question? can you get shocked from 12volt?
kids tote trailer has 12volt electric jack ,and last week in the rain, they say they got shocked when some body touched the trailer. I know nothing about electric things.
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Normally not but it is possible under some conditions. Body resistance is normally high enough that you would not feel shock at 12 volts. Maybe standing in salt water and your whole body was wet you couod feel it. If you take hold of multimeter probes you can measure your resistance. Sweaty hands or how tight you hold probes you can see how resistance changes. My resistance is about 5 meg ohms with dry hands and approx 1 meg ohm with wet hands. Muptiply that times current and dangerous levels run about 3 ma. i.e. 3000 volts. However, that is why they tell people not to use hair dryers in the bathtub.:B Once all wet all bets are off the table. As a practical matter suspect you had your RV plugged into AC and have a bad ground.
