grounding

The key is to make sure the ground is in tact. In many cases if you hook you to a simple 120 volt at home and the ground pin is broken off your extension cord you will get shocked when you touch metal while touching the ground. I know this from experience. Make sure the ground on the cord is in tact whether at home or at the camp site.

WARNING - NON-SCIENTIFIC ANSWER FOLLOWS:

I have never seen anyone ground their rig via a wire/spike. Not in my campground, not where I boondock, and not at any primitive campground I have been to. My Owners manual does not mention grounding either.

BB_TX wrote:
The green wire ground is a safety ground to prevent possible electrical shock when connected to electrical power. If you are dry camping with no power then you do not need any grounding.
If you are using a generator, then the grounding is via the cord to the generator just as it would be to a power pedastal.

This statement is true ONLY if the neutral and ground connections on the generator are connected together at the generator. Not all generators are thus connected. If a specific generator does not have the neutral and ground connected together, then the RV connected to the generator is not properly grounded.

mine just needs a stern warning ...

"You're grounded!"

and stays there until I hitch it up again. :)

No spike needed in any conditions.

diazr2 wrote:
You can see how the trailer is grounded to earth ground using the typical camp ground pedestal wiring in this diagram. The earth ground wiring is shown in GREEN. All you need to do to ground the chassis of the RV Trailer is connect your 50A or 30A shore power cable to the camp ground pedestal.


So with that said what if your not hooked up to electricity? Say your dry camping?

The short answer is yes.

The technical answer is maybe. The maybe comes from a variety of reasons. Do you have wood blocking under your landing gear? If yes, then most likely not grounded. Dry wood is an insulator, wet wood can conduct electricity. What type of ground are you on? Dry sandy soil= not grounded; moist clay type of soil= grounded

This is all done through your landing gear. It also depends on your landing gear, how is it mounted to your unit? Bolts threaded into the frame mean a better ground connection,than nuts and bolts through a painted frame member.

The green wire ground is a safety ground to prevent possible electrical shock when connected to electrical power. If you are dry camping with no power then you do not need any grounding.
If you are using a generator, then the grounding is via the cord to the generator just as it would be to a power pedastal.

Jim-Linda wrote:
So with that said what if your not hooked up to electricity? Say your dry camping?

Do you ground your car?

Jim

No JIm but I don't have landing gear extended from my car. The car sits on it's four rubber tires my fiver sits on 4 metal post that are firmly attached to the ground. Kind of like a lighting rod. So that's why I asked. I really have no idea how electricity works it's always been a mystery to me. So is the fiver grounded or not when it's dry camping?

So with that said what if your not hooked up to electricity? Say your dry camping?

Do you ground your car?

Jim

You can see how the trailer is grounded to earth ground using the typical camp ground pedestal wiring in this diagram. The earth ground wiring is shown in GREEN. All you need to do to ground the chassis of the RV Trailer is connect your 50A or 30A shore power cable to the camp ground pedestal.


So with that said what if your not hooked up to electricity? Say your dry camping?