Electrical shock. Help needed.

For testing purposes I plugged into the 20 amp gfci breaker on the pedestal and I have power to some wall outlets. Looks like everything else works. Can't find a breaker or fuse yet that's a problem. Am I ok to plug into the gfci on the pedestal? Must have fried something else internally because my generator will no longer charge my house batteries but they will charge when the coach engine runs. Think I will stay unplugged until I figure this out.

Hey guys.... This hot skin issue was aired out on the Sprinter Forum. The plug in device is a help but may not detect all faults on an RV. Its suggested that you use a non contact voltage tester. Before touching your RV after plugging shore power you use the NCVT to sense if the chassis is energised. The sobering video on NCVT use made a believer out of this Crow. I now have an NCVT in my kit.

rockhillmanor wrote:

Buy one of these. find it at any hardware store for 6 or 7 bucks

For a couple of bucks more, you can get one that does all of that AND has a button to "test trip" a GFI on the circuit....if one exists.

Vach, You have a VERY dangerous situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8h64X33aKg

http://www.noshockzone.org/are-little-shocks-ok/

Someone from the park came and checked the 120 v 15 amp gfci and said it wasn't their problem, had to be mine????

I have had to tell a CG owner to check their shore station so many times and them saying it's ok, I can't keep count. They DO NO check for open ground, etc., only if there is power there. I shove my tester and show them. And most say oh that's ok you still are getting power from the pedestal. Open grounds etc do not trip breakers.:S

Buy one of these. find it at any hardware store for 6 or 7 bucks

Plug into shore station to test then plug into your RV.
It will tell you exactly what the problem is. Doesn't get any easier than this.



I check the shore station with this 'before' I plug in and then it gets plugged into an outlet above the sink in the RV so that I can see every minute what's going on or not with the electric feed in at a glance.

You were plugged into the 30 amp at the pedestal and the guy checked the 15 amp GFCI? He's an idiot. They have nothing to do with one another.
Do you have an adapter? What happens when you plug into the 15 amp GFCI? If it trips it's likely a problem in your trailer.
Just for information: don't expect any breakers to have tripped. It only takes about .1 amps to kill someone. Passing enough current through a person to trip a breaker would be catastrophically fatal. Thankfully it's pretty much impossible to do.

Glad everyone is ok. Another reason to get a electrical management system like progressive dynamics.

It is either one of 2 things. Bad pedestal or bad camper wiring. You have a hot skin condition. I am leaning towards the pedestal being bad.

That shock is caused by a bad ground on the camp site pedestal.
Switch camp sites.