
- Roof air conditioning (two versions)
- Water heater
- Black tank and under-floor plumbing, "poop chute"
- Hob / sink (see the labels; ours is a USA-specific unit, not sure how exactly)
- Extractor fan and heat shield
- Skylight remote (USA-only redesign, or global?)
- Generator
- Battery charger
- Front seat belts
- Drain traps and sewer vent
- Graphics
- TV and phone hookup
- RVIA certification and various stickers
Combining this with the fact that transaction prices in the USA on units with almost all options were less in Dollars than the suggested retail of base vehicles in Euros, it's likely that Westfalia and Airstream lost big money on the whole project. It's too bad, and there are a lot of reasons for it that would make for another thread, but long story short, it seems to me that in hindsight Westfalia and Airstream wish it had never happened!
We're just all lucky to be part of this tiny group!
Ted
If yours passes the self-test, I would not bother to replace it. Be sure to test it every time you connect to shore power, however.
Also, any DIN-rail RCD should work, as long as the trip current is 0.03A and the overall capacity is as high as you'll be using ... i.e., much less than 30A if you are not using the roof air conditioning.
I too am pessimistic about Airstream or Westfalia helping out at all. The rationale is as follows. If you look at all the things they had to change or completely re-engineer for the NAFTA version: (non-exhaustive list off the top of my head)
- LPG storage
- Roof air conditioning (two versions)
- Water heater
- Black tank and under-floor plumbing, "poop chute"
- Hob / sink (see the labels; ours is a USA-specific unit, not sure how exactly)
- Extractor fan and heat shield
- Skylight remote (USA-only redesign, or global?)
- Generator
- Battery charger
- Front seat belts
- Drain traps and sewer vent
- Graphics
- TV and phone hookup
- RVIA certification and various stickers
Combining this with the fact that transaction prices in the USA on units with almost all options were less in Dollars than the suggested retail of base vehicles in Euros, it's likely that Westfalia and Airstream lost big money on the whole project. It's too bad, and there are a lot of reasons for it that would make for another thread, but long story short, it seems to me that in hindsight Westfalia and Airstream wish it had never happened!
We're just all lucky to be part of this tiny group!
Ted